Well, it was an interesting game despite the loss.  Mostly fun to watch, despite a few cringe-worthy moments.  The 5-3 final was more lopsided than the actual game was, thanks to an Oilers empty net goal.

Jon Rheault is making a strong push to be at big boy camp for an extended period of time, although I still don't think he'll see action in Calgary unless there are a few injuries on the wing. He and Backlund played together for the whole game on the first line, and seemed to have really good chemistry. Their left winger was cycled over the course of the night, with Bouma starting the night there and staying fairly quiet early on. Cameron had some early success on the PP with Rheault and Backlund, and continued to see shifts with them through the night.  At times Bancks worked with them, but Camerion was clearly the best LW on the first line. 

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Hey M&G, I'm in the Okanagan Valley and will be going to two of the three Flames games at the Young Stars Tourney in Pentiction next week.

I'll be at the Flames-Oilers game on the 14th and the Flames-Canucks game on the 16th.  I was wondering if anyone else from the community was in the area, or was plannning on trekking out here for any of the games?

For those who can't make it, anything (or anyone) in particular you want me to take a look at/keep an eye on?

With a last minute deal, the Flames have avoided the potentially nasty arbitration process and signed defenseman Ian White to a one year, $2.999M contract early this morning.

As expected, Cap Geek is showing that this puts Calgary approximately $2.4 million over the salary cap.

Now with the final major piece in place (for now), it's time to clarify the Kotalik situation, and deal with one or both (please make that both, Daz) of the Staios and Sarich contracts to free up some cap room.