Well, anything that can go wrong has gone wrong. Just waiting for that 9-0 drubbing at some point this season to really put the nail in the coffin on this iteration of the Calgary Flames. Could very well come against Dallas too. those guys are legit this year.
At this point I feel like re-signing Gio before you got to see what he had this year was a mistake. I feel like I felt that way before but maybe not. This is the year before Iggy left Gio, that's not a good Gio to have for 6 more years. Its also gut check time for his leadership in the locker room.
I've not given Ramo any quarter this year so I'm not going to give Hiller any either. That was weak.Other than goal #1, he should've had all four of them. First game back after missing a month, he better get a block of starts win or lose. If trash can Ramo gets them, Hiller should too.
Constant positives: Hamilton, Brodie (Who incidentally looked very frustrated all game tonight) Bennett, Gaudreau, Frolik. Monahan is hit or miss, hopefully rounds into form soon.
Can we please move Backlund and let Granlund take his place? The guy is ready, has been ready since pre season. Theres no reason other than favoritism from Hartley of other guys to keep this guy down. He looked really really good tonight.
If I hear Trelving say he's not going to make a trade for the sake of making a trade one more time... Seriously, make some trades, barring a miracle run this years playoff hopes are Oiler-esque.
move the expiring contracts. Get some kids up from the farm. Loosen up a bit and let them play.
You can see the whole team is just wound tighter than a snare drum and frustrated and just white knuckled. Time to just break the tension.
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