The Canucks‘ top line of Naslund, Morrison and Bulis each managed to beat Washington Capitals’ goaltender Olaf Kolzig in a 3-2 SO win for the Canucks tonight… but don’t let that fool you.
The top line looked disorganized for most of the game. Though they did get a few chances now and again the number of times that Naslund and Morrison bobbled the puck or tried to make one cute move too many was somewhat disturbing.
Admittedly, had the line been facing most any other goaltender the outcome would likely have been different. Kolzig managed 42 saves against the Canucks’ shots-on-goal juggernaut. I’m sure we’ll all be watching carefully to see whether or not Naslund’s line can retain their “#1″ status. With the way the Sedin’s and Taylor Pyatt are playing, we could see a changing of the guard before too long…
There was already talk of Pyatt being “the new Carter”. The Sedins are just becoming that good - you get the right person in there with them and they all excel. GREAT seeing Naslund and Mo on a line again and it seems that being in the ‘bad dog box’ has made an impact on Bulis. Agreed, if not for Kolzig we would have been pretty unstoppable that night. Let’s just see if the momentum continues…