[GDT] Split Games vs the Canucks. Victoria 8pm MT - SN. Calgary 7pm MT - streamed

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by getbak

No Ferland? Are they keeping him locked up so he doesn't try to defect back to a real team?

No, it’s cuz he is injury prone after last seasons concussion issues.


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[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Pelletier getting a huge opportunity here.

Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
#Flames split-squad staying at the Saddledome tonight:

Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
Lucic-Ryan-Pelletier
Rinaldo-Gawdin-Smith-Pelly

Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
MacDonald-Hamilton

Rittich
Talbot

Based only on the prospect games I watched Pelletier has an outside shot of making the roster, if only for the 9 games.

I feel like he has all the skills necessary and might just be lacking some body size, but maybe that's not an issue for how he plays.

Pelletier looks like as good a Flames prospect as we've grown accustomed to over the last 5 years for first rounders.

I don't usually gush over a prospect but he was head and shoulders the best player on the ice for the prospect games.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Based only on the prospect games I watched Pelletier has an outside shot of making the roster, if only for the 9 games.

I feel like he has all the skills necessary and might just be lacking some body size, but maybe that's not an issue for how he plays.

Pelletier looks like as good a Flames prospect as we've grown accustomed to over the last 5 years for first rounders.

I don't usually gush over a prospect but he was head and shoulders the best player on the ice for the prospect games.

Dube was better in the game he played. As he should be.

[Rando]

How's Pelletier's skating?

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Rando

How's Pelletier's skating?

From what I could tell it didn't stand out as bad or good.

The difference between him and most of the other prospects was his work ethic in terms of hard starts and stops, tight turns, skating just as hard on the back-check as the fore-check.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

From what I could tell it didn't stand out as bad or good.

The difference between him and most of the other prospects was his work ethic in terms of hard starts and stops, tight turns, skating just as hard on the back-check as the fore-check.

Also making flat, soft, tape to tape passes between 5-25 feet.

From a skills perspective he's less polished that Dube but IMO, better.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Also making flat, soft, tape to tape passes between 5-25 feet.

From a skills perspective he's less polished that Dube but IMO, better.

He is definitely a player to watch. I think that he will need to gain a little strength to play the game he wants to play at an NHL level, but in almost every other way he will be challenging for a roster spot.

[Fire]

Originally Posted by Beninho

Thank god I didn’t dish out the $100 for re-sale tickets for the Victoria game. Could care less to watch the Canucks roster play vs our AHL team.


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I wouldn't pay $100 either, but I'm more interested in the Victoria game because I get to watch a bunch of the prospects. I don't care as much to watch disinterested veterans in pre-season games.

[shogged]

good to see Baertschi back after some serious concussion issues last year. appears he is a new dad as well. congrats!

[neo45]

Pelletier looks a lot like Mangiapane out there.

Small but not soft, skilled but not flashy, not fast but keeps up with the play just fine.

[SeanCharles]

PM me anyone who wants free tickets to the game tonight.

First come first serve.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by neo45

Pelletier looks a lot like Mangiapane out there.

Small but not soft, skilled but not flashy, not fast but keeps up with the play just fine.

Sounds rather unexciting when you word it that way.

[neo45]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Sounds rather unexciting when you word it that way.

Didn’t mean any of it as a negative. Just that Pelletier doesn’t seem all that physically gifted or flashy

A lot of effective NHL players aren’t

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

First Flames season I'm following outside of Calgary it's still gonna be interesting to see how everything plays out this year. Will we still be on top of the west? Or will we regress? Will we actually win a playoff round. I guess we just have to wait and see. Go Flames!

You get used to it. Hopefully you're not in a time zone that makes viewing games really awkward.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

I was reading an article about Jankowski yesterday where he mentioned going over Nathan MacKinnon tape with Dawn Braid to add to his skating. So I'm really excited to see if some of out slower skaters (Janko, Monahan) or even some of our strong, but unspectacular skaters (Bennett) have added a step. Not going to pay much attention to hands and pass completion rates, I just wanna see who's flying.

Jankowski has promise but I hope this is right. I would like to see him make things happen on the ice more consistently. Too often he plays too conservative.

That might be the role he’s asked to play but make some plays Janko! Be even a little dynamic. In the playoffs he and Monahan (guys with size) didn’t use it - not just hitting but protecting the puck. There’s got to be competitive fire.

[FiveSeven]

My god I hope the audio doesn't stay like this and it's just commercials.

[MissTeeks]

Johnny has shaved.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

Johnny has shaved.

Looks much better.

[FlameyMcFlameFace]

Are we keeping the 40 centre ice all season? Not complaining btw, just curious?

[sekimet]

Sooo regional restrictions DO NOT apply...