I've been curiously lacking in motivation to post anything the last few days. However, I will add a quick something about the Flames victory over the Devils on Wednesday night...
It was a rather odd game. Reminded me of so many Turek-backed Flames losses from a few years ago, except it was the Devils suffering at the hands of bad bounces and questionable goaltending. Besides winning and claiming 7 of a possible 10 points from the roadtrip, the primary source of good news from the NJ win was, of course, Jarome finding the scoresheet again. His inability to finish over the 9 game drought was starting to worry. Granted, his second goal was a lucky bounce and his first hardly a thing of beauty - but if that's what it takes to get Iggy back on track...then so be it. The primary source of bad news from last game was, of course, the injury sustained by Roman Hamrlik. Some reports out of www.tsn.ca today suggest that he has a sprained MCL and will be out of action for a couple fo weeks. Luckily, the Flames will enjoy a week of rest after their weekend match against the Senators, meaning Hamrlik won't miss that many games. As for the Senators game, Lombardi is a possible line-up insertion, as well as Marchment who will be added to fill Roman's roster spot...and now a little o' the P&N...
Positives:
- 4 goals for in one game!
- 3 PP goals, including Phaneuf's game winner. Yay!
- Great PK again, allowing only 1 goal on 10 opportunities.
- Jarome Iginla with a 3 point night. Hopefully this jars him back into form.
- Damond Langkow with another 2 point night. Now sits 2nd on the team in scoring and has amassed 6 points in the last 4 games.
- Andrew Ference steps up and plays top minutes after Hamrlik gets injured. Starting to play like I thought he could.
- Philipe Sauve. Looked very comfortable stopping 31 shots. Calgary seems to have a decent 1-2 punch in goal.
Negatives:
- Jason Wiemer. Took 4 penalties all by himself. Will not be in the line-up against Ottawa on Saturday. Or perhaps ever again.
- Another 10 penalties against. Way, way too many.
- Chris Simon. Fell down a lot and took a really stupid penalty early in the game. Bah.
- Roman Hamrlik injured. Calgary loses one of it's top 3 d-men for a few weeks.
- Reinprecht seemed incredibly ineffective on this night.
- Jordan Leopold. Doesn't seem to know his role on the team anymore. Looks rather uncomfortable.
- Shean Donovan doesn't score. Again.
That's about it. Next up is the much anticipated game against the Senators!
