The Drive for 30th

[PantherExtreme]

I think Hartley told the team to try to force poorly timed drop passes whenever possible tonight

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by PantherExtreme

Clutch penalty by Gio

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

Giordano showing some speed.

Game thread?

[moon]

Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands

Hoping for a loss and complaining about a win are not the same thing in my mind. I guess that is all I am saying.

Wins like the one against the Oilers where there was some positives and good play are a lot easier to take than the Phoenix and Colorado wins where they were slightly less crappy than the other team with nothing really positive to take from it.

Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands

A top 5 for a top 10 and 15-17? Is that outlandish, not sure. Throw in a vet, eat some salary. If there is only one way to skin a cat then we may as well give up now.

I don't see a team trading a top 3 for the 6th and 17th pick. Not really sure what the benefit would be and certainly not worth the drop from a Jones/Drouin/Mackinnon to a Lindholm/Nurse/Monahan.

[PantherExtreme]

Figured i would use this as an alternate GDT for loss cheerleading as i know some dont like it

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by PantherExtreme

Figured i would use this as an alternate GDT for loss cheerleading as i know some dont like it

That's a good call. I really want them to lose but I feel like I'm crapping on somebody's picnic in the gamethread, I don't begrudge them cheering for the team however they want to.

[trublmaker]

the thread by losers for losers.

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by trublmaker

the thread by losers for losers.

Nice one, way to take the high road with that useless post that added absolutely nothing.

[trublmaker]

Originally Posted by Matty81

Nice one, way to take the high road with that useless post that added absolutely nothing.

I just don't get the cheering for losing, seems so oilerish

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by trublmaker

I just don't get the cheering for losing, seems so oilerish

Yeah you certainly don't get it. This remaining games in the season aren't about winning. They don't translate to next season. It's all garbage time now and the only thing that matters now is getting the best possible player available in the draft. I would rather this season not be a regular occurrence but if the Flames don't get a franchise player to build around there won't be much winning for a long time. I don't want the players to quit playing hard but I am hoping for the bounces to go to the opposition.

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by trublmaker

I just don't get the cheering for losing, seems so oilerish

I think everybody who has this position has probably explained themselves at least once already.

The bottom line is that I want to see the Flames win a cup and if they win the last 6 games in a row, that goal will be further away.

[trublmaker]

Originally Posted by Matty81

I think everybody who has this position has probably explained themselves at least once already.

The bottom line is that I want to see the Flames win a cup and if they win the last 6 games in a row, that goal will be further away.

did you know that up until this year the Flames are the only club to have never drafted in the top five, I kind of like having that distinction, they don't need to lose to win a cup.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by trublmaker

did you know that up until this year the Flames are the only club to have never drafted in the top five, I kind of like having that distinction, they don't need to lose to win a cup.

Did you know that since they won the cup in 1989 they have only been out of the first round once? The team is the definition of mediocre we need a game changing player and it looks like a top 3-4 pick will land us one

[robaur]

I rather have a couple cups by losing than not have any at all during my lifetime.

[PantherExtreme]

Howard is showing the flames how to tank. Oh well at least kipper gets a win

[moon]

Looks like another win where the team doesn't play that well and yet still gets the unneeded points.

Would be much easier to stomach these wins and subsequent worse pick if the team was playing well while getting them.

Instead we get meh play and useless wins.

[VladtheImpaler]

The irony that kind of summarizes our history - a useless plug like Begin is going to cost us a franchise center.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

The irony that kind of summarizes our history - a useless plug like Begin is going to cost us a franchise center.

Yeah I posted in another thread that just when this franchise finally looked to be losing the right way they go all Young Guns and play only bad enough to pick outside the top 5. Sigh. This organization is good at repeating history though. When they are good they have always been chokers and when they are bad they are never bad enough to get the truly elite players. Sigh.

[McG]

Some how we have a culture of winning when it doesn't matter, and losing when it does.

[Flame Of Liberty]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

The irony that kind of summarizes our history - a useless plug like Begin is going to cost us a franchise center.

He came back from the young guns era with the sole purpose to bring back the young guys era of perpetual mediocrity

[Vinny01]

Flames now 13th in the west