Just an off game for the Flames.Passes were off and overall they seemed out of synch. The energy and passion was missing tonight.
All Hiller for the Flames tonight and he made one spectacular save after another to keep them in the game. I love the way Hiller is playing these gays!
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Sloppy game, the Isles did a great job of shutting everyone down. Boychuck and Leddy look like stellar additions and both had great games. On to the next one.
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Does anyone feel like the Islanders are very similar to the Flames, with the only major difference being a superstar center in Tavares?
They remind me of the Kings and the way they play the game. Lots of big players that can grind down the opposition players. Add in a few good d men in Leddy and Boychuk plus Halak and you have a team built for a long playoff run.
Islanders deserve some credit for playing a perfect road game. But the Flames were asleep for the first two periods, which essentially cost them the game. A few things to work on going forward:
1) Fix the damn PP.
2) Inject some more urgency into their play for the start of the game. They've really struggled in first periods over the last little while, and they need to work harder at getting that first goal instead of constantly playing from behind.
Other than that, I'm not too upset about this one. Learn from it and move on.
Hopefully they work on fixing that trainwreck of a powerplay.
I noticed - especially on the 6 on 5 - that the Flames started faking more shots. As a result, more got through due to the PK forwards being thrown off, opening up the shooting lane. Works way better than just shovelling it to the blueline for a point blast.
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Not a great effort by the Flames. Looked disjointed and lacking energy all night. Think Hiller was the only one who can really be satisfied with his night. Not too fussed by the flat performance, we scored(no shut out for an opposition starter goalie in 61 games now) and Johnny and Hudler both got more points(well, one each).
Few minor issues for me though. Stajan on the face off that led to the 5-on-3. Idiotic. What was he thinking. If you can't win the draw, let them win it and go to work on the 5-on-4. Don't take a stupid penalty and go 5-on-3 down. Disappointed in him for that. Also annoyed with how many icings we took, most of them unforced and unnecessary.
But the main thing I took from this game was how good the Islanders were. Its still hard to get my head around them being decent and it will take a couple of years to fully come to terms with it, but my god they are an effective team. They could seriously be a contender in a few years. With Tavares leading the offence and the supporting cast, both veteran and prospect alike, they look like they could become a real force very soon. They shut us down tonight, Halak made an almost error free night and then they just let the one elite talent on the team win the game for them.
They skated hard, worked their asses off and fully deserved to win this game. It stings to see us produce a flat effort and see the opposition skate us off the rink, but they did. Take it on the chin, rest up now ahead of an important final 2 games in the home stand.
Just an off game for the Flames.Passes were off and overall they seemed out of synch. The energy and passion was missing tonight.
All Hiller for the Flames tonight and he made one spectacular save after another to keep them in the game. I love the way Hiller is playing these gays!
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Some awful passing tonight , Wideman has got to learn to fake a shot more often too many shots into legs.
That is a western conference style team playing in the East watch out!
put the Tower between the Timbits on the powerplay easy fix IMO
