[GT] Flames @ Vegas - March 16, 2023

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

AHAHAHAHAHAH Water everywhere over here! Well done

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

A huge upgrade over stone he can move the puck and skate.

Ah, but can he shoot the puck and murder someone with it? I think NOT!

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Macindoc

Honestly I think Lucic would have more energy if he was platooned with someone else and just played every other game

I’ve been banging that drum all season. He was sat once this year and he came back really well. Maybe he complained about it.

I actually wondered at some point how he’d play if he was strictly a home or away player. Gets to live only at home, or lives in, say, Boston and only joins Calgary for road trips.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I wouldn’t mind seeing that.

Which doesn’t mean I’m letting Huberdeau off the hook for how ineffective he has been.

No one is letting him off the hook, especially for not scoring PPG. But in the game thread when people are complaining about him losing a puck battle to 3 players it gets a little silly.

No players are finding a lot of space right now. Not Lindholm, not Mangiapane, not even Toffoli.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Did Francis really just call Lucic and Lewis muckers? I know they’re not the best but I didn’t think you needed to call them that.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I do but I don't write about them much. The majority of my job is completely detached from reporting.

Edit: sorry, his post before I saw what MRCboicgy said. Let's move on!

Wait...are you no longer pursing you goal of becoming a journalist? What are you doing these days - still in school?

[Reggie Dunlop]

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

He’s open a lot. It’s been noted on many a game thread.

Ineffective with no time or space? Well, that’s every hockey player. It was the complaint with Gaudreau. He’s not a burner, so he’s not outskating anyone. But I seem him in good open spots all the time and his linemates (Kadri) don’t get the puck to him.

The play on his line should be centre gaining the zone, passing to him and looking for an open spot because he will find them, almost guaranteed. We’ve seen his passing.

We just see it differently. Gaudreau was incredible at creating his own time and space, definitely not what I ever complained about him.

I can’t blame Kadri for Huberdeau’s horrible pass in that period. And you can’t expect the center to be the one always gaining the zone. IMO Huberdeau doesn’t do nearly enough with the game that is presented to him.

[Macindoc]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I wouldn’t mind seeing that.

Which doesn’t mean I’m letting Huberdeau off the hook for how ineffective he has been.

Yes, I don’t think he’s been all in for most of the year, but Sutter could not have made a worse choice than Kadri to centre his line, and then continue to stick with it for 60+ games when it was clear that it wasn’t working.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

Wait...are you no longer pursing you goal of becoming a journalist? What are you doing these days - still in school?

Who cares.

Let the guy be.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

Wait...are you no longer pursing you goal of becoming a journalist? What are you doing these days - still in school?

I have a writing job and I'm pursuing a few other things

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I don’t why why Duehr counts as a young player. He’s older than Pelletier, Ruzicka, and Dube, and anywhere from a few months to a year younger than Andersson, Mangiapane, Hanifin, and Gilbert.

Nobody seems to complain about the youth issue when Gilbert sits.

Didn’t realize he was older. I suppose I should rephrase that pretty much every player brought up from the Wranglers has been better than fill ins and regulars.

Doesn’t seem like a meritocracy at all and there’s a ton of favouritism (too much I’d say) that leads to some lazy outings for guys taking it for granted. Mangiapane for example looks like a guy who got laid and doesn’t give a #### anymore.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

Did Francis really just call Lucic and Lewis muckers? I know they’re not the best but I didn’t think you needed to call them that.

TIL “mucker” has a definition of: illbred person

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Ah, but can he shoot the puck and murder someone with it? I think NOT!

Always thought that part of his game is overrated he shoots any chance he gets doesn't matter what where or who it hits

[Burning Beard]

It's good news for next season Markstrom is back.

[ComixZone]

Kessel makes that cross ice pass and someone bellowed “Nice Phil!”

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

We just see it differently. Gaudreau was incredible at creating his own time and space, definitely not what I ever complained about him.

I can’t blame Kadri for Huberdeau’s horrible pass in that period. And you can’t expect the center to be the one always gaining the zone. IMO Huberdeau doesn’t do nearly enough with the game that is presented to him.

Gaudreau was last year (so was Huberdeau). But the complaint the two previous years was he wilted under pressure at the blue line, and had gotten predictable. Go back and look some time.

[Mathgod]

Marky continues to be sharp.

[Mathgod]

Toff!!!!!!!!!!!! Beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WhiteTiger]

Toffoli!