[GT] Bruins @ Flames:Looooooch night

[Manhattanboy]

Thought Cassie was hired away by ESPN or TNT?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

I'm just stating the truth. The numbers 100% back me up.

The Flames have played incredible at home all season but aren't getting the goaltending.

Markstrom has been absolutely incredible on the road but is well below average at home

Shooting percentage is worse than the goaltending...I will give you tonight but the Flames got good enough goaltending to win every other game.

And I said give it a rest because you have said it 1000 times tonight

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Thought Cassie was hired away by ESPN or TNT?

She does games for ESPN during the week but is still on HNIC

[djsFlames]

Eventually it will turn around for them at home but this could be a rough stretch. No rest and struggling to put pucks in. Team might get down on themselves and have a bout of low confidence issues before things turn around again and we see that early form.

Such are the ebbs and flows of an 82 game season for a group that had questionable skill in its forward ranks.

They're still looking to be a top 2 or 3 team in the division under Sutters guidance, but they need to get back to basics and re-simplify there game to a,man.

[daveinspruce]

BACKLUND IS GARBAGE!!!
Man I wish we could trade him away.

[Manhattanboy]

Mickael Backlund the Invisible Man lives.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by daveinspruce

BACKLUND IS GARBAGE!!!
Man I wish we could trade him away.

Backlund out Hertl in?

[timbit]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

It's been a tale of two seasons:

Markstrom on the road has been lights out incredible

Markstrom at home has been the second best goalie on the ice by a wide margin in 90% of the games

5GF in their last 4 home games.

That might have something to do with home losses.

[N-E-B]

Backlund and Coleman have to get going offensively. Defensively they’ve been great but for what they’re being paid they need to be better in the attacking zone.

[AustinL_NHL]

Originally Posted by timbit

5GF in their last 4 home games.

That might have something to do with home losses.

You are 100% right. Their finishing has been horrible, but at least they've been creating tons of chances every game. Their overall system at home is completely dominant, but poor finishing/puck luck and average/poor goaltending is costing them.

Flames 10000% need scoring help upfront. Not enough finishers on the team.

But impossible to be disappointed with their overall play at home despite their dreadful record

[N-E-B]

God I love Lucic

[skcli]

Good game and good night

[djsFlames]

Forget 5 mil for Lucic (imo he's been worth the money this season)

5 mil for Backlund and Coleman are bigger issues right now.

They need to bring more to the table for those cap hits. Playing not to get scored on is what the fourth line's job is.

[dino7c]

They scored one goal... Markstrom didn't cost them the game unless you expect a shutout

[chedder]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Backlund out Hertl in?

Nobody's taking 5.35 million for 2 more years 33 old that disappears for 10 games at a time and is in pace for 27 points.

[Mass_nerder]

We desperately need Monahan to find his game and push Backlund down to the 3rd line, then we need a 2nd line rw.

[chummer]

Oilers lose, so there's that

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Backlund out Hertl in?

[Harry Lime]

The lines are not complementary.

Dube - Monahan - Mangiapane (as an offensive line)
Lucic - Backlund - Coleman (as a shutdown line)

would work better. They are shutting down their own plays, the way they are set now.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Forget 5 mil for Lucic

5 mil for Backlund and Coleman are bigger issues right now.

They need to bring more to the table for those cap hits. Playing not to get scored on is what the fourth line's job is.

That Coleman contract is going to be a pain in the ass.

He’s a solid depth forward, but when in the hell is this team going to realize that paying UFA rates for depth forwards when they’re 29/30 years old is not a recipe for success?

Coleman is on pace for 21 points this season.