02-06-2015, 09:47 PM
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#21
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Flames seem to have a lot of trouble with Eastern teams. Beats me why....
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Could be just a motivation thing. More focus on beating divisional and conference rivals or something.
Better this way than the other way.
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02-06-2015, 09:47 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
Diaz on the PP is a joke.
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It's actually an upgrade over russell or wideman. Which is sad.
But let's face it, this team lost for the same issues it's had all season. Too many turnovers, zero possession. You need possession, you need shots on net.
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02-06-2015, 09:47 PM
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#23
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Official CP Photographer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: PL15
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Pens 4 Flames 0
Could have used the 2 points, glad we didn't give up 2 points vs a team we're fighting for a playoff spot with.
That #87 guy is really good at hockey.
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02-06-2015, 09:48 PM
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#24
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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02-06-2015, 09:49 PM
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#25
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
We sat back and gave the Pens to much respect.
Diaz on the PP is a joke. In fact the the whole damned PP was a joke tonight. No puck cycling in an effort to get shots from down low. Get the puck on the side, hold on to it for a few seconds or more then pass it back to the point. Too easy for the Pens to defend.
I would say our worst effort of the season.
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Diaz was the only one that was Hitting the net on the pp. He had 4 shots on net alone in just one pp.
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02-06-2015, 09:49 PM
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#26
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Lethbridge
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Crosby is good.
The end.
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02-06-2015, 09:50 PM
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#27
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Sep 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
We sat back and gave the Pens to much respect.
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This.
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02-06-2015, 09:51 PM
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#28
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
It's actually an upgrade over russell or wideman. Which is sad.
But let's face it, this team lost for the same issues it's had all season. Too many turnovers, zero possession. You need possession, you need shots on net.
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Wideman has a shot and Russell has some play making abilities. Diaz seemed to hesitate everytime he had the puck, wondering what he should do with it. Then again Hartley is probably looking for combinations to get the PP going.
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02-06-2015, 09:51 PM
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#29
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North America
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
We sat back and gave the Pens to much respect.
Diaz on the PP is a joke. In fact the the whole damned PP was a joke tonight. No puck cycling in an effort to get shots from down low. Get the puck on the side, hold on to it for a few seconds or more then pass it back to the point. Too easy for the Pens to defend.
I would say our worst effort of the season.
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Hartley has done wonders this year, but sticking with that power play line was bad, obviously bad. Get Monahan on the ice FFS.
Jones, Raymond, Diaz not guys I'd commit blind faith to run every power play...
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02-06-2015, 09:53 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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02-06-2015, 09:53 PM
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#31
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Abbotsford, BC
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Flames vs. the East: 7-11-2
Flames vs. the West: 22-9-1
I don't understand.
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02-06-2015, 09:54 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
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Raymond is one of the few that didn't look terrible.
the D couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door tonight.
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02-06-2015, 09:55 PM
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#33
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
Wideman has a shot and Russell has some play making abilities.
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Wideman's shot for the last two months just hits the side boards and ends up out of the zone. The guy's scored like one, maybe two goals the last two months, and it wasn't on a power play. He got off to a quick start early and he's fallen back down to earth.
Russell on the PP wasn't leading to anything. Since he's been taken off the PP, we've had 4 ppg in the last 6 games (and yet another that was a second after a PP ended).
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Diaz seemed to hesitate everytime he had the puck, wondering what he should do with it.
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I saw it as him being patient.
The real issue was the forwards. I don't know what, but this team's forwards have so much difficulty just holding on to the puck. The only ones that are any good at it are Colborne, Hudler and Gaudreau, and in Gaudreau's case he was still getting poke checked every time.
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Last edited by GranteedEV; 02-06-2015 at 09:57 PM.
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02-06-2015, 09:57 PM
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#34
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
Diaz on the PP is a joke.
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Why? The PP defensive units weren't working, so Hartley switched it up. Who would you rather, Russell? Who contributed just 5 special team points before being moved off the PP units, despite extensive time on them?
Plus you seem to forget Diaz scored v Winnipeg. You have to go back to the 9th January for the last time a defenceman scored on the PP.
Now, had you said Raymond, I'd agree with you. Despite his improved play of late, he has been given PP time in almost all of the games he has played for us this season and he has contributed 1 point. 1. Thats awful, especially when you consider Michael Ferland has the same total.
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02-06-2015, 09:59 PM
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#35
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
Diaz was the only one that was Hitting the net on the pp. He had 4 shots on net alone in just one pp.
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If I was the Pens i'd give him the shot all night. Nothing overpowering in his shot.
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02-06-2015, 10:02 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
If I was the Pens i'd give him the shot all night. Nothing overpowering in his shot.
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Powerful shots aren't what score on the best PPs. Weak, well-placed shots that get tipped in otherwise or deflected are. Nik Lidstrom was the master of the muffin pass from the point, and if you look at the Sharks' PP that's what Burns does too.
Wideman's blasts from the point are consistently the worst moment of every power play the last two months.
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02-06-2015, 10:03 PM
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#37
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by JJ1532
Why? The PP defensive units weren't working, so Hartley switched it up. Who would you rather, Russell? Who contributed just 5 special team points before being moved off the PP units, despite extensive time on them?
Plus you seem to forget Diaz scored v Winnipeg. You have to go back to the 9th January for the last time a defenceman scored on the PP.
Now, had you said Raymond, I'd agree with you. Despite his improved play of late, he has been given PP time in almost all of the games he has played for us this season and he has contributed 1 point. 1. Thats awful, especially when you consider Michael Ferland has the same total.
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Why not put Gaudreau on the point. He has the ability to create plays and move the puck down low. Our PP seems to revolve around shots from the point and players scrambling for rebounds. Something needs to change.
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02-06-2015, 10:04 PM
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#38
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: H E double hockey sticks
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It is what it is.. not gonna stress. They just need to come back next game focused and ready to go.
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02-06-2015, 10:06 PM
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#40
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
Why not put Gaudreau on the point. He has the ability to create plays and move the puck down low. Our PP seems to revolve around shots from the point and players scrambling for rebounds. Something needs to change.
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Gaudreau's best behind the net, I want him there whenever possible.
The guy I'd like to see man the point is Sam Bennett.
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