Im liking Leonard more and more. Once the puck starts going in, he's gonna have superstar potential.
Sourdif is growing on me as well. He hustles, like Im sure Lappi and Milano do as well, but he just gets noticed more.
I agree. Leonard looks better and better, as does Sourdiff. What surprises me is when I look at TOI for this game particularly. Three lowest TOI for the game: Leonard 10:22, Lappy 10:47, Sourdiff 11:36. Also, remember Lenny is only 20, and never played OHL/AHL so he is about as Newby as you can get. 3 goals in 7 games is pretty good for a 3rd line guy getting 10 minutes of ice a game.
Leonard and Sourdiff are making good use of their minutes, because they sure are noticeable and seem like they are in the play a lot more than the amount of ice time they get.
Bit of an odd line with Lenny, Sourdiff, Protas, but I'm sure they put Protas there to help make them responsible...kinda works though as Sourdiff is quick but kind of scrappy scrambler - not really a disher like Strome, and Protas definitely good at retrieval as well as shooting, and Lenny is definitely a shooter, and all have decent wheels. Inserting Protas definitely makes them more viable than McMike or Lappy.
Chychrun 22:23, Fever 21:47, Roy 21:33 all had more TOI than Carlson 19:45. I like that, Carlson has a better game with 20 minutes than he does with 25
Also...nice to play a tired team; sure makes your team look better. Caps will be on the receiving end of that many times this year with so many back to back games scheduled.
