Boy the ol' Blog's acting weird today...
anyhoo, Im not going to say too much about the win last night. Still great defensively, still can't score. Yup.
On the "ironic" side of the ledger, both Edmonton and Vancouver lost last night, despite making the bigger splashes at the deadline. To be fair, neither had all (in the Canuck's case, any) of their additions yet, but...I'll take what I can get. In the Oiler's case, the entire team seemed to sigh and relax to detrimental degrees with the acquisition of Roloson. I didn't see it, but I heard that the loss to the Sharks last night was one of their worst defensively-played games of the season. Woops! Welcome to Edmonton!
Positives:
- Edmonton and Vancouver lose.
- Kiprusoff makes 39(!) saves for his 8th shut-out. Leads league and sets Flames franchise record.
- Perfect PK. Calgary was down 2 men twice in the contest and still came out sterling. Haven't surrendered a PP goal against since the Olympic break!
Negatives:
- Taking too many penalties. With our inability to score, Calgary is playing it dangerously with their lack of discipline. The PK won't be perfect forever.
- Powerplay. While this has been more than decent for awhile, it was abysmal last night. 0 goals and nary a scoring chance in sight.
- Lack of finish. That's right, I'll keep mentioning it. The Flames garnered some decent chances - three 2on1's for instance - and just couldn't close the deal (as usual).
- Jarome Iginla. Another rather Pedestrian performance by Iggy. Not bad, but nothing beyond merely adequate.
Next up - Colorado!
