‘There seems to be a huge improvement in another thing that Luukkonen does. He now fights for his ice. Don Granato said Luukkonen went home this summer and got himself in much better condition and he can see it in his goalie’s practices. With that he moves around better, but he also worked on finding pucks through traffic. He gets into the high traffic areas around his crease and battles to see the puck. Luukkonen said on the postgame show, “It’s something that I’ve been building on the last three years as I’ve been in the U.S. playing in Rochester or here, you realize how important it is to see the puck all the time because their can be a rebound or a bounce, so that’s something I’ve worked on and it’s one of the things I’ve improved from the Washington game too. I talked to Bailsie (Mike Bales) after the game, so I’m happy I could see things during the game.”’