My observation of today's game...after a little bit of time has passed:
- Flames were tentative in their own zone, even in the first few minutes. Lots of back and forth passes between the D at least several of which were deflected, missed or were just plain bad
- Gio - great player, but maybe needs less ice time for a bit; too slow with the puck and thinks WAY too much. And his loss on the EN goal...well that's just a symptom
- a bunch of the players are just not getting open; as someone mentioned, with one player behind the opposing net and one on the half-wall, what is anyone expecting? Maybe a bit of cycling, but they're generally not good enough (except Dube, Ryan, Lucic mostly) to keep it down low. Too many blind passes. Too many turnovers. Not nearly enough focus. Too little sleep? (Maybe they forgot it was an early game LOL?)
And generally...brutal lack of attention to detail.
Oh - pretty much a carbon copy of the game against Montreal. Big game..go to sleep...another big game...go to sleep. So is St Loo a big game and the Oilers a "go to sleep" one then? or the other way around?
So frustrating to be a fan of this schizophrenic team.
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