It's clear to see that with the Flames, it's just a matter of pre-season intensity vs. regular season intensity. They start wanting to accomplish some things, they have objectives, they get themselves a lead, and the motivation goes away. As soon as they had something to work towards in this game, bam, we were the better team again.
You hope that as professionals, it isn't something that can become habit just because it's been constant during the pre-season.
I don't think there's any reason to be concerned with goaltending. Last pre-season was the exact same story, and Smith was our best player right from the start of the regular season. Besides, he isn't losing us anything. We allow goals during periods of play where we are getting hopelessly outplayed. We aren't leaking goals while controlling the play because of our goaltending.