[GT] Game 2: Dallas at Calgary

[Scary Eloranta]

Originally Posted by Jimdon

Down one game to none on the road. Hostile building... does anyone think Dallas is having a tough time tonight? Is this a tough game for them? No.

Good point. They look way too comfortable tonight.


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[kipperiggy]

So disappointing to make the drive for two 1-0 efforts.

[minnow]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

They're tying this game.

Sutter's sorting it out right now.

[timbit]

The highly paid difference makers need to make a positive difference, this period.

Outside of Lindholm and Backlund, not much for 5 periods.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Macindoc

Friedman just called the shutout for Oettinger, we should “get comfortable” with the 1-0 score

I thought he meant "get comfortable" as in this game will probably end up in an extended OT. Right before that they were talking about how this series has been a goaltending duel.

[TBone290]

Scoring is one thing. But Flames have only let in one so far. Look at all the other series where teams have let in 3+. The Stars clearly don't want to be down 2-0 in the series. It's still anybody's game.

[jg13]

I personally would switch Tkachuk and Toff to start the 3rd

[Classic_Sniper]

Not sure why the team hasn’t caught on to the Star’s forechecking strategy yet, but they better catch on quick because the Stars had their 3 best chances of the game from the Flames coughing it up.

Our defensemen have to start recognizing that the Stars are flooding their forecheckers to one side of the ice. So just reverse the puck D to D on the opposite side and voila, pressure relieved.

[Jimdon]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Did you expect them to go 16-0?

In 04, the Flames were 15-12 (16-10, really)

Expected them to compete. This game is an embarrassment.

[butterfly]

We are leading the series 1-0 and have allowed 1 goal in 5 periods. Please don’t freak out. This is playoff hockey.

[Ashasx]

Benn just looks like a dbag

[Mass_nerder]

I was wearing a bad luck jersey for the first two periods. I wore it last game, so I thought the bad luck was gone, but clearly not. I think that should make the difference.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by jg13

I personally would switch Tkachuk and Toff to start the 3rd

I like that idea a lot actually

[FlamesAddiction]

Benn sounds brain dead.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by jg13

I personally would switch Tkachuk and Toff to start the 3rd

Mangiapane - Backlund - Coleman

That line is dominant.

The Flames are flat tonight. They’re pushing the boundaries of flaccid, as they say.

[dieHARDflameZ]

There is no doubt in my mind Oettinger is getting a shutout tonight.

[EN FUEGO]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

One great period away from taking a commanding series lead.

Backlund's line has been good.
First line not getting it done at all so far.

GFG

Yeah, I'm as frustrated as everyone else on here, but deep down I have a feeling they're going to pull this out.

I'm trying to take a deep breath and getting ready to enjoy a meaningful period of playoff hockey, win or lose. Decades of cheering for this team have taught me not to take playoff hockey for granted. Sutter will get them fired up and I think Lucic is going to have a monster period.

Dallas has worked hard and played tight team defense. They also had a similar deflection that hit the post last game. A series of inches indeed.

[Jetfire]

Originally Posted by TBone290

Scoring is one thing. But Flames have only let in one so far. Look at all the other series where teams have let in 3+. The Stars clearly don't want to be down 2-0 in the series. It's still anybody's game.

Half the thread is complaining about what our offense hasn't done, when the Stars' scoring has been shut down just as hard as ours has. It's a tight series thus far, sticks in every single shooting and passing lane.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

There is no doubt in my mind Oettinger is getting a shutout tonight.

Shutout shutout shutout.

[TBone290]

Originally Posted by Jimdon

Expected them to compete. This game is an embarrassment.

That's rather melodramatic