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Well, let's be fair. He made a lot of mistakes early in the season. He wasn't trusted enough to be able to play through this into the good stuff. Zaddy has made a ton of poor reads and cost us at least one game, but there is more time for him becaue he has other tools. Valimaki has mobility, offense a a good shot. He was not using any of those enough this season. Sutter and BT both said he needs to play games. The in one out one wasn't helping. He was also good one game not so much the next. And he needs to play in all situations. PP, PK, even, last minutes, etc. He was also described as not playing with enough pace. I don't think he's overrated at all. He's a rookie in the Sutter team. It's not like playing in EDM where all you need to do is pass it to McD and you are a god. The minutes are tough and the situations can end up in the net so easily. He wasn't playing with the same attention to detail as Kylington. He wasn't able to play that well with Guddy, which is not a major fault, just you need to fit right.

Some stats that show where the top line sits: Darren Haynes @DarrenWHaynes Per @NatStatTrick , six players with >300 mins at 5-on-5 have been on the ice for 5 or fewer GA — and five are #Flames: 1. Gaudreau (347:36, 2 GA) 2. Tkachuk (342:43, 2 GA) 3. Lindholm (332:27, 3 GA) 4. Backlund (302:07, 4 GA) 5. Hoglander (301:22, 5 GA) 6. Coleman (300:21, 5 GA) 10:19 AM · Dec 4, 2021·Twitter for iPad

The big difference with Monahan is his 200 foot game. It's tough to use last year, but the year before, he was great at scoring but a real liability without the puck. He needed a stready stream of Gaudreau elite passes to finish. This year he is driving the play for his line. He might not be quite ready to play with Gaudreau, but then again we don't need him to do that. Ya know, what I find funny is that the Flames work for victories more this year. Up a goal, we are playing to the end. May give up a tying goal and work to get the extra point. But the effort is there. You don't see us giving up when we get down a goal. LA and ANA could both have been losses in other years. We get frustrated and one turns into two. We play very well with the lead, and other than a few letdowns, we usually prevail. The one area for improvement is EN situations. We haven't been able to come back and generally get scored on.

This seems to happen when we play in ANA. The Ducks are true gentllemen and we are douchebags that must go to the box regularly. The delay of games calls are what they are, but this was much more dirty a game than was called. Zegras cross checking Tkachuk in the lower back; that crap has to stop. Coleman took exception, but Zegras only was called for 2 minutes. He should face a fine at the very least.

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So much to digest. I tend to agree with the way you have rated most players. To me it seems that some of the line choices impact the players more than others. Dube has lost the player he blended well with; Mangiapane. He plays well with Backlund as well. Coleman with Pitlick didn;t work. Backlund with Mangiapane is a known quantity. We saw Monahan's best game with Coleman and Lewis, so you know that the skills are there below the surface. Backlund can;t really carry Lucic. Lucic fits a certain style and speed. The D is funny. Hanifin is a better fit with Ras, but he's still playing like a 3/4. They actually play less minutes some nights than the 2nd pair. Tanev can play with anyone not name Zadorov or Gudbranson. It makes sense; Tanev needs a mobile guy with him. You could possibly swap Hanifin and Kylington and not see a big difference. Kylington knows when his partner is pinching, but Hanifin gets caught too far up at times. You know that Hanifin-Tanev works. The goalies have been really good. What used to be an automatic goal is not anymore. Markstrom has a few holes, but mostly he covers them. He's exposed when the D takes the guy with the puck and the one timer comes from the other guy. Markstrom challenges the main shooter well. Dan is hard to pinpoint any real weakness. He made several saves that I though were goals. He was deadly on the shootout. The home record is concerning but not killing us. Two regulation losses. Three OT/SO losses. Last OTL was first week of November. Worst loss at home was 4-1 to Sharls, which was 2 EN goals. 2nd worse loss at home was 4-2, which was a tie up to 5 minutes left and an EN goal. Key to fixing the home record is not letting up in the 3rd. If we get to OT, managing the extra time well. Two games related to players falling or being out way too long. NAS - Backlund and Tkachuk both fell/tripped in the O-zone, leaving Hanifin alone to cover. DAL - Gaudreau and Backlund and Tanev playing too long and not able to defend. The loss to ANA was Hanifn and Monahan both trying to go through a crowd, left it open.

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And Russell, Smith, Ryan.

Who needs a SO when you can get a SO win.

Increasing the lead in the Pacific. I likey.

Flames win. EDM loses in regulation to Seattle

We win anoither where we don;t score 1st. Woohoo

No 5 hole for you Shatty

Bar down Johnny

Nice Glove

All star shoot out. Blech

Some weak plays with the puck.

OT. Need a better result.

4-1 for Heat. Mackey with 2 goals. Valimaki with an assist.

He saving it for a bit later.

3-1 in Stockton in the 3rd

It's Mangiapane time

Game management by refs. I can accept the Coleman call.

No call on Zegras?