With most of their veterans left at home, expectations could only be set so high for the Calgary Flames ’ pre-season matchup with the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. Article content

If anything, it was a useful opportunity to see how the younger players at Flames training camp handled themselves against a Jets team that finished with more points than any other club in the NHL last season. Article content Article content

And in the end, the Flames left Winnipeg with a 4-2 loss that happened to feature goals from two of the most exciting prospects in the system.

“I thought we had stretches where we did some fairly good things,” head coach Ryan Huska told reporters in Winnipeg. “I did like the performance of a number of our players tonight.”

Here’s three takeaways from Saturday n

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