[PGT] Blackhawks defeat Flames 4-0

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Huge 2 non points!

I love this core!

As does Murray!

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Yegor has his own issues but he's never going to look good playing as 4th line center with Ryan Lomberg as his winger.

Also Connor Zary has been even worse than Sharangovich and again was a team worst 26.6% xGF tonight

Huberdeau - Frost - Coronato
Sharangovich - Kadri - Farabee
Honzek - Backlund - Coleman
Zary - Kerins - Klapka

Maybe call up Kerins, sit Lomberg, and try something different. Even if just for a game or two.

Yes, Zary is a punching bag right now. What the hell happened there?

I feel like he has done one net drive this season (a goal) and the rest has been perimeter play or getting knocked down.

Yegor is useless everywhere right now. That contract is CC's first big blunder. I doubt we'll need those dollars soon, but you never know.

How did they get so bad, so quickly?

[robertsfanatic]

"Why is Huska scratching ZP, he should play every game!"

Gets hurt.....

"Why aren't they sending ZP back to junior, he's obviously not ready yet!"

SMH, the takes on here as inconsistent as the Flames are.

[BurningSteel]

When do we start a Calgary Flames are no good thread?

[TheScorpion]

Asking Sharangovich to play 4C is like asking Kuzmenko to play 4C. It's nonsensical. He looked a fair bit better than Zary on the Kadri line though, IMO.

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

I’m sure it’s an exaggeration but it feels like half our goals against are because of absolutely terrible pinches by our dmen this year.

The other half are just brutal give aways.

We’re just not forcing teams to work hard and make good plays for goals.

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Can anyone pinpoint the part of Huska’s system that limits the frequency of odd-man rushes or breakaways for the flames? I’m not asking sarcastically. He’s been the coach for a couple seasons now and, even when the team is playing well, it seems like the number of odd-man rushes they generate against opponents is usually lower that what I see from other teams.

And it’s not like the system works both ways where the other team does not get odd man rushes. Seems like it happens pretty frequently against the flames. Is it the players? Are they just not executing or is it that the passive defensive system means they spend so much time defending that they have to make a line change before they can generate a rush chance?

You'd have to ask Chat CPT for that. That is where he found the system he impelents.

[Khel]

I was at tonight's game, that was hard to watch.

And also great to watch at the same time.

Can we get one of those #98s? How do we make that happen?

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

I like Yan Kuznetsov.

Should have made the opening roster. At least we got here eventually.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Asking Sharangovich to play 4C is like asking Kuzmenko to play 4C. It's nonsensical. He looked a fair bit better than Zary on the Kadri line though, IMO.

Yeah, the dearth of talent includes the bench boss.

Yegor is a shooter. That's it. Play him as one or don't play him. The only value he brings is his elite shot. Who cares about his board play?

Zary is not a centre. He's weak and doesn't have defensive instincts. He's a play making winger, and when he has space he can go to the net and beat goalies with his puck handling.

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by Khel

I was at tonight's game, that was hard to watch.

And also great to watch at the same time.

Can we get one of those #98s? How do we make that happen?

We like our core. We don't need one of those players.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

I like Yan Kuznetsov.

Should have made the opening roster. At least we got here eventually.

Yeah, he was great IMO.

[Jason14h]

Did we at least build a winning culture today ?

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Asking Sharangovich to play 4C is like asking Kuzmenko to play 4C. It's nonsensical. He looked a fair bit better than Zary on the Kadri line though, IMO.

It's all shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic at the end of the day

Only to have our promising lottery odds OceanGate us twenty yards from the wreckage.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

Did we at least build a winning culture today ?

Only a whining culture, im afraid.

[SuperMatt18]

Celebrini and Bedard leading the league in points and dominating their games tonight while Flames fans have to listen to Steinberg and Francis talk about the Flames not being able to trade Kadri and Coleman unless they demand a trade feels so fitting for this season.

[Khel]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

We like our core. We don't need one of those players.

Why can't we have nice things?

[Roko]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Can anyone pinpoint the part of Huska’s system that limits the frequency of odd-man rushes or breakaways for the flames? I’m not asking sarcastically. He’s been the coach for a couple seasons now and, even when the team is playing well, it seems like the number of odd-man rushes they generate against opponents is usually lower that what I see from other teams.

And it’s not like the system works both ways where the other team does not get odd man rushes. Seems like it happens pretty frequently against the flames. Is it the players? Are they just not executing or is it that the passive defensive system means they spend so much time defending that they have to make a line change before they can generate a rush chance?

Passive D. Slow PK that boxes out instead of pressuring. Mid players

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

As does Murray!

What's a business owner to do? There is no way this team survives 3-4 years of this. We are not even at bottom yet!

Take Naz, Ras and Blake out of this lineup and we might struggle to hit 40 pts.

[Strange Brew]

I missed most of the game. How was our culture tonight?