02-03-2013, 04:44 PM
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#441
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
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Originally Posted by Saqe
Yeah you canīt win all the games but this game was something they should have and could have won. It was awful to watch them throw the game away. No, I didnīt find it entertaining.
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If you didn't find that game entertaining, I can't fathom why you watch hockey.
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02-03-2013, 04:46 PM
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#442
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Erie
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There were strippers at the game? Tired strippers?
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02-03-2013, 05:05 PM
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#443
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
Or, people who have optimism after 6 games have seen a team that has outplayed it's opponent 4 out of those 6 games, and was 2 coin flips away from being 3-3 to start the season with a new coach and new system. I said before that I won't throw this team under the bus or put them on a pedestal until I see where they are at after 10 games, but so far, I see a team that is very much improved from the last 3 years, and losing these games early are all about living through growing pains and working their way through this process. 6 games do not make a season. If we get to 10 games and we still only have 1 regulation win, then yes, everyone will be very concerned and for good reason. Just stay sane until we get a large enough sample size that we can objectively evaluate this team. While you're at it, it's much more fun to be an optimist than a pessimist.
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I'm not going to renew my optimism just because the team signs some mid-level free agents and gets a new coach. My assessment of the team is based on the last 300 games, not the last 6. Personally, I don't believe they'll turn things around until they draft a new, elite core. I'll be happy to be wrong, but the proof is in the pudding. In this case, 6 or 7 games above .500 would be acceptable proof.
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02-03-2013, 05:19 PM
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#444
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by minnow
There were strippers at the game? Tired strippers?
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3 hockey teams in 4 nights? You'd be tired too.
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02-03-2013, 05:20 PM
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#445
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers
3 hockey teams in 4 nights? You'd be tired too.
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The season just started. Nobody is tired.
The only advantage some teams have over others is a lack of rust.
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02-03-2013, 05:22 PM
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#446
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Ashasx
The season just started. Nobody is tired.
The only advantage some teams have over others is a lack of rust.
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Lol
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02-03-2013, 05:22 PM
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#447
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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I seem to remember Emery doing this to the Flames one other time a couple of years ago.
Glencross must've pissed off the hockey gods somehow recently.
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02-03-2013, 05:23 PM
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#448
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by timbit
Lol
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02-03-2013, 05:33 PM
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#449
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I honestly think this team is trending up. A lot has been made about how the team should have dominated Colorado and Chicago because they were rested and the opposition was tired. The break was really a disadvantage for the Flames. What they really need is to be playing games every other day, getting into a groove, figuring out the ideal lines, guys getting an understanding of where they should be on the ice.
Most importantly Kipper needs more playing time. He didn't play during the lockout and needs to get acclimated again. The Colorado game was a disaster for him but in the Chicago game he didn't really have a chance on either goal, and looked steady throughout. The Flames will start finding ways to bury those chances and putting games away. Iggy has been playing well in spite of not having scored yet. You can tell he's on the cusp of going on one of his patented month long tears.
The only player I'm really worried about is Cammalleri. He hasn't been scoring and hasn't look engaged in the play. He seems a little gun-shy, like he's afraid of getting hurt again which given his last couple seasons is understandable but he needs to get past that. He has to be willing to get into the tough areas and battle through coverage to be successful.
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02-03-2013, 05:34 PM
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#450
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
The season just started. Nobody is tired.
The only advantage some teams have over others is a lack of rust.
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Is this a joke with context in the thread im missing? Because thats a pretty demonstrably wrong opinion just by looking at pretty much any teams back to back and opponent back to back records in any season
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02-03-2013, 05:36 PM
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#451
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by PantherExtreme
Is this a joke with context in the thread im missing? Because thats a pretty demonstrably wrong opinion just by looking at pretty much any teams back to back and opponent back to back records in any season
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As the season goes on, yeah, it makes a difference.
But professional athletes should not be tired two weeks into a season after an 8 month off-season.
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02-03-2013, 05:40 PM
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#452
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
As the season goes on, yeah, it makes a difference.
But professional athletes should not be tired two weeks into a season after an 8 month off-season.
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What about if they are human?
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02-03-2013, 05:46 PM
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#453
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
What about if they are human?
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with or without PED's?
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02-03-2013, 05:46 PM
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#454
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
As the season goes on, yeah, it makes a difference.
But professional athletes should not be tired two weeks into a season after an 8 month off-season.
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I guess they may as well open the season with four games in four nights.
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02-03-2013, 05:50 PM
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#455
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Originally Posted by DuffMan
with or without PED's?
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Pedo's are inhumane
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02-03-2013, 05:52 PM
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#456
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
Or, people who have optimism after 6 games have seen a team that has outplayed it's opponent 4 out of those 6 games, and was 2 coin flips away from being 3-3 to start the season with a new coach and new system.
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I think it is debatable they outplayed Vancouver and Colorado but even if you give them the outplayed the other team in 4 out of 6 they have played poorly in 4 out of 6 games which is more meaningful and a bigger concern for the team going forward.
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02-03-2013, 05:59 PM
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#457
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moon
I think it is debatable they outplayed Vancouver and Colorado but even if you give them the outplayed the other team in 4 out of 6 they have played poorly in 4 out of 6 games which is more meaningful and a bigger concern for the team going forward.
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They haven't really been outplayed yet this year imo.
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02-03-2013, 06:02 PM
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#458
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
They haven't really been outplayed yet this year imo.
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They were definitely outplayed in the Sharks and Anaheim games in my view.
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02-03-2013, 06:05 PM
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#459
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
As the season goes on, yeah, it makes a difference.
But professional athletes should not be tired two weeks into a season after an 8 month off-season.
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Do you get tired if you didn't sleep the night before?
I mean, you slept for thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of hours prior to that. Surely one night of missed sleep wouldn't result in fatigue?
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02-03-2013, 06:09 PM
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#460
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Do you get tired if you didn't sleep the night before?
I mean, you slept for thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of hours prior to that. Surely one night of missed sleep wouldn't result in fatigue?
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Pay him thousands and that feeling disappears
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