Just before the Flames hit the ice for their pre-game warmup Tuesday night, GM Darryl Sutter was addressing our Fan960 audience during the pre-game show. He under-scored how impressed he was with the manner in which newcomers Mike Cammalleri, Curtis Glencross and Rene Bourque had grasped how he likes the team to play.

The trio didn’t hear the remarks but they were all in top form during the 6-2 triumph over LA.

Cammalleri, who Sutter got in a trade with the Kings, scored the first goal of the game getting a chance to play on the re-jigged #1 line with Jarome Iginla and Matthew Lombardi. He also had a game high 8 shots on goal.

Bourque, acquired in a trade with Chicago, ripped in the first and last goals of the game notching his first 2-goal performance as a Flame.

Glencross, a free agent signing after being with Edmonton and Columbus last season, had first 3-point game as a Flame – a goal and 2 assists.  Veteran Craig Conroy was the centre for Bourque and Glencross chipping in with 3 assists.

Sutter seemed to be somewhat unhappy with some of his high paid veterans over the first quarter of the season.  None were mentioned by name but Iginla may have been one of them. He scored a goal and assisted on another.  The captain’s goal total is now 12. The same as last season after 22 games.  He ended the year with 50.

Having played solidly in their last 4 games, winning 3 of them, the Flames now face NW Division-leading Vancouver twice. The Flames start the home-and-home set in Vancouver on Thursday 5 points off the pace.

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