Not a bad game considering it was Pre-Season.
Devils looked great, but that was expected with the majority being returnee's and the fact you're reigning champions. Murdy had a real solid game, never looked phased or shaky, stood strong throughout.
Panthers, as someone pointed out, lost out due to the indiscipline. Couple early penalties which were quite stupid mistakes to make, and Devils just gave our PK little chance. However, post-1st period, our PK did improve and kept you guys out on the other 2 or 3 occasions. I feel it's quite harsh to make light of Garnett conceding 3 after all the buzz around his signing and career. Our PK was poor, with 3 of the 4 skaters being British on the 1st PK, and the import being Spang, who is far from anything extraordinary. Besides the 1st, Garnett was relatively strong and it's wise to remember that the majority of our team are new to the league and systems, Garnett included so whilst I don't want that to be seen as 'just excuses', but more along the lines of it's not as simple as 'he's crap' which is exceptionally narrow minded.
Only one real incident to discuss, the Haddad hit on Kelsall (I think). Ugly hit, straight through the numbers and crumpled Kelsall into the boards. Not the way he wanted his debut and 18th birthday to go! Deserved the 10 minute misconduct and he's lucky it was Lee who tried to get him to answer for it. If Gagnon was on the ice I have no doubts that Haddad would've been no choiced, which is what I feel should've been the response. I'd have expected a no choice fight to occur if it was a Panther crunching one of Devils' guys into the boards too, just to add.
To summarise, Devils look quality. Paris stood out for me, big, very steady with good hockey sense, brilliant asset. I can only see you guys improving as Pre-Season and CHL goes on, and if whoever you play in the first league game aren't up to speed then they will pay a harsh price. I'm looking forward to the competitive games between Panthers and Devils, without a doubt they're going to be good ones!