Postgame Live analysts Brodie Brazil and Curtis Brown highlight the turning point in the Sharks’ 3-2 loss to the Predators in Prague, Czech Republic.
PRAGUE – Steven Lorentz doesn’t have a track record that screams top-six winger.
Before the San Jose Sharks acquired the 26-year-old this summer from the Carolina Hurricanes, Lorentz had just 10 goals in 112 NHL games. He had been a solid AHL scorer, but on the Metropolitan Division winner, he was a fourth-liner.
So cue the outrage when Sharks head coach David Quinn shuffled the deck after Friday’s 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators, and installed Lorentz next to his second line Logan Couture-Kevin Labanc duo.
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But I suspect that Lorentz changed some minds after a solid performance in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the same Preds.
“I thought Lorentz had a real good night,” Quinn noted. “I thought that line was our best line. I thought [Couture] was really good. I thought Labanc had a really good weekend.”
Lorentz ended his night with an assist, but that wasn’t what impressed me.