Thought Pelletier looked good out there in his limited action. One problem he may have is that he is one of the fastest forwards on the team. That may work if we had an elite passers who creates offence east/west rather than north south because it could create seams for a passer like that to create offence off the rush. But all our guys are north/south guys who like generating off the dump and chase and the cycle.
Thought the Flames overall played well. Seemed like Vladar had to make about 8 or 9 big time saves, he may not have faced the shot volume but he made a number of timely saves. 8-0-3 in his last 11, nice to have a backup keep us in the playoff hunt. Backlund line was great again, generated a lot 5 on 5. Lindholm’s line had a pretty good game too. Thought the Kadri line was the weakest of the top 3, but once they get their north/south game going with a solid dump and chase and grind it out on the wall they will hit their stride.
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