Flames effort is there, dominated possesion, and nothing about Dallas worries me offensively.
Bowness played scoop it out and go and clog up the neutral zone right away..and when Faes get the zone, collapse keep the Flames out of the middle of the ice. Top line isn't going to crash the net, why position themselves to get space to shoot...like two and three need to crash the net. A guy like Backlund is playing two hand touch hockey, avoiding high traffic and high scoring areas at all costs and if 3 guys on a line aren't pulling in the same direction you're not likely to get many chances.
Sutter will drag this team up, and we are a far cry from the "oh it's 2015 again" garbage that's popping up here.
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