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Originally Posted by erikk3
Couldn't watch tonight.
Why did Wideman play 22 minutes?
Who did Monahan play with? I was hoping Bennett and Brouwer
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Originally Posted by bob-loblaw
How many minutes did Dougie play? Thought he had a good game.
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Originally Posted by kukkudo
Still don't get why Wideman is playing over 20min a night.
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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
Agree, 20 min. He looked better, there were a few gaffes keeping the puck in the attack zone at the blueline but otherwise was solid.
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Brodie -Wideman
Gio- Hamilton
Kulak-Engalland
Those were the pairings last night and there was some real good stuff going on, but some usually glaring mistakes.
Gio and Hamilton had a real tough time keeping the puck in last night and it killed a couple really nice O-zone pressure situations. Hamilton had 3 easy keep ins that got by him which could have turned ugly really fast, but he managed to barely get back and retrieve the puck.
Gio had a couple offsides by trying to walk the blue line. Other than that, he was solid. I wish Gio would look for the open man more rather than put a puck on net for an easy save when the Flames have complete control. Gio seems to be trying to rush it a bit and if he can settle down, he'll be fine.
Wideman and Brodie looked really nice at times actually, only problem is, Wideman thinks he's as good as Brodie and tries to be too cute and he coughs up the puck... if he could simplify his game and stick to the basics, I think he'd be a lot less noticeable, which would be a good thing.
Wideman was caught floating in his own and thought the puck was going out and stopped playing before the puck was out, was starting to follow Brodie who was right in moving up the ice as he was the strong side defender, Wideman blew his coverage with 1 opponent in the Flames D zone and it cost the team a goal.
The guy just has a really poor hockey IQ.. or his GAF is zero..
Brodie was playing really well with some sweet moves in the O-zone and got lots of minutes. My guess is due to wanting to keep pairings, is why Wideman got 22 minutes..? Only guess I have..
Engalland and Kulak were really nice together and read what each other were doing really well. Engalland was being an absolute dick to other players too, especially Hanzal.
I'd like to see the pairings stay this way for a bit.. but we all know the likelihood of that..