Flames play the Preds well in this building so it's either going to be a very close one goal game or a beatdown where following the game media and glass half full fans will be stating this could be their Pittsburgh game last season where they turned things around.
That's actually funny.
So people that state it's the turnaround are optimistic even if they use the word "could"?
Glad to see they are going back to normal lines ... I'm not stuck on the top line staying together but the ripple effect of change had Monahan stranded.
What I would like to see is more of the Bowman stuff from Peters like last year. Where's the go with your best nine forwards in the third period stuff this year?
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Glad to see they are going back to normal lines ... I'm not stuck on the top line staying together but the ripple effect of change had Monahan stranded.
What I would like to see is more of the Bowman stuff from Peters like last year. Where's the go with your best nine forwards in the third period stuff this year?
Not sure why it has to be this hard. Johnny and Mony together, stick Bennett on the RW.
Make Tkachuk and Lindholm a pairing. Put whoever on that RW, really doesn't matter.
Backs with Frolik. Doesn't matter who is on the LW.
Ryan with Mangiapane. Doesn't matter who is on the other wing.
Stick with those for 10 games.
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Meh, we weren't great with the original lines before; don't see the point in going back to them now. Would rather see a shuffling of the new lines, with the idea of centering them around pairs.
Need to build alternate player chemistry now, early in the season so we have options for later. We already know chemistry exists with the classic lines, and they aren't playing well at the moment.
3-1 Preds. I'm always wrong on these predictions, anyway, so why start being right now?
Nashville will shut down the top line.
Tkachuk will set up two tap ins that will be missed outright.
The third line will play well, create a lot of chances, and never shoot the puck.
The fourth line will play a strong, zero sum game.
The goaltending will be solid.
The defense will be entertaining.
Calgary wins 3-2 in a shootout, after two powerplay goals, and one called back.
All of these predictions are based on the same thing that the opposition sees every single night, with these lines, since the last AllStar break. Now everyone can concentrate on giving candy to strangers.
Not going to lie, feeling kind of glum.
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Three or four years ago the Flames and Predators played on Halloween night, but that time it was in Calgary. Fans were cheering Gaudreau for his sneaky bad angle shot that banked in off of the goalie. Now we see fans getting upset at him for trying it too much.
So people that state it's the turnaround are optimistic even if they use the word "could"?
That's not optimistic, its hopeful!
I just think it's pretty unrealistic to believe that history is going to repeat. The Flames run of very good hockey between the blowout loss to the Penguins last year and the all star break was more to do with a handful of players going on career scoring runs for a few months than it was anything to do with a light switch turning on and the team magically playing better.
I still hold out hope that this team can make the playoffs but I also realize this is not the same team that won the conference last season and there's some legitimate issues with the team so to me there's little to be gained from assuming that anything that happened last season is an indicator of what's ahead for this year's edition of the Flames.
