I think we got an idea of what Ryan is at today. Give players a proper chance. Build their confidence. Lots of us would have dropped JOC from the panel weeks ago. But Ryan gave him time to play himself back into confidence and form. He's still a long way from the top 15, but at least tonight he can say he's still got it. It's just about bringing it out more often.
We'll see Saunderson again this league for the same reasons. Felt sorry for him today. Mixed the good with the terrible. Goals is a tough place to settle into a game from. But even after conceding a poor enough goal, he got it together and took a couple of high balls. That shows me that he he's mentally strong which a keeper needs to be, more than any other position. His puck outs were very good and very bad.
At the end of the day this is the league. Today was never going to be a real competitive game. We took something from it. We move on, knowing that our eye is still on the big prize.
We'll see Saunderson again this league for the same reasons. Felt sorry for him today. Mixed the good with the terrible. Goals is a tough place to settle into a game from. But even after conceding a poor enough goal, he got it together and took a couple of high balls. That shows me that he he's mentally strong which a keeper needs to be, more than any other position. His puck outs were very good and very bad.
At the end of the day this is the league. Today was never going to be a real competitive game. We took something from it. We move on, knowing that our eye is still on the big prize.