All of the new acquisitions were much better than I expected, Czarnik especially. That dude knows how to carry the puck. Maybe he won't be capable of doing so against a full NHL roster but I'm optimistic for now.
I thought Gaudreau looked very off in the first, but gradually got better. I expect him to be a top 5 offensive player in the league and he didn't really show that tonight.
Monahan looked better tonight than he did in any game I watched last year, carrying the puck, making some nice passes, driving the net hard.
Brodie will get Norris votes this year, can't believe how bad he was under GG.
The Bennett haters are picking a strange game to criticize him, he was once again far and away the best player on his line.
All in all, a good start, and maybe the Wideman effect has finally lifted, the refs were very friendly to the Flames. It takes a lot of balls to give a team a bench minor for a full 5 on 3 with 2 minutes left in the game. I wonder what someone said on the bench?
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Oliver Kylington is the greatest and best player in the world
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