[PGT] Flames win 3-2 in Chicago!

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Why didn't Bennett get an assist here:



?

Neal passed it to Ryan, over to Hanifin, and back to Ryan.

Ryan from Hanifin and Neal.

[cannon7]

Hamonic smashed that helmet of his into the ground after the Kunitz elbow. I wonder if that was just frustration, or if the helmet made things worse?

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Hamonic smashed that helmet of his into the ground after the Kunitz elbow. I wonder if that was just frustration, or if the helmet made things worse?

Almost certainly frustration. He smashed his stick into the roof of the tunnel as well.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Neal passed it to Ryan, over to Hanifin, and back to Ryan.

Ryan from Hanifin and Neal.

Doh. It took me three watches to see Neal touching the puck. I thought it was Bennett to Ryan to Hanifin to Ryan.

[Textcritic]

I am just happy to see some production from the second unit.


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[JackIsBack]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Almost certainly frustration. He smashed his stick into the roof of the tunnel as well.

I think he smashed his stick because the concussion spotter took him out of the game - I could be wrong though.

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by JackIsBack

I think he smashed his stick because the concussion spotter took him out of the game - I could be wrong though.

I think it's more of a 'I can't believe I hurt my face again' type of thing. He's taken so much damage this year

[jlh2640]

Huge win, happy for Mike Smith !

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by UKflames

Without Crawford the flames would have been up 3-4 goals after the first. So wanted Neal to score when he drove the net through the hawks D. These are the games we used to lose, so pleased to see the win.

With the way the 3rd period went, a lot of people are forgetting that. Crawford was in God-mode in the first period, and the Flames could easily have blown them out before they ever got going.

It was a very entertaining game, and the Flames were sloppy defensively. But for the most part, they played well, and were dominant.

It was also great that, when needed, Smith was HUGE.

A good team can't become a great team without solid goaltending - every team will have stretches where they the other team is in control and getting chances.

[CroFlames]

I think Peter Maher once said that you truly see what a team is from games 20 to 40. Games 1-20 isn't a good indicator.



Seven games into the true test period and I really like what I see from Peters. He's either pushing the right buttons or the team is just gelling like they similar to the mid 00s.



Gio has been an absolute beast and has to be the Norris front runner.



Johnny and Mony have been good, but as expected.


Lindholm has been a revelation and an amazing addition.



Hopefully things keep rolling here and the Flames keep collecting points. I almost hate being this optimistic haha.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by icarus

Almost forgot the team is without Frolik, Valimaki and Stone. Great depth at the moment.

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What I’ve been most impressed with so far this season has been how we’ve been able to call up and insert so many rookies into the lineup and how they’ve all been able to make positive contributions.

[stemit14]

I thought Eat Bread looked fantastic last night. He easily could have had 2 or 3 points. Hopefully he gets rewarded with at least a goal next game.


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[Bingo]

Originally Posted by megatron

I just finishing watching the game.

I think part of the issue is that Flames have been dominating teams of late (a few blowouts and against weaker teams), so when a team pushes back it looks like they're playing sloppy.

I thought the Flames basically dominated/played even for 75-80% of game. All 4 lines had dominate shifts, the PP scored twice and PK was fine. When there were breakdowns (breakaways), Smith bailed out the team -- which he hasn't done very much this year.

Hamonic, Ryan, Bennett, Neal and Smith stood out for me. Flames should be beating the lesser teams in the league which they are doing this year, so I'm happy.

Go Flames Go!

And I think that's key.

As fans we all assume "our team" is in charge of everything. When they dominate it's because they are good, when they don't it's because they took their foot off the gas.

The other team has a say in things.

Having said that I liked that Monahan mentioned they were cheating after the first. Things were going so well they all started leaning offensively to get their points and it went the other way.

We saw that in the first. We saw it in the second after the five minute penalty, and we saw it again in the third with the late push by Chicago.

The next step for this team is to play the game that is front of them ... when the other team is on the ropes go throat but don't cheat offensively when the other team is pushing.

Does anyone know who Hamonic had in the dad's box?

[SebC]

Originally Posted by soulchoice

Can someone enlighten me on why a post like this needs to have a view/open button? Why not just make it a regular post as other gifs?

Well, now you know, but that does not make you enlightened.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Not mentioned much, but I got a kick out of the Tkachuk / linesmen situation about 3 minutes in

Gets tangled up with a Hawk and takes out linesman 1 off the draw.

The play is whistled down and they have another face off. Linesman 1, who fell on his shoulder, switches with linesman 2.

Linesman 2 drops the puck and Tkachuk, following the play, immediately clips his skate and takes him out too.

What are the odds?

All your linesmen belong to Chucky!

That was hilarious!

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

Great game. Smith was damn good tonight, especially considering all the 5-alarm saves he was tasked with. I think unquestionably Smith has gotten better over his last outings, and if regains his form than this team is going to be outright deadly this season. Really great to see.


Hamonic is a warrior. Broken nose smorken nose. He still plays hard and even gets down to block shots. He battles. He makes others look at him and feel ashamed for not battling as hard, so they start battling harder too. Love Hamonic.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Does anyone know who Hamonic had in the dad's box?

I was wondering that as well, they said his name but I didn't catch it. Maybe his father-in-law?

[Brick]

Any word on if Kunitz gets a suspension for the vicious elbow to the head of Travis Hamonic?

He certainly should.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by DynamRyan

I was at this game with my Dad!!! Was 9 years old. The whistle had already gone for offside but I don’t think Higuita had heard it. It was pretty amazing, and glad they were televising that friendly, or it just wouldn’t exist in preserved form. No instant replay video screens back then at Wembley, either. /segueover.

Good win, sloppy defensive play, even though they dominated the game for a good while out the traps. Will need to tighten that up or they’ll get run around by Columbus. I have faith they will, though.


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It looks like he did know it was offside and just decided to make a circus save. He easily could have saved it with his hands if he played it normally.

[TheIronMaiden]

Mangiapane played fewer than 9 minutes but I was impressed by his compete level. He had 3 shots, but one of them looked real good. I say keep him in for another game.