02-12-2019, 09:40 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Flames at Tampa Bay - Battle of the Heavyweights
Calgary at Tampa starting at 5pm MST.
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/game/calgary-...tning-20190212
The Eastern Conference and league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning are the hosts.
The visitors are the Calgary Flames, one of the top teams in the Western Conference.
Tuesday's tilt has all the makings of a heavyweight tilt. Except that while the Lightning are flying high, the Flames are floundering.
The Flames have just one win in their last four games (1-2-1) and have seen what was a six-point edge on their Western Conference, and Pacific Division, rivals dissipate.
Suddenly the Flames are struggling defensively and can't find the goal-scoring touch that made them such a potent club through December and January.
Their last game, a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night, was a prime example. The defeat came despite firing 47 shots on goal through overtime in a game that was one-sided everywhere but on the scoreboard.
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02-12-2019, 09:41 AM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Flames destroy the Bolts giving them a preview of the ass kicking they will receive in the SCF. GFG!
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02-12-2019, 09:43 AM
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#3
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Flames are weird right now. They're playing like a team that should be coming out of a slump, yet I'm not convinced entirely they're in one. I hope what we're seeing is a team that was rolling being ground to a sudden stop and is now gearing up again.
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02-12-2019, 09:51 AM
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#4
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Franchise Player
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It was in!
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02-12-2019, 09:51 AM
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#5
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Derek Wills @Fan960Wills
#Flames projected lines and pairings vs. #Lightning:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Neal
Mangiapane-Ryan-Hathaway
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Kylington-Andersson
Rittich (Starter)
Smith
Last edited by sureLoss; 02-12-2019 at 09:55 AM.
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02-12-2019, 09:54 AM
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#6
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Calgary
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Have a bad feeling about this one....
9-1 TBL 
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02-12-2019, 10:04 AM
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#7
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Franchise Player
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Down in Tampa for the game.
Chipping away at my bucket list of seeing the Flames play in every NHL rink.
Go Flames!!
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02-12-2019, 10:09 AM
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#8
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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The Flames won in impressive fashion in Tampa last year. They will do it again today.
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02-12-2019, 10:10 AM
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#9
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Eric Francis @EricFrancis
James Neal said he lost 8 teeth Saturday, which pales in comparison to the 13 he lost early in his career. Teammates joking Neal needs subtitles when talking.
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02-12-2019, 10:11 AM
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#10
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Speed holes. He's more aerodynamic now. Its science.
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02-12-2019, 10:12 AM
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#11
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chummer
Down in Tampa for the game.
Chipping away at my bucket list of seeing the Flames play in every NHL rink.
Go Flames!!
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Cool mission! Sucks that you have to go to edmonton though.
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02-12-2019, 10:15 AM
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#12
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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#### Tampa. Seriously. I hate Tampa.
The Team. The City. The Greater District. All of it.
If global warming and rising temperatures mean submerging Florida entirely I think we have to be calm, rational and seriously consider the benefits of it.
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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02-12-2019, 10:18 AM
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#13
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
#### Tampa. Seriously. I hate Tampa.
The Team. The City. The Greater District. All of it.
If global warming and rising temperatures mean submerging Florida entirely I think we have to be calm, rational and seriously consider the benefits of it.
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Come on now. Some of us live here, and it’s not always voluntary. Be nice.
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02-12-2019, 10:19 AM
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#14
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
#### Tampa. Seriously. I hate Tampa.
The Team. The City. The Greater District. All of it.
If global warming and rising temperatures mean submerging Florida entirely I think we have to be calm, rational and seriously consider the benefits of it.
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as if you wouldn't miss the curious adventures of "Florida Man" like we all would.
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02-12-2019, 10:20 AM
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#15
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The Pas, MB
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Please beat the Dolts.
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02-12-2019, 10:21 AM
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#16
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Franchise Player
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Kypreos, Armstrong and the host (can't remember his name) on Hockey Central at Noon wondering why Marner doesn't set up behind the net like how Gretzky used to do. Goes on to wonder why nobody in the league does it. I guess they don't watch Calgary games since if they did, they'd see Johnny do this regularly and Tkachuk to a lesser extent. Johnny/Tkachuk from behind the net to Monahan/Backlund in the slot for the one timer happens quite often when defenders try to chase.
The neat thing is Johnny and Tkachuk make the play quite differently as Gaudreau will use his speed and elusiveness while Tkachuk will use his body to protect the puck and keep the defender away along the boards.
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02-12-2019, 10:27 AM
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#17
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In Your MCP
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Eric Francis @EricFrancis
James Neal said he lost 8 teeth Saturday, which pales in comparison to the 13 he lost early in his career. Teammates joking Neal needs subtitles when talking.
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I LOL'd
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02-12-2019, 10:29 AM
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#18
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First Line Centre
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Imo games versus teams like TB are very important for BT too see how the Flames stack up against contenders and what they might need at the deadline.
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02-12-2019, 10:35 AM
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#19
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by devo22
as if you wouldn't miss the curious adventures of "Florida Man" like we all would.
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Okay....fair enough. It is the only Reddit that I follow.
I never thought that throwing baby Alligators through a Wendy's Drive Through window would be as funny as it ended up being. Yet here we are.
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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02-12-2019, 10:38 AM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by husky
Imo games versus teams like TB are very important for BT too see how the flames stack up against other contenders and what they might need at the deadline.
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FYP. i
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