Well Ottawa finally opened up their pre-season tonight in London, Ontario with a 4-0 win against the Philadelphia Flyers. As expected, most of the established players were scratched, including Heatley, Spezza, Alfie, Phillips, Volchenkov, and Emery.
This did allow some of our prospects to shine though. Lee looked like a rock on the blue line. He made some great passes, had some great shots, and aside from a few brain cramps looked good. Lee looked good enough to surpass Richardson in the depth charts, at least on this night.
On offence, Foligno and Zubov looked good. Zubov started the night off with an early goal, and continued to have chances through the night. Foligno managed to pot a goal and two assists, looking perfectly in place alongside Kelly and Eaves.
The nicest surprise of all had to be Martin Gerber. He was an all-star tonight. His positioning was stellar, and his reactionary saves were incredible. He faced over 50 shots and managed to get a shutout.
I really hope we do not get rid of Gerber early on in the season. I have been a supporter of his since day one, and if Emery falters or goes down Gerber will be extremely valuable.
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