[PGT] Flames lose 4-2, trail series 2-1

[NewFan]

Imo Jarnkrok is not good in C. He has 2 wingers that can battle in the corner, but he is not able to bring the puck down to the middle, like Monahan's short come as a C.
But I think he may be useful than Ritchi and can contrube in the 4th line at this series.

[Duffalufagus]

Originally Posted by nieuwy-89

Nor does he look like 2022 Oetinger.

Again, not blaming him. Flames forwards have sucked and are the reason we are down 2-1.

But $6M Markstrom is the second best goalie in this series.

This is nonsense. He’s let in the same number of goals, the majority of which were deflected.

[alnigi]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Kudos to the optimists who think the Flames have what it takes to turn this series around.

Originally Posted by Buff

They're all drunk. Alcohol makes people say weird things.

I'm not. The Flames can turn this around. Great teams can go through adversity and come through stronger. The Flames totally have what it takes to win this series.

[3rd liner]

So if oettinger is so calm and cool how about we take a penalty and run his ass over hard? Heard he was smiling away in game 2. Wipe the smile off his face and see how calm the rookie is then. He’ll be thinking twice about traffic at that point. If Dallas is going to be subtle dirty let’s be subtle dirty right back. This kids life is way too easy in net for a playoff series.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Duffalufagus

This is nonsense. He’s let in the same number of goals, the majority of which were deflected.

Markstrom's let in one more goal but yeah the point still stands. Half were deflected and half were rebounds that the guy should have never been able to get to. He's the last guy people should be bitching about.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by BoLevi

when you are blaming puck luck, your team isn't good enough

In Game 3, Flames played substantially better than Dallas in Dallas and lost. More importantly, the second period was better than the first. And the third was better than the second.

In Game 1 and 2, the flames played marginally better than Dallas in Calgary and went 1-1. To me that's far more concerning than what happened tonight. Those games were effectively coin-tosses and we got the coin-toss outcome.


It isn't fun being down 2-1. I get it. But Flames are finally playing good hockey and I think they're a substantially better team. Things are looking up.

[BoLevi]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

In Game 3, Flames played substantially better than Dallas in Dallas and lost. More importantly, the second period was better than the first. And the third was better than the second.

In Game 1 and 2, the flames played marginally better than Dallas in Calgary and went 1-1. To me that's far more concerning than what happened tonight. Those games were effectively coin-tosses and we got the coin-toss outcome.


It isn't fun being down 2-1. I get it. But Flames are finally playing good hockey and I think they're a substantially better team. Things are looking up.

we wont know who the better team is until the end of the series

[Poison]

Originally Posted by Buff

They're all drunk. Alcohol makes people say weird things.

So does being behind a keyboard with no accountability.

[Pointman]

Per Hockey reference, this is Sutter's 15th post season campaign as a coach. Out of his previous 14, he made it out of the first round 7 times.

https://www.hockey-reference.com/coa...utteda01c.html

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Poison

So does being behind a keyboard with no accountability.

Holy smokes! You're drunk too!

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by Pointman

Per Hockey reference, this is Sutter's 15th post season campaign as a coach. Out of his previous 14, he made out of the first round 7 times.

https://www.hockey-reference.com/coa...utteda01c.html

Now do the cups.

[Pointman]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Now do the cups.

Sutter won 2 Cups out of 14 postseason campaigns. Also made it within a goal another time. He actually hasn't won a playoff series since 2014 Cup run.

[heep223]

Chintzy penalty call led to winning goal. ####

I’m still not all that worried. I firmly believe this Flames team is miles better than the Stars and will win the series.

Tbh our series aside, I’ve watched quite a bit of the first round round the league and I dunno wtf is going on but the refs have been the stars in every one. They must have got a message from up high to call it tight but holy #### has it been an embarrassment to the sport.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I don’t want any part of sports fandom that doesn’t involve wild mood swings.

Cheering for the flames, or any team, is like dating that crazy hot girl who deep down you know you have no future with but can’t bring yourself to break up with her because you keep trying to convince yourself things will work out and she’ll settle down.

When it’s fun, it’s really fun and you ride that high while it lasts. And when it’s bad, it’s really bad, with knock down drag em out screaming matches until 3am that wake the neighbours.

But the very next day, you make up with her because she’s just the right amount of crazy for you and you once again start thinking about how she might be the one.

That pleasure/pain trip is brutal.

Nope, the boring girl who isn't well out of your league but has a semblance of a personality, sometimes crochets hats for animals, doesn't own a social media, lets people into her lane driving and doesn't take being killed in a first person shooter personally for me.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by heep223

Chintzy penalty call led to winning goal. ####

Especially when Dallas got away with worse after that. Either you call one of those too or you don't call anything and let the teams play. And it's not like the penalty that was called prevented a scoring chance either.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Flames are taking perimeter shots and making Oettinger look good.

It’s pathetic for a Sutter coached team. Play between the whistles, go to the net hard and get traffic.

This.

Can't believe Tkachuk has completely abandoned bearing down on playing hockey for chasing Klingberg around and taking himself off the ice at important times.

I find myself actually missing his between the legs thing from behind the net. Hasn't done anything with the puck near the net this series.

[BruceCody]

Originally Posted by evman150

Tkachuk was invisible. I wonder how badly he hurt his hand in the fight.

"I wonder how badly he hurt his hand" in all his playoffs appearance back in 2017, 2019, 2020 years, coz Matthew invisible all his postseason games.

[AC]

From r/hockey:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1523162979964915712

Not ideal.

[Hemi-Cuda]

I may have given the Flames too much credit predicting the Stars in 7, I thought they'd at least show more fight than this. It's like a repeat of 2019, but instead of getting dominated by one of the best players in the game they're getting dominated by a 37-year old and a rookie goaltender

[BoLevi]

Originally Posted by AC

From r/hockey:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1523162979964915712

Not ideal.

Sign this man to $11 million immediately!

Actually, I don't know what is more disturbing. That this is a thing, or that it doesn't surprise me.