Yes, it’s Traverse City. Yes, the game probably doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of Boudreau’s master plan. Yes, there are a lot of names that won’t find any organizational rosters for 2017-18.
But it was a hell of a comeback.
Lazarus.
Already leading 4-1 going into the third, the Blues squad extended their lead with a Klim Kostin power-play goal, his second of the afternoon. 5-1, and you wouldn’t blame any of those prospects for packing it in and looking forward to a clean sheet of ice and another opportunity Saturday night.