I'm not going to blame the coaching staff for that one... I just don't believe that is they style of game they are supposed to play. There were so many times that the Flames dumped the puck in and forechecked with one player which led to the Oilers passing D to D and out of the zone. It was so frustrating to watch and I don't buy for a second that they are supposed to be doing it.
I know that some posters get frustrated when there is a whipping boy, but I'm joining the Brouwer pile-on. He's the forward equivalent of Wade Redden and he should be in the minors, as happened to Redden when the Rangers smartened up. When you make every player on the team perform worse you don't belong in the best league in the world. He'll probably be demoted to the fourth line but I genuinely think that he'll drag them down.
Gaudreau and Monahan looked pretty bad. Obviously they can be a lot better and they've earned some patience. Hard when they play like that against a rival though.
Agree with everyone about Brodie... he was terrible.
Positives: Smith! He played great and deserved much more support. Giordano was good defensively. Bennett looked good and I am very excited to see him with Jagr... that's pretty much it for positives.
I'm really annoyed because I was talking to an Oilers fan about how I was excited for the BoA with both teams finally being good and he seemed like he was being polite by saying the Flames would compete for the division.
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