[PGT] Lucic, Hanifin, Rittich dominate Sharks en route to 6-2 W

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by AC

I love his interviews.

He admits that he replaced Lindholm for the faceoff to "deal with the situation". Asked about the chatter on the ice prior to that, jokes about how there was a "little bit until I stepped on the ice, then it all went quiet".

Eric Francis then again tried to assert that he was only out there with Monahan and Gaudreau by mistake for some reason, despite the fact that Rinaldo clearly replaced Lindholm specifically because of Kane's chirping.

Sad that Rinaldo has better finish than Bennett.
Sad that Francis still appears on our TV...

[N-E-B]

I wouldn’t be upset to give Rinaldo an extension for another year or two (obviously at a very low price). I’ve really grown to like the guy. He’s the perfect player to rotate in and out of the lineup.

[Flames89]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

https://twitter.com/user/status/1227125736831500288

Thanks. Rinaldo’s interviews are some of the best.

[Roof-Daddy]

Moar wins plz

[WhiteTiger]

Well, this was quite pleasant to wake up to. Way to go, Flames!

[cam_wmh]

I watched the extended highlights, and unfortunately didn’t catch any rough stuff.

What were the Kane antics?

[BigRed]

Who needs Sam Bennett when we have Zac Rinaldo?


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[Hackey]

Lucic 3 pts? Jankowski 2 pts? Backlund 2 pts? Feel like I'm dreaming.

[Split98]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

I watched the extended highlights, and unfortunately didn’t catch any rough stuff.

What were the Kane antics?

All talk and very little action from him. He gave a little wave to the bench just to be scored on that shift

[Lil Pedro]

Didn't miss Sam Bennett for a second last night

[HitterD]

Originally Posted by Hackey

Lucic 3 pts? Jankowski 2 pts? Backlund 2 pts? Feel like I'm dreaming.

On Backlund, I was surprised to see that he has 28 points on the season and is now Calgary’s 5th highest point getter, like really surprised

With 5 points in his last 3 games, Backlund now has 11 points in his past 15 (since Jan 2)- a 60 point pace.

What a quiet turnaround in a season I would have considered a giant slump.

[Huntingwhale]

Spoiler!

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Good job team!

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by Lil Pedro

Didn't miss Sam Bennett for a second last night

Well, didn't miss Giordano either....

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Split98

All talk and very little action from him. He gave a little wave to the bench just to be scored on that shift

It was a "chirp" motion with his hand. And a lot of whining about calls.

[EastCoastFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Bonded

When is the last back to back 6-2 wins?

Was this answered yet? If not, here you go:

92-93 Season (Rows 17 and 18), https://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...r_by=date_game

[Robbob]

I really couldn't understand how they could be complaining about some pretty blatant penalties. It was like a scene from Slapshot. Honestly, SJ should be the last team to be bitching about officiating after the solid the refs gave them in the playoffs vs Vegas.

[SeeGeeWhy]

Originally Posted by calgaryfox

Wtf?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Robbob

I really couldn't understand how they could be complaining about some pretty blatant penalties. It was like a scene from Slapshot. Honestly, SJ should be the last team to be bitching about officiating after the solid the refs gave them in the playoffs vs Vegas.

They were claiming dives which is stupid. Like Tkachuk is going to dive instead of skating ahead for a break with the puck. Like Gaudreau is going down instead of getting the puck in a great position behind the net.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

I wouldn’t be upset to give Rinaldo an extension for another year or two (obviously at a very low price). I’ve really grown to like the guy. He’s the perfect player to rotate in and out of the lineup.

He's the perfect 13th/14th forward.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Yelesin could be worse but who knows? Maybe he's better. A lot of great teams didn't come together until they called guys up and let them play. Even last year's Flames were beneficiaries of the opportuntieis Kylington, Czarnik, Mangiapane, Rittich, Quine, and a few others were being given (and then that got cut down hard after the all star break)

I'm with you in that you shouldn't overplay a guy because of what he was able to do five years ago. Distribute minutes based on actual performance, not experience and your irrational fear of playing other guys.

In a perfect world every player is slotted based on their performance not based on their name recognition. But we don't have the luxury of a coach like Laviolette or Sullivan who operate that way.

There so much assumption and false premise in this post.

First, we are talking about right now, and whether a cheaper contract on the third pairing is better. The answer is that the contract salary is irrelevant. Ice the best team.

Second, the assumption that Yelesin (or anyone) is being kept on the farm over Hamonic because of Hamonic's name and past performance is ridiculous. You have it in for Hamonic, but he is still a very good defenceman when you look at his play in isolation. He makes good defensive plays all the time, which go unnoticed. His only problem, IMO, is a mismatch with Hanifin.

Third, this is a coaching staff that hasn't hesitated to play a second year guy in Andersson on the first pairing. They've put Brodie on the third pairing before. They've put higher paid forwards on the third and fourth lines. Yelesin is a guy with 4 points in Stockton. He plays a fairly physical game but so do guys with more experience, like Hamonic. He's not being barred by Hamonic because of name recognition.

You don't switch Hamonic with Yelesin (or Stone or Davidson) at this point because Hamonic makes too much for the third pairing. He's on a one way contract - he costs the same either way. If they play better than him, fine, but I don't see it happening. Plus, if he was on the third pairing, he'd only be playing behind one guy making less than him - Rasmus. And that guy is (a) on an ELC, which happens all the time and (b) going to make more next year than Hamonic makes now, so that's what management thinks of his status.