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Originally Posted by Freddy
The Flames were unlucky not to come away with 2 points on the back of a good game from Vladar. There were a few sequences the Flames looked poised to capitalize on scrambles infront of Daccord, but he found a way to keep it out. I didn’t like Barrie with Weegar much and although I didn’t think Bahl had a great game overall there was a time when him & Pachal were out together and I thought, damn, that could be a very good pairing if Andersson is moved at the deadline. I’d even try Pachal with Weegar if Miromanov is out for any length of time. Other observations were that Pospisil looked to struggle badly in the face off dot and was sat while Kadri was double shifted in the 3rd. Maybe even Backlund was double shifted as Kirkland missed a few shifts. Personally Backlund looks like he is his normal ‘safe’ self but footspeed is becoming an issue and his inability to convert his chances on a stacked team would push him further down the depth chart. All in all the boys played a very structured low event game and we should be celebrating 9/10 possible points.
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Barrie had a rough game for sure. I have really liked Bahl, especially considering he missed most of camp - got off to a slow start against VAN but has been steadily improving since. I don't like the Weegar-Miromanov pairing, and think Weegar needs a more stable partner. Would like to see:
Bahl - Andersson
Pachal - Weegar
Bean - Miromanov
(or switch Bahl and Pachal)