[GT] Leafs @ Flames

[LockedOut]

Why bother with the replay? Game's over.

[Poe969]

Fire up the suicide booth gif. It's going to suck to be a Flames fan in Ontario tomorrow.

[direwolf]

Pathetic attempt with the goalie pulled. Flames look like they just want to go home and go to sleep.

[Tinordi]

Babcock coached teams are so frustrating to play against.

[Moneyhands23]

Well the players get to go back to the room and chat. No worries of GG going in there and holding them accountable for their lack of effort

[jar_e]

Did GG really challenge this?

[TheFlamesVan]

What a defensive play by Johnny with the net empty. First guy back into the leaf zone right after. He's an animal.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Gio has played well. As usual.

Thought he was meh. Entire team was meh.

[calgarywinning]

Gulutzan challenged so you know it's a legit goal

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Red

Quoting some one else here "GG made a great team good" Good enough to be relevant, but again, opportunity lost to make some noise. This shouldn't be a bubble team.

If Treliving believes he has assembled a great team, and the team is merely being good, then something has to change.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by Poe969

Fire up the suicide booth gif. It's going to suck to be a Flames fan in Ontario tomorrow.

i'm keeping 960/1050 off the dial for the next few days. Going to get annoying....

[Steve Bozek]

Bennett injury looked bad

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by calgarywinning

Gulutzan challenged so you know it's a legit goal

It was the league, I believe.

But hey, might as well keep bashing. Haven't had enough of that tonight.

[browna]

Two junk goals for the Leafs, Flames didn’t get those bounces.
Did the 4th play in the 3rd?

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Wyguy

Mine didn't have my facts laid out and spelt out for you, but they were in there. Secondly, your comment has no facts at all and provides nothing to the discussion.

To spell it out for ya, the Leafs coach came into the game watching tapes of our team (and just so you know I am making an educated guess here) and told his team what he says and what to expect. Thus (and I'm really trying to help you out here) we can say that the leafs came in with a game plan against us and a plan of which to conduct themselves in a manner to succeed. Our coach did not, it is widely known he likes to stick to his system through good and bad. Secondly, tell me, using your eye test if the flames looked like they are playing to their potential today? Did they look ready to play?

You think our coach did no video prep?
Sorry man that is not a realistic interpretation. Utter hyperbole.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

because the roster is just as good as the teams that are actually leading the division, not to mention being relatively healthy (knock on wood) thus far.

they have the leagues 2nd top scorer. Top 10 goaltending....

Perhaps that's part of the problem. Unrealistic expectations.
I view the Flames very similarly to most of the NHL - a good but not great team with some great pieces and some flaws.
Welcome to the salary cap era.
A lot of it comes down to who executes the best and how well the parts fit together.
How many truly complete teams are there in the league? It is a pile of mediocritiy where virtually any night any team can beat the other.
On paper the Flames are certainly not materially better than most of the other teams.