Dillon Dube has leveled up. The Cochrane kid has gone straight from Charmander to Charizard. He completely skipped Charmeleon.
On the ice, he’s looking more like Johnny Gaudreau than Johnny Gaudreau (his beard game is much stronger though). In fact, despite the lines being shuffled midway through game two, the de facto third unit has looked like the Flames top line through six post-season games.
Coming off a two-goal performance in Game 1, Dube wasted no time getting back to work, striking 19 seconds into game two. Despite the setback last night, Dube’s strong showing in the playoffs is something to feel good about (he probably could have made a better play on the game-winning goal, but there was blown coverage by most everyone).