Jeremy Laura: Greiss steals a game as Vancouver outplays Detroit, but Wings win 3-1
- Jeremy Laura
Wow. Greiss was stunning. We should’ve been absolutely waxed, but Greiss stood on his head. Great to see Zadina pot one. Raymond played his best Shakespearean character picking all those pockets. Friggin’ thief!!! He’s doing so many things correctly, still a way to go, but again…this kid’s going to be sneaky good. Mo Sides was great tonight 23+min, solid defensive play, showing progress. Good signs.
The hit with Zadina was a toss-up. One angle looked like Zad’s head hit the dude’s back, one seemed to show left elbow contact after a glancing blow by the right. The dude seemed to have had his elbow up going in. But Zadina looked like he altered his course resulting in contact. Again, perception, which is Kool…..FOW seemed to improve as the game wore on. Our guys need to improve in this area. It’s crucial that we have a better FOW%. Losing those always ends up costing, one way or another.
The stick to Mo Side’s nads??? Deliberate all day long. The dude lifted his stick into Happy Town. But, because the guys who had the pain inflicted upon him had a winged wheel…..SGT Schultz will fill in the blank.
Smith got physical, Raymond got in there, Hronek was BEGGING to go. What I didn’t like was Ras being hit with gloves on whilst not looking. Kinda reminded of the cretin Dylan Larkin throwing a gloved punch. Ras needs to spend some time with Smith and Tyson. Big dude like that needs to know how to be physical. It can’t all rest on Smith’s shoulders. He’ll be targeted, then after he’s been tossed the opposing players will have a field day.
Nice to see the win. Greiss earned that. Flat-out stood on his head. Will venture to say tonight was the best he’s played for the Wings, period. Good enough play to win, but this could’ve easily been an absolute shellacking if not for Greiss.