[Game Takes] Flames 4 Kraken 3 (OT)

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Bingo

He hasn't been great on the defensive side of the puck since he's got here.

Some of that has to do with who he's playing with though. His metrics on the current line with Huberdeau and Coronato have been quite good. Not so much when he was with Sharangovich and Pospisil.

But man the kid does a lot with the puck, sort of surprised that he only has 7 points in 20 Flames games.

He's been absolutely snakebit. He's had a lot of grade A chances just not go in.

[Bingo]

Guessing it's because the Flames beat them every time they play in Seattle.

[Samonadreau]

Shout out to the 4th line. Only 6 minutes but Rooney at 100% xGF%, Klapka and Lomberg over 80.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Bingo

That's a little bleak in my opinion.

The Flames currently have the 19th pick in the draft at today's win percentage, as they currently have a better record than two East playoff teams.

I think if they slide at all they may get to pick 15, but that's probably a floor at this point if you look at records.

Plus Florida has been losing some games of late, and the gap between the two has shrunk to 6 positions again.

If you ...

a) put any value in the push for young players
b) put any value in Nazem Kadri
c) put any value in the gap narrowing between Florida and Calgary

and see that they seem to be avoiding that pick #11 worst case.

I think the applied LMAO may have been overdone.

Also the NJ pick is tracking to be higher than most would have thought at the start of the year.