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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Great first, horrible second, average third. Fun win. You can tell the difference between Vegas and Winnipeg. The Jets have a bit more pride. Vegas folded, Winnipeg pushed back and didn’t go down without a fight.
Rittich is awesome and someone give Tkachuk a blank cheque right away!!!
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I see it more like Winnipeg has a deep team where the Knights aren't all that deep. Last year they were the little engine that could and took everyone by surprise. The Jets have been building this thing they have now for a while.
They're as legit as any of the top ranked teams like Nashville or TB or TOR.
Either way, I like that the Flames have shown they have that comeback kid spirit in them and can overcome their shortcomings. Or that they can win games in the first period and bend a little but not break. These are very key ingredients to sustained success.
Now all that is left to find out is if they can find consistency and can find that balance night in and night out.
And I really don't want to rain on the David Rittich parade right now but tonight he showed that overzealous thing that hurt his consistency during his stretch of games last season. He floated out of position like Reto Berra a bunch tonight. Or overplayed a bunch of shots leaving him exposed. We got the W, I am happy. But he needs to reel it in back to whats made him so good so far this season. Good positioning and not going hog wild with the big slides.