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Enoch Root · 10-31-2023, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dino7c

he is #1 on the team in expected goals but okay

not sure how sitting him helps anything...Flames should be doing whatever it takes to make him and Huberdeau look like players again.

Kadri has been better than Lindholm, Dube, Mang, ect. lately

He has 2 points, is -11, and has been a giveaway machine. He's been terrible.

Enoch Root · 10-31-2023, 02:42 PM

I actually thought Hunt was one of the better Flame forwards on Sunday, and deserved the ice time he was given. At least he looked like he gave a ####

NegativeSpace · 10-31-2023, 02:43 PM

I thought Kadri was getting terrible numbers from playing with Dube, who has been a turnover machine this year.

Monahammer · 10-31-2023, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dino7c

he is #1 on the team in expected goals but okay

not sure how sitting him helps anything...Flames should be doing whatever it takes to make him and Huberdeau look like players again.

Kadri has been better than Lindholm, Dube, Mang, ect. lately

I'm so tired of expected goals. We've been among the league leaders in expected goals as a team for like 10 years straight. It results in 0 success.

D as in David · 10-31-2023, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Monahammer

I'm so tired of expected goals. We've been among the league leaders in expected goals as a team for like 10 years straight. It results in 0 success.

It's easier if you just stop expecting expected goals to mean anything.

dissentowner · 10-31-2023, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Hunt played 16:58 last game with Dube and Lindholm and was on the 2nd pp unit for some reason.

That is not bottom 6 minutes.

About 10 more minutes than he should receive.

Dube has been pretty bad especially defensively he should be buried on the 4th line and Coronato moved up.

Huska screwed up the lines and team in Detroit and now he is panicking to find combinations all over the place.

Don't forget that Hunt has also been the extra attacker the last couple of games when Markstrom was pulled for the extra attacker. I mean if Darryl can send out Nick Ritchie with the season on the line obviously Huska learned well from that kind of strategy.

GioforPM · 10-31-2023, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Hunt played 16:58 last game with Dube and Lindholm and was on the 2nd pp unit for some reason.

That is not bottom 6 minutes.

About 10 more minutes than he should receive.

Dube has been pretty bad especially defensively he should be buried on the 4th line and Coronato moved up.

Huska screwed up the lines and team in Detroit and now he is panicking to find combinations all over the place.

I stand corrected - I was on a ship at sea and for the first time in my life I've missed watching numerous games so I didn't see that game (I monitored the score).

Paulie Walnuts · 10-31-2023, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dissentowner

Don't forget that Hunt has also been the extra attacker the last couple of games when Markstrom was pulled for the extra attacker. I mean if Darryl can send out Nick Ritchie with the season on the line obviously Huska learned well from that kind of strategy.

Looks like a strategy picked up from last year.

He may not be showing it when he talks or his expressions but his decisions as a coach right now look one who pushed the panic button 4 games into the season for no reason.

Paulie Walnuts · 10-31-2023, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GioforPM

I stand corrected - I was on a ship at sea and for the first time in my life I've missed watching numerous games so I didn't see that game (I monitored the score).

Count your blessings that you missed those games.

Spurs · 10-31-2023, 03:15 PM

Hunt, Duehr, Sharangovich, Greer all have been fine on the 4th line. Problem is none of them have any talent or seem to be able to play center but as 4th liners they have all done what can be expected of them.

if they have to be moved up the line-up that is a problem but hard to blame them the problem is we lack any better options.

I don't have much hope for Zary but at the minimum it will be nice to see some new blood adding nothing out there and maybe there is a chance he can add a little spark to the line-up.

NegativeSpace · 10-31-2023, 03:18 PM

The reason to fire Sutter had very little to do with talent as a coach. He made some baffling decisions last year from the outside, which have been repeated way too much. We were always going to get a less talented coach than Sutter. The hope was that better vibes might result in a more productive team.

It is presently looking like Sutter was getting the absolute best out of this team last year and the baffling moves may be more justifiable now. We have a new coach that is making equally - if not more according to dissentowner - baffling moves trying to get something out of this roster.

Huska may just be a career assistant, but it is too early to tell. Frankly, if his veteran star players aren't interested in playing hard, then there isn't much he can do - particularly if Sutter couldn't coax it out of them.

GioforPM · 10-31-2023, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Count your blessings that you missed those games.

First live one tomorrow. Maybe I will be a good luck charm - maybe my attendance was what they are missing.

Paulie Walnuts · 10-31-2023, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GioforPM

First live one tomorrow. Maybe I will be a good luck charm - maybe my attendance was what they are missing.

I will be there as well first live game this year.

If things go sour we can jump on the bench and take over the coaching reigns.

activeStick · 10-31-2023, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

I think it is an unbelievably dumb choice to move Coronato to center with energy guys when he's just had two of his better games since the start of the season at his more natural position on the wing.

Happy to be proven wrong by the 4ht line coming out and playing a gem tomorrow, but I'm not seeing it.

I think that's actually a fair point

Goriders · 10-31-2023, 07:21 PM

Might as well start trying to find guys internally who hate losing before they start moving out the big dollar indifferent players.

Goriders · 10-31-2023, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by NegativeSpace

The reason to fire Sutter had very little to do with talent as a coach. He made some baffling decisions last year from the outside, which have been repeated way too much. We were always going to get a less talented coach than Sutter. The hope was that better vibes might result in a more productive team.

It is presently looking like Sutter was getting the absolute best out of this team last year and the baffling moves may be more justifiable now. We have a new coach that is making equally - if not more according to dissentowner - baffling moves trying to get something out of this roster.

Huska may just be a career assistant, but it is too early to tell. Frankly, if his veteran star players aren't interested in playing hard, then there isn't much he can do - particularly if Sutter couldn't coax it out of them.

Hopefully management doesn’t let this roster assassinate another coach. I think it’s their turn to drink the koolaid.

Goriders · 10-31-2023, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

I will be there as well first live game this year.

If things go sour we can jump on the bench and take over the coaching reigns.

Probably be more impactful if you played.

Goriders · 10-31-2023, 07:31 PM

I hope they bring Wolf up for a few starts. Literally what do they have to lose at this point? If they lose a few more games and need to win at a 0.650 clip to even get into the playoffs. They might as well use the season as an extended tryout for their prospects.

NewFan · 10-31-2023, 07:51 PM

Looks like another line up chosen by lotto machine? Man, in this way it will much longer to found best combo for winning team.

FanIn80 · 10-31-2023, 07:55 PM

Flames: We're leaving room for young guys this season, and they're going to get lots of playing time.

Also Flames: Burries Coronato on the 4th line, calls up Zary and puts him on the 3rd line. Stuffs the top two lines with all the oldest players on the team.