[GT] Christmas in July: the Battle of Alberta

[ComixZone]

It makes me so mad that yet again Bennett, Andersson and Rinaldo are the only three players who play with emotion.

[IrishSpring2013]

And weeks pass, and months pass
Seasons fly
Still you don't walk through the door
And in a haze
I count the silent days
Till I see you score once more.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Icon

Catching up on the shot clock, but probably not on scoring chances

I'd love to be able to see the shot clock, or you know... the scoreboard.

[Nelson]

Originally Posted by Icon

Catching up on the shot clock, but probably not on scoring chances

Natural Stat Trick actually has the teams pretty equal in even strength scoring chances right now. But I think the Oilers have had about a billion chances on the PP.

[Icon]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

It makes me so mad that yet again Bennett, Andersson and Rinaldo are the only three players who play with emotion.

I think Dube's been going pretty hard

[direwolf]

Flames have been better in this period, but good grief, they really don't inspire a lot of confidence going into the Winnipeg series. Unless our star players can learn how to show up and actually earn their paychecks, it's gonna be a very disappointing summer.

[Toonage]

Very close on that redirect!

[SeanCharles]

Originally Posted by activeStick

I'd prefer to keep Mangiapane with Tkachuk and Bennett far away from Dube. Dube is developing nicely.

Bennett and Dube seemingly have some chemistry.


I know Bennett gets criticism and in some cases rightly so but come on.

I’ve seen the way they play together and it makes me frustrated they don’t try and build on it.

[AC]

Great pass by Brodie for that Backlund chance.

[Bonded]

First line still looks lost which isn't great.

[Manhattanboy]

Backlund with the (lack of) finish.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

The top line has not been very noticeable, which bodes rather poorly for the games that matter.

[Hockey-and_stuff]

Rasmus is throwing good hits every shift. He's ready for the play-in.

[Jethro Choicebro]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Flames have been better in this period, but good grief, they really don't inspire a lot of confidence going into the Winnipeg series. Unless our star players can learn how to show up and actually earn their paychecks, it's gonna be a very disappointing summer.

We have star players?
Cool.

[BigBrodieFan]

Well good news is the Flames are outshooting Oil 2 to 1 and outhitting Oil. Something will give

[Strange Brew]

Flames starting to take over the flow of the game.

It’s an exhibition game. To me the perfect outcome is the team gets better as the game goes along. The result is meaningless.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Backlund with the (lack of) finish.

Either he is on fire or nothing.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Janko and a Rieder just shouldn’t be playing. They aren’t good penalty killers yet they get given PK time, making the Pk worse when they play.

Team would be better off dressing Bennett, Rinaldo, and a 7th defenceman.

Top 10(8th) in the entire NHL as a team.

Reider and Jankowski both top 4 (2nd and T 4th) among Flame F's in PK TOI PG.

They cant PK though...make it worse apparently.

I really wonder what some of you see when you watch games sometimes.

[Rollin22x]

Was Johnny benched? I haven’t heard his name in this period.


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[bubbsy]

It's unfortunate, but unless things change, it doesn't look like the top line will be able to use this game to gain confidence and hit the playoffs running.