Watched the highlights again this morning.
Thought the whole Kassian Tkachuk feud ended as perfectly as it could. Tkachuk stood up, Kassian gave him props in the post game and nothing silly happened. Everybody goes home happy including the league.
Monahan and Nuge chucking them was awesome. Reminded me of Conroy vs Gagner and Cogliano vs Boyd. That’s what the battle of Alberta is all about.
Flames came out strong and I thought we might be in for a bit of a Mike Smith sideshow, but he settled in after that first goal against. Made some good saves including stoning Ryan on the breakaway.
Rittich was great and made some good saves when the Flames were lacking energy in the second and third. Flames looked a bit tired to me in the second half of the game, but found some opportunities to capitalize on.
Thought Gio deserved a penalty for that play on McDavid, however a few of the other calls were pretty soft.
Overall a great game
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