[GDT] There is a game tonight, it's at 7pm, it's a home game and it's against the Minnesot-

[Snuffleupagus]

Boudreau is an arse, Under his leadership Gaudreau will be roughed up every shift, we need as much sandpaper in the lineup as possible.

[crapshoot]

Czarnik must be wondering what more he has to do to stay in the lineup. I understand the reasoning behind putting Lomberg in, but I'd rather see Czarnik getting another shot.

[transplant99]

Flames are 26-10-3-5 all time at the dome against the Wild.

Good trends.

[Kovaz]

Not a fan of Lomberg drawing in over Czarnik. There's just not enough puck skill between Lomberg and Hathaway if they're on the ice together. I like Hathaway when he's clearly the third most skilled player and he can just put his head down and grind and rely on his linemates to make plays. As soon as he starts trying to make plays on his own he gets into trouble.

Excited to see how the Jankowski-Neal combo works. I think Neal has been at his most effective when he's shielding the puck and cycling down low, but you need at least 2 guys with big bodies to make that play style work. Janko-Jagr was impossible to deal with at times last year when Jagr was still healthy, and now that Jankowski's playing better I've got high hopes they can recreate that. Out of our smaller players I give Mangiapane a small edge in terms of down-low puck battles so hopefully he finds success with that kind of style, but I think Janko-Neal chemistry could be the thing that gives us a 3rd line that can score.

[GioforPM]

Thread title reminds me of the Blues Brothers:

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Flames are 26-10-3-5 all time at the dome against the Wild.

Good trends.

Their start at the Saddledome was quite tepid, but since the Washington shootout loss the Flames have a 6-1-1 record in Calgary, outscoring their opponents 37–23 in November.

[Karl]

Originally Posted by Kovaz

Not a fan of Lomberg drawing in over Czarnik. There's just not enough puck skill between Lomberg and Hathaway if they're on the ice together. I like Hathaway when he's clearly the third most skilled player and he can just put his head down and grind and rely on his linemates to make plays. As soon as he starts trying to make plays on his own he gets into trouble.

Excited to see how the Jankowski-Neal combo works. I think Neal has been at his most effective when he's shielding the puck and cycling down low, but you need at least 2 guys with big bodies to make that play style work. Janko-Jagr was impossible to deal with at times last year when Jagr was still healthy, and now that Jankowski's playing better I've got high hopes they can recreate that. Out of our smaller players I give Mangiapane a small edge in terms of down-low puck battles so hopefully he finds success with that kind of style, but I think Janko-Neal chemistry could be the thing that gives us a 3rd line that can score.

Agree with the bolded.

[Jore]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Boudreau is an arse, Under his leadership Gaudreau will be roughed up every shift, we need as much sandpaper in the lineup as possible.

isn't that the point of hathaway? i don't see any benefit in dressing two players without nhl level skills between the two of them

[The Boy Wonder]

Don't like starting smith tonight... It's not like he came in and played lights out on tuesday.

Rittich should get the opportunity to show that he can bounce right back form a bad start.

[jessnuts]

Thread title brought to you by the twitter account of Boring Flash Walkahan

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Kovaz

Not a fan of Lomberg drawing in over Czarnik. There's just not enough puck skill between Lomberg and Hathaway if they're on the ice together. I like Hathaway when he's clearly the third most skilled player and he can just put his head down and grind and rely on his linemates to make plays. As soon as he starts trying to make plays on his own he gets into trouble.

Excited to see how the Jankowski-Neal combo works. I think Neal has been at his most effective when he's shielding the puck and cycling down low, but you need at least 2 guys with big bodies to make that play style work. Janko-Jagr was impossible to deal with at times last year when Jagr was still healthy, and now that Jankowski's playing better I've got high hopes they can recreate that. Out of our smaller players I give Mangiapane a small edge in terms of down-low puck battles so hopefully he finds success with that kind of style, but I think Janko-Neal chemistry could be the thing that gives us a 3rd line that can score.

I would like to see Janko with Neal for an extended period. I think he has more offensive jam than Ryan and if Neal is actually going to get going he needs to play with guys who can feed him the puck. I think Janko can be that guy, before the last two seasons Janko was always projected to be more of a playmaker than a goalscorer anyway. Janko is on pace for more than 30 points with almsot no PP time and playing with stonehand linemates. I could see him over 40 points if he can find some chemistry with Neal.

[8sPOT]

Originally Posted by crapshoot

Czarnik must be wondering what more he has to do to stay in the lineup. I understand the reasoning behind putting Lomberg in, but I'd rather see Czarnik getting another shot.

Disagree. I bet he knows exactly what he needs to do as Bill Peters strikes me as a no nonsense type guy who likely was very frank with Czarnik about being scratched.

Anyways, Lomberg in makes total sense. The Wild under Boudreau play a rough and borderline dirty game. Lomberg > Czarnik every day in those types of games. For me at least.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by crapshoot

Czarnik must be wondering what more he has to do to stay in the lineup. I understand the reasoning behind putting Lomberg in, but I'd rather see Czarnik getting another shot.

I bet any discussion he had with coach went something like this:

"You're sitting. You scored and that's good but you are much much better than what you have shown us. Prove to us that you can score when the goalies are actually stopping pucks and be a better difference maker when you're not scoring and you'll be in the lineup more often.You can do it. Show us in the next practice that you deserve to be in for the next game."

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Don't like starting smith tonight... It's not like he came in and played lights out on tuesday.

Rittich should get the opportunity to show that he can bounce right back form a bad start.

The response from numerous posters to the goaltending situation continues to entertain: Smith wins four-straight starts and there are still complaints that he has not "played lights out." Rittich was pulled in his last start and lost his previous two—a string of three starts in six games—and yet "should get the opportunity to show that he can bounce back."

[Robbob]

what happened to the win and you are in crowd?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Robbob

what happened to the win and you are in crowd?

Smith won, so that's an exception to the theory.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Robbob

what happened to the win and you are in crowd?

Rittich lost.

[rain_e]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

The response from numerous posters to the goaltending situation continues to entertain: Smith wins four-straight starts and there are still complaints that he has not "played lights out." Rittich was pulled in his last start and lost his previous two—a string of three starts in six games—and yet "should get the opportunity to show that he can bounce back."

You should know by now 75% of the people here just rag on the same people over and over (Bennett, Neal, and Smith). It's kind of like what Oilers fans do to their players until they drive them out of town. Good thing they don't send them off like they do in Edmonton (Shultz, Eberle, Hall...)

[DJones]

Can't complain about Smith. He's been alright.

Agree that Hathaway and Lomberg together seems redundant. Don't mind one of them but would much rather someone else in.

[GioforPM]

I imagine the style of play might change Peters' mind too. Smith is good at dump and chase interception. CBJ were a cycling team but they had a much harder time when Smith could get the puck up ice quickly, or make a good pass to the opposite side D-man.

I haven't followed Minnie much lately but they used to dump and chase.