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View Poll Results: Are the post Giordano Flames for real?
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Nope, good bounces gets some points
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Nope, adrenalin from losing Giordano won't last
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Yep, culture rules the day
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Yep, a different guy steps up every game
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03-09-2015, 10:37 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Lemme just put it like this:
THe FLames were down 4-0 and I didn't turn the TV off.
The Culture has bled into the fans.
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03-09-2015, 10:37 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Here
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Culture plus some rookies and "no-names" (think Bouma and Jooris) really stepping up.
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03-09-2015, 10:44 AM
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#23
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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I think the fitness of this team is unmatched, and that is why they dominate as the game wears on.
And a special amount of heart and brotherhood.
And more skill than people realize. 3 good NHL goalies, when some teams don't even have one. Scoring from all over the line-up. Excellent coaching.
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03-09-2015, 10:48 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
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Team has been very fortunate to scrape out some points of late. The results have been great but this looks like a team on the verge of a losing streak. waiting for that shoe to drop.
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03-09-2015, 11:04 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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10 players with 10+ goals. Backlund and Colborne will likely get there too.
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03-09-2015, 11:07 AM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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I think after playing 80% of their regular season games we can in fact determine that this Flames team is for real. They play a great team game, out work their opponents and never give up. A few more seasons of player development for the young kids and they will be a regular contender.
Even if this final stretch of games isn't the greatest, are we really going to judge the entire season on 20% of the games?
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03-09-2015, 05:05 PM
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Franchise Player
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They may or may not make the playoffs - the west is tough.
But there is no bubble. They are for real.
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03-09-2015, 05:09 PM
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#28
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Jim Matheson@NHLbyMatty · 21h 21 hours ago
I am pulling for Calg to make playoffs. Huge props to character. Can't teach character. You have it or you don't.
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03-09-2015, 05:17 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Lemme just put it like this:
THe FLames were down 4-0 and I didn't turn the TV off.
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Says it all..
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03-09-2015, 05:27 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Flame Country
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Our defense core has stepped up since Gio's injury and have done their part. Brodie has got to be getting gassed though, he's playing more minutes and skating non-stop trying to cover for Engelland.
Success has been due to playing as a team, so it's no surprise that the product hasn't changed a whole lot with Gio gone.
And as has been mentioned before, it's not a small sample size. This Flames team established their identity for over a year now.
Last edited by Bandwagon In Flames; 03-09-2015 at 05:30 PM.
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03-09-2015, 05:32 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Say if we do make the playoffs, is there a chance of gio returning?
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03-09-2015, 05:42 PM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackWallStreet
Say if we do make the playoffs, is there a chance of gio returning?
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Nope.
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03-09-2015, 05:46 PM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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If I ignore what I have actually witnessed the last 5 months, then i am voting option a.
However, there is simply no denying that this club is so much more than the sum of its parts and whatever that "it" factor is (culture/identity/destiny etc) , means they make the post season and probably in a fairly comfortable manner. It sure is both mind boggling and exhilirating to witness.
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03-09-2015, 05:50 PM
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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They are not what they appear to be, which is a better team without Gio than with. But with a light schedule to close out the season, they may still be close enough to team they were to make the playoffs.
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03-09-2015, 05:57 PM
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#35
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Lemme just put it like this:
THe FLames were down 4-0 and I didn't turn the TV off.
The Culture has bled into the fans.
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I was thinking this last night. It was about 1AM where I live and we were down 4 - zip. Before this season I would have just gone to bed but there's something about this team. I had a feeling that they'd come back in the 3rd, and I know you can never give up on them.
Hartley for Jack Adams.
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03-09-2015, 06:01 PM
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Franchise Player
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Found a gem while creeping HFBruins.
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You have to head into the third with a 3 goal lead just to hope for a tie.
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03-09-2015, 07:57 PM
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#37
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In the Sin Bin
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This is as good a place as any to put this; Mark Spector admits that he was wrong about the Flames, over and over and over and over again.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/f...oubters-wrong/
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03-09-2015, 08:03 PM
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#38
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Franchise Player
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good for him - that must have been painful for him
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03-09-2015, 08:27 PM
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#39
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Self-Suspension
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Like existentially or???
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