[PGT] Calgary plays Game 2 and loses by a score of 3-2 in regulation

[heep223]

The Flames were dominant tonight. Clearly the better team. Take care of business at home and then set sights on game five to end it once and for all.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

What do we have to do to get a win there?

Get a 5 goal lead and hang on for the win. People laughed when I said this but I'm dead serious. The curse is seriously in the teams head and it keeps getting passed on to new players.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Tinordi

Experience vs inexperience

Bingo.

[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Seeing these supposed Flames fans in this thread calling this team a bunch of losers or inferior makes me pissed.

Go cheer for someone else.

Being a fan means you support your team even when they're having tough times.

It reminds me of earlier in the year when every player and every coach was constantly being thrown under the bus, only to realize later that this team is actually good and deserved better from the fans early on.

Get your #### together Flames fans. Cheer for your boys. They're coming home and they need to win both. Support the team.

Thanks Cali. Made my night to read this.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Look, the last goal wasn't on Bouma entirely, Elliott should have been in position, I understand.

But Bouma had SO MANY CHANCES to score tonight and couldn't. Like six rebounds came out to him in the slot and he whiffed on every one. He looked like Tanner Glass out there.

Entirely?

How about not at all? It was a deflection off his skate while he was standing exactly where he should be in the passing lane.

Jeezuz the level of nonsense around here is at an all time high.

[Zoller]

Calgary may have been the better team tonight but we're still taking undisciplined penalties that are costing us the game.

Calgary was NOT the better team in game 1. We were dominated in literally every aspect.

If we lose this series, this all goes back to the line change. Could literally be the first time an entire series was lost on 1 play.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by DazzlinDino

Not at all, go through my threads and find one negative thing I have said about him. I just thought "Calgary stupids" was just a little over the top. Scorp is cool. Go check my threads and show me where i have something against him?

That ending was also "a little over the top", DD.

I am steamed. This is the toughest ending to a game I've ever watched. I cannot express how much I ####ing despise the Anaheim Ducks and their Lyle Lanley P.A. announcer and their sunburnt fans.

[Nsd1]

Originally Posted by timbit

I wonder if the Blackhawks board is worse than ours tonight?

Who are they blaming?

Kane and Towes plus their terrible contracts.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by calgaryblood

Three straight losses to the Ducks where we beat ourselves. When are the Flames going to learn?

We can't keep just feelimg good that they are competitive games. They need to start winning and playing smart.

It seems lately that either the Flames play hard and dumb, or timid and smart.

Neither works against Anaheim.

[Johnny Makarov]

Also no idea why Gulutzan didn't pull Elliott with 1:30 left when we had the faceoff in the Ducks zone. We actually won possession and had to do a worthless pass back to our own zone.

[flamesfan1297]

Originally Posted by OmegaV4

Truth. At least we've scored goals in our series...

And there was way lower expectations on us

[smiggy77]

Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary

time to start using the ignore button...

some criticism is fine but jeeez... the way some people act, its like we lost 5-0 in both games...

i'm going to remain optimistic - otherwise whats the damn point of watching a game if you think they are going to lose...

I've never had to block so many posters as I have now. Just over the top and ridiculous.

[JetsFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by pylon

What is over the top about the post? It's the brutal truth.

How many times have we beat Anaheim in the regular season standings the last decade? When have we had s better goal differential? When have we advanced farther in the playoffs?

They are a better team. Period. There is no debate, and it's why we can't beat them more than a handful of times every few seasons.

It's not a magic voodoo thing. That sounds more asinine.

Can't expect objectivity or clear thinking on a sports forum after a loss of that magnitude from a bunch of half-cut, angry fans. It's hard to accept that we're in for another ousting by the same team that ousted us two years ago. I love the Flames, but they are finished. I've been optimistic about the Flames for years. But it's so much less disappointing when you just accept that they have no chance against Anaheim. They would have beat Chicago.

[streetglide]

We got em right where we want em boys!!!!

Flames in 6

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

"Chalking it up to being a crappier team makes as much sense as there being a curse"

You can't be serious.

Oh I am, because I'm talking about not being about to get even one measly fluke win out of it. Try to read and understand instead of doing your usual pot shots and begging for an argument, it's tiring.

28 games is over a third of a regular season, even the worst team in the NHL would be able to luck out against the best team a couple times in that span. It's obviously not a curse but it's not about being the inferior team, because even a crappy team would get one or two out of it. This has got to be an unprecedented losing streak in one building.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Can't we be mad at Brodie and Hamilton? Those were two bonehead plays.

Yeah I more meant the refs thing. We didn't lose because of the refs.

[TheFlamesVan]

I agree with everyone saying 'the Ducks do the same thing'. The difference is, they are very calculated about when and where. Flames need to work on that.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Five-hole

Called it

I knew it in my head/heart.

Which is why I didn't want to get ahead of things in the second intermission while everyone else was talking about the end of the curse. You knew, you just KNEW, something completely out of left field was coming that was going to screw them.

Edit: on another note, wow GG is ticked and dejected there. Coach is where a lot of us are right now.

[Love]

Originally Posted by smiggy77

You'll be regretting this post in a few seasons. Let the kid develop for #### sakes.

Regretting what exactly? Like I said, I love Bennett, that doesn't mean I can't appreciate what Nylander is doing as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see him be a near-ppg forward in a few years.

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

That ending was also "a little over the top", DD.

I am steamed. This is the toughest ending to a game I've ever watched. I cannot express how much I ####ing despise the Anaheim Ducks and their Lyle Lanley P.A. announcer and their sunburnt fans.

Agree with you there pretty frustrating to say the least!