Flames look to continue they're winning (read: scoring) ways against the Ducks-O-Anaheim tonight. The cluckers have been playing well recently, largely riding on the shoulders of their newly formed #1 line - Kunitz, Mcdonald and Selanne. Who-and-who and Selanne you ask?
I don't really know either. What I DO know is they looked damn good when I watched them play Edmonton the other day. What I also know is that Selanne is enjoying a re-birth this season thanks to the chemistry he's found with the two relative unknowns. Check out his stats so far.
The Flames will have a fight on their hands tonight - the Ducks are battling for the last playoff spot in the west and are coming off a disappointing S/O loss in Edmonton. While Calgary has relatively little to gain from a victory this evening, aside from adding fuel to the top of the NW division fire, the Ducks will be looking to climb closer to the imploding LA Kings for 8th in the Western Division.
Calgary may be aided, however, by JS Giguere, should he turn in a performance similar to the ones we've seen against the Oil this year. Besides his outburt(s) that cause the Ducks the game earlier this month, JS was less than stellar in their most recent defeat at the hands of the Edmontonians. Of course, given Calgary's penchant for playing poorly against back-ups and 3rd stringers, one might expect Bryzgalov to get the start tonight...
In addition, there is the condition of Scott Niedermayer to consider. It was announced today that his worsening knee injury will keep him out of the Olympics this year. The question for Flames fans is whether it will affect his playing time or ability in the coming contest.
Either way, expect a hard fought game...which, unless you have tickets, most of us will be unable to enjoy. How annoyed I am that the last 3 Flames games before the Olympic break aren't getting any kind of TV coverage (except PPV)? Pretty annoyed. Not Muslims-at-Danish-Cartoonists annoyed. But still. Why am I sitting through 2 Edmonton games this week on Sportsnet and 0 Flames games??
For shame Canadian Sports Broadcasters. For shame.
Oh. And Go Flames Go.
