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Originally Posted by Savvy27
Thoughts on last night's game.
The Good:
-Matvei Gridin is really good. He generates more chances than any other Flame and I think it would be a mistake to send him down
-Klapka is a difference maker. Even if he lacks somewhat in the small things that NHL vets do, he can make a big hit or drive the net in an impossible to stop way that creates momentum
-Weegar and Hanley looked more like themselves from last season
-Wolf is so good. Especially early in the game when it could have gone off the rails
-Farabee was better
The Bad:
-that fourth line is really weak. For a group that is supposed to create energy and momentum, I think the Jets were building almost every time that unit went out
-Coleman still seems off, with bad passes and an obvious penalty
-Bean struggled mightily. Not the right partner for Parekh.
-Coronato is great on faceoffs but then on the powerplay he continued his bad habit this preseason of weak passes leading to turnovers and clears
-Frost made some mind boggling plays in his own zone shooting the puck right to the Jets pointmen.
The Jets are a good team and it's always going to be a challenge for the Flames or any other team to put games to bed against them. Clearly though, the Flames are going to have to find a better way to limit chances against when they get leads because they probably won't enjoy a ton of multi goal leads.
Anyways it was a fun game overall and they looked much closer to the team we saw last year.
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I do think the Jets have another gear or two, not sure the Flames do. I agree it was very entertaining and that’s all they owe us as fans at the end of the day.