First line remains out of sync, 5 on 5 at least. It's nice to see Monahan throw his weight around suddenly, but he's converted to a pure grinder it seems. Gaudreau is frustrating to watch. Feels like teams have caught on and adjusted how to defend him. He doesn't look all that electric so far.
Get Brodie back with gio, Andersson has made some really weird plays tge past 2 games resulting in the puck in their net (brutal neutral zone face off pinch in Anaheim then watching the puck go in off him tonight).
Hanafin had a really solid start individually this year, but he looks like he and hamonic are good for one gaff every period or 2.
I have a serious love/hate thing with mangiapane. Guy is either scoring or falling all over the ice.
Finally, talbot comes into the 2nd period dozing, costs the flames 2 goals. Welcome back Rittich.
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