While preseason means exactly nothing to most fans, us hockey wonks watch intently as we nitpick every last detail of every player, work out the details in our head (or on our blog) to determine how that player would be best utilized, then argue on Twitter how much an idiot the coach is for not doing exactly what we suggested. While we won’t go so far to say Nathan Walker deserves an opening night roster spot after his performance in a in a 4-1 loss to New Jersey on Monday, we will say he’s doing what he needs to make it happen.