Four games in now and I think they have been the better team by a decent margin in three of them. It's really encouraging that none of the lines seem to be weak, despite Kadri and Coleman's slow starts.
The Peterka goal is a bit concerning because I think that is going to be a systemic issue if they stick with the zone defense. Buffalo put four players in deep and just had the one pointman, similar to a powerplay and the Flames got outnumbered below the tops of the circles. It will be interesting to see how they adjust (or what they were supposed to be doing) to teams that load up parts of the zone to take advantage of players keeping to their quadrants.
This has been a pretty good start, even though they have surrendered a lot of leads. If different guys can keep stepping up and contributing offense then they are primed to compete in this division for home ice, I hope.
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