One of the undercurrents to this game was the fact that I thought the Flames played 'heavier' than the Canucks, specifically Ferland and Jooris. While Ferland was quick to drop the gloves with Dorsett and looked a bit silly for the penalty, Dorsett didn't choose to keep picking on Ferland. Then later they showed Bieksa and Ferland jawing at eachother prior to a face off, and despite Ferland face planting himself into the boards right after, he at that point had essentially 'made himself available' or 'offered an invitation' to the 2 guys the Canucks consider their modern day enforcers without even a hint of them pushing back to escalate the emotion. So while some would say it's just rookie vs veteran composure, I'd say there is an intangible lift to your team when a rookie openly challenges / shows disrespect to opposing "tough guys" without either saying a peep. And then setting up the game tying goal with a sexy feed was icing on the cake.
Great game by Ferland!
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