Maybe it’s just the annual slog through the National Hockey League pre\u002Dseason schedule that often brings out the worst instead of the best in players.
Expecting success and working for success are polar opposites in professional sports because winning is a habit and so is losing.
Injuries to Brock Boeser, Ilya Mlkheyev and Travis Dermott are a factor. And so are pre-season lineups that sport a mix of veterans and hopefuls. The absence of Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko and Conor Garland was clearly evident Saturday, but there was enough potential to make some noise and not go quietly into the night.Article content
The mistakes were glaring — especially a pair of giveaways on the second and third Kraken goals in the third period before an empty-netter — as the hosts held a 26-17 edge in shots and 55-39 in attempts.Article content • Oliver Ekman-Larsson tried to deny Matty Beniers in the high slot during the second period, but the centre manoeuvred to get a shot away that hit the heal of the defenceman’s stick to change directions on Demko.Article content
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