09-26-2021, 09:24 PM
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#461
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Cut him.
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I don't believe I said to cut him (but then I don't have a PhD in dead languages and fairly tale literature)... but he has accomplished nothing tonight playing against a bunch of ECHL level scrubs. He has most definitely given up on this game, as have most of the other Flames.
Flames haven't won a puck battle all night.
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09-26-2021, 09:24 PM
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#462
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All I can get
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Can they send 'em all to Stockton?
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09-26-2021, 09:24 PM
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#463
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
you're right. I stand corrected.
Still the point stands in that in that that Tampa Bay team that had 128 pts in 2019.
Not a team that had a ton of open spots nor fighting for a playoff spot
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No, it doesn't. Your point would stand if there was anything translatable from any NHL team's pre-season record into their regular season performance ever. But there is not. Great teams sometimes look awful in the pre-season. Sometimes they look fine. Terrible teams sometimes look like they will never lose a game in the preseason; sometimes they look awful.
There is virtually no way to make any sort of meaningful assessment about either the Flames or the Oilers fortunes this season after watching this game. None.
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09-26-2021, 09:25 PM
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#464
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hong Kong
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After day one it's more fun to be a Kraken fan. The sheer amount of excitement from the fans is just so fun compared to the negativity surrounding the flames.
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09-26-2021, 09:26 PM
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#465
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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 Ruzicka dumping the puck on the powerplay
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09-26-2021, 09:26 PM
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#466
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Well at least the goalies have been good.
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09-26-2021, 09:26 PM
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#467
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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May be they just want to test the new goalie
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09-26-2021, 09:26 PM
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#468
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Wow. What a save.
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09-26-2021, 09:28 PM
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#469
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SoulOfTheFlame
After day one it's more fun to be a Kraken fan. The sheer amount of excitement from the fans is just so fun compared to the negativity surrounding the flames.
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Okay well this is dumb. Totally different circumstances around a team playing its first game ever vs a team in the league 41 years playing pre-season game one.
Of course it's more fun to be a Kraken fan today.
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09-26-2021, 09:28 PM
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#470
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by old-fart
I don't believe I said to cut him (but then I don't have a PhD in dead languages and fairly tale literature)...
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And don't you forget it.
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09-26-2021, 09:29 PM
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#471
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
No, it doesn't. Your point would stand if there was anything translatable from any NHL team's pre-season record into their regular season performance ever. But there is not. Great teams sometimes look awful in the pre-season. Sometimes they look fine. Terrible teams sometimes look like they will never lose a game in the preseason; sometimes they look awful.
There is virtually no way to make any sort of meaningful assessment about either the Flames or the Oilers fortunes this season after watching this game. None.
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Except I didn't use Tampa's poor preseason record to suggest that the Flames looking awful didn't matter - other people did that.
I haven't said anything about how the Flames have played tonight, good or bad.
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09-26-2021, 09:29 PM
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#472
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by old-fart
I don't believe I said to cut him (but then I don't have a PhD in dead languages and fairly tale literature)... .
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Well, this got very personal and this is only the first preseason game!!
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09-26-2021, 09:30 PM
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#473
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All I can get
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Hahaha... that Harvey cracks me up.
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09-26-2021, 09:31 PM
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#474
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Lifetime Suspension
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The Oiler group looks like they've played together all summer, very connected and playing with pace. The Flames group look like they're strangers coming in cold to their first scrimmage together.
Credit where due.
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09-26-2021, 09:31 PM
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#475
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Franchise Player
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Can't wait for the Sutter interview.
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09-26-2021, 09:31 PM
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#476
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Well it was fun to watch some hockey again, so I'll take that and run with it.
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09-26-2021, 09:32 PM
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#477
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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The Good: Vladar, Werner, Mackey
Acceptable: Zadorov, Lewis, Lucic, Richardson, Pelletier Popisil
Bad: Phillips, Gawdin, Ritchie, Ruzicka, (the fact that Pitlick was hurt).
Horrible: Gudbranson.
I dont care how Backlund, Dube, Andersson or Valimaki looked. Or that d man whose name starts with W.
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09-26-2021, 09:32 PM
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#478
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Franchise Player
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Kind of expected with some of the changes and being a Sutter team they'd limit chances and be hard to play against, not the exact opposite.
Oh well, preseason....
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09-26-2021, 09:32 PM
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#479
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All I can get
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Well that was fun
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09-26-2021, 09:32 PM
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#480
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djsFlames
Okay well this is dumb. Totally different circumstances around a team playing its first game ever vs a team in the league 41 years playing pre-season game one.
Of course it's more fun to be a Kraken fan today.
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Not to mention the Kraken dressed their opening night roster
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