Chris Knobloch

He makes a save, and then Kapanen gets the game-winner just shortly after that.

So not only was he solid, but his timing saves were huge.

We've been very happy with him all year.

You know, we anticipate him being a...

an oiler in the future, we weren't really expecting it to be so fast.

You know, more down the road, maybe next year.

But since he came to training camp, he had an outstanding camp and caught our attentions immediately.

And then he went down to Bakersfield, played some American League games, obviously, and played very well down there in more of a defensive role.

And, you know, when we needed a...

players and we called them up i believe that was in january and came up and played a few games and fit it right in and the offensive wasn't there but um just somebody that the coaching staff felt really comfortable on the ice and i think a lot of it is just he's wired to play good defensive hockey and you know he was never going to hurt us when he was on the ice now

as he's played more games and had more responsibilities.

He's felt more comfortable with the puck and making more plays.

And I know he really took off during a stretch when he was playing with Savvy and Roslovec.

And that line was really good.

And yeah, and then at the end of the year, got in some more games and playing more with Doc and Freddie.

And yeah, I think his biggest strength is his skating.

we got away from our game I don't think we could have played a better first period overall you know I thought we had plenty of chances we're physical playing fast really simple game in the second period you know we turn over the puck in the neutral zone we're out of position they get a goal and you know we're probably a little bit

on our heels right from that first shift.

And then just our puck play.

It was just trying to make passes that weren't there.