[GT] Flames vs Canucks - Feb. 15

[Rejean31]

Will Monahan ever score again??

[Enoch Root]

shots were 7-2 after the 4 PPs, now 7-12

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I mean for all the complaining about the refs in the first, they certainly have let the Flames get away with a few so far this period. Need to stop giving them an excuse.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Lucic - Bennett - Dube is awesome, but creates 2 problems:

1) what do you do with Backlund?
2) who plays with Gaudreau and Monahan? (because Simon adds nothing to the line)

I'd like to see this:

Tkachuk - Lindholm - Phillips
Gaudreau - Monahan - Leivo
Mangiapane - Backlund - Ryan
Lucic - Bennett - Dube

[GioforPM]

Ref needs to blow the whistle when Mackey’s leg is pinned like that.

[TheScorpion]

did rick ball just say "jiminy"

[Enoch Root]

it is amazing that the Flames can have this much pressure and not a single infraction by the Nucks

[timbit]

Part of being good on the 4v is winning battles , puck races and establishing control of the mid ice corridor.
I don’t remember the Flames doing those things consistently on a shift, except for one, in the first period. The one where they scored.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

It isn't 'when the mood strikes them', it is that they can't get the puck out of their own end.

Their entire problem is because they spend too much time in their own end because VAN (and every team with a video coach) is all over their breakout.

Well, that plus the fact that they go backwards and KEEP it in their own end even when they have a chance to get it out.

The effort is there. The style of play is
1) brutal
2) not the right style for the team

Why does Lucic look like one of our best players? Because this style actually suits him.

Nope. I'm not talking about systems or what they do in their own end, I'm talking about effort and pressure when they have the puck in the offensive zone. Skating, hitting, pressure, intensity.

I know, I know........it's always Geoff Ward's fault for everything, but it is amazing when the players actually play with the intensity they are capable of that positive things happen.

[flamingred89]

Oh man. Ball and Hrudey just crack each other up. Just the bestest of friends.

[Buff]

I believe AL MacInnis fell similarly to Mackey when he dislocated his hip.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Flames 1st PP of the night.

[Johnny Makarov]

Yay. Crappy reffing yoyoing back to our favour!

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I'd like to see this:

Tkachuk - Lindholm - Phillips
Gaudreau - Monahan - Leivo
Mangiapane - Backlund - Ryan
Lucic - Bennett - Dube

Well Ryan’s out for a fair bit.

I think they should convert Kylington.

[djsFlames]

I like the canucks commentators as far as opposition teams go.

Good at objective observations and not pushing some ####ing agenda down our throats when it's not evident on the ice.

[Redliner]

A Canucks penalty! It’s a Christmas miracle!!

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

did rick ball just say "jiminy"

Wait, Rick Ball is calling this game? Where? I hear the Canucks ding dongs.

[JurassicTunga12]

lets go powerplay.

[soulchoice]

The camaraderie and connection between Ball and Hrudey is wonderful. Cracked me up hearing them talk about the Mackey fall into the boards in that jovial manner.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

I like the canucks commentators as far as opposition teams go.

Good at objective observations and not pushing some ####ing agenda down our throats when it's not evident on the ice.

I think Shorthouse is very good.