|
View Poll Results: Do you think the Calgary Flames are tanking?
|
|
Yes
|
   
|
60 |
14.02% |
|
No
|
  
|
368 |
85.98% |
10-05-2014, 09:32 PM
|
#21
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
|
No, they simply are rebuilding and not wanting to rush guys.
__________________
Fireside Chat - The #1 Flames Fan Podcast - FiresideChat.ca
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:34 PM
|
#22
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Hit no but meant to vote yes. Not sure how it's even in dispute.
Or people have different definitions I guess.
Last edited by Bend it like Bourgeois; 10-05-2014 at 09:45 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:36 PM
|
#23
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by robaur
Ok...lets open up the conversation a bit because its apparent 90%+ people don't think the Flames are tanking and that is what I expected...
Define what you think is tanking...
|
Tanking would be having prospects in the farm that are ready and not being called up and playing mediocre guys, or having mediocre prospects up.
For example, if we were playing Ortio and Carr in net all season, then that would be tanking.
We just suck and most of the kids, while skilled are not quite ready yet.
__________________
Fireside Chat - The #1 Flames Fan Podcast - FiresideChat.ca
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Caged Great For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:48 PM
|
#24
|
|
Ass Handler
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Okotoks, AB
|
They aren't tanking. I voted yes just for fun though.
They'll still be in most games this year.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:49 PM
|
#25
|
|
Powerplay Quarterback
|
With the Mcdavid sweepstakes, id be disapointed in management didnt tank.. Its been clear the last 2 years with strong finishes that we didnt tank then but I hope they do this year.. you bet ur ass Buffalo and Caralina will be.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Yanda For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:50 PM
|
#26
|
|
Franchise Player
|
This thread should be locked.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:50 PM
|
#27
|
|
Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Your Mother's Place.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG
I think the flames are putting their prospects in the best position for them to develop and icing the best team they can without committing to long term contracts or giving up assets for veterans.
This causes a team to draft in the top 5. So no they aren't tanking.
|
This. This is exactly what I think too.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:52 PM
|
#28
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Caged Great
Tanking would be having prospects in the farm that are ready and not being called up and playing mediocre guys, or having mediocre prospects up.
For example, if we were playing Ortio and Carr in net all season, then that would be tanking.
We just suck and most of the kids, while skilled are not quite ready yet.
|
And yet the kids were ready the last 20 games of the season.... basically the best quarter season the Flames have played over the last 3-4 years..... especially the best last quarter since before Bouwmeester.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 09:53 PM
|
#29
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by robaur
Answer with a simple Yes or No.
No further explanations etc.
Example:
I think Yes.
If you answered No,
Define what you think is TANKING.
|
No. And no.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:07 PM
|
#30
|
|
Farm Team Player
Join Date: Dec 2013
Exp: 
|
Trolling a garbage thread with a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. No.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:19 PM
|
#31
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ricardodw
And yet the kids were ready the last 20 games of the season.... basically the best quarter season the Flames have played over the last 3-4 years..... especially the best last quarter since before Bouwmeester.
|
Drink!
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to Enoch Root For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:25 PM
|
#32
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Elbows Up!!
|
No. this is a process, not a season.
__________________
Franchise > Team > Player
Future historians will celebrate June 24, 2024 as the date when the timeline corrected itself.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:40 PM
|
#33
|
|
Franchise Player
|
so losing Cammy (who did #### all until after the deadline) means the team that finished what 30 points up on last is all the sudden tanking on purpose?
What would they have needed to do to not be tanking in OP's view?
Flames had 2 turrible GMs in a row over a decade, can't clean that up overnight
__________________
GFG
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:44 PM
|
#34
|
|
#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
|
No.
It would make more sense if the OP defined tanking for us.
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:45 PM
|
#35
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Not tanking
but for a team that believes they have a 0% chance to win the stanley cup this year, developing young guys rather than signing veteran FAs theoretically raises the possibility of winning the Stanley Cup in future years
Winning the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal, if you need to focus on player development for a few years to improve your chances down the road it's the smart course of action, that's what I would say the Flames/Sabres etc. are doing
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:48 PM
|
#36
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
|
I don't think they're tanking, but I don't think they're putting a lot of effort into getting significantly better. At this point in the rebuild, with a lot of kids looking close, I would rather us wait a session or two to see what we have, and what we can part with to fill potential holes.
No need to spend assets right now when our young talent needs a season or two in the minors to grow.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by snipetype
k im just not going to respond to your #### anymore because i have better things to do like #### my model girlfriend rather then try to convince people like you of commonly held hockey knowledge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:54 PM
|
#37
|
|
Franchise Player
|
kids can't all have top minutes in the NHL
what is wrong with having young guys in the AHL, that is how the good teams do it. They are all in the US though and fans don't go ape#### when a young guys starts the season in the AHL. Wonder why a canadian team hasn't won the cup in over 20 years? I don't, fan and media pressure is just too much
__________________
GFG
|
|
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:55 PM
|
#38
|
|
Crash and Bang Winger
|
We wouldn't have signed Hiller if we were tanking. There's no easier tank job then having a poor goalie.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to squirtle For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 10:57 PM
|
#39
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Saving the world one gif at a time
|
Why not put the young prospects in the AHL and let them develop the right way together. What is the rush? If all young prospects made the team that to me would be tanking. If you put them all in the NHL and they get beat down every night like the Oilers...then what?? You get a losing mentality.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Wolfman For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
10-05-2014, 11:05 PM
|
#40
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfman
Why not put the young prospects in the AHL and let them develop the right way together. What is the rush? If all young prospects made the team that to me would be tanking. If you put them all in the NHL and they get beat down every night like the Oilers...then what?? You get a losing mentality.
|
Other teams play all their kids. Flames fans accuse them of tanking.
Flames play veterans. Flames fans accuse them of tanking.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Enoch Root For This Useful Post:
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:37 AM.
|
|
