First off, ya gotta love the way Vilardi is playing. Scoring, creating turnovers etc. Fun to watch him play.
Second, the stupid turnovers have to stop
Third, the PP is looking good
Massive improvement on the PP. Looks like a completely different team from last season.
The Kings goaltending looks like a disaster but this game has been such a pleasure to watch through 1. Vilardi looks like he might be for real and if you want to see the evolution of Byfield’s game already look at the board pressure he applied on that Vilardi goal. His size, effort and hockey IQ created that goal out of what should have been a very simple breakout by the Wild player.
Vilardi is sooo good. I'm so glad he was able to work through whatever all his issues were. I was sure he was gonna get traded over the summer. Thank goodness Rob Blake is much smarter than I am, at least when it comes to hockey trades.
The only thing I have to nitpick at times is that they don't need the extra extra pass. Just shoot the damn thing. But with that said, good job on finally moving the puck the way it should be moved.