[GT] Flames @ Ducks - The Ponda Curse Edition

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by skcli

It is Kulak

The one before that when he got gooned on the way to the bench and the ref sent them both off.

[fanman]

Just able to finally tune in at the very end of the second.
Only 3-1!?
We still have a chance!

How have they looked tonight? Too lazy to read through 20+ pages.

[Manhattanboy]

on't

Originally Posted by jg13

Flames lead 22-16 in shots after 2 periods.

Ya how many quality shots?

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

This year's Flames roster is worse than last year's.

A loss tonight and their record is almost identical to last year at this same time. So...getting there. I have more faith in this year's team to turn it around than last year. Goaltending is better. Character vets like Brouwer. The room should hopefully be less fragile.

[Jore]

Originally Posted by fanman

Just able to finally tune in at the very end of the second.
Only 3-1!?
We still have a chance!

How have they looked tonight? Too lazy to read through 20+ pages.

they've looked better than anaheim most of the game 5 on 5 but were undone by some questionable calls/bad pks/bad pps. same story all season.

[Matty81]

Gaudreau is a great player... Even at his worst theres an offensive spark. That said he's looked terrible to me this year by his standards. His holdout has hurt the whole team and was ridiculous when he was always gonna sign anyway.

But the thing that bugs me the most watching this team is how effing soft they are. Skill players getting run constantly and no one pushing back except tkachuk an 18 yr old. Embarassing. I preferred watching the terrible young guns teams that at least didn't get bullied.

[kukkudo]

Originally Posted by timbit

People need to be patient and realize as a team that is maybe midway through the rebuilding cycle that they need their best players to be their best players.

Not been the case so far this season.

Midway? We are barely under the cap, we should be on the road to making playoffs.

[skcli]

Flames plays okay. Tkachuk is great, D Hamilton took a stupid penalty and Ducks scored.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by pylon

How are they a max cap team halfway through a rebuild?

Because Wideman, Bouma, Stajan, Smid and Engelland make a combined 17 million.

Originally Posted by kukkudo

Midway? We are barely under the cap, we should be on the road to making playoffs.

...since when did salary cap position dictate how close you are to contending? What a stupid notion.

[Manhattanboy]

Dam I wish we had McDavid.

[calgaryblood]

It seems one of our star defenceman is always off. Tonight it's Hamilton, would be nice to get them all going at the same time. And Jokipakka has looked pretty average tonight as well.

[Monahan For Mayor]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Dam I wish we had McDavid.

So do 29 other teams haha.

[Mr.Coffee]

Kulak with the late penalty. Well, that'll cost ya Brett. I'm sure any ####ing minor thing will draw Grossman back into the lineup at your expense!

[Dion]

Originally Posted by timbit

People need to be patient and realize as a team that is maybe midway through the rebuilding cycle that they need their best players to be their best players.

Not been the case so far this season.

It's hard to be patient when you pay big dollars to Mony and Johnny and they don't produce. Our best can and should be a lot better than they are playing now.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by kevman

You actually see a guy that skates away before the goal is scored? Not after the goal, after he stick checked him the first time and after he tripped him on his second hack??

https://www.nhl.com/video/cogliano-b...660/c-46093403

Yeah he's fading away into the corner. Johnny is a fantastic skater, all he had to do was stick with Cogliano but instead of stopping hard and staying with his man he is a little weak on it and Cogliano scores.

Again I'm not sure what this issue is? Yeah he skated back hard after the giveaway for sure, but he only backchecked for 90% of the play and it cost him.

[FanIn80]

Wtf sportsnet? It's an intermission during a Flames vs Ducks game, and we're spending it talking about the Oilers?

[kukkudo]

McDavid everywhere even on a damn Flames game!!

[GullFoss]

Ducks, Sharks, Kings probably finish 1-2-3 in our division. Its a road game. And the flames are keeping it close 5-on-5 on a back-to-back. Out side of the Duck's first line, the flames are outplaying the ducks.

Not sure what some of you were expecting tonight. But this is a pretty solid effort by the flames.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by monahan for mayor

so do 29 other teams haha.

28

[kirant]

Originally Posted by fanman

Just able to finally tune in at the very end of the second.
Only 3-1!?
We still have a chance!

How have they looked tonight? Too lazy to read through 20+ pages.

In my opinion (since it's 90% arguing about what's wrong with the team in the last few pages):
- Team looks like it's working hard. Getting chances from the bottom 6 from their grinding and forcing Anaheim into some questionable moves.
- Shot selection is still not great and their chances are pretty low tier typically. Team looks like it's looking for a tip or a rebound but not being in the right spot to capitalize on either due to being used to Hartley high speed offence.
- Controlling zone time (though this could be bias from me)...just, again, not getting the high tier chances out of it
- Monahan line looks better. Gaudreau is starting to resemble Gaudreau of years past though not entirely there yet. Got punished for a bad pass (lead to 3-1)
- PK and PP still bad
- Typical kryptonite players (Cogliano, Kesler) beating the Flames.

Overall not a great game but that's multitudes better than the way they've played in Anaheim the last few years. No real standouts on the Flames though the lack of overall suck from the top line is making the team look more competent than the last couple games.