[GT] Flames Vs. Red Wings

[MillerTime GFG]

Originally Posted by MillerTime GFG

But let’s sign all our guys long term.

Kadri and Huby - 17.5mm for -6 combined.

[442scotty]

Dube misses taking the puck in the corner twice! Huberdeau nowhere to be seen on the back check omg….

[skcli]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

Huberdeau had all the time to catch DeBrincat there.

Instead glides and watches

He is deadwood collecting his fat paycheck. I am glad that we are building a new arena to watch this useless player for another 9 years.

[Ziggy Lidstrom]

Oh god. Here comes the players only meeting. These guys are in trouble big time. No semblance of an idea how to play bs speed and tenacity. Guys checking out. Players looking lost. We gotta pay hanifin? And lindholm? This is gonna get worse before it gets better.

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

-3 and zero shots on goal!

I try but I just can't seem to like him as a flame.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Why hasn't the era of wolf started?

Blue chip prospect and this dumb team wants to hold him back in hopes a team will deal them a 3rd rounder instead of a 5th.

Now they're getting a 6th at best.

This team can't afford to keep elite talent playing on the farm

Can Vladar be judged on any of these goals? I'm not defending him more than trying to say that the team in front of him are so far out of sorts they're hanging him put to dry.

[gvitaly]

If this isn't an indication we should be sellers at the deadline I don't know what is.

[Beninho]

I guess management did not see enough last year. Unreal that they may invest another $17 million + into this team over the next two months

[Sec214]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

I thought the Flames were faster this year?

No confidence in each other.
Huberdeau can’t haven’t the pressure cooker.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

New season honeymoon phase over.

Face to face once again with reality - the team just isn't very good and the players who are good aren't motivated.

[FanIn80]

A thought just occured to me... maybe Conny knew the season would be like this and didn't want to subject Wolf to it.

[Burning Beard]

What was Huberdeau doing there? Draisaitl without the offensive output.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Honestly, if you really looks at the numbers last year, I see a team that was doing everything right but just had zero morale. Across the board, we had (mostly) excellent advanced stats... and the glaringly weak spots were all things that a team in a better headspace would have had no problem with.

pressure-related offensive and defensive breakdowns
untimely bad goals
not fighting for (offensive or deffensive) rebounds
untimely penalties
crumbling with the lead / no belief in getting a lead

We were a team that was being coached the right way hockey-wise, but the wrong way mentally. Now I fear it's the opposite.

Alternatively, the coach (sharpest mind in hockey) wanted to play the right way and lost a battle with the new stars who didn't. And the coach also battled with many in the head office over the quality of the roster (or lack thereof) and lost that battle too.

So here we are with Maloney in charge, "star" players playing the way they think they need to, largely the same roster, a huge downgrade in the coaching position and a less "toxic" (or alternatively, a less accountable and less critical) atmosphere.

The results thus far seem to be tracking the logic of the situation pretty darn closely.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by MillerTime GFG

Kadri and Huby - 17.5mm for -6 combined.

Just awful. I wish we kept Monahan and that 1st and never signed Kadri or Huberdeau.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Better get used to 16th overall picks because that's what we'll be getting for the next decade.

I think that is pretty negative. This team is bad enough to definitely pick top 10 multiple times over the next 5 years. Mediocre goaltending and a defence that can’t afford a single injury and no shooters up front. That type of team can definitely pick higher than 16th. We are going to be 2-3-1 after playing 1 playoff team from last year in the first 6 games. Wait until we play the big boys like Colorado, Dallas, Vegas, LA before saying we can’t do worse than 16th.

[Hells Bells]

Honestly. WTF happened to Huberdeau??

Kadri I was never a fan of his offensive abilities, Huberdeau made things happen by himself in Florida.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by gvitaly

If this isn't an indication we should be sellers at the deadline I don't know what is.

I get the feeling if Conny had his way, the Flames would be 13 million over the cap and everyone stays, forever

[skcli]

Better to spend my time raking some leaves. Enjoy the 3rd period. Team will exit 3rd period to the shower room.

[Rejean31]

Why does Mackenzie Weegar look like an offensive dynamo when he is playing hockey for any team not named the Calgary Flames? As soon as he has the Flaming C on his chest, nothing!!

[WCW Nitro]

You know you're in a bad spot when Nurse's contract is not the worst one in the province