02-16-2013, 07:10 PM
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#281
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Halifax
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Originally Posted by AC
Comeau got considerable icetime with Tanguay and Hudler last night AND is going to be centering the top line tomorrow.
Not so minor.
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It won't last.
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02-16-2013, 07:11 PM
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#282
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by AC
Comeau got considerable icetime with Tanguay and Hudler last night AND is going to be centering the top line tomorrow.
Not so minor.
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Jones played 9:31, Comeau played 13:58, including 6:09 in the third, 3rd amongst Flames Forwards. Glencross at 6:11 and Tanguay at 6:44.
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02-16-2013, 07:11 PM
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#283
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by BigBird
What happend to Jackman is one of the best 4th liners, damn this site is bipolar one week we are going to make the playoffs next day we got to blow it up..
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Nobody has made that claim in years.
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02-16-2013, 07:14 PM
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#284
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
considering Jones hasn't been able to win faceoffs in his entire career to date, I would think there is a better chance this is merely just a hot streak to start the season.
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Or maybe he just practiced, regardless, it's still something that he does better than Comeau and jackman. And something that the flames, as a team, doesn't do very well.
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02-16-2013, 07:18 PM
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#285
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by $ven27
It won't last.
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Comeau has had over 11 minutes in TOI in 4 of our last 5 games.
He's not just playing "5 minutes a game", so it is an understandable concern.
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02-16-2013, 07:23 PM
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#286
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Halifax
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Originally Posted by AC
Comeau has had over 11 minutes in TOI in 4 of our last 5 games.
He's not just playing "5 minutes a game", so it is an understandable concern.
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He's a soon to be UFA, so he'll most likely be gone soon anyways. The only reason that he gets the ice time he does IMO is that he's a big body, something the Flame seriously lack.
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02-16-2013, 07:23 PM
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#287
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by MattyC
Yeah Im really high on Jones. I think he could be a really good player. I don't like this.
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Me too...just pet the furry wall
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02-16-2013, 07:24 PM
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#288
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
A face off win?
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Jones was winning 59.4% of his faceoffs so far this year.
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02-16-2013, 07:31 PM
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#289
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: right behind you
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Originally Posted by $ven27
Agreed. Real fans who stick through everything enjoy the wins so much more then band wagoners.
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I don't think there are any "band wagon" fans left.
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02-16-2013, 07:33 PM
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#290
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Dion
Jones was winning 59.4% of his faceoffs so far this year.
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Yeah, exactly my point. I didn't even know he was that good this season, but almost 60 percent is awesome.
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02-16-2013, 07:36 PM
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#291
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
Yeah, exactly my point. I didn't even know he was that good this season, but almost 60 percent is awesome.
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On a team that is hurting for centers the move doesn't make sense.
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02-16-2013, 07:37 PM
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#292
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by mustache ride
I don't think there are any "band wagon" fans left.
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No kidding, three years out of the playoffs with no signs of light; I salute the bandwagon fans still left.
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02-16-2013, 07:40 PM
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#293
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Dion
On a team that is hurting for centers the move doesn't make sense.
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Agreed 100 percent. I'm not sure if you we're agreeing with my original post you quoted or misread it, but I don't see any benefit to waiving jones.
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02-16-2013, 07:58 PM
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#294
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: F*** me. We're so f***ing good, you check the f***ing standings? Lets f***ing go! F***ing practice!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by $ven27
He's a soon to be UFA, so he'll most likely be gone soon anyways. The only reason that he gets the ice time he does IMO is that he's a big body, something the Flame seriously lack.
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Soon to be a UFA, so he'll be gone? That is what a lot of us saying last year and then Feaster re-signed him.
Simply put, we have no center depth. You also have none that can win a faceoff. So might as well waive a center who wins faceoffs and convert a bad winger who is a blackhole of offense into a center and play him many minutes on a line with your slumping franchise player.
Please, somebody explain this to me.
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02-16-2013, 08:02 PM
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#295
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Soon to be a UFA, so he'll be gone? That is what a lot of us saying last year and then Feaster re-signed him.
Simply put, we have no center depth. You also have none that can win a faceoff. So might as well waive a center who wins faceoffs and convert a bad winger who is a blackhole of offense into a center and play him many minutes on a line with your slumping franchise player.
Please, somebody explain this to me.
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I will explain
Blair Jones was put on waivers because management has something in the works to improve on our center ice position. 14 hours to go until we find out the next step.
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02-16-2013, 08:10 PM
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#296
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: F*** me. We're so f***ing good, you check the f***ing standings? Lets f***ing go! F***ing practice!
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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
I will explain
Blair Jones was put on waivers because management has something in the works to improve on our center ice position. 14 hours to go until we find out the next step.
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Why not waive the useless guy on the team who makes 1.25M instead of the guy who goes balls to the wall for your team, wins faceoffs and makes 650K?
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02-16-2013, 08:12 PM
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#297
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Why not waive the useless guy on the team who makes 1.25M instead of the guy who goes balls to the wall for your team, wins faceoffs and makes 650K?
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Maybe something is up and Feaster needs to get rid of a spot/contract.
Let's face it.........Comeau would not get claimed.
We'll know more in the next day or two what Feaster is up to.
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02-16-2013, 08:15 PM
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#298
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
Yeah, exactly my point. I didn't even know he was that good this season, but almost 60 percent is awesome.
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its not like he is taking important draws...he is 60% against the other teams 4th line center who is probably a goon anyway
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02-16-2013, 08:20 PM
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#299
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NOT a cool kid
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Maybe something is up and Feaster needs to get rid of a spot/contract.
Let's face it.........Comeau would not get claimed.
We'll know more in the next day or two what Feaster is up to.
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Agreed. Like I said earlier in this thread, I think it is the contract spot they need. Teams will bite on Jones, not so much Comeau.
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02-16-2013, 08:22 PM
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#300
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Dec 2009
Exp: 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Why not waive the useless guy on the team who makes 1.25M instead of the guy who goes balls to the wall for your team, wins faceoffs and makes 650K?
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Amen to that. It's not that Jones is the saviour of the team, it's that his speed and his work ethic are what the team needs. By waiving him, I got the vibe that that management has no idea what the game of hockey is supposed to look like. Hopefully he gets picked up, and goes on to be a very reliable energy guy forechecking hard and preventing other teams from breaking out instead of playing 5 minutes a night, which was not enough for anyone to make an impact. His situation reminds me of Nystrom. A great checking line player who put up 16 goals with a change of scenary.
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