The Flames’ trade deadline saw them pick up two extra bodies without shipping any out, which is, of course, always going to raise questions about the lineup.
Chris Stewart and Nick Shore both fill needs in that they’re right shots; Shore, doubly so, because he’s a centre of some defensive talent.
Common sense may have dictated both would play on the bottom six to start, but between Micheal Ferland’s injury and I guess Sam Bennett’s Sam-Bennett-ness, Glen Gulutzan found room to play Stewart on the first line and then, later, on the second, so that went right out the window.