Amazing how this teams steps up after expectations diminish.
Such nonsense. The Flames are not taking their cues from the fickle theatrics of fans after a couple disappointing games. I guarantee you that their own expectations heading into the last two games were no different from game #1 of the season.
I will grant you that the team has looked like a ball of nerves the last two home games for whatever reason, but I don't think it has anything to do with expectations.
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"...harem warfare? like all your wives dressup and go paintballing?"
Anyone else find it crazy that we are in December and have not yet played the Bruins?
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We play them three times in one week, in January (13th , 15th and 20th ).
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Those games could very well be the difference between making the playoffs or not
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That will be fun for the rivalry but Jesus the scheduler is ######ed
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It's exciting. Like a mid-season playoff series.
Closet C of Red
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Flames are now an exciting team. What a time to be alive. They used to have **** depth offensively.
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Had no idea Gaudreau was the third leading scorer in the league. Oh well. Go Habs!
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Johnny hockey my ace
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Gaudreau is now what everyone hopes Drouin will one day become.
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That's how the Flames have been playing. Out-performing opponents but not quite finishing enough. Watch out if they put it together.
The Useless Anchor
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Plekanec is such a black hole offensively these days.
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Really? Try the last 2 years... lol
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I hope this is his last year with the Habs. I was a fan of his, but he's been terrible last couple years. he brings. Makes a lot of money for what Maybe its time to part ways.
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Don't blame Gally for trying to shoot there instead of passing it to Pleks, wouldn't trust too much that Pleks could score
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holy **** Plekanec is soft rofl, what the **** was that weak ass clear
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Plekanec shoots like a little girl, is there a weaker shot in the NHL than his?
Chronicles of Rittich
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####ing bollocks.
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I'm confident we will score a few on this rookie.
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Swear to god if we get shutout by their backup goalie...
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The Habs against a Flames goalie I've never heard of before. He'll probably look like Hasek and shut the Habs out which wouldn't surprise me even a little bit since it would be a typical Habs thing to do.
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Rittich is a young Czech with very little high level pro experience. Big tender, hardly any NHL minutes. Total question mark.
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A few shots right to the crest from his fellow countryman will help build this kid's confidence.
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Who Plekanec? He can’t hit the crest anymore. The people behind the net will flinch however as the puck hits the glass.
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I see the tradition of making random no name goalies look like all stars is continuing.
The Garbageman Can!
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****ing garbage goal
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Weak.
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This game is like the Arizona game .....Montreal thinks because Calgary played last night it should be 2 points....you have to earn the points ....18 skaters for 60 minutes ...no passengers.
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Benn should have had that cleared
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That was off Carey…He lost the rebound and then it went in off his glove….
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Sorry Carey…That’s on you pal…
Now wake the #### up!!!!
A last name ripe for dad jokes
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That
is one fast Carr.
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START THE CARRRRRRR
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CARR!!! He is on a roll.
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NASCARR!!!
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AYE-CARR-UMBA!!
This challenge… I like it
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Hathaway pushes Price in and then also rips Galchenyuk's helmet off... could easily be two penalties to him.
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Im glad they already said goalie interference...
aw ####, really Gulutzan?
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No goal is the call. Refs review & say no. Calgary challenge so it will probably count as a goal.
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How the #### is this challengeable.
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How can you challenge a call after it’s been made? Dumb
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Better not allow this.
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Not a goal, the refs saw that the stick pushed the glove
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Watch them allow this ****...
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Crap, I think it's a goal. We'd need to be very fortunate.
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Look at all that softness around our net. This is just crazy. 5 guys let 1 guy push the puck and Price in the net.
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That's not "incidental contact"... Hathaway deliberately pushes him in.
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What’s funny is that there are two Flames players in front of Price with all 5 Habs players just making a circle around the two players. Plus I think they should implement a rule where a failed goaltender interference should result in a penalty as well.
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How is it other teams are allowed to push and drag Carey around the ice? Hathaway's stick lifts Price's glove off puck, then he pushes him into net. Ref can go jump in a lake.
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**** this ****....
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They ruled off the same goal last night against the Leafs. Bull****.
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Nah they're in Toronto, They see the call and say ok lets Dick around for a few minutes then give the call to whomever is playing Montreal.
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Montreal screwed out of at least 3 games this year by Toronto replay officials.
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That is complete and utter crap.
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Honestly I don't think there's a conspiracy against the habs. But Jesus Christ it seems like every call goes against us. We get goals taken out, other teams get goals... It's just insane lol
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What the ****?
No consistency and on top of that, makes the ref look dumb. Real dumb.
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How the **** is that a goal??? This team really can’t catch a break. What a ****ing joke. He poked price’s glove to knock the puck out and moved him. Tell me how that’s allowed? I can guarantee if we did that it wouldn’t count.
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Let's ram Price and hope to score......
####buckets.
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Came here just to say WHAT THE ACTUAL ####
How many times this year did we get goals taken away for less than that? #### this league
Sorry guys I'm tilted.
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Absolute ####ing donkey #### refs. #### the NHL and this ##### #### challenge.
Just run their goalie now please. It might count
Over the glass
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LMAO holy ****. Wtf did the Habs do to get this bad luck? Woww
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**** my life...
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Handing the game on a silver platter.
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go #### yourself ref. every 2 or 3 games we get a bunch of ####ing bad calls against us that influence the result of the game. ####ing done with that ####
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#### me.
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So let me get this straight...
The play was blown dead before the puck crossed the line…
So the refs call a no goal due to goaltender interference…
So then the refs call back the no goal on the review of said goalie interference…
and now we’re going to overtime…
I’m not very pleased with this…
Mr Overtime
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Saw that coming a mile away
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god damnit!
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Every. ####ing. Overtime.
Like clockwork.
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Pacioretty ####s it up at both ends of the ice.
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We got jobbed by refs tonight, but come on, help yourself out... how can you give 4th line scrubs 40% more ice than a top 6 skill player?
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Pacioretty ****s over the team again
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3 on 3 and habs standing still
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Are we the worst OT team since 3v3 was introduced?
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#### you Habs
Also refs.
What a ####ing embarrassing loss
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No Byron, no Gallagher, no Chucky.. no OT win.
We're still no good
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Flames try and "spear" the puck into the net.
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They pitchforked him into the net.
Maybe not.
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That goal would never be counted for the Oilers.
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They would have said the ref intended to blow the whistle if it was an oilers game
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That's not goalie interference ?
Really ?
Wow ..
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Who else gets it but Monohan.
Oil could have been 4 points within CGY with a win last night. Now 7 behind.
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Eight behind now, with a game in hand.
I heard Klefbom and McDavid today say there is a lot of hockey left (and lots of divisional games), which is true, but they keep pissing away points. Not good.
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Since David Rittich was called up Mike Smith has started 6/8 games and played 341:55. Rittich has started two, and played 140:27. That makes for a 71% : 29% split in playing time, which is a very manageable distribution.
Good job, Rittich.
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"...harem warfare? like all your wives dressup and go paintballing?"
Such nonsense. The Flames are not taking their cues from the fickle theatrics of fans after a couple disappointing games. I guarantee you that their own expectations heading into the last two games were no different from game #1 of the season.
I will grant you that the team has looked like a ball of nerves the last two home games for whatever reason, but I don't think it has anything to do with expectations.
You could be right, but the coach disagrees: " 'It’s confidence, but they play better when there’s less pressure on them,' Gulutzan said." (Source.)
I give credit to GG for the challenge, even if it didn’t count it was the right thing to do. Also, he put gio and Brodie together on the 5-3 with the Gaudreau line. I hope to see more of this and less of that 1-3-1 BS with Brouwer. Good game!
The last time the Flames had someone in the top 5 in both categories was 07-08 when Iginla finished 3rd in both categories. Last time they had two players in the top 5 in either category was 88-89 when Mullen and Neiuwendyk tied for 5th in goals. The Flames have never finished a season with one top 5 goal scorer and a different player top 5 in points.
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Brouwer had a great game tonight. Give credit where credit is due.
I sometimes feel like other people watch different games than me.
-He gave the puck away right to the middle of the ice in the Flames zone, with zero pressure
-He makes a nice move in the offensive zone to maintain control of the puck, and gives it neatly to an opponent
-He got the puck down low repeatedly and did nothing but give it away
-He's never where he's supposed to be in his own end
-The powerplay is far more effective when he's not on it
-Played with Backlund and Frolik and absolutely tanked their offense
There's no justifiable train for him to be on the ice
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Not on CP he is not!!!! All jokes aside. I remember wanting to take Lindholm that draft (next Forsberg type, no?). But he has proved me wrong (I ended up buying his jersey). He is the #1 center we have been looking for since Nieuwy left.
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That ATL read like a GT. It's the same thing across the league.
Fans of x team: "OH look a rookie no name goalie, bet you he shuts us out in typical team x fashion. Always happens to our team"
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Not on CP he is not!!!! All jokes aside. I remember wanting to take Lindholm that draft (next Forsberg type, no?). But he has proved me wrong (I ended up buying his jersey). He is the #1 center we have been looking for since Nieuwy left.
This post could have been written by me (including the initial wanting of Lindholm and buying of a Mono jersey).
Such nonsense. The Flames are not taking their cues from the fickle theatrics of fans after a couple disappointing games. I guarantee you that their own expectations heading into the last two games were no different from game #1 of the season.
I will grant you that the team has looked like a ball of nerves the last two home games for whatever reason, but I don't think it has anything to do with expectations.
Sorry but I do disagree. Guaranteed the Flames read this site, they hear and read what people say, they understand what the fans are thinking. The Flames aren't taking their cues from fans but it doesn't mean the fans are irrelevant. Francis tweets the other day about how the fans need to calm their tits. How does he know? Where is he getting that from? What other source is better than this website? Come on now, don't be so naive. If you were in the NHL, would you read this site? I sure as hell would. Fans matter.
As a very critical fan of the Calgary Flames it's sort of dawning on me how tough we as a fanbase really have actually been. It's obvious through their play to me. The team comes home, the Dome is quiet, you can feel the tension in the atmosphere and it's not a fun one. Fans are expecting results and wins, and you know what? You can call it BS you can call it whatever you want because it isn't quantifiable. It isn't understood well. It isn't something you can measure or really put your finger on.
Emotion means something in this game. Whether you like it or not. On the road, there's no expectations. There are no fans to impress, there are no boos to be heard, there are no wives or kids or distractions, there is no local media interviewing you after the game about what you did wrong.
Team goes on the road, and in these two games Gulutzan starts to show his human side. And whaddya know, the team reacts. Little things like his challenge or weird little cheer or even just when the camera panned to him during these two road games- he's showing his non-mannequin side. It was refreshing and you can tell that it is leadership that reverberates. If you don't buy it or you don't believe it or your one of these guys that likes to pretend that leadership doesn't matter or captaincy doesn't matter or the people in the dressing room and team and relationships matter than that's fine. You go believe whatever the hell you want.
But there's a reason why for years and years people have talked about these intangible qualities. I have read so much on this site about how these characteristics don't matter. F that ####. These characteristics DO matter. It's why Iginla, in his final 2-3 years, was a terrible captain. He didn't care anymore. It bled throughout the organization. It's why Gulutzan, if he showed his human side just a little bit more, would be the difference between an OK coach- good at tactician, but a horrendous leader- UNTIL these last two games...
So I think it all does matter and DOES include the fanbase. If the fans on Saturday night against Vancouver are welcoming, loud, supportive, the C of Red we usually are during the playoffs but maybe just maybe getting off our asses during a regular season game... yeah I think it matters. It creates an energy and a buzz that these HUMAN BEINGS feed off of. I think you're very wrong.
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