Would like to see Hathaway sub in for Bouma. Hathaway brings way more pressure on the forecheck and Anaheims D is really beat up. Let Ferland loose also. Team should be pounding Anaheims D and they will fork over cookies like the Canucks did. I don't expect it though because it takes way too long for G G to adjust when the team needs a boost. I expect him to keep the same lineup even if they get swept in 4.
Brouwer has looked like garbage all season and this was the time of year he was brought in for, beyond frustrating watching him bring little to nothing each game. Dude needs to get in there and punish Anaheims D. Hope he is gone either in a trade in the offseason or Las Vegas takes him. Byron was 10 times more physical as a Flame than Brouwer has been and he is way smaller player.
Now that I have the bitchin' finished I did like a lot of players this game. Bennett looked much better the last two games and has been trending upwards. Good for him. Gaudreau and Ferland and Monahan looked much better as a line. Nice to see Backlund with the shorty. The last thing he needs to improve is his faceoffs especially in the defensive zone and then you can call him a true impact player against any center in the league. Really happy with his year.
I still believe the Flames can get it together but Gulutzan needs to react properly. When he was an assistant in Vancouver they lost that series because Vancouvers staff didn't react to Ferland who owned Vancouvers D. They kept turning pucks over all day and Vancouver had no answer. Hoping Gulutzan has learned something in that time.
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