Not a sharp game for the Fames, but at least they righted the ship in the third.
Thought Baertschi had a good game, but his linemates had no finish. Really noticed Poirier in this one (in a good way).
One thing I'll take away from this tourney was the play of this year's draft picks (first real chance to see them). We had a pretty good idea about Monahan, but Poirier has really impressed me. Kanzig has shown that his 3rd round selection was no reach at all. And Roy really surprised me with his size and speed - he could turn out to be a steal. Shame Klimchuk missed it, but he'll be a big part of next year's event.
I liked Knight's play - as someone said, not flashy, but he does a lot of little things well. Good on the forecheck as well.
Wotherspoon and Sieloff looked good, and Ramage was probably the biggest surprise.
I was always high on Ferland. He had a tough year last year, but he is clearly back on track and it will be interesting to see how he progresses this year.
Hopefully Granlund can carry his solid play into main camp.
Reinhart was also impressive.
Obviously the Flames wanted to put players in certain positions, but I would have liked to see Baertschi with Monahan - they could have put some of the big guns together at times, t see what they looked like.
Oh well, good tourney overall and I a glad I made the trip.
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