12-20-2018, 10:26 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
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Beast of the East vs Best in the West*. 7pm MT. SNW
*yes technically the Jets are first in the western conference because they have 1 game in hand, but the rhyme doesn't work otherwise.
from Calgaryflames.com
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US
The Flames are coming off a double rarity this season: A loss that was a shutout. In the final tilt of their recent three-game road swing in which they finished 2-1, they fell 2-0 to the Dallas Stars Tuesday night. Travis Hamonic led the Flames with four shots in the loss, while Johnny Gaudreau , Mark Giordano and Noah Hanifin had three. David Rittich stopped 26 shots in his third straight start. "We weren't sharp and it showed right from the start," said Giordano. "I think they looked like the faster team but only because they were committed to putting pucks in and forechecking. For whatever reason, we were fighting it all night and we weren't making clean plays. Not to take anything away from them, they played a hard fought game but I don't think we were sharp enough, for sure." … The Flames had outscored the opposition 15-8 in their previous three games, including a 7-2 pasting of the Blues Sunday in St. Louis.
THEM
The Lightning are currently the toast of the league, sitting first overall with 54 points. They have scored a league-high 143 goals and have a +44 goal differential, both marks significantly outpacing the teams trailing in second. Tampa Bay is 9-0-1 in its last 10 games, the most recent a 5-2 win over the Canucks in Vancouver on Tuesday. Nikita Kucherov - playing in his 400th NHL game - got the visitors on the board just before the midway point of the first, with Tyler Motte and Cedric Paquette stretching the lead to 3-0 after 20 minutes. Adam Erne scored the lone marker of the second period to close the gap for Vancouver and Chris Tanev tallied at 5:46 of the third to make it a one-goal game. The rally ended there, though, as Steven Stamkos and Ondrej Palat scored in the final three minutes to seal the deal. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves for the Lightning … Tampa Bay's current 10-game point streak is tied for the fourth longest in franchise history (record: 18-straight games with a point, 14-0-4, in 2003-04).
US vs. THEM
The two clubs met twice last year, each winning on the road. The Flames skated to a 5-1 win in Tampa on Jan. 11 and looked in good shape to win the second tilt in Calgary on Feb. 1, building a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes. But the Lightning rattled off five straight goals in an eventual 7-4 victory at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
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12-20-2018, 10:28 AM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Go Flams Go
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12-20-2018, 10:28 AM
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#3
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
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Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
James Neal is on the ice this morning at the Saddledome. He missed Tuesday’s game in Dallas with an upper body injury. #Flames
Kristen Anderson @KdotAnderson
Sam Bennett also on the ice for the morning skate.
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Michael Frolik also on the ice at morning skate this morning. He’s missed the last 14 games due to injury. #Flames
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Rittich in the starter’s net this morning. Looks like he’ll make his fourth straight start tonight vs. Tampa Bay. #Flames
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12-20-2018, 10:29 AM
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#4
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Feels like Buddy showed up and saved Christmas
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12-20-2018, 10:30 AM
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#5
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
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Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Projected #Flames tonight vs. Tampa:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Bennett
Quine-Jankowski-Neal
Lomberg-Ryan-Hathaway
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Kylington-Andersson
Rittich
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12-20-2018, 10:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
James Neal is on the ice this morning at the Saddledome. He missed Tuesday’s game in Dallas with an upper body injury. #Flames
Kristen Anderson @KdotAnderson
Sam Bennett also on the ice for the morning skate.
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Michael Frolik also on the ice at morning skate this morning. He’s missed the last 14 games due to injury. #Flames
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Rittich in the starter’s net this morning. Looks like he’ll make his fourth straight start tonight vs. Tampa Bay. #Flames
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That's good news.
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12-20-2018, 10:32 AM
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#7
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Tampa is an awful scrappy team this year, things might get heated tonight.
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12-20-2018, 10:32 AM
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#8
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Franchise Player
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Top two and we're not number two...
GFG!
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12-20-2018, 10:35 AM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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I am glad to see the Real Dio Ronnie James Neal back in the lineup.
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12-20-2018, 10:36 AM
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#10
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA/Scottsdale, AZ
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Point would look great in a Flaming 'C'....
GFG!!!!
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12-20-2018, 10:36 AM
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#11
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Projected #Flames tonight vs. Tampa:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Bennett
Quine-Jankowski-Neal
Lomberg-Ryan-Hathaway
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Kylington-Andersson
Rittich
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Even after all of the changes this offseason, I still feel like that bottom six is a hot mess. Just seems like a bunch middling-to-poor players randomly thrown together. Frolik would make it look a lot better.
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12-20-2018, 10:36 AM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Projected #Flames tonight vs. Tampa:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Bennett
Quine-Jankowski-Neal
Lomberg-Ryan-Hathaway
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Kylington-Andersson
Rittich
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So, no Frolik?
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12-20-2018, 10:38 AM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Makarov
Even after all of the changes this offseason, I still feel like that bottom six is a hot mess. Just seems like a bunch middling-to-poor players randomly thrown together. Frolik would make it look a lot better.
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yes, they looked awesome and truly attacked in waves when frolik and dube were in. hopefully we see that again by the end of the year
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12-20-2018, 10:38 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Treliving suggested this morning (on the radio) that Frolik would be back after the Christmas break. Good sign that is on track if he's out there skating.
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12-20-2018, 10:38 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
So, no Frolik?
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Looks like he is just skating with the team. Treliving said this morning Frolik likely back after Christmas.
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12-20-2018, 10:38 AM
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#16
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Tampa is an awful scrappy team this year, things might get heated tonight.
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That Vancouver game looked like a great tilt. Got me all riled up for this one!
Hope we can see Bennett and Neal back tonight (Frolik coming back can't happen soon enough either) and they're both ready to play a heavy game.
No idea what to expect tonight, but man am I excited!
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12-20-2018, 10:42 AM
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#17
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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Just Win! can't lose 2 in a row in such a tight race in the Pacific. I don't even care if its in the shootout.
I hope they play just like they did against the Jets.
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12-20-2018, 10:44 AM
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Franchise Player
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Go Flames go!
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12-20-2018, 10:45 AM
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Starting to wonder if they may deal or waive Czarnik when Frolik comes back.
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12-20-2018, 10:51 AM
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#20
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Rittich first off this morning. He’s confirmed as tonight’s starter vs. Tampa Bay. #Flames
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