03-05-2021, 08:38 AM
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#761
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Table 5
When there is no leadership amongst the players, you need a general to take charge. Darryl is a general. It will either be glorious, or lead to the complete breakup of this current team. I am ok with both.
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Yup. One or the other. Either way, it is infinitely better than the status quo.
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03-05-2021, 08:39 AM
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#762
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Kipper is King
Warrener off the radio, Conroy out of the office, Kipper out of the Finnish forest, and Iggy out of Boston.... Let's gooooooo!
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Avengers...... Assemble.
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03-05-2021, 08:41 AM
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#764
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: The real "Cowtown"
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Originally Posted by motorcrosser
Can he kick some IQ into Bennett's head?
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I first read this as kiss...That gave me some very strange imagery.
I am very excited to see Sutter back behind the bench again.
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03-05-2021, 08:43 AM
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#765
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Get ready for plenty of 3-2 games!
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03-05-2021, 08:43 AM
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#766
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: YYZ
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Originally Posted by GS Skier
Ya ya because Spiderman and Simpsons reminds everyone of Hockey. Don't let it bug you though...I mostly only pop in to read once in a while and I just blow past memes and don't bother reading any "point" the meme crowd makes anymore than I ever read those 10 paragraph "manifestos" other guys are compelled to write.
BTW do you "meme" children also "tweet"? 280 characters is about the high end speed for the memer set here.
Anyhow gotta go to work and visit some serious websites.
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Ok Karen, did you want to speak to the manager as well or ...?
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03-05-2021, 08:44 AM
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#767
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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I always say the mark of a good team isn't how well they play in their good games, or how well they play in their worst games, but how consistently they play well. That's been the flames achilles this year. Hopefully Darryl can pull out the good more often
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03-05-2021, 08:44 AM
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#768
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: BELTLINE
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Not that this makes any difference now, but to me Darryl is the number one reason the Flames are still in this city. Jarome had been around for a while and things were not looking good until this badass showed up. Other people have made this point but its a good one and i think it bears repeating; Darryl's a made guy in this org, he's a proven winner with a three year contract, and this ####er isn't going anywhere. The players know that, this dude is your reality if you want to be playing for this franchise for the next three years, let's see who responds and who doesn't and then we know who to trade in the offseason. No more excuses.
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03-05-2021, 08:45 AM
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#769
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Just the Flames version of the Oilers grasping at straws.
Sure hope it works. Not counting on it. Even
LAs players turned on Darryl eventually.
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After winning two Cups.....
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03-05-2021, 08:47 AM
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#770
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Get ready for plenty of 3-2 games!
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If they are wins (in regulation please), then that's what matters to me.
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REDVAN!
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03-05-2021, 08:48 AM
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#771
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by Icon
So after all of the excitement...
How does this actually play out? Darryl will have to quarantine for 2 weeks, who's driving the ship in the meantime?
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I don't believe this is true. getbak posted the League COVID protocols a ways back, and based on my perusal it looks like the two-week quarantine only applies to out-of-province travel. Sutter is already within a couple hours drive of both Calgary and Edmonton, and since this is a decision that was finalized over several days I think he is likely already well into his COVID protocol.
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03-05-2021, 08:48 AM
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#772
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Love it! Sutter is a great coach with a proven track record of winning at every stop. He will turn this team around.
One of Sutter's best assets is identifying roles for players and having those players embrace and succeed in those roles. Veersteg touched on this in an interview two or three days with too many guys not playing well in their current roles. Third and fourth line guys flourished under Sutter and bottom pairing D men battled every game. You don't need to go out and fight and lay big hits to be a Sutter guy. But you do need to battle for lose pucks, win foot races be committed to your assignments and generally give a damn about putting in an effort to help your team win.
Fun ending to the season. Let's go.
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03-05-2021, 08:49 AM
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#773
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Truculent!
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The team will be significantly different from here on out, for better or worse.
And it can get worse.
But I hope better.
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Originally Posted by Poe969
It's the Law of E=NG. If there was an Edmonton on Mars, it would stink like Uranus.
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03-05-2021, 08:50 AM
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#774
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by shadowlord
Very true.
However, while I haven't looked at the minutes-played in each game to confirm, there have been many nights this season where the Backlund line has clearly outperformed the two lines above his.
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The Flames generally win when Backlund has a good game.
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03-05-2021, 08:52 AM
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#775
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by troutman
Get ready for plenty of 3-2 games!
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Considering how frequently we've scored 1 goal lately, it will feel like an upgrade.
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03-05-2021, 08:54 AM
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#776
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#1 Goaltender
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So these comfy boys, who've been coddled with participation medals throughout their careers, are likely to find Darryl a tough taskmaster. He'll respect them, and motivate them I'm sure. But he sure as hell won't take anything less than all-out effort from them. A sign of laziness? Ride the pine. Playing Fortnite again until 5 am with your buddies on a pre-game night? Popcorn and the press box for you.
Will surely be interesting to see how he handles this batch of fragile egos. If he builds another "island" like he did in LA, I can see it working well. He doesn't mind mistakes, but he won't tolerate lazy plays.
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03-05-2021, 08:55 AM
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#777
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ottawa
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Has Treliving made a statement of any kind yet about this hire?
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03-05-2021, 08:56 AM
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#778
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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He is younger than I thought at 62.
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03-05-2021, 08:56 AM
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#779
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by liamenator
Has Treliving made a statement of any kind yet about this hire?
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11 am today
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03-05-2021, 08:57 AM
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#780
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Is there anybody better at getting the most effort out of his players?
The chief complaints here during Wards tenure was lack of a foundation of effort night in and night out. That's sutters Forte.
A lot of us here including myself have been saying it's fine to lose but lose giving it maximum effort. That's the only way it's going to happen now. Give it all or don't play.
Some guys are in for wake up call. In a good way from a fan perspective. There's 2 or 3 more gears to some of these players and I fully expect to see them after a couple weeks hitting a level or 2 more in their game.
I'm thinking Hartley era levels GAF but this time we have goaltending.
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