[PGT] Four straight! 3-2 OT win!

[Gaskal]

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Spoiler!

Ferland strikes off the rush

Well at least we have tape on how not to defend a 3 on 2
Silver linings and all.

Definitely make a nice instructional video for Ice Mites.

Seriously?

saw that one coming

Brodin
all you had to do was take the body. for once

Wild are weak as hell in their crease. They should have read that where they could have knocked Ferland down to the ice. Sadly we don't have the players for that...

good description of it
Michael Russo @RussoHockey
I don't even know how to describe that ridiculousness. Stalock out of position, Brodin doesn't box out or take body, Winnik covering for Suter and looking lost

Stalock really played himself out of that situation.

Yeah, he didn't help
The whole thing was a cluster#### right from the start.

Smitty flashing the leather

stop.shooting.into.smiths.glove.

Smith
Robbery

Here ya go Smitty, have some Kryptonite

How the hell does that not go in.

Why does the wild always get the “goalie that is just feeling it tonight”. Or “they chased another goalie away!” No in the middle like “they win a tough close game that didn’t go into OT.”

Mike Smith looks 9 feet tall and 5 feet wide
Gonna be tough getting anything past him tonight.

Time to start shooting at Smitty's blocker side
Clearly the glove side is invincible.

Just cut off Smith's glove hand....

Granny needs to check our GDT between shifts
Don’t shoot glove side!

Offensive Woes

And...
we manage to #### up the PP.

I miss being able to talk smack about other teams instead of ragging on our own guys
Jeesh, what a frustrating season

So I hope EVERYONE realizes that Coyle is very streaky where he won't ever be a good goal scorer.

I realize it
Doesn’t mean I can’t bitch every time he ####s up a Grade A opportunity. I’m a fan, that’s my right

yeah he totally lost sight of the puck
when it was right in front of him

Some hockey vision would be nice to see from a first-rounder who's supposed to be the hope of the franchise

Monahan with a backbreaker to end the 2nd

#### this, I've seen enough

Well I'm watching the Oilers/Preds game
Pulling on the Oilers, but this game is way more entertaining than this game…

initiate Bruce Boudreau red faced yelling

This is one of the reasons why the Wild haven't been able to compete for a Cup
I ####ing swear if I keep seeing stick checks instead of destroying bodies in the slot…This is why we need to start drafting big D who are just plain mean and are #######s.

Starts with the teams leadership and setting the example
Suter needs to do that if you want anyone else to do it. otherwise you have one guy who ends getting his ass kicked in a scrum with no backup and he will eventually stop being that way.
But I agree with you.

Dougie seals it in OT

What kind of **** was that?

This is what I get
For believing in them tonight.

Suter and Koivu on the ice together?????

LaPanta was so pumped for Suter's breakaway. Knew he wasn't going to score.
Gaudreau is the Wild’s daddy. 3 points in this game.

I had high hopes
until he dropped if off to the wrong team

I hope this team gets shot into the sun
This is abysmal.

Welp
got a point that I hoped, but didn’t think we’d get at the beginning of the 3rd.

Almost as an afterthought

The Flames are going to make the playoffs at this point aren't they.

Given how bad we, the nucks, and the Yotes are they might just do it by default.

Dahlin will be huge for this team

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by Gaskal

Around the League Report

Spoiler!

Ferland strikes off the rush









Smitty flashing the leather









Offensive Woes






Monahan with a backbreaker to end the 2nd







Dougie seals it in OT








Almost as an afterthought

Oh thank God. I can go to bed.

[DropIt]

Will have to remember this one when we lose a game we should have won.

[ThaBrink]

Originally Posted by Gaskal

Around the League Report
Dahlin will be huge for this team

[Roof-Daddy]

Minor gripe, but it would be nice if more than one line at a time would score some goals.

Then maybe we could win some games going away for a change.

But like I said, as long as they keep winning it's just a minor gripe.

[monkeyman]

I'm honestly pleasantly surprised, this team is playing well, PP excluded.

[Manhattanboy]

Looks like Stryker might have moved on.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Minor gripe, but it would be nice if more than one line at a time would score some goals.

Then maybe we could win some games going away for a change.

But like I said, as long as they keep winning it's just a minor gripe.

I suppose you are using hyperbole, but there were two lines in on the scoring against the Ducks. Three lines scored against the Kings.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Looks like Stryker might have moved on.

I was just scrolling through, wondering where his usual post is. Thread isn't the same without it.
Too busy handling asses maybe?
seriously, hope everything is ok with the guy.

[killer_carlson]

while it isn't GM MacTavish in December opining about how good Ekblad will be on the squad, Dahlin in January is pretty close.

[jg13]

This is a fantastic stat Darren Haynes dug up.

@DarrenWHaynes

Mark Jankowski (27:12, 1 GA) and Garnet Hathaway (14:28, 0 GA) have combined for 41:40 of SH ice time with only 1 PP goal against.

#Flames PK was 29th when Jankowski started killing penalties on Nov. 15. Since that point, with Hathaway eventually joining him, Calgary ranks 13th.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

I suppose you are using hyperbole, but there were two lines in on the scoring against the Ducks. Three lines scored against the Kings.

Yeah a bit of hyperbole for sure.

More accurately, it'd be nice if more than one line could be RED HOT at the same time.

But as long as they keep winning it's no big deal.

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by jg13

This is a fantastic stat Darren Haynes dug up.

@DarrenWHaynes

Mark Jankowski (27:12, 1 GA) and Garnet Hathaway (14:28, 0 GA) have combined for 41:40 of SH ice time with only 1 PP goal against.

#Flames PK was 29th when Jankowski started killing penalties on Nov. 15. Since that point, with Hathaway eventually joining him, Calgary ranks 13th.

Who were the players who have recieved the corresponding decrease in PK time since November 15?

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by ThaBrink

Originally Posted by Gaskal
Around the League Report
Dahlin will be huge for this team

LOL

They've been saying that about all their lottery picks since Hall...

[driveway]

15 games over 36 days since the Flames last allowed more than 3 goals against.

Record in that time is 8-4-3 for 19 points and a .633 points percentage.

Continuing to play at this pace (which includes most of a pretty frustrating December) will result in 50 points from our next 40 games and 98 points on the season.

[868904]

With regards to the PP, I swear i've been seeing Stajan on there lately or have my eyes been deceiving me?

If it is true, why?

You have a skilled winger with a good one timer in Mangiapane in the lineup, why not play him to his strengths? The kid is a scorer, a skilled player, use him properly.

I understand limiting his minutes on the 4th line and getting him accustomed to the NHL, but at least try him on the PP where his strengths are.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by 868904

With regards to the PP, I swear i've been seeing Stajan on there lately or have my eyes been deceiving me?

If it is true, why?

You have a skilled winger with a good one timer in Mangiapane in the lineup, why not play him to his strengths? The kid is a scorer, a skilled player, use him properly.

I understand limiting his minutes on the 4th line and getting him accustomed to the NHL, but at least try him on the PP where his strengths are.

Stajan was on once during the time when the whole third line was in the box. That's it.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Red

I don't think so. We have 4 forwards on the first PP. 1-3-1 formation, which is good if you have a Ovechkin on one side and Kucherov on the other. We literally have no one-timers to make this work. IMO they should go back to the standard 2 point dmen and let some shots from there.

Yeah seeing a perfect one timer play to Backlund who proceeded to do nothing with the puck epitomized their struggles pretty well.

Have to get shots off quickly and accurately. Hamilton and Monahan are the only guys that are really able to do that consistently (Stone tries, I'll give him that). Not enough pure shooters so we're left with endless passing or a turnover off a weak wrister that's blocked or deflected cause the opponent has time to get in front of it.

We could use Iggy and a time machine.

[activeStick]

This is pretty fantastic:

https://twitter.com/mikeFAIL/status/...532269568?s=01

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Great 43 minutes. Scary 20 minutes.

People really need to put this into perspective: on the road, against a conference rival for playoff positioning, and in a building where the home team has lost a grand total of four times in regulation. The pushback has way more to do with how good a team, and how desperate a team the Wild are now than it does with any supposed deficiency on the Flames.

Calgary played a terrific game and came away with a well deserved and hard earned win. It is unfortunate that they could not have ended the game in regulation, but there should be very little criticism or concern from fans coming out of this one.