[GT] Flames vs. Winnipeg Jets

[dammage79]

Pospisil can go away too. His dumb dumb o zone penalty caused that 5th goal.

[Samonadreau]

This is the Flames without Wolf.

Nobody should be surprised.

[AC]

Razzy just reciprocated the contact that Pionk was initiating.

Meanwhile Millen claimed he gave Comrie a direct shot at first.

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by Flamesfan05

You can’t create talent with coaching

No, but you CAN pare down the unforced errors. Dearth gave up two goals tonight from approximately the same kind of shot…the first went high and he made himself small; the second went to his wide side and he overplayed the near side. Both were Shooter vs. Goalie and he picked wrong on both.

A shame because he HAS given us great games…just not recently.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

His positioning was bad on Vilardi's first.

And overall he just isn't killing plays by making clean saves. (Appleton goal)

Nothing is blatantly bad but allowing 5 on 23 is at least partially on him too, and I'm not feeling sorry for him.

The Vilardi first one wasn't good - I think he was cheating to the middle. I think the Appleton goal easn't off of him - it was off of the scrum.

But morover, this is a start after sitting for two weeks, on the second night of back to back, with less than 24 hour rest time for the team, against one of the best teams in the league, one which is maybe the most opportunistic goal scoring team there is. They don't tend to overwhelm other teams with chances - they do what they did tonight.

EDIT: Put it this way - switch goalies with Winnipeg tonight and I bet the score's the same.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

This is the Flames without Wolf.

Nobody should be surprised.

They played 22 hours earlier and traveled.

No team should be judged under that barometer.

But yes, this is the wolf-less Flames.

[dammage79]

Rasmus Andersson: " It's the friends you make along the way"

He is Ornery tonight.

[All In Good Time]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

The Vilardi first one wasn't good - I think he was cheating to the middle. I think the Appleton goal easn't off of him - it was off of the scrum.

But morover, this is a start after sitting for two weeks, on the second night of back to back, with less than 24 hour rest time for the team, against one of the best teams in the league, one which is maybe the most opportunistic goal scoring team there is. They don't tend to overwhelm other teams with chances - they do what they did tonight.

EDIT: Put it this way - switch goalies with Winnipeg tonight and I bet the score's the same.

Yeah,
Hes been put in a lot of tough situations this year. and up to a couple of weeks ago Wolf has been given more of the plum assignments.
Not detracting from Wolf in any way, hes been terrific but its a tough comparison.

[1Nite]

Idot refs, who's started that, jets.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

This is the Flames without Wolf.

Nobody should be surprised.

b2b, best team in the west, major injures...and Vladar has been bad. There cant be this big a gap between Wolf and the backup...need to give Cooley a shot IMO

[Toonage]

What was Darryl Sutter’s line about backup goalies?

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by dino7c

b2b, best team in the west, major injures...and Vladar has been bad. There xant be this big a gap between Wolf and the backup...need to give Cooley a shot IMO

There is that big a Gap.

With league average goaltending, we are a lottery team.

[Calgary]

Originally Posted by dino7c

b2b, best team in the west, major injures...and Vladar has been bad. There xant be this big a gap between Wolf and the backup...need to give Cooley a shot IMO

Cooley for sure deserves a shot. Vlad has been mid his entire career.

[Freddy]

Love that Flames always go down fighting instead of giving up. Hopefully Bahl isn’t out for too long.

[NewFan]

I expected a loss anyway. But they need change 4th line players. For back to back game they should give some good shifts to help the team.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by Toonage

What was Darryl Sutter’s line about backup goalies?

What did he say?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

There is that big a Gap.

With league average goaltending, we are a lottery team.

Vladar isnt average is the problem..Flames outplay teams all the time despite the narrative

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

What did he say?

I was hoping someone remembered it or had it verbatim but the gist was that this is the backups job. They don’t play much but need to be prepared and give their team a chance to win.

I get that he doesn’t play a lot and ends up with some difficult starts but he knows what he’s here for now.

[flamesgod]

Originally Posted by Sec214

There was never a pick offered for Dan because of his cap hit.

Also because he sucks.

[flamesgod]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

There is that big a Gap.

With league average goaltending, we are a lottery team.

With league average goaltending tonight, we’re at the very least taking them to overtime. Brutal