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Originally Posted by colbym72
Yeah I agree with most of what you said here. Without knowing the guys, I wonder what the leadership on ice/during the game. You hear amazing things about Gio and some of these guys off the ice or in the room, but I wonder who the player is (if there is one) that is most vocal and shows leadership. The eye test looks like Tkachuk. I wonder what Monahan brings with his A
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Frankly, I'm not sure how much can even be put on team leadership. The only goal I thought showed a sag was the 6th, where the coverage collapsed. I thought they pushed back pretty well after Tampa scored 3,4, and 5. And they finished well despite being right out of it.
From a hockey standpoint, the Flames' skaters were pretty darn good. Like the Vegas game, this one is just hard to analyze after the fact. Name a line that had a bad night. Not the fourth (especially Lazar and Stajan). The first line was fine - they had plenty of chances. The second line was good considering their assignment. People were praising Brouwer all night so not the third, aside from Bennett taking a penalty right off the bat. The D did a credible job, aside from, IMO Stone and Kulak, who were trapped a few times.
The PK did well enough - a garbage goal went in, but they killed an almost 2 minute 5 on 3. The PP actually scored and looked pretty good.