A game to forget : defense was probably poor but Cossa was not there either. He’s going to another year in AHL. If he isn’t consistent, he can forget the big team. The problem for a young goalie compared with forwards is that one mistake=one goal. But Detroit isn’t the best place to become a good goalie. Some time ago, it was Montréal with Roy trained by Allaire. I think there are still teams where goalies get better even if the team wasn’t good (change goalies, still a good season) but I can’t remember where. Not in Detroit.

I can’t understand how you go from games 1 and 2 (40 shots) to this one : are they getting tired already ?
Of course, it is not the same players, not the same Buffalo team but strange enough to notice.
ASP played a lot (Todd testing him a lot, is it because he would like to see him play as soon as in the opening ?) and seems to get better. Line 2 is ready, but it will be nice to settle the other lines a bit so they know what the others are going to do on the ice.
Appleton, Ras and Copp seem to be a nice shutdown one.