If Ritchie is our best defensive forward that either means there is a potential draw in the fancy stats or we are not great defensively. When he had the two on one with Lewis the other night and went wide instead of making a straight line to the back post, thus allowing Seguin to get position and eliminate a scoring chance I thought of course.
1st in the regular season and 3rd in the playoffs.
I'm not making a case for him being Guy Carboneau believe me, but if you're fleshing out a fourth line he seems to fit the bill. Big, physical, can skate, doesn't give up much.
Season long fluke? Sure could be ... but it's continued into the playoffs.
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That 2012 Kings team is probably the most dominant 8 weeks of playoffs I have seen in my lifetime. Almost no adversity.
Best defensive team i have ever seen that wasnt Team Canada in Sochi.
I remember there was a game late in that season where the Kings came into the dome and so completely dominated the Flames and you could tell they were only doing what they were going to do moving forward. It was pretty eye opening actually.
I got them at 15-1 iirc for 50 bucks...returned 800.
The best part was the way they rolled the Canucks. A lot of their "fans" who had been trolling this forum for a couple seasons sure did disappear quickly.
As someone who's lived in Germany since 2018, can relate. I also got up at 4 am to watch them get blown out 6-0 to the Canucks on the opening day of the season in 2008-09 when I was at university in England, a fun memory.
GFG.
Yes, it has been tough to do watch games. It made for a lot of long days, as I watched 80 percent of the flames games this year. Thank gosh for IPTV services!
Best defensive team i have ever seen that wasnt Team Canada in Sochi.
I remember there was a game late in that season where the Kings came into the dome and so completely dominated the Flames and you could tell they were only doing what they were going to do moving forward. It was pretty eye opening actually.
I got them at 15-1 iirc for 50 bucks...returned 800.
The best part was the way they rolled the Canucks. A lot of their "fans" who had been trolling this forum for a couple seasons sure did disappear quickly.
I'd argue Chicago in 2010 was every bit as good. Maybe not defensively, but they had the horses to score their way out of just about anything.
4-2 over Nashville
4-2 over Canucks
4-0 over SJ
4-2 over Philly
Not a single series was really ever in doubt. Even when they hoisted the cup Kane (or Toews, I don't recall) was overheard saying "We just won the cup, can you f------ believe it"??
I'm not sure fourth lines are built on simple points per game.
Brett Ritchie xGA60 this year ... 2.08 (1st)
Adam Ruzicka xGA60 this year ... 2.34 (11th)
I have zero issues with the 4th line. They're doing what's needed and i see no reason for a change.
There are lots of players in the top 9 from whom we need production starting now.
I have little doubt we see an exceptionally strong game from the Flames tonight. Just crossing my fingers we don't get any bad bounces or inopportune goalie gaffes. Not much margin for error in this series anymore.
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I'd peg this as the biggest game for this franchise since Game 1 against the Ducks in 2015. Huge fork in the road moment for this team and most people that work for it. I really really hope Flames can rise to the occasion and win, hopefully by a lot. And maybe get a spear in on Benn when the game is clearly out of reach
Not a fan of the line combos. 4th line is playing well, should have mixed up lines 2 and 3.
The Flames better pull this one out, it'll look awfully pathetic if they show no resolve, that will be heightened by the fact all 4 teams down 2 - 1 yesterday, won. I see the Rangers and Panthers both winning tonight as well.
must show all Flames games nationally when they play on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays !!!
