Ferland was immense tonight. Great game from him after a dismal start to the season - hopefully a sign of things to come.
In fact, the entire top line was excellent in both zones tonight, as was the Giordano-Hamilton pairning.
Kulak shouldn't sit in the pressbox again this season if it means Bartkowski is getting minutes instead. Aside from skating he is better in ever aspect of the game, and especially in puck movement. Kulak actually looks to make a pass instead of just banging it off the glass or skating himself out of space in the neutral zone.
Brodie implementing a fake drop-pass within a feigned turnback via mohawk pivot on the powerplay neutral zone phase has made a huge difference. It really freezes the first forechecker whereas before they would just jump the telegraphed drop pass. But, I still hate the Flames' powerplay setup with no one-timer options.
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not gonna read too much into beating a team on the second night of a B2B but it's nice to stop the bleeding.
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Plus they had their backup goaltender playing.