11-13-2017, 10:50 AM
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#21
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Geeoff
Is the rest of the season just gonna be back-to-backs? Seems like every game is a week apart so far.
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Ya man, this schedule has been rather painful. I suspect it might be why we all have our "panties in a twist". Too much time between games leaves a lot of fretting over the past game, rather than just moving on to the next game.
Looking forward to the "game every 2 days" routine soon.
Should be a good game tonight. Flames hopefully have some confidence going in, and the blues are one of the best teams so far this season. It would be awesome to get 1 or 2 points tonight to build up for the lengthy road trip upcoming.
GfG.
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11-13-2017, 10:56 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Home game after a long break against a tough Blues team? Yikes. This is a recipe for disaster. Flames need to be ready to play tonight or things could get out of control fast.
If they come out hard in the 1st: 4-2 Flames
If they come out flat: 6-2 Blues
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11-13-2017, 11:07 AM
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#23
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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@Fan960Steinberg
With Andersson and Bartkowski skating late, looks like Hamonic will return tonight. Should get confirmation from coach shortly. #Flames
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11-13-2017, 11:09 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The Pas, MB
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It's my birthday. The Flames have to win.
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11-13-2017, 11:10 AM
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#25
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
I feel like it’s been forever without a game.
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It GMG that a ton of us had a nice long holiday weekend, and there were zero Flames games 
Hopefully the long break doesn't mean the team comes out flat. St Louis is a hard team to beat and their D has been exceptional this season ,even without Jaybo. Pretty strange to actually see him out injured.
Let's hope the 3rd line can keep gaining momentum!
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11-13-2017, 11:10 AM
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#26
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Self-Retired
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Honestly, if Hamonic's recovery/return is 50/50, I would just keep him out until it's 100%, not a game time decision. Let him be 100% before he returns and run with the same pairings as last game. Just my opinion.
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11-13-2017, 11:20 AM
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#27
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#1 Goaltender
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The depth players can step up anytime now. Took a spin through Corsica Hockey this morning to see how good or bad they have been from an objective view (5v5):
When three of Versteeg, Stajan, Brouwer, Lazar, Bennett, Jankowski, Glass, Hathaway, have been on the ice: -4 goal differential, -6 penalty differential, -22 corsi differential.
All other forward combinations: +7 goal differential, +6 penalty differential, +85 corsi differential.
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11-13-2017, 11:21 AM
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#28
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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@Kristen_Odland
Travis Hamonic is in tonight.
@Fan960Steinberg
With Hamonic returning, #Flames will have to make an AHL assignment, likely Andersson. Bartkowski, Stajan, F. Hamilton scratched tonight.
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11-13-2017, 12:11 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
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Go Flames go!
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11-13-2017, 12:33 PM
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#30
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Gonna be a tough one. Its time to string some together and gain some distance. GFG
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11-13-2017, 12:36 PM
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#31
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Franchise Player
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Good test to conclude the home stand. This is as good of a lineup we can hope to dress this year:
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Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Jagr
Versteeg - Lazar - Brouwer
Giordano - Hamilton
Brodie - Hamonic
Kulak - Stone
Smith
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A loss won't be a cause for concern IMO, but a weak effort against one of the top teams in the league would be. Hope they come out flying tonight and can pick up at least a point, hopefully two.
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11-13-2017, 12:49 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Kulak is really turning into a good defenseman.
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11-13-2017, 12:53 PM
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#33
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Oct 2016
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Great looking lineup tonight. Everyone should be firing after the home break.
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11-13-2017, 01:05 PM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Interesting to see what the Blues looks like, as I'm as surprised as others by their good start.
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11-13-2017, 01:43 PM
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#35
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First Line Centre
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Andersson officially sent down. Good showing on limited time. Must be difficult trying to get onto the roster lined up behind 3 established NHL players but I fully expect him to have more dates with the team later this season
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11-13-2017, 01:44 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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Hopefully Smith is prepared for this one. He has had a few games where he has played "human".. will need him tonight big time
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11-13-2017, 02:06 PM
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#37
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: San Francisco
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Would love to keep eating crow on Kulak, very impressed since he's gotten his chance on the 3rd pairing. Also nice to know Andersson can step in when needed
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11-13-2017, 02:17 PM
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#38
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Kamloops, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by keenan87
Hopefully Smith is prepared for this one. He has had a few games where he has played "human".. will need him tonight big time
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I'm totally fine if he can average a % of .915 or above for the season. Anything more than that is gravy
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11-13-2017, 02:56 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: The toilet of Alberta : Edmonton
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11-13-2017, 03:32 PM
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#40
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ThaBrink
I'm totally fine if he can average a % of .915 or above for the season. Anything more than that is gravy
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.915 probably won't be considered nearly as average as it has in years past. Remember all the extra "shots" getting counted this year. .920-.925 is what I expect to be acceptable this year. .930 is what I'm hoping for.
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