04-02-2017, 11:17 AM
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#41
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Monahan For Mayor
If we end up playing Anaheim I sure hope we get home ice advantage.
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I don't think home ice is in the cards. Five points is a lot of ground to make up in four games. If the Flames run the table, they need the Ducks or Oilers to be sub 500 and both teams a very hot right now. The best the Flames can hope for is 3rd in the Pacific.
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04-02-2017, 11:19 AM
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#42
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And the Sharks play the Canucks back to back next few games. And the Oilers do too. Division is out of the question now but I don't think it matters that much. Hopefully we face the Oilers in the first round, that's all that matters.
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04-02-2017, 11:23 AM
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#43
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#1 Goaltender
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I think the Flames play better on the road this year, probably due to less pressure from the media as compared to play at home. I don't see a an advantage to start at home. But for fans it will be more exciting to have a home start
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04-02-2017, 11:30 AM
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#44
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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I'd like to see Andersson and Lazar suit up but I think the two Ducks games are still important for many reasons. To keep pace, and to take notes on where the team stands in a match up.
Ducks are rolling, Flames keep rolling, should make for game of the night.
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04-02-2017, 11:33 AM
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#45
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tsquared1967
[QUOTE ] Elliott was rested that night but he could have rested against Colorado. The only people worried about the Flames playing Chicago are FANS.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tsquared1967
Really? You speak for Flames players and management that they are afraid of playing Chicago in the first round. I haven't heard anyone in the organization come out that they are afraid of playing Chicago. I guess they have now officially on this board through Jayswin.
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Well of course the Organization isnt going to say that, and the term 'afraid' is probably incorrect.
The regular season and the playoffs are damned near two entirely different sports, guess which one Chicago was built for and excels at?
Yeah, if you can avoid being their first prey you damned well do it.
Barring a miracle Chicago is the team coming out of the West.
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04-02-2017, 11:35 AM
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#46
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Crash and Bang Winger
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There is a chance to catch Anaheim because the Flames play the next two against them but need to win both to close the gap to a single point. Anaheim still plays the Blackhawks and the Kings after that.
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04-02-2017, 11:42 AM
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#47
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#1 Goaltender
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We could call catch Anaheim, probably won't, but if there was a team 5 points back from us and we had to play them twice still, we would all be freaking out. It's possible
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04-02-2017, 11:45 AM
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#48
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Franchise Player
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Too many variables to worry about our first round matchup right now. Only certainty is that if we keep winning, we have better odds of avoiding a first round against Chicago.
GFG!
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04-02-2017, 11:47 AM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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GO FLAMES GO ))))))))
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04-02-2017, 11:55 AM
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#50
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jayswin
Plus, we play our last game on Saturday night, while the NHL finishes the regular season Sunday. Playoffs start Wednesday, and we could be playing on Thursday. So there's a guaranteed three days off before playoffs, with the possibility of four days.
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I didn't realize the gap between season and playoffs was potentially so airy...that definitely should help us out considering how compressed our schedule has been. I still think giving some players, especially those with any injuries or issues, a day off would be beneficial considering the battle we are about to go into...but perhaps it can be more of a case by case thing.
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04-02-2017, 12:08 PM
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#51
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by jayswin
Nope, and I guarantee you coaches and management don't see it that way either. Sit guys if they were legitimately playing through injuries that should have kept them out, but no getting ready for the playoffs is not all that matters now.
Also, if their only goal was to make the playoffs, then they had pretty much sealed their goal when LA was 11 points back, so they could have rested/nursed injuries back then.
They're not fighting for 1st place, but they're fighting for playoff position, as is every other team in the West.
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Originally Posted by tsquared1967
If Gulutzan was so worried about finishing in 8th place which means facing Chicago, he would have not played Johnson against Nashville. The loss to Nashville put the Flames only a single point ahead instead of 5 points up. Elliott was rested that night but he could have rested against Colorado. The only people worried about the Flames playing Chicago are FANS.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jayswin
Not true at all, and you'll see that.
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Sounds like Jayswin is an owner of the team when he guarantees and speaks for the team going forward that they will not sit players because they are worried about facing Chicago in the playoffs. This is how I read his response.
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04-02-2017, 12:18 PM
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#52
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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04-02-2017, 12:19 PM
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#53
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
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The Herald article says sportsnet one, but I only see nba. Is this on 360?
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04-02-2017, 12:24 PM
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#54
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tsquared1967
Really? You speak for Flames players and management that they are afraid of playing Chicago in the first round. I haven't heard anyone in the organization come out that they are afraid of playing Chicago. I guess they have now officially on this board through Jayswin.
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Well, you're sort of speaking for them too.
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04-02-2017, 12:27 PM
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#55
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
The Herald article says sportsnet one, but I only see nba. Is this on 360?
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It's on 360, yes.
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04-02-2017, 12:28 PM
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#56
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Franchise Player
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There's 4 games left? I would prefer the Flames rest whoever needs rest, today and next game and play your playoff line up both of the last games so the team is in sync.
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04-02-2017, 12:37 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
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i'd like the flames to get Johnson one more game, with Lazar, Wideman and Andersson each getting a game as well. We need each of those 4 to be ready.
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04-02-2017, 12:51 PM
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#58
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A beat down on the Ducks is needed to help push out those demons. No better place for that than the last regular season contest in front of your home crowd. I expect intensity from the Flames - everyone watched last nights game in Edmonton and our players will want to demonstrate likewise. Coasting tonight just seems like a really bad idea.
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04-02-2017, 12:52 PM
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#59
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Norm!
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I hate games like this.
After fighting hard for 3/4 of the season and making an amazing come back and having the emotional release of clinching on Friday, the game after might have an emotional flat line.
Here's hoping that doesn't happen. But it might be human nature for this team to take a collective breath.
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04-02-2017, 12:59 PM
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#60
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
Sitting our top players now would be idiotic and no way we avoid Chicago if we do. Feels like people are just happy with clinching
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It would be like not playing your top players in the pre-season to see what you have down in the farm. I know where that got us this season.
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