Only positive for me was the team fight back to get a point.
To give up one short handed goal is bad, to give up two short handed goals is appalling. It should be screaming at the coaching team that there is something that drastically needs doing with the defence. Bowns was noticeably keen to stay within his blue paint, which is a trait often associated with a goalie lacking self belief - How soft were the goals that we gave up tonight?
Our offence is not firing for one reason or another, and there is little interest in the Powers that be in doing something about the situation we find ourselves. Playing 2 imports short for over two months, reluctant to make use of Injured Reserves, which Steelers, Panthers and Giants all sign up to And get quality players in at the drop of a hat - Devils insist in playing 2 imports short - it didn’t work out well for the Devils in previous seasons for playing short - What’s changed to make them think doing the same thing over will achieve a different result
Final moan is why oh why do we think it is sensible to dump the puck on a line change when there is zero pressure our own puck possession? Effectively saying to the guys coming on, we couldn’t be arsed to keep possession of the puck for you - you’ll find the puck in the opposition defensive zone. Keep the sodding puck and break out with positivity. Playing with a puck is way easier than having to chase to regain possession all the time. This is stuff I used to coach u14s to do, yet the Elite League players give away possession week in and week out - Rant over