Game 4 against ANA: Do you pull the goalie?

[CSharp]

Nah, the Flames were too small up front and back. If they couldn't score on a 5-on-3, putting one more guy cluttering up the crease is gonna make the puck that much harder to go into the net. Doing so, the shooters at the point would need an "seeing-eye-shot". Gio's sitting up in the press box and Wideman didn't do much. End of story.

[chubeyr1]

12 minutes left, 5 on 3, with the best team in the league coming from behind? You are going to risk having an empty net to add another forward to the ice?

Coach would be fired for making this move. Could we of scored? Sure, could they of scored on us? Absolutely. 12 minutes left you pull your goalie its a terrible desperate move. Down by 2 or 3 goals it maybe a different discussion. With almost 20 percent left of the game to be played, with the comeback team of the year, you don't pull your goalie for a 6 on 3.

To be honest, the series was over as soon as the puck was dropped that first game. Our guys needed to lose this series as much as I wanted them to win it. So many young players, they got schooled bad. OR Schooled good is the way I look at it. Watch Monahan against Getzlaf those first few games. Monahan was a wreck, veteran center abused him bad. Come game 3 Monahan looked a lot better. Getzlaf was playing dirty playoff hockey. Acceptable dirty hockey. Its the playoffs, we all know the whistles go away come playoff time.

What the team did was amazing last year. Not going to question the coach that was coach of the year for not pulling the goalie with 12 minutes left on a 5 on 3.

I would love to reboot that series in two years. Calgary walks away with the win! If we reboot that series this coming season? 7 games double overtime Flames loss. Our young guys are still learning. Still growing too.

Sam Bennett is awesome, falls down all over the ice cause he is a kid not a man yet. Couple of years experience he wont be falling down.

Would love to see a new rink in 3 years time with the first year being a Stanley Cup Championship banner donning the rafters.

[indes]

Not a chance, way too much risk with 12 minutes left. A 6-3 means they could ice it when the first player gets out of the box.

[Wedge]

Any guy on here who says he doesn't is a liar.

[gargamel]

Here's a NY Times article about pulling the goalie for a mid-game 6 on 3. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/sp.../09hockey.html

Statistically, we probably should have pulled Ramo, but there isn't a coach in the NHL (with the possible exception of Roy) with the balls to do it in that situation.

[YYC in LAX]

Originally Posted by Wedge

Any guy on here who says he doesn't is a liar.

I was pulling the goalie hard, after the Flames beat Vancouver in game 6.

[mikephoen]

Originally Posted by gargamel

Here's a NY Times article about pulling the goalie for a mid-game 6 on 3. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/sp.../09hockey.html

Statistically, we probably should have pulled Ramo, but there isn't a coach in the NHL (with the possible exception of Roy) with the balls to do it in that situation.

This thread is interesting and so is that article. I'm sold. I say pull the goalie on any 5-3 with more than a minute left on the first penalty. Regardless of the score. It's got to be close to an automatic goal when you outnumber the other skaters 2 to 1.