[PGT] Annnnnd..... cut! Flames allow seven unanswered, lose 7-3. Season over.

[CGY12]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Sure but this is the PGT for game six

Goalies blew it tonight...opposite of the rest of the series where the team wasn't great but the goalie was

Open your eyes to the bigger picture Dino. Tonights loss and elimination is a culmination of more than what just happened tonight.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by 3thirty

Do we honestly think a legit coach wants to come near this team? Maybe if we back up the brinks truck, but doubtful that happens.

Then you back up the god damn brinks truck.

This is a multimillion dollar business operation. To put this in terms that maybe Edwards can understand if he’s ever hopefully reading this or his minions are; this is like throwing your CNRL mail room guy out as head of all field operations because you’re too god damn cheap to pony up to for the talent properly.

Get a life and run the team properly. Get a real normal respected coach- let him have autonomy and make his own assistant / deployment decisions and then get out of the way. The end. Not that god damn hard.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by Flame On

What does diversity have to do with her awfulness?

Why else would she still have a job...

Certainly shouldn’t based on performance

[iamca]

I'm in utter disbelief as I had to pause watching after it was 3-0... First thought was how could they blow this lead?

Any other team and I wouldn't have thought this was possible in a win or go home game...

Worst birthday present ever... WOW!

[Winsor_Pilates]

Ward's interview was embarrassing. Making things up about Talbot's equipment instead of owning his decision. What leadership.

[topfiverecords]

Didn't someone post in the GT that Talbot took his gear off after being pulled? Maybe Ward isn't wrong, that he wanted Talbot back in but Talbot wasn't dressed.

GullFoss #1211 "Talbot has taken off his equipment"

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Kristin andersson is ####ing awful... like I understand the importance of diversity but she legit can’t even ask a relevant or rational question.


Just an awful reporter

I had to unfollow her on Twitter. She has some truly awful takes.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by CGY12

EXACTLY. Team isn't good enough. So this core started with Hiller and Ramo, went to Elliot and Johnson, to Smith, to Talbot and Rittich?? All resulting in the exact same result, yet we want to blame goaltending????? This core and team needs a massive overhaul. Playoff flakes, I hope it starts with Monahan.

If you would read people are only blaming goal tending for THIS game...that being said none of those goalies are #1 goalies

You can upgrade in more than one area

[Dion]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Really?

How can you not think that was a mistake with how things went, get him out of here.

He said it was hard and unfair to put Rittich in a situation like that. He wanted to give Talbot a very brief moment to collect himself and go back in and then the equipment issue.

[IrishSpring2013]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Glad someone brought this up. Rentals at the deadline for depth players.

I forgot where i read it, maybe one of Bingo’s game takes, congratulating Treliving for the shrewd pickups. I think it was after game 1. Yes they were serviceable defensemen and were helpful.

But totally illogical in the big picture. So they didn’t break the bank but just another example of short term thinking and no real visible plan. And we find ourselves short some worthwhile picks.

Don't forget not turning two pending UFA Ds into anything last summer. Brodie deal falls through and nothing else happens until Hamonic hurts himself then it's too late.

Just brutal asset management

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by zamler

You can't put in a going on 6 months cold goalie into a playoff game unless you have no other choice. One of the dumbest coaching moves I have ever seen.

I am sure Ward is a good guy, but it has to be career limiting for someone.

When you make bets, sometimes you lose

[TheScorpion]

Wow I can't believe Ward wouldn't take ownership of that

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Ward's interview was embarrassing. Making things up about Talbot's equipment instead of owning his decision. What leadership.

Do you know for a fact he lied?

[thefoss1957]

I don't really have an opinion on whether to blow your team up or just patch. For my guys, some long term contracts would have to be moved, and I would think that that would be true for your guys, too.

All I can say is, that I am grateful to have seen some competitive hockey in the late summer doldrums of August. As a Cub fan,and in normal years, my guys would have been also-rans by now, and preseason NFL is usually a joke.

At the very least, there are some things to be addressed for both of our teams, before whatever we get for a 2020-2021 campaign, and this playoff experiment highlighted what will be needed to be fixed, for any near future post seasons.

And whatever is in store for the Flames or the 'Hawks, we can see that 2 superstars and a sense of entitlement is further away from success than either of OUR teams can achieve!

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Didn't someone post in the GT that Talbot took his gear off after being pulled? Maybe Ward isn't wrong, that he wanted Talbot back in but Talbot wasn't dressed.

Yeah I will wait for the full story before getting out the pitchfork

the announcer even said Talbot wasn't on the bench for a while

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Dion

He said it was hard and unfair to put Rittich in a situation like that. He wanted to give Talbot a very brief moment to collect himself and go back in and then the equipment issue.

That’s BS and he’s trying to cover his own butt IMO.

He clearly made the emotional decision to pull Talbot since he thought it was a bad goal. Wasn’t some master plan to put him back in.

And even it that was the plan it was a stupid one, as the three soft goals on Rittich would indicate, or he should have told Talbot the plan before he went down the tunnel.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by Scary Eloranta

And meanwhile on the Fan, Derek Wills is sugar coating this team as always, lol

I get that they have to be nice because they deal with these people daily but they also have reputations and credibility they risk by acting this way.

And when I say they risk I mean- I think it’s shot at this point. Nothing they say matters. It’s like reading dinoc7 or whatever’s posts on here. Irrelevantly biased. Waiting for the look in the mirror rebuttal but in advance- I don’t care and I’m right and most importantly I don’t want to be right about this team. They have let me down enough. You don’t get to not care 95% of the time and then just expect the fans to continually care for you floating around.

Blow it up. That is something I would look forward to.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Wow I can't believe Ward wouldn't take ownership of that

Flame away if you want but I thought he gave a good accounting of what he did.

I give him credit for answering all the questions with detailed responses. I also liked a lot of what he said and his experience behind his behind his takes.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Why else would she still have a job...

Certainly shouldn’t based on performance

Do you read her articles?
Even if she is bad there are lots of bad reporters
So making it about diversity when it’s a women seems...well fill in the blanks

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Dion

He said it was hard and unfair to put Rittich in a situation like that. He wanted to give Talbot a very brief moment to collect himself and go back in and then the equipment issue.

Sounds like BS

If it’s an equipment issue, detail it.

Job should be on the line. Hand waving doesn’t undo the gamble and loss