Boy, this team is something else this year. I can't remember the last time the Flames scored with under 5 minutes left in a tied game to win a game. This team is playing amazing, responsible hockey right now. Nobody is cheating the game and they're getting bounces too.
2 weeks ago in Dallas
And every other game since they were winning with 5 mins left
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Prior to the game against the Leafs at the start of this home stand, the Flames were 9 points back of the Leafs and equal in games played. Now, the Flames are 1 point back and equal in games played.
Since the Toffoli trade, both the Flames and Habs are undefeated.
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Interestingly her husband wearing a flames jersey and a Jets hat (i think?) looks disappointed. The child appears to have chosen the correct allegiance though.
She's also wearing a flames mask. If I had to guess the mom's probably the Flames fan and Dads a jets fan but in spirit of keeping things uncompetitive in the house for the kid shake they mixed and matched.
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Despite all the winning lately the Flames only have the 8th best points percentage in the league and incidentally the 8th highest point total. They won't win at this rate (10 game win streak) forever, but they need to keep collecting 4 points every 3 games here for the rest of the season if they want to be a team that you expect to make the playoffs and win a round.
Usually at the end of a win streak a team will play a game or two that they shouldn't win, but still do. Today wasn't that day, but this was a more even game that could have went either way. So hopefully there are a couple more win's left on this streak before it snaps, and that they get right back on winning when the inevitable does happen.
lol what is this? If the Flames "need to keep collecting 4 points every 3 games" they will end the season with 110 points.
I expect that to make the playoffs any season ever.
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I trust Sutter with all of my being, but if he posts 100 points to make the playoffs in the snake thread, does Squiggs owe him a taint punch?
I don’t know Squiggs but I doubt it will go well.
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lol what is this? If the Flames "need to keep collecting 4 points every 3 games" they will end the season with 110 points.
I expect that to make the playoffs any season ever.
It's more of an observation about how many teams have really high point totals thru the number of games played. Also in that in order to expect a team to win a playoff round more often than not those teams should be in our close to the top 8 in the league. Although the Division alignment has altered that a bit in that a weaker Division like the 14-15 Pacific can allow two lower teams to face off in the first round.
The 18-19 Flames with 107 points finished #2 overall and one of only two teams with 50 wins. The Flames are tied with Pittsburgh in points percentage where a 110 point total would have you in the 8-9 spot overall. In that season...the 8th and 9th place teams had 100 points. There are 8 teams pacing to win 50 games.
As we get into the stretch run I would expect more 3 point games which potentially yields even more total points in the standings.
Compared to the last full 82 game season this one seems to have more teams pacing for 100 points and a lot less in that 90-100 point range.
If the Flames played "Loser" as a few folks have termed it, or .500 points percentage hockey for the rest of the season. They'd end up with 99 points, which in most years would have you top 10 in the League. This year that would get you to 14th in the overall standings, which is a place that some have said, they'd rather not be a bottom feeder playoff team and get a better draft pick.
Just an observation of how unusually good top teams have been. Most other years with this type or record the Flames would be top 3 in the overall standings.
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It's more of an observation about how many teams have really high point totals thru the number of games played. Also in that in order to expect a team to win a playoff round more often than not those teams should be in our close to the top 8 in the league. Although the Division alignment has altered that a bit in that a weaker Division like the 14-15 Pacific can allow two lower teams to face off in the first round.
The 18-19 Flames with 107 points finished #2 overall and one of only two teams with 50 wins. The Flames are tied with Pittsburgh in points percentage where a 110 point total would have you in the 8-9 spot overall. In that season...the 8th and 9th place teams had 100 points. There are 8 teams pacing to win 50 games.
As we get into the stretch run I would expect more 3 point games which potentially yields even more total points in the standings.
Compared to the last full 82 game season this one seems to have more teams pacing for 100 points and a lot less in that 90-100 point range.
If the Flames played "Loser" as a few folks have termed it, or .500 points percentage hockey for the rest of the season. They'd end up with 99 points, which in most years would have you top 10 in the League. This year that would get you to 14th in the overall standings, which is a place that some have said, they'd rather not be a bottom feeder playoff team and get a better draft pick.
Just an observation of how unusually good top teams have been. Most other years with this type or record the Flames would be top 3 in the overall standings.
The east is brutal tho. Outside of the top 8 teams the bottom 8 are getting pumped. I’d focus more on where the flames are in relation to their peers in the west.
Jets are going to have to go 20-10-3 the rest of the year to get a sniff of the playoffs. Since they're 9-9-3 under Lowry so far, that's way too big of a stretch. Seems they should manage the rest of the season accordingly, but .....
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Shakespeare and Sutter
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Those parts of Calgary that the world's eye doth view
Match closely the sounds that bloated guts can send;
And Sutter, the King of ass souls, give he that due,
Uttering few words, even so as foes commend.
Jets scoring depleted thus with less goals are crown'd;
And Markstrom may stumbled - upon thee you must own
Offence delivered in other accents for to Hanifin confound
Seeing no farther than a ‘Berta Bovine eye hath shown.
Jets, enact upon the beauty of a D zone exited mind,
And that, no less, lead to fewer shots against and happy deeds;
Backcheck you first liners, although your eyes are too kind,
To thy fair flower wade among the Flame’s rank smell of weeds:
And now show us why thy Flamed odour matcheth not their show,
The solve is this, the first two lines must create uncommon flow.
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Sutter “ it’s competition for ice time, it’s competition to stay in the lineup “.
“It’s consistency, you have to keep working hard, you need to earn it, that’s what good teams do, they earn it”.
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You mean where the coach is actually the boss?
Do those still exist? Nice to know at least one does !
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Yes, the Sutters and Boudreaus still do exist.
Unfortunately, the fans now ridicule "old-school" coaches and want younger, sensitive ones. Even ones from Finland, according to this board.
Mind you, we've got people on here who think you drive south to get to Brandon so go figure.
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Why can’t a coach (yes I’m looking at you Dave Lowry) just tell the team before a game “I want you, for this one game, to focus on constantly going to the net and standing in front of it. If you do that you will be rewarded with more ice time regardless of what line you play on.”
It’s very simple.
See what happens and who really wants the ice time.
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If we had Sutter behind the bench and 26 gone I'm convinced we would be a vastly better team.
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Sutter wears that mask like a dinner napkin
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All Sutter is thinking is what cut of steak to have for dinner.
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Compare the 2 rosters...how are the Flames so much better than the Jets? Is it simply because they play Sutters system so well?
They have 5 players > than +20. Jets have one player - the much maligned Dillon - over +10.
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Sutter unhappy
Power Kill
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Our current second PP unit would make a good fourth line on a contending team
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Will the Jets ever get a SOG?
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This PP is just pure trash.
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Svech with the drop pass 4 feet infront of the net with a clear lane. Man we hate shooting the puck. . .
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Two teams going through the motions on a cold Presidents Day afternoon!
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Jets can't seem to touch the puck
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Pizza up the middle from cgy and wheeler is like nah I'm just going to keep coasting off.
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I know. I saw that! Controller off.
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Pionk reverses the puck behind the net because a Flame is harrassing him, but by the time the snail pass gets to the other defenceman the Flame is there too. Don't bother putting any crispness on your passes, Jets, it might strain your wrists.
Vintage Moneyhands
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Wow. PP clinic by Calgary.
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3 failed clears and holding on for absolute dear life.
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Ok seriously these refs are f***ing terrible.
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Amazing how other teams get people in front of the net, on the PP
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This is reminding me of the past two years were Hellebuyck is keeping us in a game that we have no right still being in.
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I hate when helly just freezes and keeps his arms up in the air when he gets beat high. Makes him look like a mentally weak peewee goalie
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Jets please take note of how much movement is happening on the Flames PP
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This is what we get.....for impeding a clean cut crew, like the Flames...
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Above the blocker helles weak spot
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Here we go chasing the game again
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Wonderful, Helle is back to the statue thing again when he gets scored on..... Nothing good comes from that garbage.
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You knew Monahan was going to score once Beyak mentioned how few points he's had lately.
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Wow and just like that Hellybad is baccckkkkkk
Gotta be one goal like that per game
Glorious Sutterisms
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Backlund pulls down Wheeler and then pretends he is hurt
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Stanley, hack hack hack take down
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Lindholm stick lifted DeMelo's stick into his own face.
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A call is a call, but did he not just hit himself in the face with Demelo's stick?
Not complaining about the call, just questioning the source of it, lol
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Flames getting creative with drawing penalties
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This is what they call a veteran move.
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demelo saving a goal and then gets a penalty for tkatchuk lifting his stick into his face lol
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Do the Jets gave a sog in the last 10 mins?
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Calgary always smells blood in the water and is constantly throwing the puck into the high danger areas, meanwhile the jets are often coasting around looking for that perfect cross ice pass. Gotta start throwing everything on net if you want a greasy road win in a tough building.
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So was the plan this period to just turtle and let the flames tire themselves out?
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I wish the Jets moved the puck as quickly as the Flames do. Jets are always so damn slow moving the puck in all situations
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Calgary isn't even doing anything and the Jets can't break out. Passes in behind every time.
A Teensy Bit Offsides
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Take note. Go to the net.
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Yeah Stanley just let your man skate past and score!
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Yeah I thought that was close to offside.
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Lol might be offside, by like an inch or less. Such a dumb rule but take what we can get.
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NO GOAL!
Take back those stats...
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I despise the fact that goals can be called back due to an inch or two of offside, even if it's to our benefit.
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there's about a 75% chance the Flames score again within about 2 minutes
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"they out shoot the Jets 14-7 in the second period" Didn't he say that the Jets were outshooting them 7-2 as Lindholm scored the disallowed goal? So 12 straight shots for the Flames since then.
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Get it to overtime boys, I guess…
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I'll settle for a point honestly. We're still down Copp, Perfetti, and Ehlers. Feels like we are playing with a hand tied behind our back.
Lindholm has different plans
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Poor Brooks…
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Jets ####ing around and finding out yet again.
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####ing. Jets.
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We of course the Jets luck is they have none
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Could feel that coming
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Could see that coming from a mile away
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Well, that was an exciting minute.
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Connor cough-up....
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Jets are a contending team at being the best at finding every possible way to lose games.
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Not a f***ing chance this gets overturned
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I don't see how they overturn this. Helle had plenty of time to reset after that.
The goal followed the general theme of this team. Can't get the puck out when you have the chance, leads to a scoring chance/goal against.
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Tough way give up a goal after the way they played the third. Jets wanted it more than the Flames. Too bad KFC fumbled the pass.
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You could tell it was about to happen. Vintage Winnipeg.
Tyler Foli, Boy
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#### you Tyler Toffiliskdjdk
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There we go...... and gone
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well #### our season I guess
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McDavid & Oilers fans are crying right now
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Man, we find ways to lose.
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The instant that puck bounced back off Connor's stick I knew we were done.
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Jeez lads I'm bleeding blue and white over here
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Good teams get the breaks.
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Good teams have depth. We got scrubs
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Contender window is now closed. Thanks for the 1 good year. Joke.
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This game reminds me of a Steve Dangle quote:
“Sports is suppose to be an escape from daily life, except our escape makes us miserable”
Im paraphrasing but it’s close.
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Turns my head away from the TV after Calgary scored, looked outside and was like wow, it's really crappy outside too.
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I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but just before the flames broke out of their own end for the last time, Scheifele just dogged it back to the bench. I had to go look again. No hustle at all. You would never know that it was the last minute of a tied game. Had he made any attempt to hustle back to the bench, one of our forwards could’ve got on earlier and maybe broke up their zone entry.
Little things that separate winners from losers.
Strange Choice of Whipping Boys
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What has happened to Monahan in Calgary?? 21 points in 48 games and a -11 or something like that?
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Remember 4 or 5 years ago when they said he was equal to Drai? Laughable
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Monohan scored today but he is a cap dump now. Injuries derailed him.
Flames could win ten straight today. It will make their playoff loss more tasty. Peaked too early
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Flamers gonna get another Bettman loser point at the very least it looks like. They thrive on being losers.
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Jets all over CGY int he 3rd, but the horseshoes and dirty Lindholm tips one in with less than a minute left. One thing I will say is EDM should watch CGY D in their own zone. All they do right awya is either tie a guys stick up or body him and box them out and THEN get the puck. Same with Minny
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Calgary will never lose again.
There. Jinx mode engaged.
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Flames scored with a minute left lol. I guess they aren’t losers after all. Just #######s.
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I'll keep calling them Calgary Red Army for awhile. Its fun. Sutter teams often have a 10G winning streak, its uncanny. But they often have slumps too. meh Calgary got better with the Toffoli add. They should be tougher in playoffs this season but we'll see. Its the Calgary Flames.
The Flames winning in regulation is better than the alternative of a 3pt game and the Jets are now after this weekend out of the running. They had to have these games against Edm and Cgy and lost both. Amazingly the Jets have lost 30/50 games this season. Only all the loser pts are keeping them from being WAY out of the picture.
Around the league Nashville is in a nosedive, Dallas not finding any traction and so that best scenario for Oilers is probably 2nd place. Possibly 3rd, but WC spots look to be pretty available. The Western Division WC competition are trending south.
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Calgary wins because their goalies do not give up utter laughable muffin goals and also steal them games.
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