[GDT] St. Louis Blues at Calgary Flames 7:00pm TV: SN, BSN - RADIO SN960

[EN FUEGO]

I thought Dube looked great last game and in general recently. Nice to see him getting rewarded with a shot on the "top line", bummer that means our best line gets broken up. (Him with Bread and Kadri)

[Kovaz]

I like the change a lot, although I'd have Mangiapane and Dube swapped but maybe Mangiapane is more comfortable at RW. But my hunch is that Huberdeau-Kadri-(someone fast) is gonna be the best template to get him going.

[Toonage]

Hmmm...lines changed...maybe don't skip...

[Always Earned Never Given]

Originally Posted by CFO

Any idea how many one goal games flames have lost including shoot outs and games more then 1 goal (empty net goals)?

Got to be over 10.

5 losses by one goal in 60 minute games
6 losses in OT/shoot out
2 mores losses by 2 goals (includes empty net goal)

So 13 out of the 17 losses

[Yikes]

Originally Posted by madmike

Mackey-Stone. Oof. That’s an ugly pairing.

Plus Lucic...FFS, maybe we can swap out Sutter for Kirk Muller, give him a shot at it.

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by Yikes

Plus Lucic...FFS, maybe we can swap out Sutter for Kirk Muller, give him a shot at it.

Yeah man. Darn Sutter blasting that puck at Tanevs head! Obviously didn't want their best dman playing anymore.

And playing Lucic against a bigger team who has beef with one of our top centre men! The humanity!!!!

[FBI]

Don't mind the line changes except Philips should be BACK IN and not wasting time and losing confidence by sitting around.. Frustrating.

[Toonage]

Call it a hunch but the Phillips experiment feels over after 1 very short stint with top 9 linemates and some PP2 time.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Call it a hunch but the Phillips experiment feels over after 1 very short stint with top 9 linemates and some PP2 time.

given the amount of time it took guys like ruzicka to get traction at this level, that was really not enough time to gauge much about the player

was quietly good .. I would be interested to see what happened when he cracked the scoresheet before calling it quits

[Yikes]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Yeah man. Darn Sutter blasting that puck at Tanevs head! Obviously didn't want their best dman playing anymore.

And playing Lucic against a bigger team who has beef with one of our top centre men! The humanity!!!!

So what does Tanev being out have to do with Lucic? Last I checked Lucic was a slow, burnt out 4th line plugger and Tanev is a defenseman. I get your attempt at some form of dig....maybe do better?

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Always Earned Never Given

5 losses by one goal in 60 minute games
6 losses in OT/shoot out
2 mores losses by 2 goals (includes empty net goal)

So 13 out of the 17 losses

so they're the Barry Trotz predators without a Shea Weber

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

given the amount of time it took guys like ruzicka to get traction at this level, that was really not enough time to gauge much about the player

was quietly good .. I would be interested to see what happened when he cracked the scoresheet before calling it quits

I don't think Sutter wants to play him. Sutter wanted to ultimately play Ruzicka.

[Yikes]

Originally Posted by Toonage

I don't think Sutter wants to play him. Sutter wanted to ultimately play Ruzicka.

Sutter wants to play Lucic and Rooney.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

don't really care about what Sutter wants .. he's had his way and managed to destroy the mojo of that hot start with his musical chairs game

among a multitude of other questionable decisions..

backlund in the shootout? jfc

markstrom in tonight will backfire as well .. look for more soft goals, followed by a heroic effort to redeem them, as the team manages just not enough run support to overcome it

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Yikes

Sutter wants to play Lucic and Rooney.

Sutter wants to play Simon and Oliwa.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Yikes

Sutter wants to play Lucic and Rooney.

That's why Rooney is in the AHL

Blues are a big team...Lucic back in makes sense. Hopefully with the rest he plays like he did at the start of the season

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

would be nice if the flames were not down by a deuce before everyone has had a chance for thier second shift

Or finish poorly, head to OT and take a penalty.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Not sure the line with Kadri will mesh but we will see.

The amount of line changes Sutter has made this season falls in line with the inconsistent play of this team. The team follows the lead of its head coach and he has not done a very good job this season.

[Goriders]

Good opponent for the Flames. They have to start beating teams around or beneath them in the standings. Especially at home.

[N-E-B]

Anyone else kind of sick of the black?

I mean, it looks great, but too much of it in a row. I miss the red.