This was not a great start of the game or the season for Ivantsov. Early on, the forward let up on the backcheck after his man slips past him, and that player goes on to open the scoring. He was slow to accelerate and didn’t show off a whole lot of speed in the game. I came away from this game thinking that he might be a bit afraid of the puck or of contact. The centerman was often given the puc...