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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

I was at the game last night ,and to be fair the puck was bouncing around like a tennis ball. It was so bad that the 5 year old behind me kept noticing and asking his dad why the puck was doing that when it was supposed to lie flat.

Gio did go offside a coupe times, but I remember twice the puck just seemed to hit a rut and bounce up. Other then a bad giveaway, I thought Gio's only real issue was hitting the net. He has a wicked wrister. But I haven't seen someone shoot wide that many times in a game in a long time.

As much as I like the look for the open man for the back door play, the team needs to focus getting the puck on net more so then looking for the extra pass. Bennett was guilty of that on his 2 on 1. Shoot the puck and go for the rebound. I actually thought Engelland did that quite well. His shots from the point were low and almost always resulted in a scramble out front.

I thought Gio was pretty bad. Yes he had some unfortunate bounces but he was also giving the puck away a lot and making poor decisions. He along with Monahan have been the most disappointing players this year, both guys need a shot of confidence. They can't execute the simplest of tasks. Flames will go nowhere without them both playing well.