03-23-2013, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Remember that winning streak with Byron Ritchie as the top line RW?
I do.
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The Flames have played their best over the past couple years when they have had major injuries, which should be cause for concern for us who want a high pick. Perhaps keeping Iginla is the key to getting MacKinnon?
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03-23-2013, 01:31 PM
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Backup Goalie
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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
You obviously did not watch the last two games, the Calgary Flames from the captain on down have completely quit. They are no longer trying, which is why on Sunday Tampa will see what they are competing with in terms of a team giving up on a season.
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It's pretty monotonous at this point. I think everyone agrees the team stinks.
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03-23-2013, 01:32 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EddyBeers
The Flames have played their best over the past couple years when they have had major injuries, which should be cause for concern for us who want a high pick. Perhaps keeping Iginla is the key to getting MacKinnon?
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If they make big changes, it's not out of the question that the team will imporove short-term because there will be a weight lifted off their shoulders.
And it's not like they can play any worse than they are currently. I sincerely don't think it's possible.
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03-23-2013, 02:13 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Kings are really hustling early in this game. Going hard to the net already.
Even with Green and Mitchell out, their defense is solid and punishing.
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03-23-2013, 02:18 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Suddenly, Tampa gets 2 goals. There's plenty of time left too.
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03-23-2013, 02:21 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Kopitar just deked Ballard out of his jockstrap with a single move in the neutral zone.
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03-23-2013, 02:21 PM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
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So is Steve Yzerman still a brilliant GM? He inherited a team that had St.Louis, Stamkos, Hedman, and Lecavalier, and they are almost as bad as the Flames now. Have to think Guy Boucher won't last much longer there.
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03-23-2013, 02:23 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
So is Steve Yzerman still a brilliant GM? He inherited a team that had St.Louis, Stamkos, Hedman, and Lecavalier, and they are almost as bad as the Flames now. Have to think Guy Boucher won't last much longer there.
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There are a ton of problems on that roster that he's not responsible for that are preventing them from being competitive.
Agree about Guy Boucher though, especially because their AHL coach seems to be getting a ton of credit for creating some NHL'ers out of their AHL squad this year.
I think it could be a turnover like Mike Yeo in Minnesota, where they just bring up the coach many of the guys are already used to.
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03-23-2013, 02:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
So is Steve Yzerman still a brilliant GM? He inherited a team that had St.Louis, Stamkos, Hedman, and Lecavalier, and they are almost as bad as the Flames now. Have to think Guy Boucher won't last much longer there.
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I have watched quite a few Lightning games this season and they actually play pretty well most of the time. In fact, they have lost several games that they should have won, but couldn't bury their chances and as a result lost by single goals quite often. They also have a nice collection of young forwards - Conacher, Johnson, Killorn and Palat have all come up from the AHL, looking NHL ready right from the get-go ... and they still have Connolly and Brown in Syracuse. To use the old Flames saying: the Bolts' answers actually are in the room.
Johnson's tip-in for the second goal was a beauty!
Last edited by devo22; 03-23-2013 at 02:28 PM.
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03-23-2013, 02:26 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oshawa
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Oh boy, Tampa gets another one. Sens up 4-3 with about a minute to go.
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03-23-2013, 02:28 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Darryl Sutter is outcoaching the hell out of Vigneault right now.
3 shifts in a row where he's got Kopitar out against Ballard, and Kopitar has had a scoring chance on each one.
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03-23-2013, 02:40 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
So is Steve Yzerman still a brilliant GM? He inherited a team that had St.Louis, Stamkos, Hedman, and Lecavalier, and they are almost as bad as the Flames now. Have to think Guy Boucher won't last much longer there.
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He was massively overhyped in his first year IMO (Yzerman)
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03-23-2013, 02:42 PM
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#33
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In the Sin Bin
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Man Ottawa just keeps getting injuries and keeps on truckin
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03-23-2013, 02:53 PM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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Tampa is a strange one. 14th in the Conference with a +6 goal differential. I think as of right now there are 13 teams in the NHL who have a positive goal differential, and Tampa ranks 9th. That there should suggest the Lightning have the talent to be much better. They're not the Penguins from 2009, but that's why I think a coaching change needs to happen now because a 5 game winning streak can get them back into that Division chase.
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03-23-2013, 02:57 PM
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Franchise Player
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Dammit the sharks lost. I will never cheer for the flames to lose but i will cheer for the bubble teams to win.
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03-23-2013, 03:02 PM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Tampa is a strange one. 14th in the Conference with a +6 goal differential. I think as of right now there are 13 teams in the NHL who have a positive goal differential, and Tampa ranks 9th. That there should suggest the Lightning have the talent to be much better. They're not the Penguins from 2009, but that's why I think a coaching change needs to happen now because a 5 game winning streak can get them back into that Division chase.
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Unless a coaching change makes their goaltending better, i dont think it would make a difference.
Its not even the amount of goals given up, they get very little as far as timely saves or their G's keeping them in the game when they do slump a while.
Perfect destination for Kipper IMO...and Yzerman knows all to well what Mikka can do in the playoffs.
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03-23-2013, 03:09 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Will I get berated for cheering for 3 point games on the OOT? I'm hoping for as many of them as possible the rest of the way.
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03-23-2013, 03:28 PM
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#38
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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17 minutes into the second and the canucks have 2 shots on goal in the period.
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03-23-2013, 03:33 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
17 minutes into the second and the canucks have 2 shots on goal in the period.
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Not like LA's doing much more. Shots were 5-3 that period.
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03-23-2013, 03:33 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by opendoor
Not like LA's doing much more. Shots were 5-3 that period.
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Really sloppy period.
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