[PGT] WCQF Game 3: Ducks 5 - Flames 4

[Samonadreau]

GG coming up on 960

[meh]

Originally Posted by Dion

I'm very tempted to eat my ticket for game 4 and not go. Like how does one get excited after your team pulled off the biggest choke job in Flames history

I'm sorry you're stuck with that ticket. You pay a fortune to watch us get eliminated at home.
Brutal.

[Infinit47]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Crawford. You could argue Anderson and Bobrovsky too.

Anderson was making not stop great saves to get his team the win the last two games, and he's doing it against the beast team in the league. If you think Elliot has played better than him you are beyond irrational.

[polak]

Guys, if you have a 4-1 lead and "the refs cost you the game" its your own fault.

Get a grip.

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by tko

This

Originally Posted by polak

Hahahahaha wow.

The ducks had ZERO powerplays but its the refs fault still.

Our core is softer than puffs plus with lotion.

actually a lot of people are blaming Elliott

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by bob-loblaw

The NHL puts cameras to catch off sides, but they can't put cameras on the crossbar, up and down, to see if the puck is tipped above the crossbar or if the puck crosses the line? The league can't do this for themselves and their fans? Do they have a really strong union for the war room staff? How can they they do this in tennis but not in hockey?

Joke.

If they did all this how would they cheat?

[Flamenfame]

Originally Posted by Regorium

Could you name a play where you could say a penalty should be called on the Flames that was as blatant as the Cogliano trip on Monahan?

We had plenty of PP opps blame this one on Elliot not the refs.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by Love

The same message Carlyle sent to the Ducks when he pulled Gibson?

Lol

Pull Elliott in a tie game vs Gibson down 4-1...does not compute.

[Fiyaa]

Gulutzan needs to have the team and himself ride the train down to Anaheim tomorrow and have a few beers again.

[Joborule]

Gulutzan is not a good coach. Yeah, yeah, the team went on a great run after digging themselves a big hole to the start the season, but he clearly wasn't doing a good enough job during the bad start, and since the run ended, the Flames play has been mediocre. And now his biggest weakness is showing in this series, he's not a strong leader since this team's mental fortitude is cheap as a penny. When something goes wrong or doesn't work in their favour, they ALWAYS let the other team take complete control and end up winning the game.

#### happens. Good teams know how to handle adversity and stay resilient, and pull off tough wins. This team isn't capable of that yet - at least on a consistent basis - and the coach takes the blame there since his job is to ensure that they do.

[zamler]

I can't even look at Gulutzan right now without getting extremely angry.

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Not a fan of Johnny Gaudreau this series. Not at all.

Waste of a roster spot.

[stone hands]

I'm glad to hear not taking penalties precludes you from getting ####ed by the refs

[IntenseFan]

Originally Posted by Wolfman

Get over it, Flames aren't relocating. GET OVER IT!!

OH ok. If YOU say so.

Who the #### are you, btw?

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by Fiyaa

Gulutzan needs to have the team and himself ride the train down to Anaheim tomorrow and have a few beers again.

Won't make it back to Anaheim

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by sadora

Had that goal not counted it's a different ending to this one.

Bad goals go in all the time, the Flames were still up a goal late in the 3rd after that. It's nobody's fault but their own that they allowed that goal to deflate them so badly

[Dion]

Calgary Flames‏Verified account @NHLFlames15m15 minutes ago
"I didn't feel I played very well and let the team a little bit ... it's tough to swallow right now." - Brian Elliott

[KipperFaNaTic]

Could someone who's played goalie please explain each bad goal by Elliot? I've never played competitive hockey and am genuinely curious.

[Love]

Originally Posted by Dion

Calgary Flames‏Verified account @NHLFlames15m15 minutes ago
"I didn't feel I played very well and let the team a little bit ... it's tough to swallow right now." - Brian Elliott

I feel for the guy, I honestly do. Great person, nice guy, but just not the guy for this team.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by nik-

Sorry, the goal sucks, but it shouldn't matter. This team can't step up against adversity, including our goalie, and that's why we keep losing. The goal wasn't the issue, it exposed the issue.

this is easy to say, but no other team has to put up with the amount of "adversity" as you call it. It's an emotional game with a bunch of 20 yr old kids. Expecting them all to have ice in the veins and steadfastly unswayed by a clearly illegitimate system is asking a bit much in my opinion.

To me this is what you get when a group of really young men realize the level of "adversity" they are faced with. I think it is tough not to empathize with them, not all of us can be Captain Sully's.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by Dion

Calgary Flames‏Verified account @NHLFlames15m15 minutes ago
"I didn't feel I played very well and let the team a little bit ... it's tough to swallow right now." - Brian Elliott

You don't feel you played well? You didn't played well. You should have said "i played like #### and cost my team the series"