[PGT] Avs 3 Flames 2 on the brink

[zamler]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Most championship teams get taught a playoff lesson or two before winning.

It sucks to lose like this but maybe it’s a stepping stone.

Blowing up a 107 point team is never the answer.

30+ years is one hell of a lesson.

[Gaskal]

Incredible that Mikael Backlund is the overtime goat twice and this series is only 4 games deep.

A far cry from his 2015 OT goal against the Ducks.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by united

What is the minimum post-per-day count needed to become a Tier 1 fan worthy of offering opinions?

Well to start with you must live in Florida and cheer for the Panthers....

[Saint Troy]

It’s staggering how awful Gaudreau & Monahan have been, especially against a very average D core, no Prongers back there.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

The line up would look better is MonaPussy and JohnnyNoShow were in the press box

Can you please stop with this garbage? You've said it in numerous posts now. Please stop.

[Brodieyouevenlift]

Originally Posted by ASP#26525

Yeah... that sucked, and I'm super bummed too. But it's not over yet, and the unending negativity around here is getting so, so old. I REALLY hope those of you that said "I'm done" tonight are REALLY done because I'd love nothing more than to watch the last game(s) without your horrible negativity on the forum and at the Dome. It's a SPORTS TEAM, not the end of the freaking world. This is supposed to be FUN. I find myself wondering why some of you even watch. GFG!!

Wish I could share your optimism.. But it's over, it's been over since the Avs tied the game late in game 2. Hope everyone learned their lesson about getting excited for a Flames playoff run

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[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Amazed by the amount of people completely turning on Gaudreau.

I get the frustration but I don’t get turning on him the way people are.

Not saying it’s wrong, just amazed by the complete 180 of opinion of our top forward by so many.

Gaudreau is avoiding getting hit, and isn’t playing well as he avoids physical play. But he’s a special player, he needs more playoff built support on his line for his style of play to work. If I’m BT I look for more physical players with skill (like Stone would have been) to play with him next year, so that he doesn’t completely fade to nothing again in our next post season.

[Ashes]

As soon as Backlund took that penalty did ANYONE think the Avs weren't going to score? It seemed like the perfect excuse this team needed to choke the last few minutes away. Really believed we were going to dig deep and pull this one out and we all got punked again.

Lack of experience isn't the reason we're down 3-1, we just don't have enough gamers. Where's the urgency and desperation!? Deserved exactly what we got unfortunately

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by Angelino

Gaudreau would probably be happy to be traded to Philadelphia. Not sure who would come back in return though.

Gritty!

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Don't panic Flames.

The only good thing about being toast is the pointlessness of panicking.

[4X4]

MOD EDIT: No insults please.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by taxbuster

Don't disagree, if you only get 15. But the Flames had 37.

Shots were relatively even in periods 1, 2 and OT. Not so much in the 3rd when the Avs went on a storm. (Aided by two penalties.)

Didn't change the fact that the game was, until the end of 60 actually even. That would be a "good game". Sucks that they lost, for sure, but one doesn't throw out the baby with the bathwater "just because".

The play wasn't even at all Flames were owned all over the ice. Again.

[Since1984]

Can't....wait..to... Chant..... #### this league

[Winsor_Pilates]

as for the trade gaudreau talk: i don't think trading your best offensive player right now is the best move. try to get an upgrade on monahan and see how gaudreau does when he has a centre who can play in the defensive zone and carry the puck.

I'd be happy with this.
Johnny may perform better with a puck moving centre who could help with line posession.
But one of them has to go if this round continues as is.

But Johnny better at least get grounded or s good spanking by his parents, cause the baby needs to man up.

[Psytic]

Originally Posted by keenan87

Honestly,

I really hope Treliving realizes sooner than later to get rid of Gaudreau and Monahan. These are not players that you win with.

Also, Jankowsk is trash too. Get him off the team.

Its sad the Flames took this long to develop him into the second coming of Joe Colborne with worse hands.

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Most championship teams get taught a playoff lesson or two before winning.

It sucks to lose like this but maybe it’s a stepping stone.

Blowing up a 107 point team is never the answer.

This is a reasonable, rational post! I know we are disappointed but there isn't a guy in that dressing room that wants to lose!

[redforever]

Originally Posted by CSharp

In the good old Flames days in the late 80's with Mullen and Fleury, who are fairly small players. These guys get slashed and checked hard, but still go to the boards and the front of the net with bigger player twice their size. Frickin Gaudreau with so much skill wasted on wincing and avoiding checks in the attack zone. Once he stops being afraid and stop complaining about the oppositions slashing his hand and start going into the hard areas and start dumping in the puck, the better he'll actually become. Just tired of him being a little boy playing a big man's game. This team seems to have skillful but soft, fragile, players.

Fleury was absolutely fearless...unbelievable who he took on and how he agitated. For those who never saw him play in his prime, you missed a lot. He was a beauty, a rare blend of talent, tenacity, drive, and heart. Size was not a factor at all.

[Reign of Fire]

As much as I hated the officiating today, this Fleury tweet also rings true.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1118658440937660416

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Amazed by the amount of people completely turning on Gaudreau.

I get the frustration but I don’t get turning on him the way people are.

Not saying it’s wrong, just amazed by the complete 180 of opinion of our top forward by so many.

Fans are angry and its a reasonable thing, especially with high expectations. Its better to vent here then to go out and kick a dog into orbit and curse out a baby. So there's that.


He has to find a way to do more, that's on him, but he's not the only one, but he's going to be a focal point for anger.


I think even if these fans were to get into a room with him and resist screaming at him like a steroid overdosing version of my dad we'd see that he's probably just as embarrassed and frustrated as we are.


I'm old enough to remember that ugly playoff season in 1984 I think against the Oilers where the Flames got completely run over and humiliated, and that group of players had to take that beating and learn from it, that's what can happen at the start of your window.


Its how players like Johnny and Monahan learn and adjust between now and Friday and between whenever the season ends and next year.


Absolutely I think changes will happen in the off season if this trend continues on Friday but I doubt that Monahan and Gaudreau will be those players that are moved.

[JurassicTunga12]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

If one thing's for sure, it's that I spend more time following a sport and a team than I really should be. I let their success, something that I absolutely have zero control over, dictate much of my happiness.

I am a Flames fan and a moron.

You and me both.