Yikes, some of us! Terrible? "Dominated"? Talking about Matthews?
Maybe I'm a naive optimist, or a stupid homer, but I'm still feeling good.
Ferland and the whole Frolik line were really solid.
The top line was good. Created chances in the zone, but eyes are on them now, they can't sneak into the zone so easily. Stajan made some good plays.
Bennett and Hamilton looked nervous. Weren't spectacular, but certainly weren't bad (Hamilton with a few 'duh' moments).
Ramo was super weak. Engelland and Bollig weren't anything good either. Wideman is good enough not to make those idiotic mistakes.
Everyone else just 'was'. Not good, not bad. Just played the game.
Every bad bounce went in, Ramo missed saves he needed to have, Flames had nothing go their way.
All-in-all, not terrible. They're still growing. Saw plenty of brutal games last year, and they still did just fine. Don't forget how they got to the second round last year: they clawed their way in. They got smacked around and just kept at it.
This team still has that.
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