[Cali Panthers Fan]

I'll just reiterate what I said in the game thread.

Jankowski needs to sit for a game or two and watch the game. He's just absolutely brain dead out there in his own zone, and you can't afford that with a center. Clear his head, refocus, get back to basics, then when he looks good in practice bring him back in. Czarnik can handle 4th line center duties for a couple games, or you can give Bennett 3rd line center duties and put Czarnik on the wing. Janko is simply costing the team too many goals/scoring chances right now to stay in the lineup. If he doesn't figure it out soon I think you see Dube called up. If/when that happens, it could be the end of Jankowski's time as a Flame.

Stone looks like a borderline NHLer at the moment. I know we don't have a lot of better options on the farm, so he's going to get plenty of rope, but he didn't look very good again tonight, and was actually worse than the other night in Dallas. Kylington needs to play the vast majority of the games this year based on what we've seen so far from both.

I can't be too mad at the couple goals that finally squeaked through Rittich since he made so many 10 bell saves. All goalies have those games. Don't get too worried about it. However, it's definitely time to give Talbot a game, especially in a back to back on the road. History tells us that if you play Rittich too much his game falls apart just a little, and he goes from incredible to below average very quickly. I hope the coaching staff is working on managing his work load consistently throughout the year. Kipper he is not. You can't play him for 70+ games and for 10+ games in a row and not worry about it.

This is a team that just needs some more practice time and an extended home stand. Once they get that I suspect everything will become more cohesive. If it doesn't, I suspect that Treliving will be working the phones on a trade to try and shake things up.