After watching tonight's preseason game, it is easy to see why Jonas Gustavsson is nicknamed "The Monster". In twenty minutes of work Friday night in Detroit, Jonas looked solid. Tonight, with two periods of work, Gustavsson looked excellent. He was very aggressive when challenging the shooter and made a terrific cross crease save to rob the Red Wings on a two on one scoring chance. The fans in the ACC gave him a standing ovation for his effort.
"The Monster" is able to use his 6'3 frame to block a large portion of the net off. When he comes out of his crease to challenge a shooter, there is very little net for the shooter to work with. He is also an incredible athlete, as seen in his acrobatic cross crease save.
Vesa Toskala continues to look better then he did last year, but a weak goal tonight against him makes it look like he may be challenged by Gustavsson this season. It happened all throughout last season for Toskala, with weak goals getting past him and taking the wind out of the sails for the rest of the team.
Another stand out tonight was, once again, Viktor Stalberg. He has impressed everybody with his speed and offensive ability this preseason and could make the team after scoring his 5th goal so far.
Gustavsson's big save.
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