Nice write up.
Tanguay was struggling with the puck, it was odd. Just fumbling the puck and not playing with intensity. He looked distracted and not focused.
Cammalleri's faceoffs and overall game as center are looking a lot better. The problem earlier was on the draws and defensive zone positioning and he has shored this up pretty decently. But with Tanguay out to lunch, it is tough. You can't afford to have a passenger on the line playing against Chicago.
Wideman is frustrating. Would it kill him to hit a guy after he runs him in to the corner and the guy dishes? Make him work to get back in the play.
Bouwmeester is frustrating. Watch him in the corners. He follows the guy around keeping him to the outside but rarely forces a turnover. And there was a play where crisp PP passing hit his stick and became a pause and a lazy pass, allowing Chicago to regain positioning.
Chicago was playing very well in front of Emery. Outnumbering the Flames in so many puck battles.
Brodie looked good. Couldn't believe when he made a nice successful pinch, but had no support and his teammates had all blown the offensive zone leaving 40 foot gaps. Yeesh.
There were flashes of really good things, like that shift where the Iggy-Tanguay-Cammalleri line had Chicago hemmed in for a good length of time. Sadly nothing came of it.
Shame to waste a good game by Kipper. Second goal should have been disallowed. The guy skated through and pulled Kipper out of position by dragging the top of his right pad. No matter. A 1-0 loss is not much better than a 2-0 loss. They have to score.
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