[PGT] Kings 3 Flames 0

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

I’ve never felt this disillusioned as a fan before. Between the terrible hockey and the arena disaster I’m beginning to question if being a fan of this team is even worth it anymore.

This is without a doubt the absolute worst season in franchise history. Worse than the young guns.

Haha, I don't know about that. Those were extremely dark days back then. But this season certainly gives those years a run for their money. This is definitely the most disappointing season in a long time, especially considering they were expected to challenge for the division crown this year. Just a complete tire fire of a season for sure.

[activeStick]

Watched a movie instead and it sounds like that was a good choice... Flames have got to be officially out of it now right?

Edit: reading through a few posts and it sounds like there was effort at least... Just not a lot of execution... Same old story I guess...

[Saint Troy]

Tkachuk made Backlund a pile of money, for a guy with a new contract and an A, he has been awful without Matt.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Jesus Christ man... while I am a Bennett fan and think the organization would be screwing up royally by selling low on him given our organizational luck doing that (savard, St. Louis, Byron, bearcheese, etc) I find your argument that he was the reason for this loss a little ridiculous... two of those calls were ticky tacky and the other one was just a product of finishing checks and Pearson being a bitch and turning. But I’ll concede, he has to be better and more disciplined but your boy ferkland was nowhere to be seen tonight except for turning the puck over constantly. At least Bennett is playing with some heart and getting his nose dirty which is more than 75% of this line up can say.

You may be selling high on Bennett right now

30 point wingers are a dime a dozen

[Psytic]

What seals this season as one of the worst in a long time is the fact they were not fun to watch at all this year due to GGs system. Especially in the dome if you had the misfortune of going to home games. There was also no power in their power play to get excited about all year.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by dino7c

You may be selling high on Bennett right now

30 point wingers are a dime a dozen

This is all so reminiscent of the debates on here about backlund about 5 years ago...

He’s 21 years old

[jg13]

Powerplay stats:

0-for-23 in the last nine games and one-for-42 in the last 14 games.

[Samonadreau]

Why you all torture yourselves and keep watching this steaming pile? It's gonna be this till the end of the season. Spare your sanity.

[atb]

Originally Posted by nieuwy-89

Smith’s stats starting to look similar to Elliott’s last year. Not saying this season is his fault, but it does challenge the narrative from the past couple of off-seasons that goaltending was the problem. The problems are much deeper.

A complete and total collapse by this team over the past month. Everyone in the organization should be ashamed.

Agreed, Smith covered up some brutal defense issues early in the year. Those became more obvious when Smith was out.

[WhiteTiger]

Blech.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

This is all so reminiscent of the debates on here about backlund about 5 years ago...

He’s 21 years old

I’m sorry, but it’s becoming extremely apparent that Bennett is a bust. He has the hockey IQ of a potato. Toe drags don’t work against professional hockey players and he still Can’t seem to grasp that 4 years in to his NHL career. He can’t physically dominate his opponent like he could in junior, and as a result he is not capable of producing offence because he can’t read the game.

I will fully admit I was happier than a pig in #### when we drafted Bennett, but I’m not a professional scout. It scares me that our scouting staff seems to have completely missed out on his level of hockey IQ.

Bennett busting is one of the key reasons we are where we currently
Are. Monahan is a good player, but he’s a second line Center on a contending team. The Flames thought they were getting their top line Center in Bennett which moves everyone else down improving scoring depth. Instead they got a third line winger who hasn’t improved in 3 seasons.

This “he’s only 21” BS has got to stop. Professional sorts is a young man’s game. If you haven’t accomplished a damn thing in 4 seasons, it’s not very likely all of a sudden something is going to clicks. Bennett’s excuses ran out last year. There’s nothing in his game that would suggest he’s ever going to break out at this point.

[3rd liner]

In the absence of our top 3 who would I have hoped would pick up the offensive slack? Backlund, or maybe our 'offensively gifted' defense. Nothing there. Feels like Brouwer had the most chances?

[shadowlord]

GG post game presser:

"We made some mistakes on our PK."
"The effort I'm not going to question."

[RtotheK]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

Did anyone expect anything less?

I did back in December when I booked this trip.

[81MC]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

Why you all torture yourselves and keep watching this steaming pile? It's gonna be this till the end of the season. Spare your sanity.

As I was walking my dog, I happened upon a house with the flames game on in the window. And I smiled, because at the end of the day, even when you're team's down and out, spending an evening watching some hockey is still a pretty good way to spend an evening.

[GullFoss]

Bennett is arguably built for the new nhl. He checks hard and skates fast and has skill and heart. It is entirely possible his strongest skills are simply overly constained in the gg system. I think this could be a 80 point guy under a new coach. No joke.

And for the record he was drafted for his hockey iq and hockey skill set not his physical strength.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by shadowlord

GG post game presser:

"We made some mistakes on our PK."
"The effort I'm not going to question."

I can't be mad at any of the players. Their top two scorers out and essentially the same result.

Here's a good article on Gulutzan with Dallas down the stretch:

http://nationalpost.com/sports/hocke...t-in-2-seasons

Dallas was in contention late in both his seasons, but faltered down the stretch. He was 64-57-9, including 22-22-4 in the lockout-shortened 2013 season. The Stars controlled their playoff fate with five games remaining each year under Gulutzan, but went 0-9-1 in those 10 games.

Completely different cast of players, leadership, core, whatever other excuse.

[3rd liner]

If they accomplish just one thing the rest of the season; Don't lose to the greasers on Saturday..... though given the way both teams are playing the last few games, and our depleted lineup, doesn't look encouraging.

[Hackey]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

I’ve never felt this disillusioned as a fan before. Between the terrible hockey and the arena disaster I’m beginning to question if being a fan of this team is even worth it anymore.

This is without a doubt the absolute worst season in franchise history. Worse than the young guns.

Nothing was worse than those final 2-3 Iginla years where we kept trying to "rebuild on the fly' and we were still missing the playoffs and had nothing but old over the hill bums. At least now we have Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuck, Hamilton, Ferland, Jankowski, Bennett, and some good prospects. While this has been a very disappointing year I still see hope moving forward. In those days I saw nothing.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by 81MC

As I was walking my dog, I happened upon a house with the flames game on in the window. And I smiled, because at the end of the day, even when you're team's down and out, spending an evening watching some hockey is still a pretty good way to spend an evening.

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