Reply With QuoteAnother example of why the man is a legend. Four points for Jagr, and a win for the Stars.
Before I delve in, I want to say that these first few game recaps are going to be fairly simple affairs. I have to retrain myself to look at, and for, things I never did before when I watch a game. In the past I watched the game in a fairly laid back, casual way. I caught myself defaulting back to that several times tonight, but it should be a quick fix.
Ok, let's look at the game tonight. I liked the energy the Stars came out with. There were some rough edges, but with only a one week camp and no exhibition games, that was to be expected.
In spite of the 2 PP goals, I thought the PK looked good. They had to kill five penalties in the space of eight minutes, on two of those occasions they took another penalty less than 20 seconds after they either killed one or were scored on. They did get it together and killed off that fifth penalty, but the damage had been done on the scoreboard, down 2-1. Like I said, aside from the two PK where they were obviously gassed and got scored on the PK looked good. That was just a hell of a tough spot to put any PK unit in.
Another positive was the PP, 2-for-4. The top PP unit, which was Morrow, Whitney, Jagr, Goli, and Robidas, potted both goals. I know it's just one game, but signs of life, right?
Overall I thought they played with a good rhythm for having such a short time and no exhibition games together. The forecheck was in the Yotes face all night and setup at least two of the four goals. The D can still use some work, Jordie Benn's turnover which led to the Vrbata goal was just ugly, but I thought they did alright on the whole. We'll know more as the next few games go by and they start to gel, and hopefully get Benn the Younger, back in the fold.
A solid effort all around and the season kicks off with 2 points in the bank.
Originally Posted by InnocentBystander
