The lack of hunger concerns me. McDavid obviously looked like a gamebreaker but the Flames top players did not. Yeah its the first game but we also saw it often last year. The top players need to take over games. Also, bottom line seems to get too much ice time. They are a liability.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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