“If you go through the league, there’s a lot of really good young players, but most of them are forwards,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “Defense is a learned position, trial by fire. The biggest part with trial by fire is that guys keep their confidence and the coaches keep their confidence in the guys, and that can be tested at times when the puck goes in your net too much.”
I like the quote. It shows that Jeff Blashill understands that Dennis Cholowski and Filip Hronek are going to have bad nights and that’s just part of the gig this season.