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tvp2003 · 12-13-2018, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Iggy City

Who's Gulutzan? I do not recognize the name.

Gary Gulutzan. I think he did that “Hey!” Song they used to play in stadiums back in the day.

devo22 · 12-13-2018, 07:29 AM

The Edmonton Lottery Winners taking about horseshoes. Hilarious.

tvp2003 · 12-13-2018, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ricosuave

So that was 3 goals in 1:42.

Not too shabby!

After the Flyers scored 3 goals in 1:48.

Two trips to the bathroom and you would have missed a lot!

Toonage · 12-13-2018, 07:39 AM

Can't say enough about that OT save for Rittich. The same shot that Provorov used to beat Smith earlier but Rittich was ready for it. Not a dig at Smith, more so at Provorov, but it was still huge.

mrdonkey · 12-13-2018, 07:48 AM

Look, Smith is being paid handsomely and should rightfully be held to a higher standard than a guy in his first full season making close to league minimum. And even by that standard Smith isn’t cutting it.

I get that it can be exhausting when every thread becomes a “Smith sucks!” thread, but the bitching is warranted. He lets in a backbreaking stinker almost every time he plays and should not get as much slack as he does to “work his way out of it.” Not for the amount of money he’s being paid to be a #1 tender.

Let’s just be happy the team is finding ways to win in spite of him and look forward to when he walks or retires at the end of the season. Until then we’re stuck with him, like it or not. Can we get back to celebrating the epic comeback now?

robertsfanatic · 12-13-2018, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaskal

Around the League Report

Spoiler!

waited until the morning to read and it made me late for work but always worth it...thanks as always for your hard work.

EastCoastFlamesFan · 12-13-2018, 07:53 AM

Gio in some pretty elite company right now. I just ran a search on HockeyReference.com and he is on pace for one of the best age 35 seasons for a defencemen in a long time. The data only goes back to 87-88, but pretty impressive non the less.

https://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...rder_by=points

Wolven · 12-13-2018, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by the2bears

Praise the lord!

Ok... All hail Lord Gaskal!

Flash Walken · 12-13-2018, 08:08 AM

Wow, interesting to see how this thread turned

Flames scored 6, won the game.

Goaltending inconsequential.

Really surprised to see the Smith negativity.

Gaudfather · 12-13-2018, 08:08 AM

Flames now have 4 players in the top 22 point leaders in the NHL (Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk and Lindholm) - no other team has more than three (COL).

http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?repo...,goals,assists

Table 5 · 12-13-2018, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

Got up a half an hour early only to read the ATL report. Totally worth it. Out of thanks, Gaskal!

It took you half an hour to read the ATL?

Ozy_Flame · 12-13-2018, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by EastCoastFlamesFan

Gio in some pretty elite company right now. I just ran a search on HockeyReference.com and he is on pace for one of the best age 35 seasons for a defencemen in a long time. The data only goes back to 87-88, but pretty impressive non the less.

https://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...rder_by=points

Four Flames in that Top 20!

Gio is topping that list, and the season isn't even half over. He is playing like some ageless god right now, it's fantastic to watch. Guy just brings it like no one else.

Erick Estrada · 12-13-2018, 08:15 AM

Apparently Smith is injured and unavailable for the upcoming road trip according to Boomer.

Resolute 14 · 12-13-2018, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Really surprised to see the Smith negativity.

Given the way he quit on that fourth goal, I can't imagine why you're surprised.

Flash Walken · 12-13-2018, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Apparently Smith is injured and unavailable for the upcoming road trip according to Boomer.

I suppose we will have to wait until Smith wakes up to know anything

Erick Estrada · 12-13-2018, 08:20 AM

I really don't understand why anyone would be surprised about Smith negativity. He's the worst Flames goaltender since Hiller in his 2nd season as a Flame. He should probably only be playing on the road and backup duty. We knew at the beginning of the season that goaltending could go this direction. Fortunately the rest of the team has picked up the slack but it's probably going to cost the Flames at some point this season.

GioforPM · 12-13-2018, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jonkaupp

Comparing a young David Rittich to Chad Johnson is extremely stupid, but if we have to then let’s look at the alternative. It’s Mike Smith. So I guess we better ride Rittich and find out what we have and if he ain’t it then they need to look at paying a ransom for a good goalie because this is clearly a cup contending team despite the terrible goalie.

Who is comparing them? Someone asked if they ever had similar stats at a point in the season and I thought there might have been a point two years ago when Johnson was way up. You seem to be taking this very personally.

Flame On · 12-13-2018, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaskal

Around the League Report

Great as usual! Gotta give the Philly fans cred, they're self aware and critical unlike a lot of teams.

Also we should stop hassling poor Gaskal as soon as the game is over to get the ATL report done, I mean this was posted at 12:30 on a Wednesday evening. Give the guy a chance!

Firebot · 12-13-2018, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by redforever

This was an interesting comment, something many said about GG's system as well.

"I have been observing something of late. Many people seem to note that we are a slow hockey team which fascinates me as we have some damn fast skaters. I am now convinced that it is our system that does this and not the players themselves. We win a lot of races against guys that are super fast, but we play this lateral game all the way down the ice until we can do our corner pitch and chase to get the puck up to the points.

It’s just a ####ty ####ty system."

Coaches matter a lot more than some people here would lead you to believe at times. I have no idea how some people continuously defended GG here, even Brodie' crazy resurgence is still being attributed to being matched with Giordano instead of being the beneficiary of a new coach, but you know what, GG could have done the exact same...

HItchcock is a good coach, and while it may be crazy boring trap hockey a reminiscent of the dead puck era, it currenly wins games. GG's system and Haksol's system both mirror each other in that they explicitly neutered the team's best skaters in favour of a 5 man X and O attack that can easily be countered. And worse, their boring system didn't win games. I could have accepted GG's system if the Flames were winnning...

Vinny01 · 12-13-2018, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Apparently Smith is injured and unavailable for the upcoming road trip according to Boomer.

His feelings were really hurt by that Bronx cheer