Wow!! This team is just so pleasant to watch. Other teams would have folded after giving two early goals but not the Flames. Bob Hartley deserves a lot of credit here. What a genius of decision in starting Karri Ramo tonight. I thought after that 4 goals he gave up (not all of them his fault) Hartley would have start Hiller instead. I am sure I am not alone in thinking Hiller will start. Kudos to Hartley too in not pulling Ramo after Ducks/Getzlaf scoring 2 goals early. Again, I don't think Ramo was at fault but maybe the second goal he got caught looking the other way but he was impressive all night. Flames played a heck of a team game in both offensively and defensively. Awesome to see Gaudreau and Stajan scoring two goals each. I thought Dennis Wideman played a heck of a game tonight. Lots of ice time and he was so focus all night. I particularly love his assist on Monahan's goal and his assist on Gaudreau's goal was a dandy as well. Wideman, Russell, Brodie and even Engelland stepped up their game ever since Gio was put on IR. I never doubted that Wideman and Russell can play lots of minutes because they've done it before early last season. I believed Wideman played over 30 minutes at one time last season. I am just loving this team but too bad we are not getting the help from the other team. Good game tonight and I am very happy.
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