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Calgary4LIfe · 03-01-2025, 08:19 PM

I argue that you don't burn the tape on this one.

Everyone on the team knows where they are at in the standings and when the trade deadline is. I would have to imagine they have to be coming into the attitude of 'fighting for their playoff lives", especially after the last game. This SHOULD have been a playoff game from the Flames' standpoint, but it wasn't. Only the Panthers + Vladar showed up for this one.

I am not arguing that these 'eggs' shouldn't happen. Every team lays and egg now and then, or goes through a tough stretch. We all knew that this road trip was potentially a 'make it or break it' trip. I didn't see a playoff game this afternoon. I didn't see a team desperate to make the playoffs. I won't lie - I didn't expect them to win, and that's not the argument that I am making. I just expected more than just Vladar to show up, that's all, and the fact that he was basically the only player showing up is probably telling Conroy exactly what this team is.

I felt bad for Vladar making miracle save after miracle save, while and his teammates not feeding off of that. As I said before, every team lays a stinker, and stinkers are just games you should ignore. I just feel you can't ignore this one given the timing of it, as well as I feel they should have woken up and had some energy injected into them from watching their teammate have a hell of a game.

03-01-2025, 08:19 PM	#49
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	I argue that you don't burn the tape on this one. Everyone on the team knows where they are at in the standings and when the trade deadline is. I would have to imagine they have to be coming into the attitude of 'fighting for their playoff lives", especially after the last game. This SHOULD have been a playoff game from the Flames' standpoint, but it wasn't. Only the Panthers + Vladar showed up for this one. I am not arguing that these 'eggs' shouldn't happen. Every team lays and egg now and then, or goes through a tough stretch. We all knew that this road trip was potentially a 'make it or break it' trip. I didn't see a playoff game this afternoon. I didn't see a team desperate to make the playoffs. I won't lie - I didn't expect them to win, and that's not the argument that I am making. I just expected more than just Vladar to show up, that's all, and the fact that he was basically the only player showing up is probably telling Conroy exactly what this team is. I felt bad for Vladar making miracle save after miracle save, while and his teammates not feeding off of that. As I said before, every team lays a stinker, and stinkers are just games you should ignore. I just feel you can't ignore this one given the timing of it, as well as I feel they should have woken up and had some energy injected into them from watching their teammate have a hell of a game.