[GT] Flames @ Wild

[Skootenbeeten]

Whew, I was worried the Flames might get Lindholm.

[Ashasx]

Buffalo did the same thing. They sold at the deadline, and now they're almost in the playoffs. They'll have an even worse pick.

[PeteMoss]

The Backlund/Sven/Cammy line has been very good tonight.

[bluck]

This team is fun to watch! Screw tanking.. love seeing the effort from the kids. Draft Lindholm with the 6th/7th pick and I will be ecstatic! Go Flames Go!

[Stormchaser]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Have faith in the hockey gods... they will reward us in the lottery.

Where were they in game 6 in 2004?

[Kaine]

Flames make the wild look like an AHL team. Great game!

[browna]

No boos raining down, Kerr.
Only some of the posters here.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

This team is garbage. A bunch of kids excited to play their first NHL hockey with no pressure on them against teams that have totally taken the Flames for granted. This will be nothing like next season when there's pressure on.

This team is hot garbage plain and simple and now they are screwing themselves out of getting better.

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

You're last paragraph summed up why you shouldn't worry about the rest.

This draft is top heavy. Hell if the Oilers end up in the top 8 somehow they'll get a player better then their last two 1st overall picks.

Originally Posted by Galakanokis

I don't care if we don't draft first overall or top three or five. Would it be nice? Sure. But I don't want to be the Oilers and sucking year after year with all these high picks. there is more than one way to build a winner and the example set up north is not a great one.

Smart draft picks and smart developing. No need to rush.

I have to agree with EE. This isnt helping.

Honestly, this team sucks out loud, but the potential to lose and lose hard once, in a shortened season would help offset losing hard on a constant basis.

This team is likely more complete than the Oilers. If they suck hard this season and add a top prospect through the draft we can avoid the years of suckage.

The Minnesota Wild are going to need to hang their heads in shame after this one. They just lost to our farm team.

[JurassicTunga12]

4-1

[Chet Manly]

lol the Wild getting booed

[TurnedTheCorner]

Could have stopped a little sooner there Kerr. No Begin, no Smith...lol.

[edn88]

Wow the early April rebuild failed. This team is still too good, so let's get the late April 2013 rebuild going.

[MoreDrank]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

So what would you have them do? Play like ass on purpose when most of them are auditioning for their professional careers?

And the Flames can't help how terrible other teams in the league play either. That's out of their hands. I'm not going to begrudge a bunch of kids with their first taste of the big league wanting to win. I don't understand people that do.

[dammage79]

hahahahaha. Love the play from this team now. too bad we may miss out on some special draft picks.

[bluck]

Cundari! Wow!! Awesome play on Parise!

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

This team is garbage. A bunch of kids excited to play their first NHL hockey with no pressure on them against teams that have totally taken the Flames for granted. This will be nothing like next season when there's pressure on.

This team is hot garbage plain and simple and now they are screwing themselves out of getting better.

I don't think the pressure is going to be so great as to cripple them. What are the realistic expectations of this team (outside a clearly "save face" comment made by Feaster for the owners)? I'd say it is just show up and compete.

[Bourque's Twin]

The fact that this team is fighting and not tanking shows their character and willingness to win. That's more important than a few higher spots in the draft.

[drPepper1]

Kipper signing autographs for the Wild fans haha awesome

[browna]

Flames ahead of the Oilers now right?

[sun]

Crowd booing their team - love it! Great game!