I just finished watching the game and the B’s were definitely the better team, just had a hard time finishing. The refs should be ashamed of themselves. The calls on Krejci, Heinen and Grizz were awful. DK’s and Grizz’s in particular where Jankowski actually grabbed 46’s arm and Gaudreau held 48’s stick. Also, right before Heinen’s penalty Nash got tossed from the dot even though Frolik was in the circle early. There was multiple interference infractions that should have been called on the Flames. I love Tkachuk, but he literally has a stick or glove on someone impeding them every shift.
Calgary is a very easy team to dislike. Dougie is a given. Good to see that he’s still soft as warm butter in front of the net and in his own end. Hathaway and Ferland are punkish, but the guy that probably annoyed me the most was Lazar. What a spot picker, waited until the D was in vulnerable spots twice and then unloaded on McQuaid and McAvoy. Mark my words, someone is going to kick his ass.
I wish that the B’s would play Heinen with more offensively gifted players than Nash and Backes (seemed to be gripping the stick too tight today).
I saw a comment about McAvoy looking winded, but I didn’t see that. He looked real good to these eyes.
Rask was amazing in the 3rd and OT.
On to EDM.