[Sylvanfan]

In Dube's case it's still a small sample size still. But the eye test would say he's been much more dangerous on the Power play than at even strength thus far. If they can get him into a regular rotation with Lindholm and Tkachuck I do think those numbers will come up a fair bit.

The Monahan line didn't do well at all for the first two periods seeming losing to the super trio or Real deal, Jar jar Khara, and Caveman Kasian on every shift. But they did salvage the night by getting the two goals in the third that proved to be the difference in the game.

It's not path to long term success but when the Flames deploy Backlund as their #2 Center they seem to do their best. Last night he seemed quite effective all night long, and Mangiapane was also on his game too, which made that duo very good. Seems like if you can get Backlund with a tenacious guy who's

Something that I didn't see touched on was Hanifin playing his 400th career game already last night. He's about 11 days North of his 24th birthday and he'd be closer to 450 possibly if not for the Pandemic. I don't think the offensive part of his game is going to develop they way we hope. To me he's not particularly good at shooting the puck. But he's developed into a pretty solid defender and it looks like he'll be one of those guys who easily plays till he's 38 and be close to 1500 games played.