Defensively, I'm looking forward to seeing how well Tanev and Hanifin handle McDavid and Drysaddle. They're an elite defensive pairing by all measures this year, so let's see how they do against elite point producers.
We need Tkachuk to show up tonight in a bad way as well. Kelly Hrudy mentioned how it's tough to play the game the way he plays it every single night and to a certain extent I get that, but damn man, he's a multi-millionaire playing in a shortened season every other night against a bunch of weak Canadian teams. This season, of all seasons, should be the one in which he shines.
Just please, for the love of God, I hope tonight the Flames show they're the advanced stats darlings they've been this season. That shooting percentage will go up eventually and the rest of the possession metrics are already there. This team is clearly better than they've shown.
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