A quick hit on this Friday afternoon.Coach Sutter manufactured some interesting line juggling in preparation for tonight’s tilt with the Canucks. Seperating Iginla and Jokinen might have been his smartest move as this tandem has not clicked since Jokinen landed in Calgary last winter. I like the fact he kept the line of Langkow-Dawes-Bourque together as that has been great throughout all 6 games. The Forward line up like this tonight:
Dawes-Langkow-Bourque
Glencross-Conroy-Iginla
Sjostrom-Jokinen-Nystrom
Prust-Boyd-McGrattan
One thing Sutter did not do was separate Phaneuf and Regehr, a tremendous oversight on his part. A combined
-12 playing together, I am thinking a separation would be right at the top of Sutter's list. Instead he moved Bouwmeester with Sarich, and Gio with Pardy. Why wouldn’t he maybe put Regehr with Bouwmeester and maybe put Dion on the bench...err with Pardy, and then have Gio and Sarich play together? I think that evens out the lines a little better, but then again I am not an NHL Coach. I hope the line juggling pays dividends.
Playing against a Canucks team that is depleted of two of its stars should bode well for a Flames team chomping at the bit for a win. I am predicting a goalie battle: 2-1 Flames.
-12 playing together, I am thinking a separation would be right at the top of Sutter's list. Instead he moved Bouwmeester with Sarich, and Gio with Pardy. Why wouldn’t he maybe put Regehr with Bouwmeester and maybe put Dion on the bench...err with Pardy, and then have Gio and Sarich play together? I think that evens out the lines a little better, but then again I am not an NHL Coach. I hope the line juggling pays dividends.
Playing against a Canucks team that is depleted of two of its stars should bode well for a Flames team chomping at the bit for a win. I am predicting a goalie battle: 2-1 Flames.
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Newman on the Flames
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