Not to be a downer but after watching some highlights Brodie had one of the worst games I've seen him play. I don't know if it was just bad ice but he couldn't handle the puck at all. So many mishandles led to instant pressure and it was fortunate it didn't end up in the net.
After Johnny got his breakaway goal, the Flyers got an immediate chance off the face off when Brodie fell down and a guy walked right in.
It's quite disconcerting.
I listened to the Flyers post game interviews and they thought they played a good game save for a stretch and penalties. It's hard to argue against that. There were so many chances against the Flames that were grade A - just lucky PHI didn't score.
CGY was opportunistic and that's good but there are way too many quality chances against. If not for Smith it could've been a blow out.
This team needs to play a whole lot better defensively.
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