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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Isn't 4 goals on 41 shots pretty much the standard, if not slightly above? Just going by normal goalie save %. That's a .902%
Anyway, after absorbing the loss my takes are:
I thought each line had its moments. The top line got better as the game wore on, the TBB line pressured at times, Stajan and Chaisson were pretty good together and Backlund's line was fine.
Aside from Grossman and Elliott, there was no standout poor play. Bouma was a little too invisible for me. Monahan was a bit invisible, but he was trying to check McDavid all night. Wideman was better than I feared, Hamilton was OK. In fact, there were more players who played pretty well - Backlund, Frolik, Brouwer had good nights, Gaudreau was starting to play really well, Versteeg was pretty good.
Aside from correctable mistakes (playing Grossman) and bad nights from good players (Elliott), as well as the one horrific reffing sequence which turn the game on its head, the Flames would have won this game. So going forward, I'm not concerned with this one result.
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Agreed with everything except Bouma and to a lesser extend Versteeg.
I'm not going to put any stock into Versteeg's play though since he literally just joined the team yesterday. He was engaged with the play which is all you can ask.
Bouma looked noticeable to me throughout the night. He was good on the PK and made a couple good plays in the offensive zone. I think he's faster than he's ever been, I had to double check the number a couple times. Pretty sure he was bumped up to the Backlund-Frolik line for the last half of the game.