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Cali Panthers Fan · 10-14-2014, 07:13 AM

The Flames are in the midst of a challenging 6 game road trip to start the year, and were recently stomped pretty soundly by the Blues. The flu has been ravaging the team of late, but there are no new bodies being kept out of the lineup and Hudler should make his return after missing the last game. David Jones is still day to day with a lower body injury and likely won't play tonight in Nashville. There wasn't much positive about the last game besides the Flames' compete level. The Flames will try to build on that and jump out early against a Predators team that is as sound as ever defensively.

The Predators have gotten off to a hot start with wins over both Ottawa and Dallas. It's been due in large part to the play of the Preds 4th line as Gaustad and, yes, Eric Nystrom are leading the team with 4 points each in 2 games. Nystrom has 2 goals in 2 games and a 100% shooting percentage.

The top line of Bourque-Ribeiro-Neal however has been pretty poor, with 0 points between them and a collective -6. Rinne seems like his old self again after an injury riddled campaign a year ago, starting off with a 1.50 GAA and .921 sv%, but has only faced 38 shots through 2 games. It will be difficult to penetrate the Preds strong defensive system, and then you have to face Rinne. It will be another very tough night to score for the Flames.

Special teams were a point of focus for the Flames practice yesterday, especially working on the PK. One has to hope the Flames can improve upon their 54.6% PK which ranks 2nd worst in the league so far.

Flames
Glencross-Backlund-Byron
Hudler-Monahan-Setoguchi
Raymond-Colborne-Gaudreau
Bollig-Stajan-Bouma

Brodie-Giordano
Russell-Engelland
Smid-Wideman

Ramo

Predators
Bourque-Ribeiro-Neal
Forsberg-Roy-Smith
Wilson-Jarnkrok-Jokinen
Nystrom-Gaustad-Beck

Josi-Weber
Volchenkov-Jones
Ekholm-Ellis

Rinne

Jokinen on playing against his former club on Tuesday:
“I enjoyed my time [in Calgary] but I’ve played with almost half the teams in the league, so it’s not that big of a deal anymore.”

Go Flames Go!

In memory of Scorch. May your soul rest in eternal fire.

10-14-2014, 07:13 AM	#1
Cali Panthers Fan Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Boca Raton, FL Exp:	Flames @ Predators, 6 p.m., SN360. CP to hold candlelight vigil in memory of Scorch The Flames are in the midst of a challenging 6 game road trip to start the year, and were recently stomped pretty soundly by the Blues. The flu has been ravaging the team of late, but there are no new bodies being kept out of the lineup and Hudler should make his return after missing the last game. David Jones is still day to day with a lower body injury and likely won't play tonight in Nashville. There wasn't much positive about the last game besides the Flames' compete level. The Flames will try to build on that and jump out early against a Predators team that is as sound as ever defensively. The Predators have gotten off to a hot start with wins over both Ottawa and Dallas. It's been due in large part to the play of the Preds 4th line as Gaustad and, yes, Eric Nystrom are leading the team with 4 points each in 2 games. Nystrom has 2 goals in 2 games and a 100% shooting percentage. The top line of Bourque-Ribeiro-Neal however has been pretty poor, with 0 points between them and a collective -6. Rinne seems like his old self again after an injury riddled campaign a year ago, starting off with a 1.50 GAA and .921 sv%, but has only faced 38 shots through 2 games. It will be difficult to penetrate the Preds strong defensive system, and then you have to face Rinne. It will be another very tough night to score for the Flames. Special teams were a point of focus for the Flames practice yesterday, especially working on the PK. One has to hope the Flames can improve upon their 54.6% PK which ranks 2nd worst in the league so far. Flames Glencross-Backlund-Byron Hudler-Monahan-Setoguchi Raymond-Colborne-Gaudreau Bollig-Stajan-Bouma Brodie-Giordano Russell-Engelland Smid-Wideman Ramo Predators Bourque-Ribeiro-Neal Forsberg-Roy-Smith Wilson-Jarnkrok-Jokinen Nystrom-Gaustad-Beck Josi-Weber Volchenkov-Jones Ekholm-Ellis Rinne Jokinen on playing against his former club on Tuesday: “I enjoyed my time [in Calgary] but I’ve played with almost half the teams in the league, so it’s not that big of a deal anymore.” Go Flames Go! In memory of Scorch. May your soul rest in eternal fire. __________________ "You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender Last edited by Cali Panthers Fan; 10-14-2014 at 03:16 PM.