A defense that's never practiced with the team before on a back-to-back against two of the best teams in the league. Add in the daylight savings time change and playing on the road.
If there was ever a time to cut the Flames some slack, this game is probably it.
...but this is also what happens when you assemble a defense with two #2 d (Andersson/Weegar), a #5 d (Kylington), and three #7/8 d (everyone else).
Huska is probably going to have to take a page of the Tourigny & Euro League playbook by rolling 7 defenseman a game so that the defense isn't getting over-exposed.
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