[PGT] Oilers 5 - Flames 3 - EDM leads 3 -1

[trackercowe]

Fan apathy here I come... I no longer care. Basically you have to bottom out for years and end up with elite talent to get ahead in life (McDavid, Mackinnon, Stamkos). We are not this team.

I actually appreciate the effort management and coaching has made in putting a winner together. But the Flames didn't fail hard enough to have the "privilege" in drafting a McDavid or a Mackinnon. So here we are... and we've been beaten by both. I can't watch knowing that failure is finally breeding success up north.

[Angelino]

Good effort tonight but hard to win when making so many mental mistakes. Doesn’t look like we will advance unfortunately.

Too many unforced errors.

Hopefully Calgary has enough pride not to be eliminated on home ice!

[ResAlien]

Three quick wins for the flames and it’s on to the next round

[soulchoice]

Bieksa nailed it.

[Jagermeister]

Being a Flames fan, there's probably a good chance the team will come back and tie the series to give us all hope only to rip out and #### the bed in game 7

[flames_fan_down_under]

The flames honestly really played well, just Didn’t get the stops from Marky, the big first goal is brutal to give up, and the soft play by Kylington on the game winner is pretty pathetic.

Top line basically a no show and we still outplayed the Oilers by a wide margin.

Tanev is a god damn warrior and should have the C sewn to to his chest ASAP.
As far as I am concerned him and Backlund are the absolute studs of studs and their character should never ever be questioned by anyone for the rest of time.

I don’t know this team is making it so hard on themselves with just critical errors at the worst time. Marky has got to be better, I love the guy but there have been some softies this series.

[EVERLAST]

Make playoffs ....check
Win opening round.....check
Go down 3 1 in rd 2.....check
Come back and win in 7 .....

[JohnnyB]

Yeah, frankly I think this series is on Markstrom. He has not been the rock solid goaltender needed. Too many bad goals allowed in the series. He made some great ones too, and some goals are fully on the defense, but the awful goals he let in gave the Oilers a lot of momentum. He just didn't measure up to the series.

[Chingas]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

That was the softest boxing out in front of the net from Kylington that I've ever seen on the first goal. Pathetic.

Last goal too

[1_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

That was the softest boxing out in front of the net from Kylington that I've ever seen on the first goal. Pathetic.

Yeah tie game in the third period you bury that guy or at least control his stick. I hope Kylington learns from that mistake as it sure was a costly one.

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

at least Dustin Wolf had his second straight shutout. The Heat are 5-0 to start the playoffs.

Awesone! Go Calder cup..what an organization

[Burning Beard]

Please take Kylington out for Mackey next game. At least he could box out that RNH wussy. Jeeze that was bad.

[BoLevi]

Originally Posted by Flame On

The annoying thing about Markstrom is that it's one team specific. I have no doubts had LA beaten the Oil he'd be outplaying Quick.

Having a .920 save percentage is great if it's consistent.

Having a .950 save percentage against some teams and a .830 save percentage against a few others is disastrous.

Does Markstrom have a NMC? Because he might be good trade bait for the rebuild?

[Vedder]

Originally Posted by jayswin

It's really too bad we won't get to properly celebrate one of the biggest playoff gaffes of all time. It'll just be the horrendous 160 foot goal in a game that the Oilers put the Flames on the brink.

Very true. But also has to give you a sliver of hope. It ain’t Martin Brodeur down there.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Originally Posted by soulchoice

Bieksa nailed it.

What did he say? I don’t get Sportsnet here in the US

[oldschoolcalgary]

At least Calgary showed some fight...a lot better than game 3... problem is they needed this confidence game in Game 3.

not over, but in the immortal words of Jack Gotta (former stamps coach for you kids), the Flames have "one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel"...

[sharkov]

If somebody takes out mcdavids knees for the rest of the playoffs and possibly career We can call it a day

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by WCW Nitro

Meh- as I read online once, don't be too stressed about something where the reward is watching a bunch of guys skating around with an oversized Cup if everything goes well

If you know how to internalize this, please share.
I ask myself every year why I get so worked up over a bunch of millionaires mailing it in at their jobs, seemingly caring less than me, yet here I am again.

[chedder]

Originally Posted by GGG

No 5v5 goal differential is the best predictor of playoff success.

And yet we're bucking the odds.

[ComixZone]

Yeah it really can’t be overstated - Markstrom is putting a Brian Elliott level performance on in this round.

So far, this 3-1 deficit is on him primarily.