11-22-2019, 11:37 AM
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#221
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'm not as emotionally invested in this team as I would have been back in 1986. But I wonder what the internet would have been like if it existed back them when the Flames skidded for 11 games.
the Flames started with a 15-8-3 record and then went on a god awful skid, to the point where Badger Bob was waiving tickets around the dressing room asking who wants to go play in Moncton.
The last game was a 9-1 pummeling by the Whalers. I think that the only real change they made was to call up Vernon from Moncton.
I'd like to say relax, no big changes are coming, the worlds not ending and all of that stuff. Eventually things will even out.
Maybe we're going to the Stanley Cup finals this year like we did in 86.
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I agree with the sentiment and where your head is at (I also didn't know there was an 11 game slide in '86) - but isn't changing your starting goalie a pretty big change?
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11-22-2019, 11:37 AM
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#222
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Barnet - North London
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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
We're never gonna win a game again
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I don’t know, maybe score an away goal sometime and see where it goes from there.
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11-22-2019, 11:39 AM
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#223
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Franchise Player
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Breaking up the Tkachuk-Monahan-Mangiapane line for absolutely no reason defies logic.
He just had to swap out Backlund on the second line, move Lindholm to centre and audition players to play right wing until something clicked.
This is so obvious, fans are saying it, pundits are saying it, and I'm sure opposing teams are happy that the obvious move is not being done, making their jobs easier.
I tried not to get on Peters, but this is straight up stupid.
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11-22-2019, 11:43 AM
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#224
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Breaking up the Tkachuk-Monahan-Mangiapane line for absolutely no reason defies logic.
He just had to swap out Backlund on the second line, move Lindholm to centre and audition players to play right wing until something clicked.
This is so obvious, fans are saying it, pundits are saying it, and I'm sure opposing teams are happy that the obvious move is not being done, making their jobs easier.
I tried not to get on Peters, but this is straight up stupid.
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I agree, and I'm like you about not second guessing the coaching decisions that often. I thought, even with the loss of the lead, that the game against the Avs had more energy than for a long time, and the start was fine. And Tkachuk and Monahan had a little something going. You could put Dube there now.
I still maintain Gaudreau-Lindholm-Backlund could be a line. But Backlund on the wing and secondary faceoff guy.
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11-22-2019, 12:04 PM
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#225
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Split98
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That sucks to see. After all he's done on the ice since career day #1, he deserves the chance to help right this ship.
Might not feel like it right now, but it's gonna feel extra sweet once he breaks out of this funk.
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11-22-2019, 12:13 PM
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#226
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
That sucks to see. After all he's done on the ice since career day #1, he deserves the chance to help right this ship.
Might not feel like it right now, but it's gonna feel extra sweet once he breaks out of this funk.
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aside from it being an unnecessary Oiler trash tweet, I can't even figure out what's really wrong with that gif. there's tons of clips of players on the bench making weird faces out of context (hello Olli J) and this one doesn't even register on that scale. are we really supposed to be making conjectures about Johnny's off-ice life based on this?
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11-22-2019, 12:21 PM
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#227
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
aside from it being an unnecessary Oiler trash tweet, I can't even figure out what's really wrong with that gif. there's tons of clips of players on the bench making weird faces out of context (hello Olli J) and this one doesn't even register on that scale. are we really supposed to be making conjectures about Johnny's off-ice life based on this?
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Lol, is that what you took away from it?
It could be nothing, but in context... I don't think it's a stretch to think he's upset
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11-22-2019, 12:29 PM
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#228
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Looks like he's fighting off a burp to be honest.
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11-22-2019, 12:56 PM
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#229
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Norm!
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He had sex with Oilerz momma and now he's facing rabies shots.
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11-22-2019, 01:22 PM
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#230
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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11-22-2019, 02:20 PM
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#231
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First Line Centre
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I don't know whether it has been said or not, but I have been wondering whether Brodie's collapse and hospitalization has had a significant effect on the team's latest performance. I can see it being a shock to the players to witness such a thing. The slide happened soon after his collapse. Also with the close relationship between the Gio and Brodie, it may have had more of an affect on our Captain and his ability to lead.
Thankfully I see Brodie is now practicing and should play soon.
just a hunch
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11-22-2019, 02:22 PM
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#232
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
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Better than a concussion I guess. Hopefully no septum/breathing issues going forward.
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11-22-2019, 02:55 PM
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#233
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Dragomir
Tanking is exactly what this club needs for our rebuild. I’m optimistic!
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We still have more than 2/3 of the season left. Still too many games to count them out just yet. However, by January if things continue like this, yeah, might as well start the tanking.
I sure hope that if there's gonna be a fire sale and the team tanks, I hope they will tank properly this time around. This organization is just kidding themselves with that pride BS to prove that you don't need proper high draft picks to build the team up with the necessary quality talents.
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11-22-2019, 03:05 PM
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#234
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by jonkaupp
*points to an obvious outlier that has literally only ever happened once*
sEe eVeRyThInG iS fINe AcTuAlLy
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i never said that at all
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11-22-2019, 05:47 PM
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#235
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Breaking up the Tkachuk-Monahan-Mangiapane line for absolutely no reason defies logic.
He just had to swap out Backlund on the second line, move Lindholm to centre and audition players to play right wing until something clicked.
This is so obvious, fans are saying it, pundits are saying it, and I'm sure opposing teams are happy that the obvious move is not being done, making their jobs easier.
I tried not to get on Peters, but this is straight up stupid.
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The lines Peter's is putting out certainly isn't helping the cause. He's as much to blame for this along with the players.
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11-22-2019, 05:52 PM
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#236
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Edmonton,AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Looks like he's fighting off a burp to be honest.
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Trying not to throw up maybe every shot they showed of him on the bench last night after a shift he was hunched over looked exhausted
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11-22-2019, 05:53 PM
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#237
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'm not as emotionally invested in this team as I would have been back in 1986. But I wonder what the internet would have been like if it existed back them when the Flames skidded for 11 games.
the Flames started with a 15-8-3 record and then went on a god awful skid, to the point where Badger Bob was waiving tickets around the dressing room asking who wants to go play in Moncton.
The last game was a 9-1 pummeling by the Whalers. I think that the only real change they made was to call up Vernon from Moncton.
I'd like to say relax, no big changes are coming, the worlds not ending and all of that stuff. Eventually things will even out.
Maybe we're going to the Stanley Cup finals this year like we did in 86.
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While it’s true that some teams that do very poorly at the start of the season end up thriving, most teams that start out poorly end up continuing to do poorly.
Those are the odds. The outlier doesn’t disprove the usual.
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11-22-2019, 05:59 PM
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#238
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robo
Trying not to throw up maybe every shot they showed of him on the bench last night after a shift he was hunched over looked exhausted
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Or a touch of the flu or pending flu?
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11-22-2019, 09:11 PM
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#239
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Edmonton,AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redforever
Or a touch of the flu or pending flu?
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Hopefully not the mcflu
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11-22-2019, 10:01 PM
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#240
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Cobra
While it’s true that some teams that do very poorly at the start of the season end up thriving, most teams that start out poorly end up continuing to do poorly.
Those are the odds. The outlier doesn’t disprove the usual.
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Well, your premise is true, except you have to weigh in the fact that NONE of the Flames key players are even close to playing to their potential.
If they could remedy that serious problem.....lots of good things could happen in a hurry.
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