I liked how we responded to the Baldwin hit. Having watched the game and now the highlights against the Flames you can’t afford to have your guys sat in the box. The team showed they were willing to step up and Baldwin didn’t engage. Not much you can do about that. If we’d have chased him and some of their star players then we’d be out of shape, out of focus and could easily have lost. It’s a long season and that hit on Joey won’t be forgotten. It was a marked difference in the response of our guys versus other incidents over the last few seasons. Bownsy getting run against the Steelers as an example. No one stepped up then. When Baldwin hit Joey we had Masi, Bryce, Pope, Haddad, Richardson as well as Mark all wanting a crack. Fair play to Mark for trying to goad Baldwin before the start of the second. Not much else he could do.
Got to say, what a joy the Flames are you watch. Dixon creates a great team and a brilliant style of play. Should the worst happen and Lord decides to move on then Dixon would be right up there for me.
Last point... anyone see what Jardine was doing at the very end of the game? He picked up the puck and skated it over to a Flame.