I do take your point, too. Maybe the thing to do is stick Sam Bennett in a barrel and feed him through the bunghole for the rest of the regular season. Then, when the playoffs start, you pop Bennett out of the barrel and put him on Monahan's line, and put Gaudreau in the barrel instead.
In the meantime, Gaudreau is having a great start to the regular season.
Mostly.
I seem to recall that Gaudreau was on the ice when the Flames gave up the truly awful shorthanded 3-on-1. That power play was a goat rope, but that particular rush was the turd in the punchbowl.
If he wasn't on the ice at that time, then I will happily edit out the word ‘mostly’.
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I get that you want more out of Johnny at crunch time; we all do, but at this moment he's as-advertised Johnny Hockey.
He's a Flame for 2 more seasons, let's hope they can augment what they have, and go on a run.
I will believe they can until they don't.
As an aside, I thought Mangiapane looked good with JG and SM.
Location: F*** me. We're so f***ing good, you check the f***ing standings? Lets f***ing go! F***ing practice!
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Lindholm led the Flames in ice time and they won the game.
I don't agree with your take.
This taken from the Game Takes of Bingo tonight.
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Individually the Flames had only five players above water in shot splits five on five. Milan Lucic led the way with 67%, Joakin Nordstrom was next at 64%, followed by Derek Ryan, the unflappable Chris Tanev and Michael Backlund. At the bottom of the pile was the usual drive kings Elias Lindholm at 14% and Matthew Tkachuk at 17%. Yikes!
Looks like some fancy stats support the claim of Bonded that they were indeed bad tonight.
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Lindholm led the Flames in ice time and they won the game.
I don't agree with your take.
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and 2 apples
A PP assist and an ENG assist, yes.
But 5v5, him and Chucky were dominated.
With Lindholm on the ice at 5v5, shot attempts were 18-3 Montreal, shots were 11-2 Montreal, scoring chances were 11-1 Montreal and high danger chances were 7-0 Montreal.
They had a brutal night of hockey 5v5, but that's likely just a blip considering they've been insanely dominant the entire season so far.
Just like there's positives sometimes to take from losses (the Flames played way better and deserved much better than their 0 points in 3 games would suggest), there's also negatives sometimes to take from wins, like tonight.
Great that they got the 2 points, but playing the type of hockey they played tonight won't get them 2 points often.
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Missing a ####ing call there is just not acceptable, what a ####ing joke of a league. Refs of course will face no discipline. Also, #### GARY GALLEY with every ounce of my being.
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My god what the f*** is wrong with this refereeing in the NHL HOW IS THAT NOT A PENALTY
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Backlund was headbutting all night - dirty AF. #### the flames
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Ketchup sits on Drouin's face No penalty of course..
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I feel like I’m on crazy pills. How is that not a suspension worthy hit let alone not a penalty
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Hahahaha Weber with roughing. What the f*** was that hit? Perfectly clean? f*** you.
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So Dubé takes KK's head off and Weber gets the penalty. Nice.
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So... we get 2 for players who are out for concussions and there's been no discipline on either hits...? This league is a joke. I'm really, really salty...
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It's just good to know that you're allowed to leave your feet and hit people in the head now. Glad that's a rule change. Expand roster sizes to 150 because people are going to get hurt a lot with that new rule.
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WTF are the guys at CBC talking about?!? BiG sOliD HIt! Are they ####ing blind or just dumb?
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Wtf is this sportsnet guy saying? First its a high hit then says its a great hit.
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Thumbs up if you want to see Weber fire a puck at Dube and than just start chuckin fists at him right away ..
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Tomorrow's headline:
Department of player safety fine Habs for headshot on Kotkaniemi.
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Simply put, no. Really, the idea of a world without Shea Weber doesn't even make sense. Think about it... what else would fill the slap shot taking void? Who else provides such versatile flavor? Shea Weber has always been the most beautiful thing on this entire planet. Shea Weber will always be the most tasty thing in the universe.
Sure, Shea Weber alone is questionably tasty. But Shea Weber doesn't work alone, Shea Weber amplifies other lesser Defencemen. Even those who claim they don't like Shea Weber are just fooling themselves. Remember Jeff Petry? Well, pretty much everything Jeff Petry did is contaminated with Shea Weber, and Shea Weber has brought their defensive greatness.
Claude Julien thinks he can make Canadiens great again. No, he alone cannot. But Shea Weber can. We should not build a wall. We should build a goddamn Shea Weber waterfall. Niagara Falls? How about Shea Weber Falls? This is the only way to make Shea Weber great again, scientifically proven in exactly 0 controlled trials, in eπi +1 peer reviewed journals. Why would this make the Canadiens great again? Imagine if you could take any boring Defensive plays and slather it in Shea Wbeer just by putting it outside. That's right, we're going to make Shea Weber rain.
The whole world would be spiced up a notch. Bland D corps would be watchable again. Decent D corps would be mindblowing. Productivity would skyrocket a whopping 10,000% with all the newfound enthusiasm for life. South Korea and North Korea would be friends again. Israelis and Palestinians would stop killing each other. Instead, they would all revel in their love of Shea Weber. Long story short, Shea Weber not only binds this world together, but is the solution for all of this world's problems.
Take more slap shots, my friend.
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again the Weber powerplay strat yawn
Valimaki did not score for you this time weber ahah
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The look on valimakis face after blocking that shot LMAO
At least you didnt score in your own net this time kid
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If I was a Flames fan I would be pretty happy right now. Their team has balls.
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The Gambler's deed is done. 120000$ HFBucks on Habs... in regulation.
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Won't be shocked if this is our first regulation loss.
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I expect Calgary to fire on all cylinders tonight.
They will have a goalie who isn't terrible and will have more confidence. First regulation loss tonight wouldn't surprise me.
Mainly because you gotta lose at some point.
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Why are people talking about losses? This team is going 54-0-2
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Probably get shutout, too.
Maybe a defeatist attitude, but it's gotta happen at some point
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I see Calgary is implementing our strategy of missing the net
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Good Lord We can’t hit a bull in the ass with a baseball bat !
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Danault... oh my god! 3-on-1 and you decide to be the one to shoot wide of the net?!?!? Dude.
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Are we the only team team in the league with goalies under 6'4?
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Jesus Christ were snakebitten this game. f***
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I dare anyone to tell me with a straight face that this offensive blackhole is worth 5M+ a year lmao, he could gtfo tomorrow for all I care.
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We cant score!?!?!
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Pass the perimeter boys, pass the perimeter. It'll make them think twice when we miss the net.
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Tatar's miss is the dagger I'm afraid…
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Can we hit a f***ing corner ffs
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Has Tartar hit the net yet tonight?
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i should go to the flames board to see if they are also raging about missed shots
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Matthew Tkachuk makes nachos using a microwave
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Matthew Tkachuk is rooting for the hedge funds
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Matthew Tkachuk doesn't flush after ####ting.
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Can someone already take Tkachuk out of the game
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Someone needs to run that ####head.
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Matthew Tkachuk is the type of bloke who does 80 on the overtaking lane when the speed limit is 100
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Cant let Gaudreau open like that lmao... Saw his snipe against the leafs the other day, his shot absolutely lethal
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Ugh that wasn't good.
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Good job Weber taking yourself completely out of position while Chiarot was also completely out of position and not giving a single f***
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What a ####ty bounce. Unlucky, we will get one back quick.
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I BLAME GARY ####ING GALLEY. HE IS THE REASON WHY WE SUCKED LAST YEAR. COINCIDENCE WE GET SHUT OUT IN THE ONLY GAME HE COMMENTATES THIS YEAR? ABSOLUTELY NOT. #### GARY GALLEY AND #### NEON JACKET GUY
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Omg Galley got happy when that went in.
This is so ####ing biased.
#### this ####.
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Puck is behind the net you dumb bastard
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I keep the volume off during hockey broadcasts so I don’t have to consume such pearls of wisdom. Thanks
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Kulak sucks again
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If Byron had hands he’d be a 50 goal scorer lol
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Byron at $3.5 mil per for next 3
Years is expensive for 4th liner.
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Byron second scoring chance again into his f***ing crest. Gotta shoot high on him
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Kulak should have kept his yap shut in his pre game presser where he surmised he was better than a 3rd pairing dman
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If the tv crew couldnget it together that would be swell
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THANK ####ING GOD MCDAVID SCORED SO I DONT HAVE TO HEAR THEM JERKING OFF MATTHEWS AND NYLANDER
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Anderson probably aggravated the already hidden injury hes been nursing
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We were joking about having a meltdown before but now I kinda am. The refs, the injuries, Gary F’n Gally....we were due a rough game I guess.
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Anderson done for the night! f***!!
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Well, now I'm worried.
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Gallagher
Perry
Lekhonen
Frolik
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Rough night for Anderson’s
Oh.. so that’s what it feels like?
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#### Markstrom standing on his head
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####. I forgot how good Markstrom is. Vancouver is so stupid.
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Remember when the ref blew his whistle when Markstrom was nowhere near the puck and now he waits 15 seconds to blow it.
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I see a shutout coming for Markstrom
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I think I’ve pulled my groin watching Markstrom doing those pad saves this period
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Well...Markstrom has been lights out so far... He’s probably gonna get his SHUTOUT. Then everyone will say HABS suck since Markstrom SHUTOUT the HABS hopefully our second period will be better and we can break the SHUTOUT
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WHY ARE YOU YELLING SHUTOUT??? OH ITS BECAUSE MARKSTROM HAS A SHUTOUT!!!
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If the game was who could shoot the puck into the goalie's chest, we would destroy this league.
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Markstrom is still got his shut out.
SHUT OUT!
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Markstrom ain't sharp for ####, literally 9/10 shots hit his chest. The Gionta special.
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3rd star: Jake Allen
2nd star: Piece of #### ref
1st star: Markstrom
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Remember On Thursday night when Price was only 2 minutes away from a SHUTOUT, well Markstrom is 6 minutes away from his shutout, Shutout !!!!!
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This is just one of these games where the bounces just don't go your way or how MT use to call it Puck Luck.
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Lol a game to f***ing FORGET boys...holy jumpin, is there even enough alcohol to do it
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Bleh. Called it as soon as they scored a minute in that that was it for this game. 57 minutes I didn't need to watch.
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Gutsy game Galley? #### you…. Flames played a ####ed up game. Cheesy team.
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Just one of those games Got goalied and wtf that bounce off webers tip.
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Seven games in and the Flames already held a players only meeting.
I'd mock them but at least they give a ####. Our team just throws out a few cliches post game and then go home to their video game consoles.
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Man Anaheim looks listless. Almost as if they have a team playing with 0 structure...
Who would coach a team like that??
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giving you flashbacks is it?
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Jesus Dube gave that kid a full on forearm to the face.
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Flames have like a 40% PP
UNSUSTAINABLE!
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Flames got a powerplay on that play believe it or not.
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Remember when hockey was about winning and loosing? not what some clown in Montreal pretends the scoring chances are
4 scoring chances lol
F right off
Lmao calm down there buddy.
I've said in all my posts I'm happy the Flames got the two points, but in reality they're not going to win many games playing the way they did tonight.
We're just different types of fans, you and I. That's completely fine, as there's many different types of fans with no type being more right/wrong than the other. You might like to just simply look at wins and losses and be happy/mad based solely on that (which is completely fine, I'm not trying to insult you) and I just like to also look behind the results and see whether the results were deserved and/or sustainable moving forward.
I'm happy with the win and am enjoying it as much as you, but I also like to look ahead.
Dube neither left his feet nor hit in the head. That is all.
Not to mention Kotkaniemi instantly turned outta nowhere, which Dube definitely wasn't expecting.
I do think there was head contact and a little bit of a jump, but if anything it 100% was more of a reactionary play rather than Dube actually going for a hit.
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Not to mention Kotkaniemi instantly turned outta nowhere, which Dube definitely wasn't expecting.
I do think there was head contact and a little bit of a jump, but if anything it 100% was more of a reactionary play rather than Dube actually going for a hit.
The only jump was Dube straightening up from a skating position, and his forearms hit chest and he pushed out. At most they grazed the chin.
I agree, Dube wasn’t looking for it.
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Thank God the ATL report is in. The negativity can GTFO now.
Are you kidding? Now the obsession over the other team’s fans heat of the moment posts from other message boards begins. We’re just getting started with the negativity.
Best way to do that? Counter it with some fiery homerism of course.
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I've said in all my posts I'm happy the Flames got the two points, but in reality they're not going to win many games playing the way they did tonight.
We're just different types of fans, you and I. That's completely fine, as there's many different types of fans with no type being more right/wrong than the other. You might like to just simply look at wins and losses and be happy/mad based solely on that (which is completely fine, I'm not trying to insult you) and I just like to also look behind the results and see whether the results were deserved and/or sustainable moving forward.
I'm happy with the win and am enjoying it as much as you, but I also like to look ahead.
Cheers, bud.
wasn't saying anything about you...those scoring chances are wrong though so don't use them to prove a point
Dube neither left his feet nor hit in the head. That is all.
Craig Button on TSN saying he should get two games because the principal point of contact was his head.
Only it wasn’t. You can see his head snap back after his chest has already started going backwards (as Dube extends through the hit). Great analysis Craig.
Edit: watched it a few more times and it looks like there may have been some contact between the chin area and Dube’s shoulder, but the main point of contact is still the chest. Also, if the main point of contact was his head, he wouldn’t have gotten up from that kind of impact.
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