I didn't think our defensemen did the team any favors last night, but with that said the Wallinder-Tuomisto pair was the only pair we had with anything close to real prospects on it. The rest were either tryouts or guys that were too young. Offensively we had the puck a lot and the guys that were supposed to be good were. The only problem was that they were all just trying to take the game over themselves (other than Hanas maybe) rather than playing off their teammates. Just looked like a lot of guys with talent who still need a lot of coaching and practice. I also thought Cossa looked fine. He was hung out to dry on his one goal against. I didn't see the other. Hard to really judge him without real defensemen in front of him.
Tuomisto looked solid too (for anyone specific who might be interested). His foot speed is better than I anticipated, shot was just as hard, but I didn't really see the physicality he was billed with. I think he's genuinely in the mix for a future 3rd pair RHD spot (with Anton Johansson and ASP).