[Maritime Q-Scout]

How the game ended sucked kind of hard.

However, year 1 of a rebuilding year with basically two rookie goalies (technically Ramo isn't a rookie but he basically is with his inexperience and time away from the NHL) you have to expect lapses.

This season the Flames will be on the losing end of 1 goal games more than they will be on the winning side of them.

Berra NEEDS a shutout, get the monkey off his back and move on. He'll be better for it, but that comes with experience. He'll be a good goalie, heck he already is with the exception of the lapses in the third. The question is how much of those lapses is him and how much is the inexperience in front of him? I'm not saying it's either/or but a combination of the two and I honestly don't know how I'd assess the proportions.

Iginla played well and got the win in his return. Hats off to the guy, he's a class act. It just sounds wrong to hear the play-by-play guy (especially Cuthbert) say the name Iginla and not want him to score. It's a gut reaction to hear Iginla shoots and be upset when he doesn't score, despite the fact it would have been against the Flames.

Alright 1:30am ranting over... I'm frustrated with how we lost, but not surprised I liked what I saw in the first two periods which means the talent and ability is there; now to work on the experience.