I've seen this. Sometimes the other team is a mess in a vacuum, sometimes the other team is a mess because of what we are doing (obviously, not so recently)...which is it? Are the Sabres owed some credit here?
There is a curiously wide breadth of variability in the interpretation of the game on this board.
I would argue that for fun. Of the best skaters not named Hutton I would say Eichel and Dahlin were better players. I think Eichel had a far better game than a lot of people seem to be giving him credit for. I think Mitts was as good as Samson. Can we say Elie was skating well? Because he was skating well. None of this is to say Samson didn't have a good game, but I think many of them were playing at a similar level.
There are late bloomers in every part of life. Hockey is no different. Sometimes it's personal development, sometimes circumstances, usually a mix of both.
I can't agree with this. Tonight they played with more urgency and grit than they did against Boston. And with regards Hutton, that's what a goalie is for. Some games the goalie wins. I don't see a problem with that happening in game 2 of the season.