re: staring down the defense. Did he really do this? I didn’t see it.
Post game, with Rick and Cassie talking and showing his lowlights, they had the first goal and let it runs bunch of seconds after the puck went in he's got his head cocked in Brodie's direction the whole time.
The Flames have the best winning % in the entire league since he took over
There's a difference between playing good hockey and getting great results and playing poor hockey and still somehow getting great results.
If we just focus solely on the record, you lose sight of the big picture. It's like when average players put up amazing statistics one year but everyone knows it was a statistical anomaly and he falls back in line with what his metrics actually say his value is worth is the following season.
You don't put your complete faith in a coach who has his team playing legitimately poor hockey just because his record looks good. Otherwise, you make the mistake that a lot of fans made the year the Flames made the 2nd round under Hartley. The majority of the hockey community knew that was pure luck and expected a massive regression the following season because we way outperformed our metrics but some people thought just because we made the 2nd round that we were due for even a better result the following year.
You can even see it happening already... we started out with 7 straight wins under Ward despite poor play but are now 2-4-1 in our last 7 because our poor play continued and it's already catching up to us
There's a difference between playing good hockey and getting great results and playing poor hockey and still somehow getting great results.
If we just focus solely on the record, you lose sight of the big picture. It's like when average players put up amazing statistics one year but everyone knows it was a statistical anomaly and he falls back in line with what his metrics actually say his value is worth is the following season.
You don't put your complete faith in a coach who has his team playing legitimately poor hockey just because his record looks good. Otherwise, you make the mistake that a lot of fans made the year the Flames made the 2nd round under Hartley. The majority of the hockey community knew that was pure luck and expected a massive regression the following season because we way outperformed our metrics but some people thought just because we made the 2nd round that we were due for even a better result the following year
You say the same ####ing thing every time the team loses...or gets scored on. We get it
Team lost this game largely because of the beer league goal tending, put that on the coach if you want
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Post game, with Rick and Cassie talking and showing his lowlights, they had the first goal and let it runs bunch of seconds after the puck went in he's got his head cocked in Brodie's direction the whole time.
Numerous times he's done this, this year.
I have gotten the impression they like playing in front of the guy. Guess I will watch for this but is it also possible you’re reading too much into where he’s looking? He seems kind of happy go lucky.
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Looks like whenever I put Monahan retro jersey we suck in the suckiest possible way. Coincidence? Sign from above?
The game was painful to watch. 4th line should be all fired; I don't even know why these three guys get dressed for the game; they might as well skate in their suits. And Backlund couldn't handle a single pass tonight, neither giving it nor receiving it...
Screw it. Single malt is the answer.
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What a let down of a game after blowing out the no good just 2 days ago on the road.
Bump Backlund to #3C and move Dube up to RW with #13 and #23. Move Ryan to #4C and never play Jankowski ever again.
Embarrassed that Kipper had to watch that live tonight.
Flames need a top 6 forward, as BT has been looking at over the past 9 months to acquire. Otherwise you will have a top line and little else. Backlund has to get off the top line.
Importantly like GG's teams, they need the lead in games or they turn into pumpkins. Ward isnt able or willing to make adjustments, or get the extra gear out of players in the third. Peters could,Hartley, for all his faults,could.
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It was definitely brutal but I think you are forgetting the junk that was allowed to go in by Mike Smith last year. Very comparable but on numerous occasions.
Nah I'm factoring in Smith's goals as well as Elliot's. One of Smith's that was bad he was hurt on. All of the other bad ones had an element of surprise to them, shooting from an odd angle, a flyby or something. This one was a shot from 40 feet, no screen, not a hard shot, a shot meant to get a faceoff and a change.
Yeesh, this board is so bipolar sometimes. They laid an egg, which, if you're going to play a bad game (and you are every once in a while), you might as well do it on the night where the goalie forgets how to stop a puck rather than waste an effort. Pretty tough to come back from those two early ones.
Everyone go watch the highlights of the Oilers game again and go to sleep.
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Yeesh, this board is so bipolar sometimes. They laid an egg, which, if you're going to play a bad game (and you are every once in a while), you might as well do it on the night where the goalie forgets how to stop a puck rather than waste an effort. Pretty tough to come back from those two early ones.
Everyone go watch the highlights of the Oilers game again and go to sleep.
The Oilers aren't a measuring stick for success.
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You say the same ####ing thing every time the team loses...or gets scored on. We get it
Team lost this game largely because of the beer league goal tending, put that on the coach if you want
For the most part this season the Flames have had average to good goaltending, Maybe its just an average team with average coaching and average goaltending.
I have gotten the impression they like playing in front of the guy. Guess I will watch for this but is it also possible you’re reading too much into where he’s looking? He seems kind of happy go lucky.
45 second mark or so it starts, to prevent one having to watch more highlights than you really want of tonight's game.
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Did you have a good laugh about how the Oilers were terrible and uncompetitive against the Flames two nights ago? Because that was the Flames level tonight and all the homer love in the world won't change that.
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