[PGT] Oilers 3 Flames 2 in OT

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Flames with Vladar beat the Sharks/Hawks most of the time

I would rather have Celebrini and a few of the other young talent on the Sharks than our roster long term.

There is a lot of potential on that team.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I don't think there is any point to throwing in the towel now. 6 points away from 10th with too few games remaining. They are almost assuredly going to end up in no-man's land. It sucks, but it is what it is. I would rather the Flames continue to battle it out and at least hand over Montreal the very worst pick possible with whatever games they have.


I felt after their points percentage dropped out of the top 8 in the conference, playoffs became unlikely, especially given the heater that the Blues were on, and how unlikely the Wild would have to drop in order for the Flames to catch them. This loss puts the Flames further back, and they have Colorado next. Sucks for the 'worst case scenario' to have such a high chance of happening now, but it is what it is. No point in throwing in the towel at this point.



Vladar has been just as good as Wolf down the stretch. They would need to call up Ignatjew or someone, sit Weegar, Andersson, Kadri and Huberdeau, and outright embarrass themselves with a tank job to get into that bottom 10.



Just play out the season. Play hard, score some goals, entertain us. That's how I see it anyway.

[EDMONTONisNG]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Am34 and mattew nies. No way we land him unless we pay him 15 +

Building around a 15m winger just ain't it.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Marner is a 70 point player at best in this system.

Huberdeau 2.0.

[TheScorpion]

Pospisil, Sharangovich, and Klapka all looked pretty good with Kadri IMO

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Infinit47

Might have something to do with the fact that the Flames game plan is to win by 1 goal and as soon as you are up you let the other team have the puck and stand in front of your net hoping nothing bad happens.

We can make fun of the Oilers hiring McDavid's junior coach, but they pressure the puck all over the ice and battle to get it and give it to their best players to score.

Flames get a lead and play like they are afraid to touch the puck.

Again how do you explain their strong record in one goal games?
Seems like whatever they do works in close games

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Infinit47

Might have something to do with the fact that the Flames game plan is to win by 1 goal and as soon as you are up you let the other team have the puck and stand in front of your net hoping nothing bad happens.

We can make fun of the Oilers hiring McDavid's junior coach, but they pressure the puck all over the ice and battle to get it and give it to their best players to score.

Flames get a lead and play like they are afraid to touch the puck.

You understand they play that way because we lack talent and no they don’t change the system halfway through the game.

We don’t have the speed or talent to play a pressure game. Our defence is patched together with waiver wire pickups.

The Flames aren’t losing because of coaching. They are losing because we don’t have a Draisatil on our team.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Pospisil, Sharangovich, and Klapka all looked pretty good with Kadri IMO

This is the best Klapka has looked
Rough game for Coronato

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Again how do you explain their strong record in one goal games?
Seems like whatever they do works in close games

Goaltending mainly. But Huska has been alright.

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Ignoring 3 games in hand is kinda misleading...its toigh but not 7 point deficit tough

We haven't done much with the last two games....

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I would rather have Celebrini and a few of the other young talent on the Sharks than our roster long term.

There is a lot of potential on that team.

Goalposts

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by nieuwy-89

It was the Flames vs one player tonight and he killed them. Brutal.

Perry flipping out seemed to rally the Oilers. Thought the Flames kind of got pushed around, especially after that.

Frost cost them the game with the weak turnover but it wasn’t the first. Several of our guys got caught by backcheckers tonight which really shouldn’t happen.

That was Coronato’s worst game in a long time. He shows up every night. But tonight his brain was a second behind.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Pospisil, Sharangovich, and Klapka all looked pretty good with Kadri IMO

They looked lost in the defensive zone.

[GullFoss]

I think a point against the oilers on the road is fine. Flames not in best position, but I don't think their odds change much after tonight.

One of St Louis or Minnesota is likely to be middling over the last 10 games and the flames have games in hand and some easier opponents.

I think that game against Minnesota could be crucial and see a reasonable pathway to the playoffs for the flames.

[NewFan]

I was hoping we qualify for the playoffs even it will be "waste of 7 days" anywhere.
Now I wants to sit all the guys who has injuries and call many young guys from Wranglers and play them in a couple meaningful games.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by NewFan

I was hoping we qualify for the playoffs even it will be "waste of 7 days" anywhere.
Now I wants to sit all the guys who has injuries and call many young guys from Wranglers and play them in a couple meaningful games.

I actually don't think the playoffs would be a waste of 8 days. This team is playing pretty good hockey.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Minnesota has a tough sked this week. At NJ/NYR/NYI and vs Dallas. That's no cake walk. Maybe they go 2-2 there. Not impossible.

If(obviously a big if) the Flames take care of their business, there could be an opening this week.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I think most people would accept short term pain for a better draft position this season
But again how do you do that?
Not play Wolf?
You don’t just decide to lose.

Well, before we get to the bolded, starting with my own feelings:

I'm not angry.

I'm just numb.

I read somewhere that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.

And that's how I feel after digesting every win, or every loss this year.

Sure, I feel the temporary elation when we win games.

Sure, I feel the temporary dissapointment, as with tonight, when we lose games.

But on a whole, I just feel no excitement. Not for the standings. Not for the playoffs. Not for the draft. Not for next year.


I don't even have an opinion on Ryan Huska.


Me, who has probably made 5000 word essays on every coach since Brent Sutter on CP.

I just don't care anymore.

If I were Craig Conroy, what would I do though?

I would start by trying to move Weegar, Andersson, Coleman, Backlund, Sharangovich. And if someone's willing to take them on their contracts, Kadri and Huberdeau.

But I would NOT try to do player for player trades hoping for a diamond in the rough a la Toffoli for Sharangovich. Draft picks. Maybe prospects if you think there's a Filip Forsberg out there for our Erats, but otherwise just stick to draft picks.

Beyond that, I don't have an answer.

We're in a bad position. At least we might be able to get past the consequences of the legendarily bad Monahan trade this year?

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

They looked lost in the defensive zone.

Really? Flames only gave up five shots in 15 minutes with that line on the ice at evens. I thought they were really strong in transition.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Ignoring 3 games in hand is kinda misleading...its toigh but not 7 point deficit tough

No, I didn't ignore the 3 games in hand. The Blues and Wild are the next level team of what the Flames need to be. The talent on both teams are a step above the Flames. The team needed to make hay earlier in the year to not allow them to get them in this situation. Just being a realistic. A team that struggles to score + the remaining schedule vs Yhey obviously more talented offensive teams and a greatly easier schedule.