I was at the San Jose game, best game I've ever been to. Lots of people wanted Bennett's head after that hit, looked clean to me maybe a tiny bit late. What bugs me is that Dell got nothing for that vicious two-handed lumberjack spear on Bennett's midsection. Bennett didn't have the puck, wasn't in the blue paint, just strolling by. Ref was 15ft away, looking at it and made no call. That probably led to all the violence later on, and the Bennett hit for sure. When refs don't do their jobs, players have to do it for them.
You didn't jinx the game against the wins Cowtown, but the first got a little scary haha. Glad to see we were able to overcome things, Smith was alright, made some big saves. Gaudreau now has 8 points in his last 2 games. Ridiculous. Lindholm was stellar too.
In other news, the all star teams were announced today, and I'm not a happy camper. Despite 6 Flames (Rittich, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Giordano, Monahan, Tkachuk) probably being worthy of All-Star team nomination, a grand total of one got in. 3 Sharks got in. I understand it's a hometown thing, but ... why? If you want to make a hometown game, make a hometown game. Who cares who's hosting. The rules of the all-star game in its current state dictate that at least 1 player from each team has to be nominated. Hometown fans will have someone to cheer for either way. It's an all-star game. It's supposed to celebrate the best of the best. IMO Pavelski is not an all-star, and Karlsson until recently has been playing quite poorly. 5 Flames players are on pace for over 80 points, 2 are on pace for over 100. Tkachuk, Lindholm, and Rittich have all had MAJOR breakout seasons, and Giordano is playing at a Norris level. The league needs to make up their mind. They call it an all-star game but don't bring the all-stars. That's my view on that.
Hopefully some people bow out (Ovi already has), and I would think a Flame should be first in line to sub in.