That game was really encouraging to watch.
Cooley is keeping up his excellent play.
Brzustewicz showed strength in the D zone and also protecting the puck that I wasn't sure if he would ever be able to get to. He held off big veteran NHL players multiple times and made good plays afterwards.
Parekh appears to have worked on his puck retrievals because he was faking out forecheckers, avoiding contact, and emerging with the puck fully under control. It doesn't feel that long ago when other teams could just put it in his corner and more than likely get it back immediately.
Gridin looks like he is an x-factor kind of player. He wants to be the guy in shootouts, he beats one of the better defensive defencemen in the league in overtime to set up the winning goal.
These games are building up the Flames young players. It's already noticeable and when they come back after a good offseason of training they will be primed to take another step as true regulars. I'm getting to the point where I'd be surprised if we see Parekh go back to the AHL where I was kind of expecting it even three weeks ago.
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