Pump the breaks Calgary Flames fan base. Pump. The. Breaks. Did Erik Gudbranson and Nikita Zadorov have bad games last night? For sure. Each took a dumb penalty that led to PPGs in Calgary’s 5-3 loss to San Jose. Did they look bad in Vegas? Yeah. But it’s not like the entire team was fantastic in Sin City either. The point is this: Gudbranson and Zadorov are more than capable as a bottom defence pairing and at the same time it’s also “Ok” to think they need a night off as well.
The Flames have options in Michael Stone and the recently recalled Juuso Valimaki, so if I were to guess one of, if not both, will see ice time in one of the two Flames next homes games.