Just As it Should Be: Hawks 4, Flames 1 and Sunday's Big Boy

Briefly, this game went pretty much exactly as it should have; The Hawks dominate in shots, scoring chances and come away with a win.
The Flames, oddly, do not appear to be very good.  This is a team that unexpectedly made the playoffs last season and even won their first round match up against The Canucks.  Tonight, and for most of this season, though, The Flames have been pretty ordinary.  A few peculiar things occurred, like a post-post-crossbar shot that should have gone in and the usually dependable TJ Brodie making a pair of poor choices leading to Panarin's goal, but the truth is that The Hawks had their way with The Flames.
- Keith hasn't missed a beat, has he?  Is he bionic?  Alien technology?  No one should be that good after not skating for a month.
- Rozsival and Daley will = spastic colon for me at some point this season.  Aye caramba.
- That was a solid and well-timed effort from Scott Darling, tonight.  I'm not sure that there's anyone in the system that could step in and take Darling's job, should he falter, but I feel like Stan wouldn't hesitate to make a deal for a backup if necessary.  Yup, The Flames aren't exactly All-World but Darling was sound on this night.
- I really like Artem Anisimov.  A Lot.  He'll just provoke the occasional mention from the hockey media but he is such a perfect complement to Kane & Panarin.  He'll go to the corners, he's a huge obstacle in front of the net (watch practically any video of 72 or 99 scoring and check where 15 is at), has a great stick when backchecking or killing penalties and he's got this deceptive speed that he trots out every couple of games when he gets sprung on a breakaway. Stan Bowman made the correct call in extending this fella's contract before he'd even played a game in Chicago. Now if only he could win a draw...
- Lookit TVR, all scorey and shit.

A close one, tonight, but I asked myself...who was it that made you sit up a little bit when he had the puck?  He might not have the sneaky vision that Kane possesses but this kid is just plain exciting to watch.

                                                  Endless fist bumps, please.