Think we had a spare gear tonight.
Played a fair bit of hockey of late plus travel.
I have sensed that in the last few games. We seem to do just enough to win. It could be schedule and the short roster and maybe some minor injuries. Unfortunately in Belfast we thought we had done enough but the ref ruined it and thats the risk you take if you don't give 100% for 3 periods.
On a more positive note, Im really impressed with Coughler. He has everything. Skill, speed, confidence, work rate and scoring ability.
Brandt looks like he will be fun. He is really going to show a lot of his teammates up who are still playing non contact.
When McNally comes back hopefully we will have 4 players hitting (McNally, Brandt, Dixon, Duggan) which might unsettle the opposition and gain more O zone time which at the moment seems brief as we are losing the puck battles in the corner.