[GT] Flames vs. Lightning

[FFR]

Shane O'Brien looks like he's trying to be Bobby Orr again.

And why can't Stajan just shoot the puck instead of try the stupid blind drop pass?

[btimbit]

Hey, Bishop saved it. Someone go cross check him

[Gaskal]

Byron trying to make up for most of the other Flames' lackadaisical play.

[lifetimefan]

Originally Posted by FFR

Shane O'Brien looks like he's trying to be Bobby Orr again.

And why can't Stajan just shoot the puck instead of try the stupid blind drop pass?

Because Matty done lurned to drop pass from Curtis.
It's special.

[MissTeeks]

At least Paul Byron showed up tonight. This game is as painful as getting teeth pulled.

[kyuss275]

Great flames wait for the final 10 minutes to start trying

[Robo]

Man byron has been great tonight even after that nice play he still gets into it with the Tampa player

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by New Era

Who are they going to fight? Tampa doesn't have any goons on their squad and will happily take the powerplays, score goals and embarrass you on the scoreboard in your own barn. Goon hockey is dead. You need guys that are tough to play against. Intelligent, hardworking and productive players are a pain to play against. Thugs are easy to play against, especially if they take stupid penalties and give up great scoring opportunities. We are a very easy team to play against because our truculent players are meat heads and our skill players are lazy or unengaged.

Then they shouldn't have even dressed.

[Ashasx]

This has to be the shortest game of the year.

[Scoreface]

What commercials will be associated with this era of Flames hockey? British panda I suppose. Any others?

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Think the effort in the strong start spoiled us.

This is a bad team and now that the other teams are in mid-season form it is showing.

We don't have the talent, size, speed, or skill to compete with the better teams in the league and it is simple as that. Plus now that the team has no confidence those problems are magnified. We will have the odd game where a strong effort will catch a team off guard.

Just have to look forward to the trade deadline and hope that the infusion of youth makes things more bearable. Look at this Tampa roster and what the strong youth has provided for them this year even though the majority of hockey fans can't name half their roster.

it is pretty safe to say that you can count the players on one hand, playing in this game, that will be part of the solution going forward. Most of the key cogs haven't even played in the NHL or even drafted.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by New Era

Who are they going to fight? Tampa doesn't have any goons on their squad and will happily take the powerplays, score goals and embarrass you on the scoreboard in your own barn. Goon hockey is dead. You need guys that are tough to play against. Intelligent, hardworking and productive players are a pain to play against. Thugs are easy to play against, especially if they take stupid penalties and give up great scoring opportunities. We are a very easy team to play against because our truculent players are meat heads and our skill players are lazy or unengaged.

They don't need to fight. Just ####ing hit something.

[nik-]

What is this, the shootout?

[FFR]

At least Ramo is playing well. Malarchuk deserves a lot of credit this season.

[Lanny_McDonald]

How many breakaways can Calgary give up during a single shift?

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Byron actually has b*lls. Love his transformation from last year.

[expatflame]

What a save~!

[sergei_makarov]

Great game by Ramo

[Scoreface]

Then there's the 'replica of the remote' one..short commercial, but keeripes..

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

They don't need to fight. Just ####ing hit something.

Those guys can't skate well enough to catch anyone in the Tampa lineup. You gotta catch something before you can hit it.