4 Calgary Flames Searching For Form In Mile High City
By Luke Ryan
Oct 30, 2015; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames head coach Bob Hartley (C) loons on from behind the bench against the Montreal Canadiens during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Canadiens won 6-2. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
The Calgary Flames head to Denver today on the back of a 5-4 win in the Battle Of Alberta. That game saw some top performances from some of the younger members of the roster, but the big guns all need to be firing for the Calgary Flames too.
It goes without saying that the start to the season has been lacklustre. The team is clearly lacking confidence and for some reason, despite strong depth on the blue line is leaking goals like nobody’s business.
The hat-trick hero for the Calgary Flames in Edmonton, Michael Frolik pointed out to Aaron Vickers that their late win could be the confidence boost the side need:
"“Hockey is about confidence and hopefully this win can give us more confidence and that we can have the same effort that we had in Edmonton. We were forechecking, we were battling hard, so we need to just carry it over and build our confidence.” – Michael Frolik (flames.NHL.com)"
Despite the win, there are still players making the starting roster every night that need to pick up their form. Whilst it’s early days, the mountain may start getting too steep to conquer in terms of the Calgary Flames’ play-off hopes very, very soon.
Tonight at the Pepsi Center, there are at least four players that really need to bring their best game if the fire is to stop smouldering and start burning properly for the Calgary Flames.
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