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combustiblefuel · 02-02-2018, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Stories like this. Hey Nenshi maybe you can hire Harvey in a couple years to work at your shiny new publicly funded library.

Is this suppose to be a insult towards your City's mayor?? Libraries should be publicly funded. They do more to advance the overall health of humanity than a ####ing arena.

Comments like this show exactly why we need more libraries with good asthethics and up todate equipment.

dino7c · 02-02-2018, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Beninho

I didn’t mind the way the flames were trying to generate more offense. Dmen were pinching and the game was very back and forth for a while. Problem is the Flames can’t find the right balance between those two types of play. I was very entertained for the first two periods of this game

Its not like they gave up goals because of it...4 of the 7 goals really had no business going in. The other two? banged in on the PP and lucky deflection

Manhattanboy · 02-02-2018, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Is this suppose to be a insult towards your City's mayor?? Libraries should be publicly funded. They do more to advance the overall health of humanity than a ####ing arena.

Ding ding. Of course it’s an insult towards #mymayor. What else would it be?

combustiblefuel · 02-02-2018, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Ding ding. Of course it’s an insult towards #mymayor.

It was a pretty ####ty one was my point. If you visit the new library you might be able to come up with a much better insult.

Manhattanboy · 02-02-2018, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

It was a pretty ####ty ome was my point.

Agree.

Strange Brew · 02-02-2018, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Bingo

Man I had this all wrong.

I thought the hardest thing about coaching was developing a team structure that had them consistently out playing the opposition.

Who knew it was just calling time outs and yanking warrior goaltenders from the cage when they had off nights!

Isn’t a coach much like any leader or manager? The ultimate test is your ability to work with different personalities and bring out the best in people? Not that the structure and x’s and o’s aren’t important, but seems like that’s not as hard as a skill to find.

Not to say it’s all about timeouts or pulling goalies but I suppose that is a small part of it.

Manhattanboy · 02-02-2018, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

It was a pretty ####ty one was my point. If you visit the new library you might be able to come up with a much better insult.

Actually I think I will be able to read about it in Architectural Digest.

jlh2640 · 02-02-2018, 12:18 AM

I’m done with this years team. It’s over McMahon. Go Flames ! But my expectations are gone. Joke how they’ve played since the bye week.

combustiblefuel · 02-02-2018, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Actually I think I will be able to read about it in Architectural Digest.

**Whosh**

soulchoice · 02-02-2018, 12:45 AM

Listen to this guy, on the overtime call in, stating he wouldnt trade Monahan for McDavid. I swear some people have no hockey insight or sense.

Some of the rhetoric spewed on the show is insane.

Flash Walken · 02-02-2018, 12:47 AM

Bennett was friggin terrible tonight guys.

Was the the worst flame on the ice? looked like it to me. Far and away the worst.

Why is no one talking about this? Friggin' terrible out there. Line killing, team momentum killing levels of suck from him in the last 5-15 games.

That crosscheck/high sticking penalty was one of the dumbest penalties I've ever seen.

You want a goat tonight, go ahead and blame smith I guess, but for me it was Bennett. -2, his terrible defensive zone turnover leads directly to the game tying goal. Finishes a -2 on the night, 1 shot, 2 pims.

1 shot, an absolutely idiotic penalty 26 seconds into the game that eventually lead to the flames going down 5-3...What a disaster. What an absolute disaster flames management has allowed this Bennett situation to become.

shadowlord · 02-02-2018, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by SebC

It's too bad the innovation the Flames are displaying in finding ways to blow leads can't be directed into curing cancer or something.

Hey, I work in Cancer research. Maybe I should channel my rage over yet another loss and put in a little overtime tonight.

Kybb79 · 02-02-2018, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by soulchoice

Listen to this guy, on the overtime call in, stating he wouldnt trade Monahan for McDavid. I swear some people have no hockey insight or sense.

Some of the rhetoric spewed on the show is insane.

We would win the Cup with Mcdavid if we were a lottery team. Some people way overvalue some players on this team.

DeluxeMoustache · 02-02-2018, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Bennett was friggin terrible tonight guys.

Was the the worst flame on the ice? looked like it to me. Far and away the worst.

Why is no one talking about this? Friggin' terrible out there. Line killing, team momentum killing levels of suck from him in the last 5-15 games.

That crosscheck/high sticking penalty was one of the dumbest penalties I've ever seen.

You want a goat tonight, go ahead and blame smith I guess, but for me it was Bennett. -2, his terrible defensive zone turnover leads directly to the game tying goal. Finishes a -2 on the night, 1 shot, 2 pims.

1 shot, an absolutely idiotic penalty 26 seconds into the game that eventually lead to the flames going down 5-3...What a disaster. What an absolute disaster flames management has allowed this Bennett situation to become.

So the early penalty that they killed and then recovered from to go up 4-2 led to them being down 5-3? Which must have happened after they were up 4-3 after 2.

Wow. There is a lot to unpack there.

Flash Walken · 02-02-2018, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

So the early penalty that they killed and then recovered from to go up 4-2 led to them being down 5-3? Which must have happened after they were up 4-3 after 2.

Wow. There is a lot to unpack there.

I'll let you read it again a few times so you can figure it out.

N-E-B · 02-02-2018, 02:40 AM

The Flames scored 4 goals against the best team in the NHL and throroughly outplayed them. Mike Smith let in 6 goals and I'd say 5 of them were unbelievably awful. He blew it tonight, that's pretty much all there is to say.

I am by no means a Gulutzan fan, but to say we lost this game because he didn't call a timeout or pull Smith earlier is absurd. Rittich let in an absolute stinker as well, he didn't exactly come in and play lights out. It's easy and often correct to rag on the coaches, but tonight is not the right night for that. Mike Smith cost his team the game tonight. That's pretty much it.

Now, having said that, I loved the emotion Smith showed after he was pulled. Dude is a competitor. I'd bet my entire savings that he comes back and has a great game Saturday.

They're showing signs that they're about to break out of this slump. It was a good night in the OOT too. No need to panic quite yet.

GranteedEV · 02-02-2018, 03:03 AM

Probably the first time since Brent Sutter or the lockout season I have skipped a Flames game and not really cared about the result. I had more fun sucking for Reinhart/Ekblad/Bennett/Draisaitl than I have most of this year and last.

Monahammer · 02-02-2018, 03:22 AM

If we could get someone to take a package of Bennett and brodie for something substantial we should do it before people realise that they've turned back into pumpkins already

Snuffleupagus · 02-02-2018, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Is this suppose to be a insult towards your City's mayor?? Libraries should be publicly funded. They do more to advance the overall health of humanity than a ####ing arena.

Comments like this show exactly why we need more libraries with good asthethics and up todate equipment.

You would be 100% correct if there was no such thing as the internet, people went there and the libraries are used as they are intended, I was in memorial park a couple of years ago on a weekday afternoon and I bet there was no more than 15 people in there. IMO we have plenty of public libraries to serve every area of the city and just about every school has one, this Nenshi $250 million super library is not only not needed it's just another project to waste tax dollars by the king of waste.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming:

Flames = suckage

Murph · 02-02-2018, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

You don't pull him after the 4-4 goal. It's a tie game and Rittich is cold and you're gonna throw the best offence at him?

You don't pull him after the 5-4 softy either. It's still a game that they could come back in. And you don't call the timeout there either. You're down 1, you need to bank it for the late surge.

This is not on GG tonight.

OR...

After the 4th goal, you recognize that a mentally fragile team has just blown a third period lead for a SIXTH straight game and that now might be a good time to call a timeout to re-focus. An OBVIOUS coaching opportunity was missed.

And anyone who thinks that leaving Smith in after the 5th goal was a good idea, well...