This was going to be the trap game in the schedule. Thankfully, Ottawa embarrassed Calgary (or more correctly, the Flames embarrassed themselves) so the Flames will probably come out like gangbusters tonight.
I wonder who is hurt. I wonder if Glass is also a bit nicked-up as well. Either way, Freddie is going to get around 20-25 games this season. I expect him to come out and give the Flames a lot of energy and speed tonight. I liked him when he came in (with Lazar) on that 4th game against Anaheim.
I do definitely expect a response from the Flames tonight. This better be a statement game from them.
Edit: Also, putting Smith back in seems like a good call actually. Let him go into this mini-break with a (hopefully) solid performance instead of dwelling on getting beat by the Sens. I don't have any issue with it at all, and Smith is supposedly in crazy shape anyways. Good call on Gulutzan's part I think.
Last edited by Calgary4LIfe; 10-14-2017 at 05:46 PM.
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