EAT #### BRAD MARCHAND - Flames WIN!

[Flash Walken]

ahahahahahahahahaha

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[Joborule]

Solid W against best team in the league.

[TheScorpion]

After a slow start, Backlund is starting to put together an impressive little season.

up to 14 goals and 38 points in 64 games.

[Nsd1]

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[burn_this_city]

That was poetic justice

[Nammer403]

Solid
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[foofighter15]

1st star goes to whoever installed a black dasher.

[JurassicTunga12]

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Hooo boy! Huge win against the best team in the league! Encouraging, solid road game.
Quite liked the play of the newbies.

[jg13]

That was so satisfying to watch.

[AC]

Wooo! Great debut by Bort and Gus, and great game overall!

Monahan and Backs were especially clutch.
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You know who was especially clutch though? Satan.
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[Redliner]

Hey Marchand....

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[Dion]

https://i.imgur.com/XnJyKq4.jpg

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Nice two points. just wish Montreal and Washington could have held onto their 3rd period leads tonight.

[Saint Troy]

Backlund should have grabbed the puck after his empty netter and handed it to Marchand.

[Strange Brew]

Am happy.

[Torchdemall]

Karma!! It tastes delish doesn't it Braddy boy!?

[TheScorpion]

After a slow start, Backlund is starting to put together an impressive little season.

up to 14 goals and 38 points in 64 games.

[Jiggy_12]

Rask reduced to a 14-1-6 record at home this year

[Erick Estrada]

This was a huge win. Huge! They are at the point in the season where any losses may send them temporarily out of the playoffs and a losing streak could seal their fate. Really big to win a game that many may have pencilled in as a loss against a team that had only lost twice at home in regulation. Best part is that they outplayed the Bruins for a good portion of the game and the only goals the Bruins got were off Flames turnovers.

[looooob]

there is always a spot in this fan's top 6 for #11

[soreshins]

As they say in Scotland......GIRFUY!!!!

[Joborule]

From the GT:

Shut your fortuitous mouth Cassie

"It hit a Flames player, it hit a Flames player."

"Actually I think it hit the top of the boards upon further review!"

She's just getting worse instead of better.

[IGGYFORMVP]

Solid game, great to see Backlund back. He is such a huge part of this team.

[Mightyfire89]

That has to be the most satisfying win of the season!

Backs says FU eaglebeak marchand!

[ForeverFlameFan]

Yeah, no more games at the Saddledome.

[Toonage]

Huuuuuuuuge win.

[TBone290]

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[Lanny'sDaMan]

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[MrMike]

Solid game from our two new defenders and for the rest of the d corps

[Reggie Dunlop]

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[oldschoolcalgary]

Huge win on the Road versus one the NHL's best.

Team has ability... just need consistency...

[badradio]

Gusbort!!!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Great job with the stare down Marchand!!!

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[djsFlames]

Disciplined, top line scoring, depth lines chipping in and not being liabilities. I think best of all, Mangiapane and Backlund playing like legit top six forwards.

I love the (road) Flames!

[mrdonkey]

That was a really cool game! New guys were solid.

Lucic had a night to forget, but otherwise one of their better efforts of the season.

[Redrum]

Tonight the Flames were the bear, and Marchand poked them.

Thanks dumbass! HAHA!!!

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[dissentowner]

F ya boys! High fives from the frog and I! We are gonna roll now, on to the division title!

[Red]

Impressive win. Great effort all around.

Nice to see Backs heating up.

[troutman]

Oh yah, Forbort is from up in Duluth dontcha know?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

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[Burner]

first two guys to congratulate Rittich on the win - Forbert and Gus

[Reggie Dunlop]

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[Dion]

After a slow start, Backlund is starting to put together an impressive little season.

up to 14 goals and 38 points in 64 games.

His game took off when Ward put him back at center.

[Flash Walken]

https://www.bardown.com/polopoly_fs/1.1321546!/fileimage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/brad-marchand.JPG

[JurassicTunga12]

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Hooo boy! Huge win against the best team in the league! Encouraging, solid road game.
Quite liked the play of the newbies.

[GioforPM]

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[Saint Troy]

Compete level was at a totally different level, great effort tonight from almost everyone.

[tkflames]

Boston's 3rd regulation home loss of the season!

[direwolf]

Good preview of the Cup final tonight!

Seriously though, that's a huge win and will hopefully do wonders for the confidence of this team moving forward.

Two wins in a row. Now go make it 3 against the Preds on Thursday.

[btimbit]

THAT is a solid road win against the best team in the league.

Fun SCF preview

[taxbuster]

Excellent work ethic!!

Very happy to see the play of the new guys. Well done boys!!

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Another team from the apparently terrible Pacific division beating up on one of the two unquestioned best teams in the league...

[looooob]

Boston's 3rd regulation home loss of the season!

and Rask's first?

[djsFlames]

Bort n Gus are bae.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

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[CaptainYooh]

Great game to watch. Great win.

[GioforPM]

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[WhiteTiger]

That was some excellent hockey! Way to go, Flames!

[MisterJoji]

Oiler fans checking the scores:

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Backlund:

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Flames when they’re the visiting team:

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Who are these guys? Guess we’re just gonna decline all home games for the rest of the season. Backlund has been outstanding the last dozen games. Rittich looked dialed in, Johnny had some jump, Brodie was vintage 2014/15 Brodie, and I loved the new bottom pair. Hanifin-Andersson were also amazing in the defensive end.

[SuperMatt18]

Backlund and Johnny appear to have figure out their game...

Monahan with a goal streak starting....

Mangiapane, Tkachuk, Lindholm continuing their strong play all year...

Defense has more depth than it has in a while...

Maybe this team could actually get hot going into the post-season for the first time in a long time, feel like going back to 05/06 this team is always slumping heading into the playoffs.

[PaperBagger'14]

I still want to thank the bruins for their efforts in taking the boots to Vancouver...but...

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Hail Satan

[Cecil Terwilliger]

https://www.bardown.com/polopoly_fs/1.1321546!/fileimage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/brad-marchand.JPG

But they will never take.......OUR FREEEEDOM!!!

[zamler]

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[agulati]

#### Yeah! Great win for the boys!

[Textcritic]

His game took off when Ward put him back at center.
I think there is no question that Backlund's confidence was shot in the first two months of the season. I wonder if moving back to centre after having played on Monahan and Gaudreau's wing supercharged it after such an abysmal start.

[djsFlames]

That game was your blueprint to really make something out of this season.

Just replicate that effort on more nights than not from here on out.

[Lanny'sDaMan]

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AHAHAH the license plate. GOLD!!!!

[Dion]

From the GT:



"It hit a Flames player, it hit a Flames player."

"Actually I think it hit the top of the boards upon further review!"

She's just getting worse instead of better.

She needs to go. All she has is her talking points and not much else.

[JurassicTunga12]

Great job with the stare down Marchand!!!

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[Kovaz]

Like a lot of people, I've been pretty critical of the team this year.

But when Monahan's scoring and Backlund's a dominant two-way force on the second line, this team is still pretty damn good.

[Textcritic]

That game was your blueprint to really make something out of this season.

Just replicate that effort more nights than not.
The thing is the Flames have been playing like that consistently on the road now for some time. If they could figure out how to play at the Saddledome this team would be a legitimate threat. They have a tonne of home games coming up; hopefully they work it out.

[old-fart]

Very good game by most of the team. Solid D play for most of the night.

Only two downers for me were the PP (seriously, they apparently practiced that yesterday/today and it looked horrible other than the quick goal) and the two stinky giveaways by Lucic that both ended up in the net. Play smarter Lucic.

[Inferno]

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[Dion]

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[midniteowl]

FLAMES WIN!!!


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[Sandman]

Very complete game from the boys tonight! We looked like a team with good coaching and a system!

[TheScorpion]

Gustafsson isn't Brodie, but that's fine. He's an entirely different player and brings a totally new dimension to the team. He's way more confident in the offensive zone and he's a tremendous passer.

Looking forward to watching him play over the next few weeks here. Hope he plays well enough to warrant a reasonable extension.

[GioforPM]

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[rooster]

Up your A$$ Marchand!!!!!

[Jiri Hrdina]

I think there is no question that Backlund's confidence was shot in the first two months of the season. I wonder if moving back to centre after having played on Monahan and Gaudreau's wing supercharged it after such an abysmal start.

That or the kid is sleeping through the night now

[rooster]

F&^% O$$ Marchand!!

[Burner]

Very good game by most of the team. Solid D play for most of the night.

Only two downers for me were the PP (seriously, they apparently practiced that yesterday/today and it looked horrible other than the quick goal) and the two stinky giveaways by Lucic that both ended up in the net. Play smarter Lucic.

The second giveaway belongs to Rittich.. he just fired it up the bored hoped a Flame woudl get it - just wish he would stay in the net a bit more -

[Dion]

https://i.imgur.com/y4Gcc6E.jpg

https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/21620/

[Huntingwhale]

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Well that was swell. Real swell! Entertaining game, and Backs with the final dagger and sweet sweet revenge!

Like Gustafsson's game too. Great game by the Flames and a step in the right direction.

[agulati]

Another game where offense showed up. Another 5 goals.

[minnow]

Really enjoyed this game. New guys were solid, old guys were mostly solid too. Good road win.

[Hockey-and_stuff]

Haha stupid Marchand!

https://i.imgur.com/67hf76l.jpg

[TheScorpion]

At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if Backlund was named as one of the three stars of the month

Only Zibanejad and Aho have more goals in February

Raanta, Shesterkin, and Blackwood also have pretty good cases

[browna]

Shout out to the beveled dasher which made the puck come off a weird angle, throwing the Bruins off, and, Rask, who was shown to be waving at the ref about it, and never really got set for Backlund’s impending shot.

A necessary boost of confidence...now get two of the next three and will be in business.

[AC]

May as well bring back some metal gifs too for the big win:

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[Puppet Guy]

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[zukes]

She needs to go. All she has is her talking points and not much else.

I love Cassie for what she did for women's hockey, and she has had good games, but I agree she is getting worse, not better. She gets names wrong, gets confused. She started talking about the Backlund-Marchand thing, did well referencing the game before when they said how Tkachuk was kind of the same player, then they went to the highlights and said Tkachuk was ready to go, and that it would be a good fight. The whole beef was Backlund, it was Backlund who was ready to go.

[memphusk]

Forever the pessimist, crow I will eat.

[Puppet Guy]

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[burn_this_city]

That or the kid is sleeping through the night now

Having recently experienced the newborn fog it's crazy how useless you can be for months on end.

[Rando]

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[GS Skier]

Compete level was at a totally different level, great effort tonight from almost everyone.

Agree completely and best 60 minute effort all year. I felt Forbort skated really well for his size, did carry the puck out a couple of times and Gustaffson even with the offense was a much better defender than advertised.

Regardless dare we think this group could actually figure it all out at this time of the year? The right time of year to get going? That was Rittich's best and most emotional game in a while as well.

[bigrangy]

I thought Stone had a great game by his standards, good job stepping up on a little bit short notice.

Gaudreau adds another 1 or 2 breakaway misses, surely his luck has to turn around soon. I’d love to see a highlight vid of all his open looks so far this year.

Nice game, keep it rolling!

[GioforPM]

Backlund is really good against east-west elite players like Bergeron and Marchand, or Petterson. He has more trouble with guys like MacKinnon who just come at you hard.

[WhiteTiger]

Two PGT's is confusing....esp on Gaskal watch! ;D

[Calgary4LIfe]

Impressive win. Flames didn't give up too much. Rittich was there the few times that they did. Bruins capitalized on a couple of mistakes, but that's a solid defensive effort.


Hopefully the new additions settle in more. It isn't like Gus has had much (if any) time practicing the PP. Andersson should have been out for PP2, or even Brodie, as I just don't think Hanifin is getting the job done there.


Most of all... the Flames played a full 60 minutes. Didn't take their foot off the gas. Even when the Bruins were pressing and got the Flames hemmed-in the defensive zone, they kept their composure. This is how a winning team plays.

[Puppet Guy]

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[DB93]

Gus led all Flames defenders with TOI tonight. 21 minutes

[Jiggy_12]

Since the thread title is censored, I can only assume the hidden word is bread

[Sutter4Mayor]

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[minnow]

Rask reduced to a 14-1-6 record at home this year

It's nice being number 1.

[Savvy27]

Great win and a huge two points to keep pace. It seemed that everyone contributed tonight, like Dube drawing that penalty, Stone breaking up some dangerous plays and Mangiapane winning countless puck races.

Gustafsson obviously had a strong debut leading them in icetime and registering an assist and a few shots. He has size and skill and an offensive mentality. I thought he competed hard defensively as well.

Forbort reminds me of Sarich and I think we will grow to appreciate him in games against St. Louis, Winnipeg and Vegas who have big forwards that can score. He made a few good blocks tonight and his puck skills and passing are better than expected.

Tons of credit to Monahan and Backlund for finishing chances and getting offensive pressure when Boston needed a push.

Yet another high scoring game. Glad to see the offence rolling and hoping for another boost from a rested Gio.

[TheScorpion]

Since the thread title is censored, I can only assume the hidden word is bread

check out the big brain on bread

[Flash Walken]

check out the big brain on bread

lmfao

[Cali Panthers Fan]

I had to watch that one on delay, but that was one of the most complete and impressive wins by the Flames all season. It gives one hope, and hope is dangerous.

Thoughts on the new additions:

Gustafsson already looks great on the first PP with minimal practice time. I'm looking forward to how he can inject some life into the PP. One goal tonight for that group. His defensive woes are overstated, but I did see a rush or two that he was ill prepared for. Best to shelter him down the lineup and use him as a PP specialist.

Forbort with a steady, workmanlike game. Nothing fancy, but contributed in his own end positively. Not bad considering he had to take a red eye just to play tonight. Pretty good mobility for a big guy, which is nice to see.


This is the kind of win that can give this group confidence, which is the one thing they've been lacking all year. I suspect you see them go on a bit of a run over the next 10 games, especially if they get Gio back.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

check out the big brain on bread

Deep cut for someone younger than the source.

[TheScorpion]

I seem to remember the Flames going on a huge run when they added Stone and Bartkowski at the deadline

Neat thing is, I think Bort and Gus are both better than those two guys

[dustygoon]

I like the win but what’s with Derek Ryan bumping Bennett out of that spot between Lucic and Dube? Guy just getting his game going at center but they put DR back there.

[TheScorpion]

Deep cut for someone younger than the source.

i don't remember asking you a god damn thing

[GioforPM]

I like the win but what’s with Derek Ryan bumping Bennett out of that spot between Lucic and Dube? Guy just getting his game going at center but they put DR back there.

They did that so they could win the game. It worked. :whistle:

[Infinit47]

Missed the game. How did our sub par centres do against the elite Boston centres?

[Anduril]

Saw Forbort with a couple errors but have to give him and Gustafsson some leeway adjusting to a new team and partner. Not to mention the Bruins forecheck is a work of art to watch.

[Saint Troy]

Saw Forbort with a couple errors but have to give him and Gustafsson some leeway adjusting to a new team and partner. Not to mention the Bruins forecheck is a work of art to watch.

Both played well considering not knowing their teammates whatsoever, liked Forbort below the dots, dude is a cycle killer with that size.

[GioforPM]

Missed the game. How did our sub par centres fair against the elite Boston centres?

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[Robo]

I didnt really get to watch the game how did the new additions look

[flizzenflozz]

Great win and a huge two points to keep pace. It seemed that everyone contributed tonight, like Dube drawing that penalty, Stone breaking up some dangerous plays and Mangiapane winning countless puck races.

Gustafsson obviously had a strong debut leading them in icetime and registering an assist and a few shots. He has size and skill and an offensive mentality. I thought he competed hard defensively as well.

Forbort reminds me of Sarich and I think we will grow to appreciate him in games against St. Louis, Winnipeg and Vegas who have big forwards that can score. He made a few good blocks tonight and his puck skills and passing are better than expected.

Tons of credit to Monahan and Backlund for finishing chances and getting offensive pressure when Boston needed a push.

Yet another high scoring game. Glad to see the offence rolling and hoping for another boost from a rested Gio.

I didn't see the game so I can't comment, but didn't Burke say that Mangiapane's skating was below average and even called it horrible? I certainly haven't noticed that at all and have seen him win a ton of those puck races as well.

[Jiggy_12]

That was probably the best our D has looked outside of the Anaheim game since Gio went down. New additions really solidified things.

Gio back next game should help even more

[Classic_Sniper]

Ugly game that was completely stuck in the mud. Unbelievably impressed the team pulled out of the fire there. New guys looked good. Top 6 executed big time. BSD was solid.

Only twice have the Bruins lost at home this season prior to this game. Strong strong effort. Hopefully these guys can go into Nashville and pull off an even bigger win.


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[djsFlames]

Shoring up the D might've actually been the best use of TDL trades.

They're producing effectively since the break, it's been eliminating the loosey goosey stuff at the other end of the rink.

[Rubicant]

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[IamNotKenKing]

Having recently experienced the newborn fog it's crazy how useless you can be for months on end.

Congrats!
And me too...still have nights with 3 wake ups, which render me a zombie.

[djsFlames]

Two PGT's is confusing....esp on Gaskal watch! ;D

This one deserves two.

[bigrangy]

That Backlund goal was literally coast-to-coast. Good defensive play behind his own red line all the way to the net.

Don’t see that too often.

[DropIt]

What a feud between Marchand and Tkachuk tonight! Weird Backlund seemed to be in the middle of it every time... Cassie is great

[KootenayFlamesFan]

One little play I thought was pretty neat was before one of the faceoffs in the 3rd in the Flames' zone you could see the puck that was deflected out the play before was caught in the netting in the corner......a Bruins fan stepped on the boards and eventually got it out, got down and gave it to a young Flames fan, and the crowd gave him a big ovation. Thought that was pretty cool.

[The Cobra]

AHAHAH the license plate. GOLD!!!!


What license plate?


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[burn_this_city]

Congrats!
And me too...still have nights with 3 wake ups, which render me a zombie.

Likewise! Those are rough, glad to be through that period. I don't know how people function at a high level on garbage sleep.

[TheScorpion]

What license plate?


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I take it your son isn't named Bort?

[Doc Hudson]

Awesome win, let's keep it rolling.

The defensive positioning tonight was so much better than last Bruins game. Is it more jekyll and hyde, or a shift to a better team game? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200226/73411cfa2874c2b288f17d41d357404b.jpg

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[The Cobra]

I take it your son isn't named Bort?



I saw a girl in a yellow dress.


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[redforever]

I saw a girl in a yellow dress.


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Keep looking

[GioforPM]

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[Johnny Makarov]

From the GT:



"It hit a Flames player, it hit a Flames player."

"Actually I think it hit the top of the boards upon further review!"

She's just getting worse instead of better.

Couldn't handle it. Turned to the Democratic debate after the 2nd and just PVR'd the rest of the game.

I'm going to flip out if they give us Cassie Monotone Campbell for a 4th straight game!!!!!

[CGY12]

For those of us who missed the game, what were the D pairings? Was surprised to see Stone still get into the lineup with both Forbs and Gus in.

[TheScorpion]

For those of us who missed the game, what were the D pairings? Was surprised to see Stone still get into the lineup with both Forbs and Gus in.

Brodie - Stone
Hanifin - Andersson
Forbort - Gustafsson

[timbit]

Forbort - Gus
Andersson-Hanifin
Brodie- Stone

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Couldn't handle it. Turned to the Democratic debate after the 2nd and just PVR'd the rest of the game.

I'm going to flip out if they give us Cassie Monotone Campbell for a 4th straight game!!!!!

You turned that game off because of her? Great game and she wasn't that bad. You missed out, that was fun.

[TheScorpion]

Brodie - Stone
Hanifin - Andersson
Forbort - Gustafsson

Forbort - Gus
Andersson-Hanifin
Brodie- Stone

I finally figured out what it means when DJ Casper says "reverse" in the Cha Cha Slide!

[Doc Hudson]

As an aside, plenty of flames jerseys, many Gaudreau.

Bruins fans were class acts after the game, many a "good game".

Riddich made a couple of sick saves that had people around me, and just now on the train, taking about. Really solid game.

New defense pair looked good, considering. Replacing Stone with Gio madness us look pretty good.

Forward lines are as good as they have been all year.

Keep it going!

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[Johnny Makarov]

You turned that game off because of her? Great game and she wasn't that bad. You missed out, that was fun.

No i PVR'd the game so i could fast forward her "analysis" after. and sorry. She is pretty pathetic. Monotone and clueless.
Seriously how bad is Cassie for me to want to hear Elizabeth Warren, Bloomberg and Biden speak?? haha

I'm so glad we got Frobot. We need guys like him for the playoffs!

[gt4flames]

Wheres the ATL?

[Sylvanfan]

15-4-1 on the road in the last 20 is pretty impressive. It shows that they are capable of some really good things
If only they could find this road consistecy at home.

[TheScorpion]

Frobot

Seeing his name spelled like this reminds me of the death parade robots from Itchy & Scratchyland who eat nothing but potassium benzoate

[zamler]

15-4-1 on the road in the last 20 is pretty impressive. It shows that they are capable of some really good things
If only they could find this road consistecy at home.

Kidnap and brainwash them to think they are always on the road.

mllfk5sxmOs

[FacePaint]

How about that Dube hit!

[AC]

To highlight how bad SNET is at almost everything...

I just watched the goals from the Boston broadcast and the 4-2 Backlund goal was immediately shown to be a legal bounce off the dasher and not a Flames glove on the bench. It took SNET how many minutes and about 5 replays to come to a conclusion?

The first replay Boston showed was perfect.

[Johnny Makarov]

How about that Dube hit!

Doobie doobie doo!

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[bubbsy]

Wow. That felt like watching a playoff game.

Flames were strong against a bruins team that is downright scary. I can't hate marchand. The "enemy of my enemy is my friend" is all too fitting.

Please put Bennett back at C with Lucic and Dube!

[RyZ]

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[BigBrodieFan]

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[Lucky23]

Anyone have a gif of the Dube hit on McAvoy? It was a thing of beauty

[burn_this_city]

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Not a #1 Centre.

[bigpete]

I'm so glad we got Frobot

https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--YpB8SvfG--/t_Preview/b_rgb:36538b,c_limit,f_jpg,h_630,q_90,w_630/v1446206800/production/designs/160869_0.jpg (https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teepublic.com%2Ffr%2Fbody-b%25C3%25A9b%25C3%25A9%2F160869-leeroy-the-robot&psig=AOvVaw39NsZNyA0WuY2KVM0gICq9&ust=1582778214031000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCNjRh_iy7ucCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)

[robertsfanatic]

as frustrated as this team sometimes makes me, there is not much that makes me happier than a Flames win...and Monahan is awesome!

[djsFlames]

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That's impressive af.

[Flash Walken]

Here's a pet theory on why Backlund is scoring more:

Effort away from the puck. Not his, but his linemates.

I think Backlund was getting absolutely chewed up playing with Gaudreau and Monahan, the heavy lifting on that line is like Thor's hammer. Tonight, Tkachuk and mangiapane were just so good and playing so hard for each other. Tkachuk was especially noticeable in my opinion for staying low on the breakout, allowing Backlund to actually be the high man in exchanges where he was already in that position. Mangiapane is just so good at hustling out there. Effort all the time. Effort is such a huge commodity, it's so much of what made Hathaway a good player. Tkachuk has it too. So does Backlund. Hustle hustle hustle.

Anyway, Backlund's goals and increased offense has basically come in one form.

I just went back through and watched backlund's recent series of goals back.

Against Anaheim on feb 13, the first goal off the nice assist is created by a Tkachuk hustle/hit-created turnover to mangiapane, and Backlund is able to skate down from the easy high defensive position and score into an open net.

His second goal that game is an unbelievable individual effort on the penalty kill. Where he picks off a pass and goes coast to coast.

The first goal he scores in boston is because Tkachuk is hard in on a forecheck and gets to a puck early and makes a play. Mangiapane is right there with him for support, the puck moves around, backlund shoots into an open net off a rebound.

His second goal in that game, Tkachuk is AGAIN in first on a puck, moving it to reider for a 2 on 1 with backlund firing it into the open net.

Tonight, it's another great individual effort and am empty net goal.

I think playing with Monahan and Gaudreau, it's basically impossible for him to play his game. Gaudreau is relying on bang bang plays at odd angles with no speed to their game at all. Gaudreau and Monahan, but especially Gaudreau really overhandle the puck. This means turnovers happen all over the place, there's no rhyme or reason to how things are going to go, it's all seat of the pants.

Tkachuk - Backlund - Mangiapane play a 3rd man high triangle game, and Backlund has to do very little of the dirty work on his line compared to doing ALL of the dirty work with Gaudreau and Monahan. Tkachuk and Mangiapane are constantly digging pucks out. Going into 50-50 or 40-60 scenarios and coming out with the puck.

I'm not saying he needs an open net to score, I'm saying he needs to play with guys who have the same hustle he does so when the puck finds him, the net is open. If that's not available, he needs the freedom to push the puck up the ice and play for himself without worrying about where his linemates are.

With Tkachuk, Backlund gets to play worry free positional hockey, and when the opportunity is there, he gets to go for it. It's basically the exact opposite of playing with Gaudreau and Monahan. At no point tonight was he neutered because his linemates were relying on him to get them the puck out of difficult spots.

I remember that being so tantalizing about Backlund when he was in junior when he was drafted. Driving the net hard, great individual efforts. His game is all about giving him the green light to go for it when it's there. If he has to babysit, well, he's not going to be effective.

[soulchoice]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200226/1e065d0a3d1f9c052f7561b1bf967fd0.gif

What was the story behind this video between Johnny, Backs and Mangi?

[GioforPM]

What was the story behind this video between Johnny, Backs and Mangi?

Each of Backs and Mangi had scored and JG was saying one was good and one was horseshoes.

[dammage79]

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What a useless bum he is. Trade him! We don't need him.

[Dragomir]

I am pleasantly surprised we won! Did we look good?

[tvp2003]

https://i.imgur.com/KKZA1NK.jpg

The boys played wicked awesome tonight.

And to think that we should be getting Gio back soon...

Rask reduced to a 14-1-6 record at home this year

Yeah, when Derek Wills said Rask was 14-0-6 this season at home, I had a good feeling we might win in regulation :D

[SeanCharles]

That little fake at the line and pass to Tkachuk on the PP was nice to see out of Gustafsson.

I think adding a guy like him can really inject some life into our PP.

He looked solid tonight and made some plays in the d zone to take away chances against as well.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

i don't remember asking you a god damn thing

I wish I could thank this twice. Bravo.

[djsFlames]

That little fake at the line and pass to Tkachuk on the PP was nice to see out of Gustafsson.

I think adding a guy like him can really inject some life into our PP.

He looked solid tonight and made some plays in the d zone to take away chances against as well.

It takes one unexpected pass or move to set up ice/time/space to get a quality shot on.

Gustafsson has been known for doing that on the man advantage apparently.

Gio and Brodie haven't fooled defenders from the point at all this year, so I suspect it'll be a huge help to the forwards on his unit.

[transplant99]

Man....are the D pairings EVER more balanced looking.....after a small sample size but against an opponent that is hard to match up against.

[Textcritic]

I didn't see the game so I can't comment, but didn't Burke say that Mangiapane's skating was below average and even called it horrible? I certainly haven't noticed that at all and have seen him win a ton of those puck races as well.Mangiapane is not a naturally gifted skater. He gets to where he needs to be quickly enough, but It's not pretty.

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[MrMike]

That little fake at the line and pass to Tkachuk on the PP was nice to see out of Gustafsson.

I think adding a guy like him can really inject some life into our PP.

He looked solid tonight and made some plays in the d zone to take away chances against as well.

He also did something along the lines on a zone entry, faked hard a dump in and a quick pass over to the wing for a good scoring chance. He’s going to open up time and space with those offensive instincts.

[CaptainYooh]

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[ForeverFlameFan]

I am pleasantly surprised we won! Did we look good?

We controlled large portions of the game.

Boston was close to tying it at 3 a few times but we held our own and closed the win.

[MrMike]

It takes one unexpected pass or move to set up ice/time/space to get a quality shot on.

Gustafsson has been known for doing that on the man advantage apparently.

Gio and Brodie haven't fooled defenders from the point at all this year, so I suspect it'll be a huge help to the forwards on his unit.

Hell just look back at our 8-4 loss to Chicago. He did exactly that with Pat Kane on their PP. I remember clearly thinking how I wish we had a dman with that sort of offensive instincts. I think he is going to really bring up our PP.

[TheScorpion]

thanks a million to zamler for the new profile picture, what a legend!!!!

[ToraToraTora]

Congrats!

And me too...still have nights with 3 wake ups, which render me a zombie. Another one! I'm heading back to work tomorrow for the first time...wish I went to bed 5 hours ago.

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[Flame On]

Haha eat it Bruins! Great win.

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[Gaskal]

Around the League Report


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New Guy Jinxed
Nick Ritchie with a "Gordie Howe Hat-Trick" in his Bruin debut, Bruins win 5-2
Hopefully a fight with tkachuk
A Ritchie fight and five goals would be a good night against that horrible defense and goalie.
I sense a team coming out with a purpose after the Vancouver debacle
Silver Stick Ceremony
Enjoy the 500th game ceremony of Halak Flames fans.
Cliffs of Dover, awesome.
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ALLAHU HALAKBAR!!
This is why you should be a goalie
The silver sticks are bigger

Halakness monster getting his recognition
Hey all, Happy Halakness Day
The placements of statues.

The Red Sox have a statue of Ted Williams, which is located just outside the ballpark. That is where it should be placed.
The BRUINS have a statue of Chara, which is placed on the ice during every game. This is not the proper location.
DROP THE ****ING PUCK ALREADY!!!!
Old Friend, New Look
Lucic with the JT frosted tips is killing me.
he goes no bucket in warm ups to show em off and i kinda respect the no ####s attitude
Looch is rocking throwback bleached tips
I immediately gasped and said "oh no baby what is you doin"
im lookin at lucic's hair and wondering is this whats gonna happen to mookie
Tkachuk off the Wall
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What a terrible start from the Bruins
this line, man
#### Ka chuck
Not moving their feet
Bruins look like they’re on their 10th game in 5 nights.
ughhhhhh
Bruins cant handle a tough physical forecheck, It will be a regular theme going forward.
Bruins are getting manhandled. Every hit knocks them on their asses.
It’s crazy how often I’ve heard Mangiapane’s name in both games against the Flames. Seems like he’s always on the ice.
Could feel that one coming!
Rask couldn't find that one
What is it with Calgary and end boards
Tkachuk is a hell of a player, though.
Rubbish ice again?
Calgary looks better than just a wild card team lately.
Tuukka helping up Tckachuk
Old tuukka would have punched him
Rask telling tkachuk to not score on him again
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Vintage Johnny & Mony
definitely a great idea to leave a guy like Monahan totally alone in the slot
Hey Gaudreau the bathroom called...they require your services for the next three hours
Calgary outplaying them.
I have to say Gadreau’s trolling game for the trade deadline was on point...
Reporters: Johnny Gadreau has just left the ice at practice. We don’t know why
Johnny Gadreau: I had to pee

I just yelled ‘No! You ####ers!’ and now my throat is sore
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot, so ####ing dumb
This is frustrating. They’re not playing bad, but they’re just not quite together and everything’s just an inch off, or a half second slow or fast.

Brick said it typical period after a long trip
That was just gross by Pasta. Unacceptable
#####ing around with the puck
Pasta turned the puck over 4 times in 20 secs
Cassidy fault

Pastrnak is gassed

why double shift him bud?
Gross. That’s an absolutely piss poor effort there.
The Adventures of Big Save Dave
Second Rittich adventure of the night!
An adventurous one that one.
Ritti is like am I dead?!?!
****ing rittich
This is Rittichulous.
How about they don't aim for the glove? Seems like rittich has a magnet in his glove and the other magnet in the puck
GREAT save by Rittich
Weak shots no traffic. Pathetic
Chronicles of Ridditch is making it look easy because it is.
Mony makes it 3-1
Nothing more dangerous in hockey than a two goal lead? Right? Guys?
Oh are we doing this again?
3-1....we've got them just where we want them now!
This week on Chasin’ Calgary…
Pretty amazing this Flame team is fighting for a playoff spot. They are either pretty good or we stink and are the slowest team in the league
Certainly didn't look like a team that needed any depth scoring added to it
Krejci looks toast and uninterested
Brutal, just brutal
Five straight periods of absolute Dog sh#!
####ing stupid
First we get embarrassed by Vancouver and now down 3-1 to the flames, taking dumb penalties, do something please :(
: pokes team :
Heyyy do stuff

1 step forward...8 steps back...why?
Gross, Gustaffson is so dangerously close to my IRL last name I don’t want to see this nerd on the ice for the opposing team tonight
What a dumb play by Grzy my god
Looks like Bjork is grabbing some pine time.
McBacklund
Well……… I’ll see you Thursday night……
Well, sweet dreams, Bruins fans. Sigh.
That goal is just hard work. What a showing.
#### you backlund
That's what happens when you make too many dumb things.
Marchand chirping Backlund seems to have fired up Calgary
There is no way the puck didn't hit the Flames bench

EDIT: it didn't
Calgary tries to score one time this period and does after spending the entire period clearing the puck. Effective I suppose.

That was utterly embarrassing.
Ah, fak.

That blew. See you next time, all.
hey Brad maybe wait until you have the lead before you run your #####ing mouth at the other team next time
Yep, that’s a bunch of horse ####.
President’s Trophy Race Burnout
Why they so lethargic ?
Bruins look terrible. I wonder if the flu is going around.
It’s like they get to the zone, throw the puck on the net and leave. No zone time at all.
we cant take the puck from them. WHAT THE #####?
Flames are skating circles around the Bruins
boys have looked like garbage most of this game
Bruce is gonna lay hard on the #### performance tonight
Even Bergeron is making brain dead plays tonight.
even Bergeron making bonehead plays
#####ing awful game so far. 2 duds in a row.
Two bad games and this board is going bananas!

Imagine if we had to root for the Leafs?
Everything is a struggle. Looks like they’re tired. Everything is harder to do when everyone is struggling to just play.
krug is a pylon 5v5
What an absolute #### defense. Krug just got undressed and got no help from Krejci or his partner. Gross
Breakaway Empty Netter
why is it backlund
im so done

####ing lol.
way to put some muscle on it Krug
He was terrible in the last few minutes. Awful.
NO. That's not what I wanted! #### it, I'm getting the gelato.
What the #### was Krejci doing there
That was the most pathetic hockey effort of the decade
At least we didn’t lose to a zamboni driver. At least we didn’t lose to a zamboni driver. At least we didn’t lose to a zamboni driver. At least we didn’t lose to a zamboni driver. At least we didn’t lose to a zamboni driver...
There’s something about Calgary that I just don’t like, can’t quite put my finger on it
####ty logo? They all look like they don't wash their hair? They did something to make Lucic dye his hair boy band blond? They are beating us like a red headed step child?
Johnny Gaudreau being American but sounding Canadian?
Calgary sure has a lot of American players
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Bag o’ Dicks
Eat a bag of dicks Bruins. You picked a good time to look like the Detroit #####ing Red Wings in the last 2 games you clam chowdaaa head mother#####ers.
##### you Boston, eat dicks
Go drink some #####ing tea boston

That's called ####ting on your parade in the rain.
Come on Bruins. This is your chance to be the good guys for once...
Yeah, Boston can go ##### themselves. Worst OOT we could have imagined.
Backlund just scored a beauty **** sakes

Prepare for 3 page Eric Francis article on how the Flames won TDL.
The Bruins, Caps and Lightning have gone 1-6 against teams the Oilers are battling with for playoff position in the last week or so. You can't make this #### up. The east is so much better my ass.

[Nsd1]

nm

[GioforPM]

nm

Those are the consecutive 20 goal years. Stamkos missed 20 the next year (he only played 17 games and got 9 goals). Then he went on to score over 20 every year since. If you ignore that year he’s scored 20 every year. 11 years.

[CaptainYooh]

Around the League Report
Two bad games and this board is going bananas!
Imagine if we had to root for the Leafs?
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[Dion]

This is a stare!

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[djsFlames]

Oilers fans sure have a thing about eating dicks.

Calgary looks better than just a wild card team lately.

Pretty amazing this Flame team is fighting for a playoff spot. They are either pretty good or we stink and are the slowest team in the league

Liking the props here. In fairness, it was a damn good game they played tonight.

[WhiteTiger]

Oilers fans sure have a thing about eating dicks.

The HF Oilers board is...very, very...sexual. The amount of smack talk and/or putdowns that they do that involve sexual acts of some sort would be yet another embarrassment for their fan base, if their fan base understood being embarrassed, I imagine.

[GioforPM]

Aisaitl. 1 goal, -2.

[djsFlames]

The HF Oilers board is...very, very...sexual. The amount of smack talk and/or putdowns that they do that involve sexual acts of some sort would be yet another embarrassment for their fan base, if their fan base understood being embarrassed, I imagine.

That's somewhat disturbing.

So when Katz infamously leaned in with that.... look at Connor on lottery day, he was truly personifying their entire organization and fanbase.

[topfiverecords]

Keep looking

Keep looking for the joke.

[Bingo]

Game Takes:
Flames 5 Bruins 2 (https://www.calgarypuck.com/2020/02/game-takes-flames-5-bruins-2-2/)

- Two goals for Monahan
- Two goals for Backlund after a scuffle with Marchand
- Rittich solid
- both new comers look good, Gustafsson gets a point
- complete game for the Flames

[AC]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/YellowishVagueHalcyon-size_restricted.gifWhat was the story behind this video between Johnny, Backs and Mangi?

In a game vs Vegas last year, Mangiapane deked out Subban for a beauty, and Backlund fooled him with a wrister from far out.

[Redrum]

Oilers fans sure have a thing about eating dicks.

Maybe the price of meth is going up. Inflation is a bitch.

[3rd liner]

What a beauty effort by backs on that goal. If Mcdingle scored that SN and principe would be praising it for a month.

[N-E-B]

I am a big fan of Brad Marchand but my oh my was it ever sweet to see Backlund score that one after what Marchand did in the 2nd. Looks good on him.

[Mike F]

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Did Stamkos retire? Is Monahan done after this season?

[Redrum]

To highlight how bad SNET is at almost everything...

I just watched the goals from the Boston broadcast and the 4-2 Backlund goal was immediately shown to be a legal bounce off the dasher and not a Flames glove on the bench. It took SNET how many minutes and about 5 replays to come to a conclusion?

The first replay Boston showed was perfect.
I wonder what kind of screen they are watching it on in the booth. I've never badmouthed Cassie on here like many do because I'm thankful to not have to listen to Ferraro, Millen, or the brilliant mind of Glenn Healy straining to comprehend the English language like I did a few years ago. But it was a tad annoying this time to hear repeatedly: "It does hit a Flames player" when the first replay showed it was not remotely close to hitting a glove on the Flames' bench.

[bigpete]

Did Stamkos retire? Is Monahan done after this season?

It says age 25 or younger. Those are their seasons at those ages only.

[megatron]

Just finished watching the game... awesome! Gustafsson and Forbort looked pretty good for their first games.

Like most games, your best players win you games. Johnny, Mony, Lindholm, Tkachuk, Backlund, Rittich were better than Pasta, Bergeron, Marchand, McAvoy, Rask.

Hopefully this continues and we see continued balanced scoring.

[AC]

I wonder what kind of screen they are watching it on in the booth. I've never badmouthed Cassie on here like many do because I'm thankful to not have to listen to Ferraro, Millen, or the brilliant mind of Glenn Healy straining to comprehend the English language like I did a few years ago. But it was a tad annoying this time to hear repeatedly: "It does hit a Flames player" when the first replay showed it was not remotely close to hitting a glove on the Flames' bench.

Yeah I don't put the blame on Cassie or Rick Ball for that. The guys in charge of choosing the replays picked the worst angles to show what happened definitively. So instead of describing the great effort for the goal, Rick and Cassie have to spend several minutes discussing whether the Flames got away with something.

Meanwhile Boston shows this immediately:
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It's the same with SNET's obsession with infographics that cause the viewers to miss a faceoff. The Flames PP goal looked like this on SNET, jumping back to live play mid-action:
https://streamable.com/aoaa0

Just sloppy across the board from SNET I find.

[AC]

Here's the Dube hit that lead to the PP for the GWG:
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[Flash Walken]

I wonder what kind of screen they are watching it on in the booth. I've never badmouthed Cassie on here like many do because I'm thankful to not have to listen to Ferraro, Millen, or the brilliant mind of Glenn Healy straining to comprehend the English language like I did a few years ago. But it was a tad annoying this time to hear repeatedly: "It does hit a Flames player" when the first replay showed it was not remotely close to hitting a glove on the Flames' bench.

knowing sportsnet it's probably a used WWF announce table monitor.

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[JD]

Here's the Dube hit that lead to the PP for the GWG:
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I found a reverse angle of Dube looking down at his victim after the hit:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jkhpZoPOfZI/maxresdefault.jpg

[calgarybornnraised]

Couldn't handle it. Turned to the Democratic debate after the 2nd and just PVR'd the rest of the game.

I'm going to flip out if they give us Cassie Monotone Campbell for a 4th straight game!!!!!

Nm

[The Cobra]

Gus led all Flames defenders with TOI tonight. 21 minutes



Actually led all players.


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[Crown Royal]

Actually led all players.


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This is a big thing that many people are ignoring when it comes to our new acquisitions, both Gus and Bort have played on top pairings before. albeit on poor teams, but that experience (and physical/mental conditioning) is invaluable and giving them lesser competition will only help them look better. Plus, because of their previous experience, they will be able to take on extra minutes if a defenseman gets tossed or injured.

[BigBrodieFan]

My definite favourite from ATL;

'hey Brad maybe wait until you have the lead before you run your #####ing mouth at the other team next time'


:D

[nixon45]

Team played really well. They could have gone into Flames meltdown mode after the Marchand SH goal but they kept pushing and were rewarded for it.

One of the best games I have seen them play this season. Please keep it up!

[activeStick]

Calgary's differential continues to improve. After last night, it's now only - 6.

[Tsawwassen]

Post game links
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/games/2155362
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl-boxscores.aspx?page=/data/nhl/results/2019-2020/recap127442.html

[IamNotKenKing]

Another one! I'm heading back to work tomorrow for the first time...wish I went to bed 5 hours ago.

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Congrats!
Apparently all CPers do is fornicate and watch hockey!

[transplant99]

Congrats!
Apparently all CPers do is fornicate and watch hockey!

The really good ones do it WHILE watching hockey.

[GioforPM]

Congrats!
Apparently all CPers do is fornicate and watch hockey!

We sometimes drink as well.

[Jiggy]

Here's the Dube hit that lead to the PP for the GWG:
https://giant.gfycat.com/VacantCommonFieldmouse.gif

Dube has been playing with some piss and vinegar for a few weeks now. I like it!

[PaperBagger'14]

We sometimes drink as well.

Most of us make over 100k too

[FlamesAreOne]

Dube has been playing with some piss and vinegar for a few weeks now. I like it!

He had a few strong plays against the boards too. Definitely tenacious.

[Crown Royal]

We sometimes drink as well.
Why, I would never....

[FanIn80]

Yeah I don't put the blame on Cassie or Rick Ball for that. The guys in charge of choosing the replays picked the worst angles to show what happened definitively. So instead of describing the great effort for the goal, Rick and Cassie have to spend several minutes discussing whether the Flames got away with something.

Meanwhile Boston shows this immediately:
https://giant.gfycat.com/FatalThoseBorzoi.gif

It's the same with SNET's obsession with infographics that cause the viewers to miss a faceoff. The Flames PP goal looked like this on SNET, jumping back to live play mid-action:
https://streamable.com/aoaa0

Just sloppy across the board from SNET I find.


If you really want to hate SNET, here's their highlight package for the game. Start watching at 3:44. Entire narrative is "hit a player" without showing the correction at all.

O-0gKIUEYQg

[Erick Estrada]

Calgary's differential continues to improve. After last night, it's now only - 6.

Safe to say if they can finish the season with a positive differential it likely means a trip to the playoffs is in store for the team.

[Robbob]

I am not so much worried about the differential. we had 3 games this year that account for -16, which makes things look a lot worse.

[JohnnyB]

Calgary's differential continues to improve. After last night, it's now only - 6.

Anyone remember what that differential was when Peters left the team? Or know a site where you can find that data?

As an aside, I wish you could just easily select date ranges to collect stats from on the NHL site, or that they would allow you to download a data file of all the stats from the season so far so that you could dig into them more.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Yeah I don't put the blame on Cassie or Rick Ball for that. The guys in charge of choosing the replays picked the worst angles to show what happened definitively. So instead of describing the great effort for the goal, Rick and Cassie have to spend several minutes discussing whether the Flames got away with something.

Meanwhile Boston shows this immediately:
https://giant.gfycat.com/FatalThoseBorzoi.gif

It's the same with SNET's obsession with infographics that cause the viewers to miss a faceoff. The Flames PP goal looked like this on SNET, jumping back to live play mid-action:
https://streamable.com/aoaa0

Just sloppy across the board from SNET I find.

Agreed. Though what I thought was poor was Cassie implying that the goal could be called back. She said something like "I don't want to cut short the celebration but..."
She should know what is reviewable and what isn't.

[Weitz]

I am not so much worried about the differential. we had 3 games this year that account for -16, which makes things look a lot worse.

3 recent games account for +14 so its pretty balanced.

I do agree with the above though if the flames manage to finish with + differential they are likely a lock for playoffs.

[Weitz]

Anyone remember what that differential was when Peters left the team? Or know a site where you can find that data?

As an aside, I wish you could just easily select date ranges to collect stats from on the NHL site, or that they would allow you to download a data file of all the stats from the season so far so that you could dig into them more.

This option has been on the NHL site for a long time.

[Textcritic]

Agreed. Though what I thought was poor was Cassie implying that the goal could be called back. She said something like "I don't want to cut short the celebration but..."

She should know what is reviewable and what isn't.I could have sworn I heard her say "...but that's not reviewable" right away.

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[FanIn80]

Anyone remember what that differential was when Peters left the team? Or know a site where you can find that data?

As an aside, I wish you could just easily select date ranges to collect stats from on the NHL site, or that they would allow you to download a data file of all the stats from the season so far so that you could dig into them more.

Under Peters: 64GF 83GA -19DIFF .481P%
Under Ward: 122GF 114GA +8DIFF .622P%

http://www.nhl.com/stats/teams?reportType=game&dateFrom=2019-11-27&dateTo=2020-02-26&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,wins&page=0&pageSize=50

Edit: (I included the Buffalo game, since that was his first game as HC, but an argument can be made that he wouldn't have had the chance to adjust the systems until two days later when it was official. Unless, of course, it was already "internally official" and was thus allowed to make changes to the systems. Regardless, he was at least allowed to make lineup and in-game decisions - which should be enough to be able to include the Buffalo game.)

[Erick Estrada]

I could have sworn I heard her say "...but that's not reviewable" right away.

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I don't think she said it right away but they won the game so I don't see the point in overly focussing on this.

[Crown Royal]

Anyone remember what that differential was when Peters left the team? Or know a site where you can find that data?

As an aside, I wish you could just easily select date ranges to collect stats from on the NHL site, or that they would allow you to download a data file of all the stats from the season so far so that you could dig into them more.
The Flames were -18 at the time Peters resigned (67 for, 85 against), since then they are +7 (119 for, 112 against)

[EldrickOnIce]

I feel like the Cassie hate borders on misogyny

[JohnnyB]

This option has been on the NHL site for a long time.

Thanks! Don't know how I missed that before.

[madmike]

Great game from the Flames. It frustrates me that the team is capable of playing a game like this, but so seldom does.

[FanIn80]

I feel like the Cassie hate borders on misogyny

I feel like people aren't allowed to criticize her because of the threat of being labeled a misogynist.

- She has a monotone delivery.
- She takes a long time to say what she's trying to say.
- She mansplains replays.

None of these things have anything to do with her being a woman. There are a lot of guys that do these same things too, and I also (coincidence?) don't like them too.

[Jiri Hrdina]

I feel like the Cassie hate borders on misogyny

That's a pretty serious accusation based on nothing.
I don't like her because I don't think she's good at her job.
I can tell you exactly why:
- She gets stuff wrong
- She doesn't break down plays to tell me something I don't already know. Meaning - she just repeats what is showing on the screen, instead of offering new information or deeper understanding
- She gets stuck on a narrative that she thinks is the story of the game, often what she has tee'd up in the pre-game, regardless of if it actually is a story of the game or not.

There are valid reasons not to enjoy her as a commentator and saying that that it is misogyny is offensive and frankly is as bad as misogyny itself.

I have worked with female broadcasters, including in sports. I love that women are getting more opportunities, as they should.

But that doesn't mean they are above criticism when they aren't doing a good job.

[EldrickOnIce]

I feel like people aren't allowed to criticize her because of the threat of being labeled a misogynist.

- She has a monotone delivery.
- She takes a long time to say what she's trying to say.
- She mansplains replays.

None of these things have anything to do with her being a woman. There are a lot of guys that do these same things too, and I also (coincidence?) don't like them too.

This is a fair point.

[TheIronMaiden]

I feel like people aren't allowed to criticize her because of the threat of being labeled a misogynist.

- She has a monotone delivery.
- She takes a long time to say what she's trying to say.
- She mansplains replays.

None of these things have anything to do with her being a woman. There are a lot of guys that do these same things too, and I also (coincidence?) don't like them too.

That's a pretty serious accusation based on nothing.
I don't like her because I don't think she's good at her job.
I can tell you exactly why:
- She gets stuff wrong
- She doesn't break down plays to tell me something I don't already know. Meaning - she just repeats what is showing on the screen, instead of offering new information or deeper understanding
- She gets stuck on a narrative that she thinks is the story of the game, often what she has tee'd up in the pre-game, regardless of if it actually is a story of the game or not.

There are valid reasons not to enjoy her as a commentator and saying that that it is misogyny is offensive and frankly is as bad as misogyny itself.

I have worked with female broadcasters, including in sports. I love that women are getting more opportunities, as they should.

But that doesn't mean they are above criticism when they aren't doing a good job.


Not going to put words in EldrickOnIce's mouth, but he would have been better to say that some of the Cassie hate is misogynistic. Of course there are valid criticisms, but forevery valid criticism there is untoward, borderline obsessive comments.

[EldrickOnIce]

That's a pretty serious accusation based on nothing.
I don't like her because I don't think she's good at her job.
I can tell you exactly why:
- She gets stuff wrong
- She doesn't break down plays to tell me something I don't already know. Meaning - she just repeats what is showing on the screen, instead of offering new information or deeper understanding
- She gets stuck on a narrative that she thinks is the story of the game, often what she has tee'd up in the pre-game, regardless of if it actually is a story of the game or not.

There are valid reasons not to enjoy her as a commentator and saying that that it is misogyny is offensive and frankly is as bad as misogyny itself.

I have worked with female broadcasters, including in sports. I love that women are getting more opportunities, as they should.

But that doesn't mean they are above criticism when they aren't doing a good job.
It's not an accusation

[DuffMan]

Things I've been saying all year.

I like Michael Backlund
I like Cassie Campbell

[Strange Brew]

How many hockey color guys (or ladies) tell you something you don’t already know? It is a lost art. Compare many of them to guys like Romo in the NFL who are incredible.

You know who rarely offers insight into tactics and the like? Loubardias. I used to like him a lot but I feel like he’s become a caricature who can’t stop talking about putting in the work and structure.

I really don’t mind Cassie because I just don’t think she’s much different than the rest.

[GranteedEV]

the 4th line was matched up to the Bergeron line a lot last night. While they didn't do awfully, Jankowski had some issues and Rieder had some issues. I'd like to see a line of

Kylington - Bennett - Czarnik

tried as line 4 (assuming Kylington won't be getting time on the blueline)

[Jiggy_12]

There’s obviously both sides to it. There are a ton of d-bags out there (ugly Facebook comments) that border on misogyny, and then comments in here which are more partial and fair, where the poster is not factoring in gender.

I don’t believe anyone here has said anything malicious. But there are awful, ugly comments out there in other places.

[EldrickOnIce]

There’s obviously both sides to it. There are a ton of d-bags out there (ugly Facebook comments) that border on misogyny, and then comments in here which are more partial and fair, where the poster is not factoring in gender.

I don’t believe anyone here has said anything malicious. But there are awful, ugly comments out there in other places.
And I should have said some of the hate.

[FanIn80]

There’s obviously both sides to it. There are a ton of d-bags out there (ugly Facebook comments) that border on misogyny, and then comments in here which are more partial and fair, where the poster is not factoring in gender.

I don’t believe anyone here has said anything malicious. But there are awful, ugly comments out there in other places.

That I wasn't aware of. I don't really read a lot of comments from other places. People like that should be dragged out into the street and slapped around in front of all their neighbours.

[Rando]

I feel like the Cassie hate borders on misogyny

Examples?

[Erick Estrada]

That's a pretty serious accusation based on nothing.
I don't like her because I don't think she's good at her job.
I can tell you exactly why:
- She gets stuff wrong
- She doesn't break down plays to tell me something I don't already know. Meaning - she just repeats what is showing on the screen, instead of offering new information or deeper understanding
- She gets stuck on a narrative that she thinks is the story of the game, often what she has tee'd up in the pre-game, regardless of if it actually is a story of the game or not.

There are valid reasons not to enjoy her as a commentator and saying that that it is misogyny is offensive and frankly is as bad as misogyny itself.

I have worked with female broadcasters, including in sports. I love that women are getting more opportunities, as they should.

But that doesn't mean they are above criticism when they aren't doing a good job.

I will say that Hrudey is almost same level bad as she is and sometimes he's worse. He doesn't face nearly the amount of criticism despite the fact he's been doing this much longer than Campbell and still isn't good at it.

[GranteedEV]

Examples?

I've definitely seen people here that blame "political correctness" as the reason Campbell is on the air. i.e. that she's only on the air because she is a woman and they are filling a gender equality quota.

Personally I think Campbell is a downgrade on Hrudy, but he sets the bar pretty high so being worse than him isn't being worse than average. I don't mind Cassie although she definitely ruined the call on Backlund's goal last night considering I never thought the puck hit a Flames player on the bench (just based on its trajectory you could tell it bounced off the dasher). Great goal, bad call. I'd like to see the Bruins' call.

I would call Cassie Campbell an average color commentator. If we have criticisms, which Jiri did outline, I think we should forward those to her constructively as I'm sure she would like to improve.

[AC]

I agree that Kelly and Cassie are pretty similar.

They both have a similar level of insight being former players but generally don't add a lot. However I think Cassie gets criticized more because of her monotone delivery, which is unfortunate because it's not something she can really control.

Though I think Rick and Kelly have great chemistry, which makes them a good pair. You can hear the difference when Jason York or other replacements step in as well as they don't have the same jokey and fun chemistry Rick and Kelly have.

[TheScorpion]

If Kylington isn't going to play (which I don't entirely agree with), could the Flames not just have sent him down for more playing time and then kept Davidson around as NHL depth?

[Erick Estrada]

DeBrusk is the best overall color guy in Alberta because he's likeable and provides some insight. Remenda also provides decent insight gut his homerism is so off the charts that he can't be taken seriously. Cassie and Kelly both offer little insight. The odd time Hrudey picks up on something but it's sandwiched between homerism and bad humor.

[UnitedFlames]

I feel like people aren't allowed to criticize her because of the threat of being labeled a misogynist.

- She has a monotone delivery.
- She takes a long time to say what she's trying to say.
- She mansplains replays.

None of these things have anything to do with her being a woman. There are a lot of guys that do these same things too, and I also (coincidence?) don't like them too.

yup. "No question about it."

[FanIn80]

I will say that Hrudey is almost same level bad as she is and sometimes he's worse. He doesn't face nearly the amount of criticism despite the fact he's been doing this much longer than Campbell and still isn't good at it.

Why I don't complain about Hrudey:

- His voice isn't monotone.
- He often adds insight on a play from the point of view of the goalie, which may be basic info to some people, but is interesting to me.
- He and Ball have outstanding chemistry. I get the sense these guys are good friends who hang out together, and the way they talk to each other is very entertaining.

There are two ways to be a good colour-commentator:

- Be insightful
- Be entertaining

I feel that Hrudey is almost always entertaining, and his goalie point of view allows him more flexibility with the "be insightful" part.

[btimbit]

I don't love Cassie's work but she's a hell of a lot better to listen too than Galley, Millen, York, Remenda or Garrett. For a colour commentator, she's really only behind Hrudey and DeBrusk

[Textcritic]

How many hockey color guys (or ladies) tell you something you don’t already know? It is a lost art. Compare many of them to guys like Romo in the NFL who are incredible.

You know who rarely offers insight into tactics and the like? Loubardias. I used to like him a lot but I feel like he’s become a caricature who can’t stop talking about putting in the work and structure.

I really don’t mind Cassie because I just don’t think she’s much different than the rest.
I agree with this, and it is the reason why I just don't even notice much of the colour on broadcasts anymore (unless I am laughing at how hilariously one-sided Drew Remenda is on Oilers telecasts). But this also begs the question:

Who's good at it?

I am not the one to answer that question since—like I said—I don't pay much attention at the best of times. I think Craig Simpson is probably fairly good, and I have always liked Gary Galley. Is there anyone else?

I will say that while I don't think there are any especially good colour commentators in hockey, Cassie Campbell is in the end not much worse than almost everyone.