What a very see-saw game. One team has all the momentum, then the other, then swings back. Crunch put up 4 unanswered goals in the 3rd period to take the win after the Flames absolutely dominate the 2nd period.
While he's recently found a scoring touch, what a game to not have McGrattan in the lineup:
1st J. Vermin 2.00 Hooking 8:05
1st M. Cundari 2.00 Slashing 8:51
1st S. Koekkoek 2.00 Hooking 9:02
1st B. Kulak 2.00 Hooking 10:46
1st M. Cundari 5.00 Fighting 14:37
1st T. Richard 5.00 Fighting 14:37
1st G. Hathaway 5.00 Fighting 17:24
1st D. Broll 5.00 Fighting 17:24
1st N. Yonkman 2.00 Roughing 18:59
1st N. Yonkman 5.00 Fighting 18:59
1st D. Smith 5.00 Fighting 18:59
2nd J. Marchessault 2.00 Holding 5:09
3rd G. Hathaway 2.00 Slashing 7:21
3rd B. Van Brabant 2.00 Kneeing 10:37
3rd B. Van Brabant 5.00 Fighting 10:37
3rd J. Cote 2.00 Roughing 10:37
3rd J. Cote 5.00 Fighting 10:37
To guess next year's lines I would have to resurrect the "Coach Ward Lineup Dartboard" again.
I have no idea where even to start guessing. We have alot of RFA's coming up this year (Wolf, Hanowski, Van Brabant, Arnold, Agostino, Acolaste, Ramage, Cundari, Reinhart and Elson) and I'm not sure which of those will be resigned/traded/let go. Thiessen, Potter, Seto and Grats are UFA's. Yonkman is probably close to retirement. Hathaway, Tousi, Carr and Stevenson only have AHL deals for 1 year.
No clue what will happen in goal, I DOUBT Ortio is back. I think we will also have a new backup goalie.
Safe to assume Kulak, Culkin and Sieloff will start in the AHL. Wotherspoon is more than likely NHL bound after this season. Depending on how Culkin comes back from the injury, he could be a partial year AHL'er.
The only forwards with any certainty would be Reinhart, Klimchuk and Carroll. Poirier and Granlund will be NHL'ers.