Isn’t it great…not to mention fun…to have some kids to be excited about?
Rutger McGroarty, Tristan Broz, Ville Koivunen, Vasily Ponomarev, Tanner Howe, Harrison Brunicke to name a few. Goalies Sergei Murashov and Joel Blomqvist, too, the latter’s leaky performance against the Sabres aside.
If it feels like it’s been 100 years since we’ve had such a crop of kids to root for, that’s because for all intents and purposes it has. True, our back-to-back Cup champions featured a healthy splash of youth, including Matt Murray, Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust, Conor Sheary, Tom Kuhnhackl and Scott Wilson.