[GDT] Flames @ Senators 5:00pm (SportsNet)

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Dangerous way to think. Ottawa beat the Jets twice this month, and our first line has been ice cold. This could easily turn into a trap game

Often when teams are this outmatched they don't take risks. Those passes down the middle that our offense thrives on are suddenly just a crap ton of zone time trying to get pucks through traffic while they keep going glass and out.

[Strange Brew]

I guess people saying Smith gets all the easy games can't say that about this one.

[WhiteTiger]

Go Flames go!

[Gaudfather]

Projected Sens lines tonight - Duclair will be in Ottawa but undetermined if he will play (would be 3 games in 3 nights if he does). Stone sits regardless.

Brent Wallace
✔
@tsn_wally


Sens lines this morning
(number them how you like)

Tkachuk Chlapik White
Boedker Brown Ryan
Smith Pageau Paajarvi
Balcers Tierney Batherson

Duclair arriving this afternoon and expected to play. Boucher will talk shortly

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10:33 AM - Feb 24, 2019

[MissTeeks]

Scott Cruickshank has an article on The Athletic the other day about brothers playing each other in the NHL. Lots of good stories:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1099707095371243520

[Locke]

Go Zebulon!

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I guess people saying Smith gets all the easy games can't say that about this one.

I dont know man, I dont see this as an easy game at all. I know on paper it looks like it should be a cakewalk, but thats not what I see.

I see a wounded team probably desperate for some pride and another team not nearly as desperate as well as a complete sideshow making things unpredictable.

If a game is going to need some Big Saves, its probably going to be this one.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Locke

Go Zebulon!



I dont know man, I dont see this as an easy game at all. I know on paper it looks like it should be a cakewalk, but thats not what I see.

I see a wounded team probably desperate for some pride and another team not nearly as desperate as well as a complete sideshow making things unpredictable.

If a game is going to need some Big Saves, its probably going to be this one.

It's a wounded AHL team. Ottawa may play hard but are they desperate? Desperate for what?

There is very little offensive skill on that team right now. I could see guys playing with some emotion and it is an NHL game after all where anything can happen but there should be no excuses for the Flames.

Trap games exist because the favored team doesn't play to their ability. This game is entirely in the Flames hands to control.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

It's a wounded AHL team. Ottawa may play hard but are they desperate? Desperate for what?

There is very little offensive skill on that team right now. I could see guys playing with some emotion and it is an NHL game after all where anything can happen but there should be no excuses for the Flames.

Trap games exist because the favored team doesn't play to their ability. This game is entirely in the Flames hands to control.

Next year's jobs.

Whenever you gut a roster like Ottawa is, it means that there are NHL jobs available for next year.

Hungry and desperate.

$70K and riding the bus or $1M+ and chartered flights? I know which one I'd fight harder for.

[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Can Minnesota get 104 points? Can this be clarified further somehow?

Clarified by math or how do you mean?

[CalgaryFan1988]

I'll be at the game tonight, curious to see which jersey Mark Stone wears.

(I know he will most likely be scratched)

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Locke

Next year's jobs.

Whenever you gut a roster like Ottawa is, it means that there are NHL jobs available for next year.

Hungry and desperate.

$70K and riding the bus or $1M+ and chartered flights? I know which one I'd fight harder for.

And often AHL call-ups look just like that - AHL players.

The last thing I'm worried about here is how Ottawa plays. It is entirely up to the Flames. This isn't Mystery, Alaska.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

And often AHL call-ups look just like that - AHL players.

The last thing I'm worried about here is how Ottawa plays. It is entirely up to the Flames. This isn't Mystery, Alaska.

Apt comparison.

I'm also worried about how the Flames play. Sometimes you look past weak opponents. Hey....how do you think the Oilers made the playoffs that one time?

[Knut]

Originally Posted by sureloss

brodie back with gio. Bennett moved up to 2 line rw. Forlik down to 3rd line lw. Rittich starts. Kylington back in with andersson.

Derek wills @fan960wills
#flames projected lines and pairings vs. #senators:

Gaudreau-monahan-lindholm
tkachuk-backlund-stone
bennett-jankowski-czarnik
mangiapane-ryan-hathaway

giordano-brodie
hanifin-hamonic
kylington-andersson

rittich (starter)
smith

fyp.

[jg13]

3-1 Flames. Ma. Stone with the GW

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Locke

Apt comparison.



I'm also worried about how the Flames play. Sometimes you look past weak opponents. Hey....how do you think the Oilers made the playoffs that one time?

Look at how the Flames have played all year. Even in games in which they have slipped a little against inferior opponents they have managed to win almost all of them. I am not especially worried about this one.


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[Scorch]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Eric Francis @EricFrancis
“We had a shake on no fighting and there were a lot of witnesses so that won’t happen. It was dad’s idea” - Brady Tkachuk on playing brother Matthew tonight.

So Bennett will throw down the gloves for Matthew tonight?

[ST20]

Hopefully BSD gives the Sens their 3rd shut out loss in a row.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Scorch

So Bennett will throw down the gloves for Matthew tonight?

Unless somebody runs someone, I expect this game to have the animosity of an all star game.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Against his old team? Absolutely.

It might be telling in a way if he draws in for Mangiapane, now that I think of it. Could be a precursor to a possible trade including #88.

I've got a Jump To Conclusions mat you might want. It's just sitting out. Want to trade for it?

[TheRealPepman]

Today's the Tkachuk and Stone Family Affair!

Unless Mark comes our way...