[PGT] Flames 5 - Carolina 0

[Vulcan]

Well I just lost a long post due to some glitch. Anyways here's a site giving our Playoff chances. 69.2% right now.

http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/W...c/Calgary.html

[Vulcan]

All 6 defencemen were around the 20 minute mark in time on ice. The forwards were also rolled out pretty evenly with all between about 13 to 17 minutes. Nice to see and I bet Hartley would love for this to happen regularly.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Yrebmi

If somehow Calgary makes the playoffs, and Colorado does not I'm sorry, gonna have to chuckle at Iginla's luck.

wont have anything to do with luck and I would be laughing my ass off

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

A lot of that was Ramo/Hiller

yeah and they are on the team

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by BurningSteel

#extendhartley

That needs to be done ASAP.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by driveway

So far the Flames have played 5 games against teams who are above .500 and 4 against teams below .500.

Our record against winning teams is 2-2-1 with the wins coming against Nashville and Chicago.

Against losing teams we're 3-1-0, with the loss coming against a surprisingly sub-.500 Blues team.

So, basically we've beaten the bad teams and lost to the good teams and had some really, really good goaltending.

Little early to talk about beating above and below .500 teams

Flames have not have an easy schedule

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Yrebmi

If somehow Calgary makes the playoffs, and Colorado does not I'm sorry, gonna have to chuckle at Iginla's luck.

If they somehow miss the playoff but won the lottery again, I'll be super pissed.

[AcGold]

Originally Posted by midniteowl

If they somehow miss the playoff but won the lottery again, I'll be super pissed.

If that's the case it's clearly not helping.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by midniteowl

If they somehow miss the playoff but won the lottery again, I'll be super pissed.

Yeah Iggy needs to finish 9th and no lottery win for the irony

[mile]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

“@SUNGilbertson: #Flames Joe Colborne on Sean Monahan: 'If I was a fantasy hockey player, I'd have him in the lineup ... He's going to get hot.'”

Always enjoy Colborne's interviews. Usually has something semi-interesting to say.

[MissTeeks]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...613/story.html

There’s nothing remotely capable of replacing a mom’s peace of mind.

“It’s amazing,” Jane Gaudreau is saying between first and second periods Thursday night, “how many people have come up to us since we’ve been here and said ‘We really like your son. We’re really glad he’s here.’ Which, as parents, make you feel so much better because we’re so far away and we’re not going to get to many games.

“Knowing people do like him makes you feel more ... reassured. To know he’s where people are genuinely interested in him and hoping he’ll succeed. It’s not as if ‘Oh, he’s too small’ or anything like that.

“They seem to really have taken to him. So it’s a lot easier on us.

“I asked him who he hung around with and he said ‘They’re all my friends. I like everybody.’ They’ve really taken him under their wing.

“It’s been real cool,” says Guy. “We didn’t bring anything fancy, but everybody’s made us feel so welcome.”

As first-timers here

“We said ‘John, where should we go?’,” says his mom. And he said: ‘There’s this big building in the middle of Calgary’ ” – the Calgary Tower, undoubtedly – “ ‘go up to the top and you’ll see everything.’ And I said ‘OK, but where are the mountains?’ And he goes: ‘Oh, I don’t really know. I just play hockey.’

“If he hadn’t put the numbers up he did (last season), if he’d scored 30-35 points, I probably would’ve pressed for him to go back to (Boston College) for his senior year,” says his dad. “But after what he did, and now after what we’ve seen here, this made sense.”

The decision to go pro was left to the person it would most affect.

After Boston College lost the last game of the Frozen Four, on the 30-minute drive home from Philadelphia, his mom asked her son how he envisioned his immediate future.

“And he told me ‘I’ll tell you when we get to the driveway.’ We get to the driveway and I asked him ‘What did you decide?’ He’s such a good kid. He asked Guy ‘Can I talk to mom by myself?’ And he goes ‘I really want to go but I want to make sure you’re all right. I don’t want you to be sad.’ How many 20-year-olds would think of that?

“I said ‘John, I want to see you. But I think you’re ready. If you leave today, a year from now or five years from now we’re still going to be sad because you’re moving. But Calgary’s a great fit for you. They like you there. I think you should go.’ ”

On the strength of their first visit here, Johnny Hockey’s folks are convinced it was the right choice.

“I grew up watching the Canadiens,” says Guy. “My dream was always to play in the NHL. Like any young kid who plays hockey. So that’s always been his dream, too.

“He was always small, so I was always trying to prepare him, you know, in case. But now that he’s here he’s so into it.

“Living his dream.

“As a parent, that’s so wonderful see"

[Freeway]

Originally Posted by mile

Always enjoy Colborne's interviews. Usually has something semi-interesting to say.

Joe's a great interview.

[AC]

Ovechkin is already here waiting for Saturday's game evidently.

[4oh3]

This was my first regular season game at the dome this year. Is it always half empty up until after the anthem? Also half of the arena left with 5 minutes left. I know that the games over when it's 5-0 but I wish people stayed to give the boys a standing o after an effort like that.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by 4oh3

This was my first regular season game at the dome this year. Is it always half empty up until after the anthem? Also half of the arena left with 5 minutes left. I know that the games over when it's 5-0 but I wish people stayed to give the boys a standing o after an effort like that.

It's usually 1/4 empty at the anthem, today was slightly worse. It's not shocking that people left during a blow out. Every time there's a lopsided game like tonight, it's the same thing regardless of who's winning.

[Hugh Jahrmes]

Originally Posted by AC

Ovechkin is already here waiting for Saturday's game evidently.

My friend posted a stalker pic of him at 9pm and was mad that he refused to take a pic w him. This will frustrate him to no end

[JetsFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by JJ1532

The next 8 are: Washington x 2, Montreal x 2, Nashville, Tampa, Florida, Carolina. Whilst you'd think we should be able to beat the latter 2, the other 6 are going to be very tough. Might well be looking at a next 8 record of 2-6-0, or something similar. If we get any more than 2 wins out of that lot, I'd be ecstatic.

We already beat Nashville once, it was a shootout of course. But I can see us winning or at least getting a point. We always beat Montreal at home, I don't think we will beat them at Bell Centre, but you never know. Carolina should be another win, I think we get 1-2 pts out of the two Washington games.

Anyway here's my optomistic predictions, I could be wrong, I usually am:

WSH @ CGY L
MTL @ CGY W
NSH @ CGY OT/SO L
CGY @ MTL OT/SO L
CGY @ WSH W
CGY @ TBL L
CGY @ FLA L
CGY @ CAR W

3-3-2 over the next 8, 8-6-2 overall. I believe the Flames are better than 2-6 in that stretch, but I don't think they are as good as their current pace either, against these teams. We'll see though, I hope I am wrong!

[jg13]

Thank you Carolina.

Lindholm -3, 15:01 TOI, 0 PTs
Monahan +2, 15:09 TOI, 2 Gs

[Itse]

Originally Posted by DriveByPunch

If the Canes are "the bar" for how bad you need to be for McDavid..... No thanks.

Out of thanks, but so much this.

[saillias]

Originally Posted by dino7c

wont have anything to do with luck and I would be laughing my ass off

Agostino + Klimchuk + Hanowski for Iggy at the deadline.

No more letters for him, he has to accept Gio's authoritah.