For the Calgary Flames , there was plenty of cause for concern. Article content

Leaky performances from both of their backup goalie candidates. Article content Article content

Potential injuries to a couple of regular forwards.

And, as they were being whupped Wednesday by the visiting Vancouver Canucks , a lot of bad habits that they must shake before the games start to count in the standings.

“I think that’s the only good takeaway is that it happened in pre-season and hopefully we can wake up from that,” said Flames alternate captain MacKenzie Weegar after an 8-1 thumping in their second-to-last exhibition tuneup. “This next game (Friday), it’s another pre-season game but we have to treat this like it’s our home-opener. Because it wasn’t very good tonight.”

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