Flames need to shake-up the PP a bit I think. Get Versteeg off the 1st unit and replace him with Hamilton. I get that Gulutzan wants a more 'passing' first unit, but Hamilton passes extremely well too, and you really have to respect his shot. I will never stop being a believer that you need a strong shot from the point on a PP to keep the PK'ers honest and stop them from collapsing down low too soon. Spreads out the PK'ers a bit.
Replace Hamilton on the 2nd unit with Versteeg if you must, but Wideman would fit in there well - he still has good offensive instincts and has a shot that the opposition needs to respect. Just fix the first unit at least and go from there. Sometimes you just need to change things up and breathe new life for a bit.
I agree with most of the posters here - just a sloppy game by the Flames. Maybe they are looking past Nashville at St. Louis, but the whole team was off. I am sure Nashville played a solid home game to help the Flames look sloppier than they really were, but without question that was still a sloppy game by them. Johnson wasn't to blame - he was decent enough to allow the Flames to win, but the Flames didn't do him any favours tonight.
Oh well, just have to look forward to St. Louis. That is going to be a very tough game. Flames can't afford to play sloppy there - heck, Flames can't afford to play sloppy against Colorado either.
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