[djsFlames]

I thought Monahan was invisible early on, but completely turned that around later in the game. Mostly cause he was reading better off Poirier and not trying to do things by himself (earlier resulting in giveaways) then in the third he made that fantastic defensive play in front of the net, too.

I'm trying to keep in mind that the team just assembled the day before, and probably practiced once together that day. First game. Some guys are going to get into the groove again quicker than others. Should be good to see who steps up in games 2 and 3.

Also, I think they need to play Granlund and Sven together. They had incredible chemistry in the development camps, it was pretty easy to see. F###n love Granlund, though. He'll end up the Flames' scoring leader in the tourney, pretty sure. Guy's got a wicked shot.