[PGT] Flames lose 4-1 to the Hawks

[driveway]

Hamilton our best possession player tonight, 53% SAT. Russel, Frolik, Benett, Backlund the rest of the top 5.

Engelland, Bollig, Ferland, Monahan, Wideman the 5 worst.

[AcGold]

Originally Posted by skcli

If Gio is hurt why play him? We are not in the playoff FFS...that is an excuse or pure speculation. Time to bring up sone new blood from the farm to ignite the D core

Several people have been commenting on it now for a few weeks including the pbp guys on the Fan. Why play him? Because he's the captain and players often play hurt.

[Huntingwhale]

The Hawks are the champs for the reason. That team can turn it on at will and it showed. I wish the Flames were like that, hopefully one day.

Cant' fault the effort but the team wasted away a great game by Ramo. Hockey is frustrating like that. Earlier this season the team scores goals, yet can't get a solid game by the goaltender. Now we are finally getting decent goaltending, only to score just 5 goals in the last 3 games.

Some guys need to sit, but Hartley seems set in his ways with the guys in the lineup.

[getbak]

[hockey.modern]

Keep seeing a lot of Giordano is injured posts. Was it from this game or just they way he's been playing this season?

[GranteedEV]

Bring back Gaudreau-Bennett-Jooris.

[Dion]

[activeStick]

Nobody seems to be calling out Brodie so far, who I thought had a terrible game. Poor decisions, giving the puck up on at least three occasions and bad passes. Wasn't the only one, but I thought was the second worst dman tonight after Wideman.

Only Russell played well tonight from the D.

[skcli]

Originally Posted by AcGold

Several people have been commenting on it now for a few weeks including the pbp guys on the Fan. Why play him? Because he's the captain and players often play hurt.

Make sense if he can play up to, or close to expectations. Make no sense if he is struggling, and making the team worst.

[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Meh, it's taken this long to get to what you saw tonight. It's not really working or correcting itself in time to save playoff hopes.

Anything can happen but it's not rounding out to look like it will be anything otherwise.

dammage, I'd be much more worried if your guys DIDN'T generate ANY chances, or, if they had a sieve in goal...finishing can be fixed, as can coverage issues...now, the careless turnovers MUST be addressed by Hartley.

You'll get another chance at my guy's on Friday (sadly, I'll be stuck at work, and won't get to participate in the GT), to compare coaching adjustments.

[Dion]

Calgary Flames
@NHLFlames "From the get-go, they made plays and kind of spread us out ... We seemed to be sitting back too much." - David Jones

[corporatejay]

Expected to lose this game, just hurts more because they stunk it up against Florida and Tampa. Win those games, 3-1 roadtrip and this game doesn't hurt at all.

[Mr.Coffee]

does anyone else find it just enormously hard to care?

I don't know what it is, probably where I am at in life. But good lord it's work to watch these games. The games are honestly just so boring. Holy ####.

[GB70]

So when can we see Ortio get another shot to show he can stop pucks? And when can we press box most of our D core for a game or two ?. Yeah Ramo played well for the most part. But were giving up too many goals and too many turn overs.

[AcGold]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

does anyone else find it just enormously hard to care?

I don't know what it is, probably where I am at in life. But good lord it's work to watch these games. The games are honestly just so boring. Holy ####.

I'm with you, there is something wrong with the team and it makes it hard to watch an entire 60 minutes. Sometimes in just sheer disappointment I'll walk away, watching amateur mistakes over and over again is not a fun night. Same reason I had to take a break from playing the NHL online, the slow decision making and stupid mistakes make it not worth it.

You make a good point, it is boring. Why? Because they take so long to pass most of the time. If you watched Chicago it was at most 4 seconds before the carrier would pass it off the majority of the time. Calgary players take much much longer and are often forced to make a pass at which point they just give it away. That or someone will make a good pass and a player will be completely out of position. On Dougies pass that was all on Hudler, the point is the right wingers job. If the puck is in the d-zone at no point should the left dman on the point ever have a clean opportunity and Hudler was nowhere to be seen. So we get both slow decision making or players just plain playing badly making bad choices.

[Ozy_Flame]

I'm at the point of resignation about Flames' losses; every loss makes us slip away further and further.

I just want to see the young guys develop now and hopefully lay the groundwork for next season. v

[skcli]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

does anyone else find it just enormously hard to care?

I don't know what it is, probably where I am at in life. But good lord it's work to watch these games. The games are honestly just so boring. Holy ####.

The last 5 minutes were quite good in fact, and I don't call that boring. It is the turnovers that is more sickening to watch, one game after the other. The turn overs cost us the game in Florida and Tampa, and it happen again tonight

[jayswin]

You know things are bad when I_Hate_Crawford makes a special return to CP to post a vintage "The Flames are the worst thing ever, not just in hockey but in the world" message for us.

That's some circa '08-'13 stuff, right there.

[saillias]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

does anyone else find it just enormously hard to care?

I don't know what it is, probably where I am at in life. But good lord it's work to watch these games. The games are honestly just so boring. Holy ####.

Same here. I don't have the energy to be a superfan for a bottom feeder again.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by AcGold

I'm with you, there is something wrong with the team and it makes it hard to watch an entire 60 minutes. Sometimes in just sheer disappointment I'll walk away, watching amateur mistakes over and over again is not a fun night. Same reason I had to take a break from playing the NHL online, the slow decision making and stupid mistakes make it not worth it.

You make a good point, it is boring. Why? Because they take so long to pass most of the time. If you watched Chicago it was at most 4 seconds before the carrier would pass it off the majority of the time. Calgary players take much much longer and are often forced to make a pass at which point they just give it away. That or someone will make a good pass and a player will be completely out of position. On Dougies pass that was all on Hudler, the point is the right wingers job. If the puck is in the d-zone at no point should the left dman on the point ever have a clean opportunity and Hudler was nowhere to be seen. So we get both slow decision making or players just plain playing badly making bad choices.

Yeah I don't know, but my free time is virtually zero. I get about an hour a day for myself, because my life has become so busy. So when I finally get a chance to actually watch the odd game, I feel like I can't afford to be bored with it. Just not worth it and I don't really care why or whatever. They look disinterested, and whereas a few years ago I'd care and get mad. I just don't now. Whatever. They'll be interesting again sometime soon I guess.