Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunk
Interesting comments by Burke at rookie seasons ticket holder event about Johnny. Said much more impressive at home vs away because of how line changes are controlled more by the home team. Scores at home, but Winnipeg the other night where he was playing bigger, faster players - "did nothing". Stated - "What can he do on the road? We don't know, but we'll find out in a hurry with the six game road trip out of the gate."
So skeptical of him still, but sounds like he's for sure on the roster to begin with.
|
True. But....
1) the Flames lineups on the road were brutal, resulting in less puck possession
2) just my opinion, but I thought the reffing in the pre-season (all teams, not just Flame games) heavily favoured home teams. Road teams got few PPs .
3) played the Wpg game with Colborne, who had his worst game of the pre-season
4) ALL of the Flames were horrible in that game
Despite all that, I thought Gaudreau wasn't too bad in that game