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Between said scoring chances was a lot of routine rubber, as the Coyotes out shot the Flames 48-29 (though don’t get me started on that tally, as I saw at least three occasions where shots were added when pucks hit players and went over the glass or wide), and was square to shooters, controlled in his rebound management, and solid.
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Glad I wasn't the only one catching this stuff. It's truly unprofessional when you have off ice officials trying to pad stats for the home team like this. In the end though this kind of backfired on them as it did nothing but make Talbot's numbers look better on the evening, not that he needed it as he was damn solid.
And about your observations on Monahan....yes his production was down early on but I was really liking his game otherwise. He is way more engaged physically and his 200' game is on another level. I think he is starting to see the fruits of his labor start to take hold as when you play good defensively, you will always have the puck more which obviously leads to more offensive time/chances. I think we are just starting to see the finished product with him and it's going to be a really really good one.