A View From the Terrace
by The Cannon on Sep 27, 2007 11:03 PM EDT
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I was fortunate enough to view the game tonight from a different perspective than my normal seat in Nationwide Arena. I viewed tonights game from a Terrace table at center ice on the club level. What a treat it was. Beverage service at my seat with a smile, a flat screen TV in front of me, game stats delivered to me after each period and possibly the best view in the house.
What I saw on the ice was a different story.
I'm trying to remember that this is preseason but I'm having difficulty staying away from the ledge. There are eight days left before the season opener and many questions are still unanswered.
Steve Mason earned the third star of the game and Gilbert Brule continued his fine play but that was about the only thing to be excited about tonight, unless you were a Hurricane fan. David Vyborny was welcomed back to the ice and reunited with Rick Nash. Kris Beech made his debut centering the top line. The results were less than stellar. In fact it was a disaster. When asked during his post game press conference about it Ken Hitchcock said, "It's a work in progress."
With only two preseason games left before the start of the season that was the last thing I wanted to hear from the coach. Also alarming was that Hitch also said Adam Foote, Michael Peca and Fredrik Modin would not travel with the team for the games on Friday and Saturday.
Beech will certainly get another opportunity in the last two games but they are scrambling to find someone to take the role. Does that mean Fedorov is going to be the choice by default? What's that going to do to the rest of the lines? How come Platt wasn't given a closer look? How about giving Brassard a chance?
The frustrating part about this whole issue is that the first line center position has been a known weakness way before camp started. Looks like Hitch is going to have to go to plan B, whatever that is.
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I didn't get to the game last night but my husband said he had flashbacks from last year. That context is never good in terms of the CBJ. He thought that they just found a way to lose... lots of opportunities that they couldn't connect on. This goes further than the center situation on top but obviously it would help if our supposed best offensive line could pot some goals. My excitement for next Friday is lowering daily... although I suppose it could turn out reasonably well... underpromise and overdeliver?? :-)
by Mary on Sep 28, 2007 12:23 PM EDT reply actions
As frustrating as it is this team has the talent to compete this year. It's getting guys healthy and developing some line chemistry. I would have liked to see more consistency in the lines by now as it's important to get off to a good start. But it's not time to throw the team under the bus by writing the season off before it has started either.
by LJ Baranski on Sep 28, 2007 2:24 PM EDT reply actions
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