After tonight Giordano and Brodie sit 1 and 2 in league scoring for defencemen. Just having one of them performing up to this standard would have been incredible, but for both of them to be at Norris caliber at the same time is ridiculous
The last time 2 players from the same team were nominated, it was Pronger and Niedermayer in Anaheim in 06/07. And I believe before that it was Lidstrom and Chelios in Detroit in 2001/02 I believe, although I could be wrong about the year. Either way, its truly is unique to have 2 defenceman potentially leading the charge. Teams are lucky to have 1 star defencemen and the Flames have 2. Unreal.
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The road out of the West goes through California and the Flames have shown that they can play in the Golden State.
I'm starting to think they can seriously do it.
It helps that the Sharks appear to be a decidedly mediocre team. Given the Canucks are also flying high, that makes a huge difference in our playoff chances.
Six points clear of 9th, though Minnesota has three games in hand.
The challenge for Treliving is actually the cap floor. The Flames can't just dump players for picks because they can't fall under the cap. They could pick up a contract along with a pick to even out the trade but I don't want to pick up an under performing high contract because 1) it could mess up chemistry, 2) because it wouldn't fix the logjam and could relegate one of the young players to the bench/AHL.
I think Treliving shouldn't trade unless 1) he gets a pick or 2) he picks up a player who fits one of the Flames' needs (ie 2nd pairing D or RW). We should be very hesitant to use our cap space as an enticement to give us a higher draft pick/better quality prospect if we take on a bad contract.
For clarity, the cap is calculated daily. The Flames are running a bit of a surplus over the floor so far (albeit not a very big one), so they are banking space.
They can in fact go under the floor on any given day, what they can't do is have their running aggregate fall under the floor.
As a quick example (not accurate numbers), say the daily floor is $270k and the Flames daily payroll is $280k. That would mean that they are inching $10k further ahead of the floor each day. So if they fell below $270k to $250k, 20 days into the season, that would be okay because they would be $200k ahead at that point. If they remained at $250k, ($20k under the floor), they would burn up the $200k excess in 10 days and on the 11th day, they would be non-compliant.
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San Jose is one of the teams currently behind the Flames and looking to work their way back up into a playoff spot. There is no doubt that they were looking at the standings and thinking that Calgary was one of the teams that they should be able to overtake.
And last night was a big 4 pointer for them.
Well, I think it's safe to say that they are looking at the standings this morning and thinking the Flames maybe aren't such an automatic fly-by.
That was a pretty big statement game for the Flames and their playoff chances.
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I like how Hartley has been putting skill guys out there when the net is empty (granted they were on the PP). But they've been able to score some empty goals by having guys like Hudler and Gaudreau out there instead of Bouma diving headfirst into shots.
I like how Hartley has been putting skill guys out there when the net is empty (granted they were on the PP). But they've been able to score some empty goals by having guys like Hudler and Gaudreau out there instead of Bouma diving headfirst into shots.
I know it is hard because it takes time from guys like Bouma, but I like skill guys on the PK, at least skill guys who play position well. If they get their stick on a puck they are more likely to make a smart play. And crash and bangers can't look for big hits - it just takes them out of position and opens the ice.
Empty net - you do need some strong guys to handle all the opponents crashing the net.
Diaz looked OK, but in my opinion, Smid might have had his best game as a Flame. He looked tremendous in his own end.
I disagree with all those saying Gaudreau and Monahan had good games. I thought they both looked weak last night. Gaudreau especially was really fighting the puck I thought.
Sven had a decent game, I hope he builds on this one.
I thought Granlund and Ferland both had great games. So did Bolig in my opinion.
Gio and Brodie were back to playing like themselves again.
That's an amazing shift for everyone in general, but man Paul Byron. That was just a fantastic shift for him through and through. I'm so glad he's on this team
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The Oilers won't finish 14th in the West forever.
Eventually a couple of expansion teams will be added which will nestle the Oilers into 16th.
He was everywhere, while staying responsible. Looked great. I felt more comfortable with him playing than Engelland.
He was OK.
Wideman was who I was impressed with. Gio and Brodie were their normal self, which is spectacular as usual, but Wideman had a very, very good game last night. I don't think he is as appreciated as he should be. He was simply awesome last night.
