Watching in person and a few things were extremely obvious:
- Forbort Desharnais are unplayable. They looked absolutely dreadful against Calgary so I can’t imagine how we can put this out against legitimate teams
- Pettersson is not dialed in
- Sprong blew the zone like 1 out of every 4 shifts. Just straight up cherry picked
- Calgary was obviously exploiting the point shots. Every long shot had our entire section with our buttholes puckered
Not good 1st but very good 2-3rd. I have no expectation for this season, so I will enjoy hockey and will be so happy if our young guys takes the next steps.
Zary and Pospisil were great, Honzek almost scored.
Watching TSN and Onrait and Button are talking about how the Canucks lost the game because of Silovs, but no word on how the Flames battled back from a three goal deficit. This team never gets any credit. Fvck it, we might not make the playoffs, but I’m ready to watch this team show the entire league that we aren’t as bad as everyone thinks.
Go Flames Go
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Bold by Huska two put two young sophomores out together during 3-on-3 OT but the gambit paid off, Zary and Pospisil each deserving huge credit for the winning goal.
50/50 hindsight, but really wish Backs didn't try to score an empty-netter through a defender, just maintain the possession and kill the clock or wait until you have a clearer shot. Would have been nice for the Canucks to walk away with nothing, but I'm just being greedy.
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Ok. So I fell asleep when it was 4-3. I clearly missed a lot. The Oilers got shutout on home ice in game 1 and the Flames came back and won?!?!? Can't be mad at that. Here's the return of my dancing to celebrate the W:
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50/50 hindsight, but really wish Backs didn't try to score an empty-netter through a defender, just maintain the possession and kill the clock or wait until you have a clearer shot. Would have been nice for the Canucks to walk away with nothing, but I'm just being greedy.
I agree. He had someone to pass to as well. I get why he shot but kind of a dumb shot. And holy crap what a shot by Miller going the other way. But amazing to see Zary win it. Nice choice by Huska to send him out