Training Camp - Sept 20

[hummdeedoo]

Originally Posted by Righteous1

look forward to seeing wolf and sieloff on the same team vs oilers

Me too - I'm sure Mr.Wolf is also looking forward to introducing himself to the Oilers.

[savardandjokinen]

Originally Posted by kehatch

Trying to put together two full lineups that includes the veterans. Tough to do. Some pretty good players are going to be scratched or cut tomorrow.

Something like:

Home

Glencross-Stajan-Jones
Gaudreau-Monahan-Hudler
Raymond-Byron-Setoguchi
Bollig-Bouma-McGrattan

Giordan-Brodie
Russell-Engelland
Smid-Wideman

Hiller
Thiessen

Away

Baertschi-Granlund-Colborne
Ferland-Knight-Carroll
Klimchuk-Arnold-Hanowski
Wolf-Reinhart-Smith

Sieloff-Acolatse
Kanzig-Dian
Cundari-Yonkman

Ortio
MacDonald

Byron is playing in edmonton

[442scotty]

I hope Carr gets a shot in goal tomorrow. He looks pretty good

[TheDebaser]

I'm pretty pumped to see Baertschi play. Sounds like he's got his head on straight this time around.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Well I know which game I'm going to be watching. Whichever one has the most goons. Screw skill hockey in the pre-season. I want to see some good ol' Battle of Alberta.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

I do not like Tousignant at all. He's a Maxime Lapierre type D-bag and I really dislike that type of guy.

Sure Tousignant is a dick like Lapierre, but he is not the turtle Lapierre is. I can handle our guys being pricks, so long as they are willing to drop the gloves too which Tousignant definitely is.

[AcGold]

Gaudreau-Monahan-Hudler has to be the most talented Flames line since.... I can't really think of one right now. So amazing that hockey is finally back, seemed like the longest summer with no hockey ever.

[djsFlames]

Johnny's first game action on saddledome ice. Hopefully the experience motivates him just that much more. Gonna be good.

[AC]

From a limited viewing, David Wolf seems to be quite good at hitting guys before they have a chance to hit him.

He had a huge one vs the Dinos, and then this one today vs Cundari.

[AcGold]

That's brutal, he's like a brick wall. Cundari wondering where his marbles went

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

I don't understand why they're lining up Gaudreau with goons against goons. He shouldn't have to worry about being decapitated by a camp invite out there, at the same time he should be put in situations where he can showcase his skills, not where the play is gonna die as soon as he passes off the puck. He was playing with grats yesterday too.

Don't know what the coaches are doing there. Makes no sense. He's not playing on the fourth line if he makes the team, surround the kid with realistic linemates. It's like they're purposely putting him in impossible situations to give an excuse to cut him. (Ok, just my conspiracy theory side rambling lol) but still.....

Everyone is well aware of Johnny's skill. It's been showcased non-stop since he arrived for the summer camps.

Lining Gaudreau up against thuggish goons is a realistic scenario of what will happen on the road, where opposing teams will have the line-change advantage. The Western conference is a tough grind and, as much as we're going to hate it, coaches are going to be getting their thugs to target the little man to put him off his game.

In these situations it's important that Johnny can play with an enforcer riding shotgun (watching his back) from time-to-time to ensure that opposing goons won't take a run at him without paying the price. It honestly wouldn't hurt for JG & Grats to develop a little chemistry together for when that scenario arises. The kid is so good that he should be able to produce with anyone.

[fanman]

I'm definitely warming up to Mr. Wolf the more clips I see. It seems it's dangerous to try and hit this guy! Looking forward to some more fun clips from the Edmonton pre-season game.

[UKflames]

Originally Posted by TheDebaser

I'm pretty pumped to see Baertschi play. Sounds like he's got his head on straight this time around.

I second this, really hoping to see Sven put it all together and grab a spot out of camp.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

Everyone is well aware of Johnny's skill. It's been showcased non-stop since he arrived for the summer camps.

Lining Gaudreau up against thuggish goons is a realistic scenario of what will happen on the road, where opposing teams will have the line-change advantage. The Western conference is a tough grind and, as much as we're going to hate it, coaches are going to be getting their thugs to target the little man to put him off his game.

In these situations it's important that Johnny can play with an enforcer riding shotgun (watching his back) from time-to-time to ensure that opposing goons won't take a run at him without paying the price. It honestly wouldn't hurt for JG & Grats to develop a little chemistry together for when that scenario arises. The kid is so good that he should be able to produce with anyone.

Certainly, you might pair Johnny with one rugged player, but you have to have another high skill guy up front too or the other team can simply key on him and smother him. Gretzky often played with a guy like Semenko but he had Kurri too and often Coffey pinching on D. Johnny knows how the give-and-go works. Whoever plays with him is going to get some early Christmas presents.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by hummdeedoo

Me too - I'm sure Mr.Wolf is also looking forward to introducing himself to the Oilers.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Nugent-Hopkins. My name is Wolf. I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career."

[gargamel]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

In these situations it's important that Johnny can play with an enforcer riding shotgun (watching his back) from time-to-time to ensure that opposing goons won't take a run at him without paying the price. It honestly wouldn't hurt for JG & Grats to develop a little chemistry together for when that scenario arises. The kid is so good that he should be able to produce with anyone.

I'd though (or at least hoped) that we signed Engelland so that we could have protection on the ice for Johnny without the need for a goon to be dragging down his line. Hopefully playing Gaudreau with McGrattan is just a training camp exercise and not something that is being used to judge how NHL-ready the kid is or a part of the plan going forward.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

Sure Tousignant is a dick like Lapierre, but he is not the turtle Lapierre is. I can handle our guys being pricks, so long as they are willing to drop the gloves too which Tousignant definitely is.

No dirty dicks for Alberta Beef, just clean dicks

[djsFlames]

I wouldn't mind Wolf riding shotgun with Johnny in one of these exhibitions. Damn, whoever makes that first move would regret it. Plus Wolf is not too bad at hockey, either.

[savardandjokinen]

Originally Posted by TheDebaser

I'm pretty pumped to see Baertschi play. Sounds like he's got his head on straight this time around.

I'm not sure how you can stream the game in edmonton because I'm in the same boat

[#-3]

Originally Posted by AC

From a limited viewing, David Wolf seems to be quite good at hitting guys before they have a chance to hit him.

He had a huge one vs the Dinos, and then this one today vs Cundari.

Cundari must be wearing 42, and I can only see half of the 4. But for a second there i was like, Who The Hell Is Wearing 12!