not a good game by the flames outside of hiller by any means, but no reason to complain when they manage to come out with the 2 points.
That being said, other than the game versus the preds, i find that the flames are a anti-puck-possession team. The basically have the puck on their stick for maybe a few minutes maximum in the offensive zone in the whole game. The spend most of the time defending, or chasing the puck.
other than Backlund, who's line eats up most of those few mins of offensive zone time a game, our other centers (colborne and monahan) just haven't had much as far as creating offensive zone time. Naturally, it's not just them, their wingers haven't been impactful in this area either.
i wouldn't mind seeing stajan given a more prominent role as i think given the right wingers he may be able to provide a more offensive boost to to the team and his linemates.
This likely boils down to the forwards just lacking enough skill/talent to generate consistent offensive chances, but that wasn't an issue last year.
as far as the d goes, have been pretty satisfied. Other than wideman of course. the guy is an absolute disaster. he started last season off so well, but since coming back from injury and then to start this year, he's been dog crap.
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