Darren Haynes @DarrenWHaynes
Johnny Gaudreau leads the league in even-strength points (46). Tied for second is Nikita Kucherov and Connor McDavid (43). Gaudreau is tied with Alex Ovechkin and Jeff Skinner for the most even-strength goals (22).
He has 16 even strength goals in his last 25 games.
Alright, I'll say it...this team isn't picking first overall.
Rooh, you've failed us.
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I haven’t lost a GDT in weeks. Not my fault /shrug
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Rooh's got nothing on me, just you wait...
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2-18 gdt record...this won't be easy
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Delia is playing…
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Over that same span the PP is rolling at 28.6%
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We're gonna win this game. I'm 2 for 2 in games this season when I bet vcash, and I bet a lotta vcash tonight.
Sorry Rooh.
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rooh must be loving this from strome.
6 Points Out
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I'm fully expecting to lose this one. Lately we're only allowed to win against the Central.
And of course Pittsburgh.
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F the wild card, we're getting that 3 spot from the Avs
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If we can pull out a win here we’ll be 4 points out of the dance! Come on boys!!!
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We won’t be there- so I hope you win the Cup this year Flames.
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Just tell me that Giordano visited Giordano's while he was here.
...and ideally that someone took a picture.
Like Mike
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Frolík Navidad
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Original Kruger. Loved him and his styke while he played here. Hes had a nice career since moving on.
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Having him AND Krueger at the same time was incredible. 2013 cup doesn’t happen without them IMO.
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Love Frolik... if i saw a cardboard box taped up and it said Grinder on it... Michael Frolik would pop out....
Giveaway Machine Gun
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I will pour a good drink when Seabrook is no longer dressing for the Hawks. He's a liability every time he touches the ice.
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Don't deprive yourself a good drink for so long. You deserve better than that... just like we deserve better than seeing Seabrook playing more than 12 min a night.
Pour a good drink BECAUSE he's dressing every night.
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Seabrook has 3 turnovers by my count. 4 minutes in
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It's unreal how quickly he lost his ability to be an NHL player.
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Like he went from a top pairing to a bottom pairing within a calender year or so
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Jesus Seabrook
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Yes. And while we are discussing him, he ices the puck again?
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Seabrook is just lost it’s amazing how fast he went down hill. Almost sad because you could see it coming before that contract just not this fast
Johnny Hockey, Gelinas Game 6 goal
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Delia will eventually learn... Nhl players are smarter and faster than in the AHL. But he's got the skill. Defense should've helped him out there. Johnny was waiting for that...
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I feel like he models his play on that side of the ice after Kane
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I appreciated the Strome diving attempt though - that’s.. something, right?
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What a mess we are defensively
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Well ####
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Nothing Delia could do. Three Flames on his doorstep.
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Strome givith, Strome taketh away
Ditched DJ
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I wonder if our DJ is over his breakup, last home game he was playing some Sad Bastard music.
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He goes through phases, had two games full of Pantera after we went to Dallas
The Chicago Curse
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edzo: "we've had too many posts here in chicago the past 24 hours..."
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GOD ####ING DAMMIT EDZO
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Please stop with the post puns
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as a non bears fan, I was ####ing dying at the double post. I thought it went in at first! the ending to that game - including philly's TD and 2 point conversion - was just bat####
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Post hit. Triggered.
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At least it wasn't a double ping.
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Progress?
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Oh good we're still making post jokes.
...I think it's still sinking in that I'm going to think about that immediately after every post shot for years now
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Chicago and uprights: name a more iconic duo
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Summing up 1st period in Hawks game:
Kane fails to cover his check and leaves Gaudreau open to go to net and score...
Later Kane mitigates his lazy coverage and scores to even it up ...
Others: Toews is coasting mode ...no energy seen. Almost was a 2nd CGY goal shortly after their first goal because Toes lolligaggibg in not cover g the middle and they go right to net..
Seabrook...well we won"the go there.
Keith takes shot...blocked ...what else is expected?
We had several shots from the high middle point (blueline) that of course get blocked by their clog..this is because their D and forwards blocks shots and we do not ..
We have up too many shots on goal for a period = 16 ...
Too many free passes allowed right to our net ...they like cutting their C's right across the middle slot..we have no clue how to defend it and the havoc of loose picks in the slit it creates... Too easy for them to get chances off this.. we do not clog well.
Angry Birds
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THANK YOU DELIA #### james neal
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****ing Tkachuk. Such a rat.
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'member Sam Bennett 4th overall has to be a rat to stay in the league? I remember.
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Bennett is a *****
Best Buddies Playing Catch
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Seabrook to Keith to Seabrook to Keith
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Keith and Seabrook refusing to switch sides for some reason. As a result they waste 30 seconds of the PP playing catch. How can guys that have played hockey so long be so clueless?
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About 3 too many passes there
Papa Kaner
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"That's my boy"
-Random dude near glass
Man Turns around to say
"actually thats' MY boy"
-Patty Kanes' dad
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Kaner giving his parents the woooo face was super cute
Tkachuk to Mony to tie it up
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****ing horrid
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Not a damn thing Delia is gonna do on that one.
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WTF is Murph supposed to do there? Can't cover 2 guys.
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Playing rope a dope in your own zone
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Of course they scored. Bummer. Anyway it was so easy for Flames to enter the zone, Kruger and Saad and 2 defenders all standing by blue circles. Why not meet puck carrier near the line. That PK was not played well.
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Atta boy hawks, keep taking pims and that’s what happens, now stay out of the box for **** sakes
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I wish we had Monahan. Exactly what this team needs around the net.
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Toews Jr... which was ironically his draft comp coming out.
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Wonder how many goals Sean Monahan has against us, feels like he scores at least one per meeting.
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He's got 12 goals and 18 points in 18 games vs the Hawks
Johnny Hockey on a break yet again
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Still amazed Gaudreau fell to the 4th round. What a steal.
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Welp
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Rip that line change
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Woah, Johnny Hockey has 26 goals already this season. What a home run of a draft pick for Calgary.
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Never going to fault a goalie for a breakaway against one of the better scorers in the nhl.
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That was all miscommunication. Johnny's gonna' capitalize on those.
The Great Wall of Delia
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How tf are we only down one goal
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Delia
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true
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Delia is good
I just assume he’s going to stop everything. I was actually surprised he didn’t stop Gaudreau on the breakaway… and that’s not fair to Mr. Delia. My apologies.
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Team has just stopped playing defense. Flames are getting tons of great looks untouched in the slot.
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I seriously don't understand how Delia is able to make all these saves.
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That last double save made my groin hurt
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Barely. Delia is the reason thy don’t have 10 on the board.
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Delia going full Hasek
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The difference I see is that when CGY generates grade A open in the slot at the net chances,I expect them tons core. ..Delia has given us a chance by kerning score down to just 3 against ..When we generate a golden chance on their net...I am shocked if we score..I do not eXpect it. ..
And we botch a 2 on 1...again!
Score should be 8-3 CGY ...looks like Delia's heavy workload going to waste al ..
Hathaway into the EN
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Anisimov what the hell was that
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Shaft and Delia proved to be no match for #AUTHENTICFANROOH
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That goal is on Saad, he should have covered the point just a play were Saad is not thinking
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Seriously that was insane. Passing it around in their zone on the PP with less than 2 mins to go. How do you not pull Delia then?
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Pull the ####ing goalie when you had total zone control, not when you are just entering the zone. What kind of stupid ####ing call was that?
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Why tf didnt he pass it to Kane
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Anisimovs brain turned into a potato.
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Anisimov still needs to go in the locker room
Most Valuable Wife
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I didn't watch any of the Hawks-Flames game...predictable outcome there. I see they got to face yet another backup goalie and Chicago got the Oilers treatment with a power play in garbage time.
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My Wife is a Flames fan so I watched the 3rd period with her. He was lights out.
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Their back up goalie played phenomenal. Could have been 6-3 easy.
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Calgary is winning the cup aren't they
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No, please no. It's hard enough to watch my son wear a Flames Jersey because I live in Calgary. I couldn't handle a Flames Stanley Cup living in this town. Honestly, I don't think we have any worries of that happening.
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Nah.
They'll be lucky to get out of the first round (again). The physicality ramps up and Moanahan and Johnny Shakey disappear. As I said a few days ago, in the regular season, everyone lets Shakey razzle-dazzle, but different story come playoffs (see Anaheim in 2015 and 2017) They have a bunch of pretend tough guys like Bennett, Tkachuck & Hathaway...none of them really scare anyone. I still think Vegas eventually passes them and takes the division. They'll play the Sharks and the Sharks will take them out in 6 at the most.
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Maybe
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They'll be lucky to get out of the first round (again). The physicality ramps up and Moanahan and Johnny Shakey disappear. As I said a few days ago, in the regular season, everyone lets Shakey razzle-dazzle, but different story come playoffs (see Anaheim in 2015 and 2017) They have a bunch of pretend tough guys like Bennett, Tkachuck & Hathaway...none of them really scare anyone. I still think Vegas eventually passes them and takes the division. They'll play the Sharks and the Sharks will take them out in 6 at the most.
(courtesy Zamler)
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Really surprised there was nothing juicy on Strome's three dumb penalties in a row.
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Man what's the deal with Oilers fans complaining about the goalies we face?
They are no good.
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Can't believe no TV analyst has the balls to call Gaudreau the best player in the NHL right now. Cuz he is losers!!!!
Credit where credit is due: TSN anchor Nabil Karim called Gaudreau the favourite for the Hart trophy and Jamie Mclennan agreed with him. First two I have heard... awesome
We haven't had a PPG player like him in a while... and have we ever had 3 following closely behind?
Rittich was great in the 2nd, but the book is out to shoot corners. Will be interesting to see how he learns from tonight, as outside of those he was solid. Those are goals we'd roast Smith for though (and did), so this is a huge test for him as a starter.
Having Chicago's number is a very good feeling.
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Credit where credit is due: TSN anchor Nabil Karim called Gaudreau the favourite for the Hart trophy and Jamie Mclennan agreed with him. First two I have heard... awesome
I think you'll find that Press Level is referring to the 30 years since 1989. There was no ‘major suck’ before that. In the 80s, the Flames were actually well above average in playoff performance. They made the semifinals three times, the Cup finals twice, and were one of only four teams to win it all in that decade.
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Hawks look like their scouting report on BSD was to go high shoulder from tough angles.
And they scored 2 doing it.
That needs to be corrected asap.
I too identified this as a possible book, but his posture looks like it gives him a better ability to slide across the net without giving up the five-hole if the player decides to cut across. Maybe it's actually correct to play this way, and force the shooters to make a tougher shot? He might actually be playing the percentages correctly here. Then again, he might not.
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How does Nashville lose 6 straight and still have 55 pts
They have cushion for Winnipeg's pushin'.
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Credit where credit is due: TSN anchor Nabil Karim called Gaudreau the favourite for the Hart trophy and Jamie Mclennan agreed with him. First two I have heard... awesome
Even more surprising was that TSN showed the Flames highlights BEFORE the Leafs tonight. That almost never happens. Good times for this team right now.
I've noticed that with the latest changes to goalie equipment, the five-hole has once again become a bit of a vulnerable spot. I think you're right about Rittich's posture.
Excellent. Please help me understand what you have noticed about the latest changes and their impact on five hole as more vulnerable.
Pad height rule change was 2011. Pants Feb 2017. Chest protectors this year.
I am so interested. Maybe point out some specific goalies and feel free to grab some YouTube highlights. You are on to something very interesting.
