[GT] Flames at Leafs....

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

He had traffic and a lane.

It's probably more on Huberdeau. He shouldn't have collapsed down after making the pass to Bean.

If he's covering the right point or stays where he was when he made the pass then the puck probably goes right to him.

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

He's the only guy on the RH side of the ice and needs to cover Andersson's pinch and stay as the high man on the RH side after passing to Bean.

He keeps position there and the puck easily stays in the zone after Bean's shot.

Ya it was not a pinch, it was a rush chance. Bean has to be able to hit the net. He is a NHL dman for Christ sake. It is reasonable for him to drive the back post, that is the play that almost any player would make on that play.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by DJones

Playing non-nhl caliber defenders when the team is fighting for a playoff spot is borderline disrespectful

You don't have to waste a 1st or 2nd.

Meh, who are they going to get that’s cheap that are materially better right now? Bahl getting back will go a long way to slotting everyone correctly.

[Macindoc]

The brain fog seems to have carried over from the last game.

[SemicolonD]

Got a little heated on the bench between Anderson and Kadri it seems after that 4th goal. Let's use that fire and comeback here in the 3rd.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

He was driving the back post because he thought Bean would be able to put the puck on net coming down Main Street. Waiting at the right point expecting an NHL dman to not be able to hit the net would never make sense. bean puts that on the left pad and the rebound goes right to Huberdeau.

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Ya it was not a pinch, it was a rush chance. Bean has to be able to hit the net. He is a NHL dman for Christ sake. It is reasonable for him to drive the back post, that is the play that almost any player would make on that play.

If the play was always made then you'd never have to cover the point for a pinching dman because he's always going to make the play.

You have to assess the risk there and Bean being the only high man and also being the guy with the puck taking the shot means he has to cover his point men.

It wasn't Bean that pinched, it's that Andersson, Kadri, and Farabee are already below the circles and Huberdeau can't be the 4th guy below the circles

[dino7c]

Its 4-2 (should be 4-3) on a couple major mistakes...some of you are acting like the Leafs are all over them. Not the game I am seeing. Flames are beating themselves with a couple uncharacteristic mistakes

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by DJones

Get a damn defender Conroy

We have some good options in the A

[NewFan]

For me Huska needs make 4th line useful and D bigger and meaner. Call a couple of players from Wranglers.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

We have some good options in the A

Barrie looked great in the A after not playing for months, its not an easy jump

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Its 4-2 (should be 4-3) on a couple major mistakes...some of you are acting like the Leafs are all over them. Not the game I am seeing. Flames are beating themselves with a couple uncharacteristic mistakes

We are playing horrible. They are hanging Wolf out to dry.

[SemicolonD]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

We have some good options in the A

Sucks cuz they should've been trying them out already. The longer we wait to assess what our options on the Wranglers can do, the more likely Conny makes a trade for some bottom pair guy for a 4th. I know he hasn't shown that yet, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him go for one such trade near the deadline.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

If the play was always made then you'd never have to cover the point for a pinching dman because he's always going to make the play.

You have to assess the risk there and Bean being the only high man and also being the guy with the puck taking the shot means he has to cover his point men.

It wasn't Bean that pinched, it's that Andersson, Kadri, and Farabee are already below the circles and Huberdeau can't be the 4th guy below the circles

Agree that it was unreasonable for Huberdeau to expect Bean to be able to hit the net. Unfortunate he could not hit the net.

We can agree to disagree about whether it was a pinch, don’t usually use that word to describe a rush chance.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by NewFan

For me Huska needs make 4th line useful and D bigger and meaner. Call a couple of players from Wranglers.

The 4th line just needs to be a net-neutral and that would help the team immensely. Don't care about stature and mean-ness. Just don't suck.

[DJones]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Meh, who are they going to get that’s cheap that are materially better right now? Bahl getting back will go a long way to slotting everyone correctly.

Matheson, Soucy, anyone on Seattle or Columbus. #### could probably find improvements in the AHL.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by butterfly

In other words never. What value do they have? I'd be far more interested in watching Miromanov and Solovyov play.

Miromanov has been an unmitigated disaster.

[Macindoc]

Weak GI call looming large.

Everyone will be slotted better when Zary and Bahl return, but even then, the Flames are short a legit top 4 LHD.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

We are playing horrible. They are hanging Wolf out to dry.

They have given up 4 HD chances in the game...two were really bad mistakes that wound up in the back of the net but this isn't the Jets game from a couple weeks back.

[Macindoc]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

Miromanov has been an unmitigated disaster.

Isn’t he a converted winger? Why not try him on the wing again, can’t be any worse than he is at D.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

Miromanov has been an unmitigated disaster.

Well, why teams insist on paying more than league minimum for players projected to be below replacement level is beyond me. They could have signed some AHL journeyman for league minimum and done two free beer games for the same amount of money and been better off on the ice.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Its 4-2 (should be 4-3) on a couple major mistakes...some of you are acting like the Leafs are all over them. Not the game I am seeing. Flames are beating themselves with a couple uncharacteristic mistakes

I think they are being beaten to most free pucks and their clears are getting intercepted a lot.