[PGT] Flames 5 Ducks 4

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I'm certainly not sitting here today all confident they are going to get in. I am glad that we at least get a few more games with some hope and drama.

YES! This is fun! We all wanted a team to cheer for and we have one now at the most important time of the year. This is what I thought most fans would have wanted. They might not get in and there will be the over the top blow it up and fire the coach takes, and those can be arguments for the post season (personally I dont agree with either) but Lord am I going to enjoy meaningful hockey with a team getting hot at just the right time.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

YES! This is fun! We all wanted a team to cheer for and we have one now at the most important time of the year. This is what I thought most fans would have wanted. They might not get in and there will be the over the top blow it up and fire the coach takes, and those can be arguments for the post season (personally I dont agree with either) but Lord am I going to enjoy meaningful hockey with a team getting hot at just the right time.

Yeah after all, isn't hope all you really have? Every season will end in disappointment. You either miss the playoffs or get eliminated in the playoffs.

It's kind of how you handle the disappointment and enjoy the hope and anticipation that defines you as a fan.

[Bingo]

This looked to be mopped up after game 72 ... here we are with 77 in the final column and it's still interesting as hell.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Bingo

This looked to be mopped up after game 72 ... here we are with 77 in the final column and it's still interesting as hell.

Yup.

I was just telling my friend last night; I don't think they're going to make it. But all we could hope for the way this season is gone is meaningful games in April. And that's just what they're doing.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Bingo

The ironic thing to me is many of us have similar (perhaps not as extreme) thoughts in a frustrating start to a hockey game.

Some though ... have to post the sky is falling stuff and then come off a little funny later on.

But we all have that "come on!" feeling when they sputter or the goalie lets you down, or they give up a goal right after scoring.

Sure, I do it too, just look at the GT. Thing is, I like GT's that are about things that happen in the game. I like posts about plays, positive and negative. I like posts that go on about the team or a player in general a lot less, though of course it gets blurry a fair bit.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Sure, I do it too, just look at the GT. Thing is, I like GT's that are about things that happen in the game. I like posts about plays, positive and negative. I like posts that go on about the team or a player in general a lot less, though of course it gets blurry a fair bit.

Yeah that's me as well.

Pissed at a bad pinch, disappointed in the start ... not looking to talk about 40 years of Flames hockey as a reaction.

It hasn't been a great season. Odd season really. Having some anger about it is understood.

Needing to believe every single thing is broken and doomed to make yourself feel better is pretty fun to poke at later.

[Muta]

Man, has Stetcher been good, what an addition to our backend. Love the way he plays. Was satisfying to see Stone's shot (sorry, Tomahawk missile) from the point again too.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Yeah that's me as well.

Pissed at a bad pinch, disappointed in the start ... not looking to talk about 40 years of Flames hockey as a reaction.

It hasn't been a great season. Odd season really. Having some anger about it is understood.

Needing to believe every single thing is broken and doomed to make yourself feel better is pretty fun to poke at later.

There are a lot of people that think having negative emotions is bad, and communicating them even worse.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Shazam

There are a lot of people that think having negative emotions is bad, and communicating them even worse.

That's your summary of what I said?

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Muta

Man, has Stetcher been good, what an addition to our backend. Love the way he plays. Was satisfying to see Stone's shot (sorry, Tomahawk missile) from the point again too.

Other acceptable terms for fast moving puck from the blueline:

- clapper
- cannon
- laser
- rocket
- bomb
- slap shot
- heavy shot
- howitzer
- bullet
- slapper
- absolutely uncorks one

Hockey slang is fun.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Bingo

That's your summary of what I said?

I quoted the wrong post haha.

I just saw the "Yeah that's me as well". I guess I should've clipped the rest.

[All In Good Time]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Yeah that's me as well.

Pissed at a bad pinch, disappointed in the start ... not looking to talk about 40 years of Flames hockey as a reaction.

It hasn't been a great season. Odd season really. Having some anger about it is understood.

Needing to believe every single thing is broken and doomed to make yourself feel better is pretty fun to poke at later.

I admit, I’m an optimist. Just have to look for the bright side. Its easy to find negative in anything and I just don’t like living that way.
I see a team that didn’t have that “game breaker” for most of the year. They also struggled with systems it seemed. To me, Sutter has been trying to get them to play a style that he is confident that they have to play in order for them to have success. It also appears that there has been blowback against that.
But
Recently, it seems that there has been buy in and in an eternally optimistic manner, this season could turn in a beautiful direction if we make it in, playing a playoff form of hockey and Edmonton wins the conference……… could have a golden shot at redemption.
Either way, I also think that we could return with exactly the same personnel next year and enjoy much better results.
The one thing that I admit triggers me is the comments that demand we “Tank”. Planning to lose then expecting to win a lottery doesn’t make sense to me and potentially damages the future more than it helps. I just don’t see it as a “plan”.

[Yamer]

Re: Wall of Shame. Generally, I consider myself a more positive-leaning poster. Or at least I have a little more restraint than some when the games aren't going well. Since the beginning of its inception I've been on the side saying it shouldn't be a part of the board.

The question that should be asked is: "Does the Wall of Shame make CP better or worse?".

You take a sub-set of members that have demonstrated reduced impulse control and a tendency to overreact and/or be aggressive and you throw it all back in their face by pointing and laughing; literally shaming them. What outcome are we really expecting when something like this occurs? We're seeing it yet again in another PGT, and I don't find how the board is better for it.

It's good that a few who make the wall are humble or reflective enough to laugh at themselves, but you're always going to have that sub-set that are going to fire back and then we have another derailed and useless PGT where members are pitted against each other after a freaking WIN. Is that brief hit of dopamine worth making another person even more miserable or upset and, in turn, drag the board down with it?

While it's easy to scroll past and some posters seem to like it doesn't mean it isn't damaging/toxic, and frankly just some high-school level stuff, TBH.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by All In Good Time

I admit, I’m an optimist.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Shazam

There are a lot of people that think having negative emotions is bad, and communicating them even worse.

communicating negative emotions is good and healthy, dwelling on them and being angry at people for not agreeing is not healthy.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Fan in Exile

I think Mangiapane has really found his game again. It's like am impact deadline addition.

Huberdeau has ten points in his last 11 games. Duehr looks like a legit mid-six forward. The Flames have the depth on paper right now for sure, they just need to capitalize down the stretch.

[PepsiFree]

The funniest thing about “the wall” is that the people upset over being on it are usually the ones who would just repost the same thing in the next GT anyway. It’s the same people posting the same things over and over and over.

But, suddenly it’s bad when someone quotes that post. OK then.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Re: Wall of Shame. Generally, I consider myself a more positive-leaning poster. Or at least I have a little more restraint than some when the games aren't going well. Since the beginning of its inception I've been on the side saying it shouldn't be a part of the board.

The question that should be asked is: "Does the Wall of Shame make CP better or worse?".

You take a sub-set of members that have demonstrated reduced impulse control and a tendency to overreact and/or be aggressive and you throw it all back in their face by pointing and laughing; literally shaming them. What outcome are we really expecting when something like this occurs? We're seeing it yet again in another PGT, and I don't find how the board is better for it.

It's good that a few who make the wall are humble or reflective enough to laugh at themselves, but you're always going to have that sub-set that are going to fire back and then we have another derailed and useless PGT where members are pitted against each other after a freaking WIN. Is that brief hit of dopamine worth making another person even more miserable or upset and, in turn, drag the board down with it?

While it's easy to scroll past and some posters seem to like it doesn't mean it isn't damaging/toxic, and frankly just some high-school level stuff, TBH.

I really don't see it as that big of a deal.

After the Flames went down 0-2 to Anaheim, every single poster here likely thought more or less the same thing, and that was this team was done due to the same issues that have been plaguing the team all year.

Some posters then posted about it, and the Flames came back and won. Thus, with 100% the benefit of hindsight, those comments seem unwarranted and are being poked fun at, despite the fact we all understand why they did it.

If you are concerned about adding/taking away from the experience on this board, the far bigger issue is the posters who continually talk about the Flames blowing it up immediately, despite the fact we are in a very competitive and fun race for a playoff spot. There are several posters who continually pick at the Flames' corpse despite the fact they are still very much alive.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

communicating negative emotions is good and healthy, dwelling on them and being angry at people for not agreeing is not healthy.

Dwelling? There's no dwelling here. People are just going haha the Flames won, and then moving along. If anything, the posters on the wall of shame should be happy the Flames won and appreciate their own emotional reaction was premature.

[Alpha_Q]

Wall stuff should be quality over quantity. Stating a fact like '1 shot against 1 goal against' is a fact that's not going to change with a win. But when posters start using terms like 'garbage team' or 'losers,' that's wall material.

Part of me wants them to dismantle teams like 'Peg has done their last 2, but maybe these come from behind wins are more important in terms of confidence/character. I dunno... Watch theme eke out a win against Chicago and then beat Winnipeg by 5.