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Originally Posted by Brouhaha

You would think scoring 5 goals at home, you would come away with a win. On the surface, anyone who only looks at the final score could say must have been a pretty good game. Brossoit let in 2 stinkers that allowed the Flames to creep back in and make the final score at least respectable. This was not a pretty good game. The Flames made it very interesting in the 3rd, but that does not make up for an overall shoddy performance against their biggest rival. When the score became 6 - 4 then 6 - 5, I was pumped like anyone here. I was still frustrated by the game they played tonight. The final own-goal was the icing on the cake.

As much as I want to believe GG is a good coach, there are so many personnel decisions made here and there that make me wonder what I am not seeing that he and his coaches do. How does TJ Brodie go from being a solid 2-way D-man with Gio a couple of seasons ago to what we are seeing now? Is playing away from Gio and on the left side that big a deal to this guy? I am not ready to give up on him, Hamonic or Hamilton, but wow, there have been some sub par performances from these guys this season. Yes, I know, that is putting mildly on some nights.

I bet the Oil wishes they could play the Flames 20 times per season the way things have gone since GG has been behind the Flames bench. Is that just luck (bad for us, good for them) that they have really done well vs the Flames since GG came on board? I am not laying all blame on GG, but there is just something amiss with this Flames team. Maybe it's the homer sunglasses that I think the Flames should be better than the team we are watching this season. I really have no idea which Flames team will show up on a given night. It's just unfortunate that tonight was the we-don't-remember-how-to-play-defense-all-that-well-making-boneheaded-mistakes team that showed up.

They were so bad, they made the Oil look good. Should I give credit where is due? Were the Oil just that good tonight? They outplayed the Flames. However, no way was that the Flames best game by any stretch. Not even close. I'm not one for knee-jerk reactions, but boy, a look in the mirror or two are in order for some members of this organization.

Excuse the length of this post. Have yourselves a good one guys and gals.

Go Flames

The Flames played a terrible game but its not like the Oilers didn't get their share of bad/lucky goals