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Originally Posted by Savvy27

It sucks that they lost but I don't think this game is really indicative of anything. Which is too bad actually because I wanted to see how they could skate and compete with St. Louis.

Two horrible giveaways by Wideman and Irving overreacting to the move on the first goal had them down, but if Brodie would have buried that shot I think it could very well have been a different and competitive game. The Blues got a couple of fortunate bounces and the Flames got none, then Gio took a dumb penalty and Macdonald let in a wrist shot from the top of the circle with no screen right after the Flames got back into it.

Goaltending let them down tonight and Wideman only got back one goal of the two he owed the team. Calgary outplayed them for the last 40 minutes but it doesn't mean much when one team has a huge lead and isn't trying to score anymore.

All in all, it was a missed opportunity at points that they need, but I don't think this is a game worth thinking much about. Who the hell is in charge of the penalty kill!?

Brent Sutter