[PGT] Season in the ICU. Flames lost 3-1 to Utah

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Full marks for effort. That was an exciting third, frustrating as it turned out to be

I like this team

I love this team too, but they're a star forward and a star defenseman away from being a legit threat.

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Roster with multiple guys that have scored 60+ points and 20-30 goal scorers throughout the lineup can't score as many goals as teens that have totally ripped it apart and are tanking. Minor league coach tonight pulls the goalie with 90 seconds left when he had multiple chances to do it earlier. If this team had a first line of McDavid, MacKinnon, and Matthews and couldn't score people would still say Huska is a fantastic coach. It is fn mindboggling! This team is where it is because of goaltending, the rest of the team has underperformed drastically.

We have Hanley playing on our top d pairing. And we do not have any 1st line forwards.

You're embarrassing yourself, take a break lol. The team deserves credit for how far they got this year with almost no talent.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Rangers win tomorrow. Flames beat Ducks Thursday.

Four points out with 7 to go and two games in hand and a head to head with the Wild.

I really don't feel like this is over.

Rangers just really need to win that game tomorrow.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by AC

I don't understand how you can see this frame and conclude the puck hasn't fully crossed the line. Infuriating.

Sorry I missed the game and just catching up now... You mean to say this was not awarded as a goal to the Flames? What year is it?

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by FBI

We SUCK at scoring goals

No we don't. The system is fine. Ask anyone on here.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

I love this team too, but they're a star forward and a star defenseman away from being a legit threat.

Parekh may take time but looks pretty promising

The F thing, hopefully they sort out

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Okay, but that's a rule of the league. You play by the rules dished out by the league. I couldn't give two ####s if the integrity of the standings is manufactured by the league.

Close, intense games into April is a good thing, no?

It 100% is a good thing for the league for sure. It keeps it kinda interesting and keeps people engaged and spending money. Nothing wrong with it from a fan's perspective.

Like I said before, statistics and probability. Can we go 8 wins in a row? Yes, will we? Doubtful. That level of honesty from a fan and team perspective can help make decisions that improve the club longer term.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I think Calgary just has trouble beating teams that work just as hard, but have that little bit more size and skill. Utah is a hard working team, as are St. Louis.



After the loss against Edmonton, things started becoming faint. Just nice to see them playing hard still and doing their best. It is entertaining hockey still, and for it being so late in the season, I will take it.


Count my vote for a Huska extension - what he has been getting out of this team from start to finish is damn amazing. You have to squint very hard with a welder mask on to think otherwise.



Still hope that Conroy goes the rebuild route this summer. Wolf has had a great year, but he can't keep the Flames above water by himself, and it is showing. The difference between wins and losses right now amount to talent - you can't get a team that plays as hard consistently as the Flames do, but when everyone else is playing at that effort level, that's when the edge starts to blur for this team. Still love to see them get after it, however.

Still a glimmer left. Flames schedule is fairly easy now, plus a head-to-head against the Wild that may mean a lot, and potentially an awesome team at home that may just rest a number of guys at the end of the season - if things go well enough, that might be a very meaningful game. Unlikely given the stats and all, but it is also not out of the realm of possibility either.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

#1 priority needs to be getting a decent head coach.

What? We barely have a hockey team outside a star, rookie goalie.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Needed Kerins and Parekh. Too many inept or snakebit shooters on this squad.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

We have Hanley playing on our top d pairing. And we do not have any 1st line forwards.

You're embarrassing yourself, take a break lol. The team deserves credit for how far they got this year with almost no talent.

We have a 115 point winger who has been neutered into a 55 point winger. Almost no talent...your a fool.

[EDMONTONisNG]

Originally Posted by icarus

Sorry I missed the game and just catching up now... You mean to say this was not awarded as a goal to the Flames? What year is it?

The league has a mandate out to prevent the flames from winning.



Something Wideman effect

[Saqe]

Originally Posted by TheChief

I think thats her folks, they couldn't lose this one. They needed both. the amount of times coleman had the game on his stick and for that matter backlund and frost and farabee... just unreal.

Coleman definitely has lost a step this year. Same with Backs.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

We have a 115 point winger who has been neutered into a 55 point winger. Almost no talent...your a fool.

He was neutered by Darryl Sutter not Huska.

Huska has gotten the most out of him since he’s been here.

You need to log off and take a break. You will get yourself banned and I won’t ever see my 100

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Roster with multiple guys that have scored 60+ points and 20-30 goal scorers throughout the lineup can't score as many goals as teens that have totally ripped it apart and are tanking. Minor league coach tonight pulls the goalie with 90 seconds left when he had multiple chances to do it earlier. If this team had a first line of McDavid, MacKinnon, and Matthews and couldn't score people would still say Huska is a fantastic coach. It is fn mindboggling! This team is where it is because of goaltending, the rest of the team has underperformed drastically.

But McDavid MacKinnon and Matthews wouldn't struggle to score under Huska, it's a moot point. You're coming unglued again, dude.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Now they need St Louis/Minnesota losses to get them back in it.

Outside of basically running the table, their destiny is currently out of their hands, at least until those teams lose combined with a Flames W to get them off the mat.

Only real, feasible path is going 7-1 and beating Minnesota in regulation along the way.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Give it a break. We know you’re an Oiler fan. You must not have much of a life.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

He was neutered by Darryl Sutter not Huska.

Huska has gotten the most out of him since he’s been here.

You need to log off and take a break. You will get yourself banned and I won’t ever see my 100

Banned for what? Having a differing opinion? Dude, you are not going to pay up anyhow. We all know it.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Rangers win tomorrow. Flames beat Ducks Thursday.

Four points out with 7 to go and two games in hand and a head to head with the Wild.

I really don't feel like this is over.

Rangers just really need to win that game tomorrow.

Yeah, I feel like that Rangers game and us against the Ducks are the deciders of our season.

[skcli]

Originally Posted by TenaciousC

#1 priority in the off season needs to be some forwards with some offensive creativity.

Almost threw my remote thru the TV watching Backlund dump the puck on the goalie on a clear cut 2-on-1

This off season we need to dump the Backlund, Coleman, Bean etc to get some young guys going. Look at Utah they are in fact a better team minus Wolf.

It is what it is but off-season flush out some of the veterans is a must do imo.