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View Poll Results: Are the Calgary Flames over or under achieving?
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03-13-2025, 12:14 PM
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#181
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: San Francisco
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Originally Posted by dino7c
They won 2 division titles and a game 7. They won some big games
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I’m sorry but those teams that won division titles both had massive playoff disappointments. One with a 5 game beat down by the Avs, the other with a 5 game choke job vs the Oilers. If you want to go further back they got swept by the Ducks in 2017 too. This isn’t European soccer where league success is celebrated. No one cares about division titles. In this sport the real big games are played past April and this organization rarely wins them. Hopefully it changes but it’s not gonna happen this year, and I say that as someone who likes the direction Conroy is taking this team. I just am not a fan of rewriting the past, those teams were big disappointments because they should have achieved more with the rosters they had.
Last edited by Beninho; 03-13-2025 at 12:19 PM.
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03-13-2025, 12:20 PM
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#182
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Originally Posted by Beninho
I’m sorry but those teams that won division titles both had massive playoff disappointments. One with a 5 game beat down by the Avs, the other with a 5 game choke job vs the Oilers. If you want to go further back they got swept by the Ducks in 2017 too. This isn’t European soccer where league success is celebrated. No one cares about division titles. In this sport the real big games are played past April and this organization rarely wins them. Hopefully it changes but it’s not gonna happen this year, and I say that as someone who likes the direction Conroy is taking this team. I just am not a fan of rewriting the past, those teams were big disappointments.
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It was said they never won a big game...IMO that was false. Game 7 was certainly a big game.
Its really not worth a multi paragraph debate
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03-13-2025, 12:36 PM
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#183
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Hughes is really good.
I hope that parehk can be that good for us.
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03-13-2025, 12:40 PM
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#184
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Originally Posted by skcli
This team has enough excuses since the 4 Nations tournament. Injury, fatigue bra bra bra. Time to face the reality and do NOT push for the playoffs
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Think that decision gate is long past. They are all in for playoffs.
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03-13-2025, 12:41 PM
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#185
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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Hughes is really good.
I hope that parehk can be that good for us.
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Yeah, if he doesn't play the Flames win that game easy
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03-13-2025, 12:47 PM
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#186
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Originally Posted by Rhett44
I don't understand blaming the coach. The players are playing hard for him almost every game.
The talent level just isn't there. You can see it with 3 on 3 play, we do not have a single 1st line forward on the team.
If we make the playoffs, it will solely be because of Wolf. This team was expected to be bottom 5 bad, I don't get the coach criticism when he has them in a playoff spot.
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I’d argue the only reason they are where they are is due to coaching and goaltending.
They average 3 goals or less every game. They should be in the AHL with offense like that.
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03-13-2025, 01:01 PM
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#187
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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
If we don’t make the playoffs this year it will be because of our abysmal 3v3 play.
Find some players that can make things happen with more open ice. Our current squad struggles with it for whatever reason.
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Mantha might have been that player this season who, presumably, would no longer be on the roster at this point of the season but could have contributed with his speed and scoring ability in OT games prior to TDL.
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03-13-2025, 01:03 PM
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#188
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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
I just think he’s got a sweet spot for time on ice. His game is not so effortless that he can tack on an extra 2-3 minutes a night. As the game progresses he gets caught on the boards more and takes more contact.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This is the one the reasons I’m leery of extending Andersson. His skating is already a bit suspect, especially defending the rush and retrieving pucks. It will only get worse over the course of his next contract.
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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
Yeah I was in the sign him camp earlier but the way it's trending I hope they cash in on him this off-season.
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If fans are having these kind of discussions, imagine how the front office is navigating this. Some tough decisions coming in the offseason. In December an extension was almost a no brainer. Since then, talk if an extension based on the subsequent play seems foolish.
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03-13-2025, 01:14 PM
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#189
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Originally Posted by JobHopper
The thing is, my posts, thoughts and insights may be my opinions but they're also quite factual.
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03-13-2025, 01:17 PM
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#190
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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I get its largely a slotting problem, but let that be some other team's slotting problem next season.
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03-13-2025, 01:27 PM
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#191
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The Pas, MB
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Originally Posted by Goriders
Think that decision gate is long past. They are all in for playoffs.
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It's also silly to expect them to stop trying. They're tied for a playoff spot. Of course they're going to try to make it.
As it's been said before, some of these players won't be around when the team is a contender and Huska probably won't be the coach. They don't care where the Flames end up drafting. They want to win now.
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03-13-2025, 01:28 PM
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#192
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Alberta
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It's a 3-2 league and we generally fail to score 3 goals in a game. Result... predictable. It's a skill issue.
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03-13-2025, 01:29 PM
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#193
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Has there been any updates on Backlund?
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03-13-2025, 01:33 PM
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#194
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The next five opponents still have a lot on the line. It's going to be interesting.
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03-13-2025, 02:21 PM
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#195
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Has there been any updates on Backlund?
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Apparently there was a practice today? At least according to Flames PR there was. But no one has any reporting from it.
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03-13-2025, 03:26 PM
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#196
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Originally Posted by Toonage
Apparently there was a practice today? At least according to Flames PR there was. But no one has any reporting from it.
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After today's practice, Huska said they'll know about Backlund tomorrow.
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03-13-2025, 03:48 PM
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#197
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Looked like he screwed his shoulder up.
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03-13-2025, 04:14 PM
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#198
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Truculent!
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Originally Posted by Goriders
Looked like he screwed his shoulder up.
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Hopefully we get him back in time for playoffs. He'll be good and rested.....
Lol.
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Originally Posted by Poe969
It's the Law of E=NG. If there was an Edmonton on Mars, it would stink like Uranus.
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03-13-2025, 07:22 PM
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#199
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by Rhett44
I don't understand blaming the coach. The players are playing hard for him almost every game.
The talent level just isn't there. You can see it with 3 on 3 play, we do not have a single 1st line forward on the team.
If we make the playoffs, it will solely be because of Wolf. This team was expected to be bottom 5 bad, I don't get the coach criticism when he has them in a playoff spot.
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People who believe this reminds me of people believing Trump that his tariffs are helping the US economy. I mean all the evidence in the world can be there that the coaching has been poor statistically and that the roster is deep and not nearly as bad as the numbers suggest and yet some people refuse to believe what is clearly right in front of them. He is a nice guy and a great communicator though so there is that.
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03-13-2025, 07:32 PM
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#200
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Jesus christ dude. Step back.
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