[GDT] WCQF: GAME 7 - DALLAS STARS AT CALGARY FLAMES 7:30pm TV: SN/SN1/SN360/TVA - RADIO 960

[Heavy Jack]

Come on boys get it done; we got ‘rewarded’ with the harder team even though we were substantially better than the greasers this year so put Dallas away and give me my first ever playoff BOA in my lifetime (I’m 33!)

5-1 Flames

Johnny hatty
Kylington
Lucic

[Iggy599]

Go Flames! Hoping for an solid effort tonight to put Dallas away.

[kipperiggy]

anybody else trying to watch Darryl's interview? It's lagging horribly for me.

[JohnnyB]

I just hope they play full out with no passengers. The game will probably be decided by the goalies in the end, but I'll feel better about the whole team regardless of outcome as long as they all show up to play and perform their best.

[Mass_nerder]

No more "I don't care if they win or lose, I just want a solid effort".
Win.


In other news, have we heard anything about Tanev?

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by Philly06Cup

Changes I'd like to see

Stone on pp1. Had a lethal shot. Also knows how to fake it and make the pass, as shown on the last Backlund goal. Would also help limit his 5v5 minutes.

Carpenter in for Jarnkrok. Jarnkrok is invisible offensively and can't win a draw. Carpenter can at least help with the latter. We need defense in the bottom 6 -- better option than Ruzicka.

Double shift Johnny, Lindholm, Rasmus, Hanifin. It's game 7. Empty the clip. Live or die by your best players. If they all get less than 20minutes and Flames lose, that is unacceptable.

Was thinking lucic, ruzicka, lewis/jarnkrok myself

[Ducay]

Jesus, its a frickin entertainment hockey game and Im just watching it, how the hell am I nervous?

Just win

[browna]

Trying real hard, but finding it difficult to be positive or comfortable today about the outcome.

I’m positive on the team as I have been all year and all series…have said it through the year, I don’t see any team in the league being able to beat the Flames 4 of 7. I stand by that today.

We are a great team.

Sutter is a legend and he won’t let the team get beaten, at least not this early.
Been the better team 85% or more all series. Flames haven’t been out worked, out chances out skilled…but have not potted goals at critical times which, if even one of those go in early, or go in to have the Flames up by 2 instead of 1 change that game, and this series was to be over in 5. But no question this team is the same team we saw all year, they’ve just not managed to bury the chances they’ve generated, at the right time.

But for all the positivity, all the skill, all the effort, all the character, all the refusal of Sutter to let players or the team lose, everything the team has showed all season and to grind and not collapse like the 2019 team did after game 2, we are left to the unfair devices of a Game 7 where something, anything can go wrong and change it all…even if the Flames play in control most of the game as they have all series.

I can easily easily see another 1 goal game going into the third. Then….a bad penalty. A missed penalty. A broken stick on a shoot in like last game which ends up in our net 10 seconds later. A bad bounce off the glass, a bad bounce off the ice, a pinball shot that hits 4 legs, a deflection that bounces off someone’s leg and turns into a breakaway, someone slips and loses possession and it goes the other way….If the Flames aren’t up by 3 or 4, I’m just nervous that anything that could go wrong, will go wrong, because the Flame have not had that luck (or bounces) on their side all series…which again, remarkably, has them in this position they do not deserve to be in. Each loss this series, there was a critical single point where a single goal from the Flames turns that loss into a win. But they only have 3 wins and have lost 3.

The Flames haven’t had a bad game this series. There’s always worry that do they have one now. That’s counter balanced by the fact I don’t think Dallas has had a bad game yet either, and if one team of the two is due for one, it should be Dallas. Should be. A lot of “should” for Dallas not being in the series still should have occurred, but hasn’t. But Dallas for as well as they’ve played, and credit to them, easily should’ve been out in 5 with some Flames luck to match the in-play domination.

Sure, is there pressure on Dallas, yes. Don’t care. Pressure is on the Flames for once again showing they are a superior team, but, more importantly, by whatever means necessary, scoring more goals tonight then Dallas. But the Flames can’t deviate from their way of playing…they just can’t, which likely means a unnecessarily tight game if Dallas executed their game plan and strategy too and gets out of this world goaltending by Ottinger early, again.

Also not a fan of expounding so much emotional energy this early in the playoffs, both for this series and for this single game, when the Flames have had this in control…and, there is going to be even more emotional energy to spend going forward.

Not attending tonight which is fine. I’ve attended 1995 Game 7, Game 7 2006, and seen them lose series at home to the Wings, Hawks, Ducks (again), and Avs in person as well over the years. Sure, also seen them beat Wings, Sharks and Canucks to advance but the unfavourable outweighs the favourable.

For all sorts of reasons the Flames players need this win to believe in themselves and thier system. The organization needs this win. I need this win for emotional and mental sanity. Us Flames fans collectively need this win to put some demons to bed and beat the piss out of the Oilers. The City of Calgary really needs this win to get the entire city engaged play for another 2-6 weeks of hockey.

Just win.

[Heavy Jack]

Calgary Puck… ‘what you think about you bring about’ as my mom always says! Let’s all collectively think positive thoughts today and through the game!! GOFLAMESGO!!!

[Lonestar]

They lost both game 3 and game 6 when I was in attendance so I won’t be flying to Calgary today. You’re welcome everyone.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I just want both teams to have fun.

[Braden]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I just want both teams to have fun.

I personally want Dallas to cry themselves to sleep tonight

[CMPunk]

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by 81MC

...and apparently we’re having some people, who could care less about hockey, over for dinner just in time to miss the ####ing game.

Nice, it sounds like they're hockey fans so you should be able to have the game on during dinner.

[Flames1217]

Can't friggin wait.

Seguin Hintz and Glendennig may be out for the Stars, they didn't skate this a.m.

Hope Tanev is okay, we need him big time.

Would be awesome if Toffoli can score, guy has probably had 15 chances throughout the series but hasn't had luck.

Let's MF gooooo!!!!!

[Kipper_3434]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

Come on boys get it done; we got ‘rewarded’ with the harder team even though we were substantially better than the greasers this year so put Dallas away and give me my first ever playoff BOA in my lifetime (I’m 33!)

5-1 Flames

Johnny hatty
Kylington
Lucic

I believe ther was a playoff BOA in 1991

[SutterBrother]

Everyone knows it’s going to triple OT right?

Toff with the winner.

[DoubleK]

I'm excited to be going tonight.

Go flames Go!!

[Huntingwhale]

Hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst. 30+ years of disappointment will do that to someone.

Still, if you would have asked me at the start of training camp if I would like the Flames to be in a game 7 position with a possible BOA in the 2nd round, I would have taken that offer without question. So here we are.

Would be super duper nice for Ottinger to look human for once, and for "clutch" guys like Tkachuk and Tyler Foli to show up.

[CsInMyBlood]

I just watched game 7 vs Vancouver from 2004.

Made me remember just how intense game sevens are. You live and die on every shot, every pass, every hit and every save. Every freaking play.

I predicted Flames in 7 because I just knew it was going to come down to a heart attack hockey game. If there is one thing I've learned from my lifetime of following the Flames, this team never does anything easy.

I'm so nervous yet so excited. Cannot wait to see what our team is really made of.

Drop the freaking puck already!

Go Flames Go!