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Originally Posted by atb
Yeah I'm not a fan of Healy at all, but what he said was:
"Too much meddling though. They lose the game the other night, you got in the room, and I've been in rooms, two owners walk in the room, President, the CEO, a GM, is there anyone else who wants to stick their hand in this mess? Stay out. The players feel it. You see the way they played tonight. That is not a confident group. That is a group waiting for the shoe to fall."
It's at the end of the game broadcast on cbc.ca, at 2hrs 55min: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockeynight...#id=2341842404 |
Yeah, just went back myself there before you posted this, and saw what he said, as I turned off the broadcast after the buzzer. I still call BS on that, unless he was intending to say there was meddling when he was in rooms, and just applies the rumors that he's heard about the Flames ownership being involved, and applying it here again as potentially occurring, but not necessarily last night.
I didn't hear that at any time through the game or pregame, or post game last night, and I figure someone out there may be aware of that. Are any of the owners actually travelling with the team to LA? Is King? Do the owners ever go in the room? I've never heard that, and I am sure some of the local scribes would be smart enough to pick up on that and start their own rumors if this was a common occurance in the past. Given that any sort of visit yesterday wasn't mentioned anywhere else and he tosses that in there last minute, I have my doubts.
More surprising is that Feaster actually spoke to someone (Friedman) today.
Again, as that was about Iginla, then showing a player's face when they're down 6-2 in ar game, (and I believe it was right after a chance that the Flames missed, as Iginla mouths the words "are you kidding me") isn't quite a solid indication that he's given flustered to the point that he's given up on the franchise or sees the end in sight, as the panel was quick to be intimating.
Finally, when the panel is talking about the Flames valuable to other teams at the deadline, at no point does Bouwmeester come up. By far the best asset the Flames have if they decide to make that major move, and teams will be lining up to add a 25 minute per player game, who still has all the skills that teams were lining up for almost 4 years ago, along with a full year left on his contract. Goes to show you how out of touch that the panel is with the Flames, when doing a proper overall analysis, yet their acting as if they've got all the answers as they pile on.