Went to the rink for this one. Dube was the hardest working Flame IMO. He was fired up tonight and was very noticeable. Eakin was also very good, even when not taking his gifted goal into consideration. Rasmus, after his couple of wiffs was incredibly solid defensively and led the Flames in ice time. Best defender on the ice all game.
Weegar and Huberdeau looked like a couple of the team’s best players holding back to not embarrass the baby Canucks and save the next gear for regular season.
Vladar didn’t have much work for two periods but was technically perfect on everything. Dansk only faced 4 shots.
Poolman was the least good Flame tonight. Had a few bad turnovers and wasn’t strong defensively from what I saw.
Both Milano and Zary were working hard but it just seemed like it wasn’t their night to make much happen. Didn’t see last years Duehr but he didn’t have the best line mates to work with.
Backlund, Coleman and Toffoli didn’t look rusty at all. They looked ready for regular season already.
Refs were penalty happy today so most of the game was a PP/PK practice. Fortunately mostly Flames powerplay.
The Oiler fans were significantly embarrassed by the Lost Fan on the jumbotron.
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