[Huntingwhale]

I just came from the Dome and the result was pretty much as expected. It looked like Ortio's first game, but despite some rebounds and jitters, he did decent. The loss definitely isn't on him. The Flames lack of skill is very apparent. They cycled well and controlled the first 2 periods. But they could never seem to make the pass into the slot for a decent scoring chance. I thought they could have actually been up 3-0 is the first. But Quick made 3 spectacular saves off of deflections which were really the only good chances in the game. I really got a good view of just how good of a goalie he is. His movements are just unreal and I haven't seen a goalie save deflection after deflection like that in a long time.

Sutter hockey took over though. The Flames never really had any solid scoring chances. Regehr was a beast and the Flames just have no finish. Solid effort. But it doesn't matter if you can't make the skilled plays.

Best part of the game was Harvey the Hound making a kid cry a couple rows behind me. I've never seen such fear in a child's eyes as I did in that moment. Whomever was in that suit lost his marbles tonight. Dangling off the railing like a drunk, beating his drum directly in people's ears, rubbing down kids and women like a cat in heat. I swear some random guy got the job tonight and just went wild. Never seen him like that before.