Jankowski has actually been really good so far. Hathaway is killing everything he does, though.Jankowski and Hathaway are playing so bad
Rasmus has been our best player this game. He's a really smooth skater, not the fastest but good in every category.
Doesn't look like it.Flames are going to get a makeup call for that one
Also.
Garnet Hathaway, how are you still in the lineup over Czarnik exactly?
Tkachuk and Jankowski were the forwards I liked most that first period. Also Gaudreau looks really driven out there. Hope he has the desire to get multiple points this game and not just take his goal and go home.
Need someone on the third line to start going.
I think it's no coincidence that the Flames look worse against teams who are supposed to be rebuilding. When the Flames were rebuilding, they made a lot of good teams look ugly, too. When teams with good character expect to be bad, they play within their structure and tend to be more disciplined. If you can get a lead, they will be forced to loosen up, but playing against guys playing a tight defensive structure makes it difficult to make plays, which leads to frustration and indecision
Yup, and I was so happy that Monahan spotted that pass option on the play and made it happen. Their chemistry is really what makes that play possible, because if he doesn't trust that Johnny will be able to do what he did, he probably just makes the safe, obvious play down low to Lindholm. The only way he could make that pass given the coverage was the way he did. McQuaid was ready and waiting for it, but the placement of the pass took him out of the equation.Honestly amazing that Based Gaudreau managed to collect that puck which was labelled two feet behind him and turned that into a goal, most other players and that probably ends up leaving the zone or something.