I thought Yakupov looked pretty mediocre, actually. Very hesitant when he had the puck, and terrible in our own end. The second goal was a complete clusterfuck of broken coverage in our own end, and he was a big part of that. Overall he looked nervous. He'll learn though, not worried about it. Justin Schultz on the other hand looked unreal. He'd just magically appear in the rush out of nowhere, and had a couple grade A scoring chances. For the most part he didn't get caught up ice or out of position, and looked alright in our own end. I laughed my ass off when Weiss came flying in to lay a huge hit on him, and he just did a spin and Weiss went flying past him in to the boards wondering where the fuck he went.
I thought Dubnyk played a great game. He looks so calm out there. The first goal was a bit weak, but Edler has an unreal shot, it was perfectly placed, and he was partially screened by Potter. Second goal he had no chance. I thought RNH looked pretty flat, as well. Hall, Eberle, Hemsky, and Gagner all looked pretty good. The third and fourth lines looked pretty good as well. It's unreal how deep our forwards are now compared to even last year with the further development of the young core and guys like Hemsky getting healthy. Petry and Smid look like a true #1 pairing now, and Schultz x 2 is a legitimate second paring. Whitney isn't a third pairing defenseman, but he is by default. Potter I'm not thrilled about, I just don't think he's solid enough in our own end, but we'll see how Fistric looks if Potter comes out.
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