12-17-2015, 11:02 AM
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#41
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Ha. So you've seen the 45 minutes of Nick Offermann drinking whisky have you?
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Seen it? I drank along with him! Just sitting in silence, sipping good Lagavulin. It was magnificent.
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Originally Posted by ResAlien
If we can't fall in love with replaceable bottom 6 players then the terrorists have won.
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12-17-2015, 11:02 AM
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#42
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Franchise Player
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PS: That marketing works so damn well. I want a nice neat whisky by the fire and christmas tree right now with nothing but my thoughts.
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12-17-2015, 11:03 AM
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#43
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Thankfully Jamie Benn hit 400 points last game, so they don't have any big milestones (except Spezza will play his 800th game tonight).
Johnny is sitting at 97 points, so I'm calling a 3 point game so he hits 100 tonight.
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12-17-2015, 11:05 AM
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#44
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Rocky Mt House
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Small guys do well in front too. Hudler had been great in front. Colborne simply isn't good enough to be there. It's not working, it never did. Lots of other options
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sure they can - if they can stay in front.
You can't expect Huds to effectively fight off Stars Dmen to hold in front.
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12-17-2015, 11:25 AM
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#45
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Originally Posted by Yrebmi
sure they can - if they can stay in front.
You can't expect Huds to effectively fight off Stars Dmen to hold in front.
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It's pointless to be able to stay in front if you can't do anything with the puck when it gets there.
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12-17-2015, 11:36 AM
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#46
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Franchise Player
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Dallas is too strong of a team. The Flames have been on a rise much like the house prices were in Calgary, but this winning bubble has to break eventually and I think it's against the insurmountable Dallas Stars.
4-2 Dallas
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12-17-2015, 11:47 AM
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#47
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Flame Country
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It's pointless to be able to stay in front if you can't do anything with the puck when it gets there.
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Screening the goalie?? The entire point of having a big body is that all they have to do is stand there. Holmstrom made millions of dollars being able to do just that.
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12-17-2015, 11:48 AM
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#48
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Flame Country
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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
Dallas is too strong of a team. The Flames have been on a rise much like the house prices were in Calgary, but this winning bubble has to break eventually and I think it's against the insurmountable Dallas Stars.
4-2 Dallas
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That's what you said last game... You are an Oilers fan correct?
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12-17-2015, 11:53 AM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
Screening the goalie?? The entire point of having a big body is that all they have to do is stand there. Holmstrom made millions of dollars being able to do just that.
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Holmstrom made millions because he could put the puck into the net from in close, and because he could screen a goalie. Cicerelli made millions because he could do the same. The "Holmstrom" powerplay idea is antiquated. Smaller guys are scoring from that area to this day
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12-17-2015, 11:58 AM
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#50
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#1 Goaltender
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Not to mention, Holmstrom is not even big. Is having a guy in front of the net useful? Yes. Is it more effective to have the team giant in that role? Not particularly
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12-17-2015, 11:58 AM
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#51
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
That's what you said last game... You are an Oilers fan correct?
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lol - Oiler fan.
It ends when the winning streak ends. *superstitions*
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12-17-2015, 11:58 AM
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#52
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Franchise Player
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Have to miss the first two periods tonight because of Parent-Teacher interviews - forgot to set the PVR this morning. Hoping to get home to a tied game or better, and see the Flames win in the third (or OT).
Go Flames Go.
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12-17-2015, 12:02 PM
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#53
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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here's hoping we don't get double ben-etration
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12-17-2015, 12:05 PM
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#54
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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This game frightens me. Flames have been playing well of late, but Dallas is on another level. If the Flames can't put together a 60-minute effort, and if the PP continues to embarrass itself, I think the winning streak likely ends tonight. I hope I'm wrong.
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12-17-2015, 12:19 PM
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#55
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Paradise
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Listening to Steinberg and Loubo is on par with getting a root canal.
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12-17-2015, 01:05 PM
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#56
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Oct 2014
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Really hoping Jooris has a strong game, being sat for 6 games in a row should be a good wake up call. I want Jooris from last year to rise from the ashes and get that 3rd line going!
4-3 Flames (Jooris, Gaudreau, Granlund, Hamilton)
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12-17-2015, 01:07 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
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I just realized I have to miss the game. Sucks.
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12-17-2015, 01:14 PM
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#58
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: at home
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joejoe3
here's hoping we don't get double ben-etration
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On the other hand, the Stars' fans are hoping not to get Bennett-rated
(I'm not a native speaker, hopefully that's gramatically correct)
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12-17-2015, 01:14 PM
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#59
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
For 3 or 4 years now, Benn has always been excellent against the Flames, so I guess that's why I've noticed him for a while now, but now he's excellent against pretty much everyone, so I'm just wondering why it's taking so long for everyone to notice just how good he is.
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Yes. I keep hearing "why is X on the power play?" Truth is, with the present lack of success you could argue that none of them are good power play players.
Colborne doesn't have a lot of power play goals. But I'm not sure he's been used much until this year. I agree he's one of the better guys at retrieving the puck on a dump in though. And he's about as good a screen as there is on the team.
I don't see Hudler as a net front guy - more of a backdoor presence, like a Sedin.
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12-17-2015, 01:15 PM
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#60
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: YQL
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Biggest thing on the PP is entry, were decent if we can get in the zone but we usually spend 45 seconds to a minute and half outside the zone
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