I've been losing A LOT of sleep over this freaking team this season. There was a time before the rebuild where staying up/getting up for Flames games didn't interest me a lot, but this season and also last season, our team has been so much fun that I'm more than happy to forego a couple of hours of sleep. Like yesterday ... I was out with friends, came home at around midnight and thought "well, the Flames have a game in an hour ... might as well watch one period". And of course, I went on to watch the whole game again. Just a fun team playing the right way. This is already a promising team, and the thought of adding Sam Bennett next season makes me giggle like a schoolgirl. Exciting times
As for the Leafs, I was shocked. They are doomed, I don't think they can salvage this mess quickly. Edmonton part 2. Their first period was the most pathetic period of hockey I've seen in a very long time. I feel the Flames could have made it to double digits if they had wanted to, but obviously it was great to save some energy for today's game. If you can spread the minutes like the Flames did yesterday, it's huge. Russell/Wideman played 5 minutes less than usual.