After starting with three games in five nights, the Flames are in the midst of their longest break of the season. Calgary doesn’t play again until Sunday afternoon’s marquee matchup with Toronto, which gives us a good window to dive into some early season observations. At 2-0-1, the Flames are off to a nice start, led by a new-look top line driving the bus.
The new top line is playing like it
Not everyone has been on board with moving Elias Lindholm away from Calgary’s former top line with Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau. For me, though, transitioning Lindholm to the team’s de-facto “number one centre” role was a crucial adjustment in making this team more difficult to matchup against.