[GT] Flyers @ Flames

[PugnaciousIntern]

Wow, Lazar is sure skating like his job's on the line tonight

[timbit]

Originally Posted by Bawbag

How did he miss that open net

Scoring goals in the NHL is almost as easy as coaching.

[CroFlames]

Lazar has good wheels. Just can't seem to couple that with some hockey sense and become a useful player.

[GranteedEV]

We seem to be playing a lot more of a neutral zone game tonight than we have all season.

[btimbit]

Did Smith just do a fake out deke?

His puck handling ability is so impressive

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Sarich is well spoken but you can see he is still getting used to the camera. I like that you can tell he tries to be thoughtful.

Very true. I hope he sticks with it and developes his roll with the broadcast team. He will forever bring a smile to my face after that hit on Marleau (sp)

[PugnaciousIntern]

I do like Elliott's matte mask

[FlameFan21]

Nice save, Moose. Nice try, Johnny. Flames PP.

[PugnaciousIntern]

Penalty! Time for Monahan's 2nd period PP hat trick!

[activeStick]

Lol the Flames are shooting a ton more on this PP than usual. No respect for Moose! Even Brodie is shooting!

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Lol the Flames are shooting a ton more on this PP than usual. No respect for Moose! Even Brodie is shooting!

Brodie got a bomb off there. Nice to see!

[zamler]

Too bad Brodie has a 22 mph shot.

[driveway]

On the Flyers goal, a miscommunication between Gaudreau and Ferland, where Gaudreau followed the Flyer's D across to Ferland's side of the ice, and Ferland drifted that way left the Flyer's winger with a huge amount of space on the wall.

Giordano leaves the front of the net (leaving Hamilton with 2 Flyers to deal with) to close off the space the puck-carrier has. Ferland, having also seen the Flyer with a huge amount of space, closes as well and both Ferland and Gio get stuck in no man's land around the hash marks.

Monahan follows his man to the net, but doesn't manage to tie up his stick, goal against.

I'm not exactly sure who made the first error between Gaudreau and Ferland, my guess is Ferland, but this goal is a good example of the very simple fact that, in the NHL the players are all so good that almost any mistake is likely to end up in the back of the net.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

What based on anything I’ve wrote makes you think I’m settling for mediocre hockey? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that clearly somebody was out of position on that goal and as many have pointed out, Gio decided to go for a skate.

But the same guys yammering on about the same **** night in and night out gets old. That was absolutely not a systems or coaching error.

Save yourselves the trouble and stop putting yourselves through the misery. Better yet, please save us all from having to read the same novel in every game thread.

A guy is loose with the puck on the offensive zone, so someone should go put pressure on him. That's the right play for one player. But clearly there's confusion who should do that, so Monahan, Ferland and Giordano all move that way. I'd also say it's pretty clear from their body language none of them decisively know it's his job, because none of them go do it in a decisive way.
That leaves Hamilton alone in front of the net.

It doesn't make the coach look good if such simple play makes his players lose track of who should be doing what.

[H2SO4(aq)]

Benny should get some pp time

[zamler]

Figures.

[JurassicTunga12]

great shift there after the pp


andddd of course....

[Moneyhands23]

Whelp

[WhiteTiger]

Argh

[vanisleflamesfan]

Oh for...