[PGT] Calgary plays Game 2 and loses by a score of 3-2 in regulation

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

What stands in the way becomes the way. If you think the officiating is biased (which it probably is), you play more disciplined. Everything else is just excuses. We did it for two and a half periods but that won't cut it.

And for everyone saying the Flames are terrible, series is over, NHL is out to get us, I'm quitting hockey, etc etc etc -- feel free to log off now and don't bother come back. Don't worry, nobody will actually miss you. The constant negative criticism makes CP virtually unreadable sometimes. My $0.02.

Repeated for truth

[Deelow]

My guess is it's a producer. Seeing as the arena is empty, most tv and print reporters would be making their way downstairs to gather audio by this point. Whoever it is will be lucky to have a job on Monday.

[calgaryblood]

The way Garrett says "I don't know him that well, you're mr flames so you probably know him better than I do" leads me to believe it's someone from the organization.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Narrative?

LOL...wut?

The narrative that 'TheScorpion is a poster with horrible opinions every little bit of which are based in overreactions and/or nonsensical lies and/or his steeped-in idiocy due to his far-too-young age'. You are hardly the first to employ it.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

The guy was saying he was an unintelligent kid, implying more than just that game.

That's just not acceptable for a broadcaster in my opinion.

Pretty good guess that it wasn't a broadcaster or media member, likely some crew member. Media were all downstairs at the time, they wouldn't be hanging around Ball and Garrett.

[Scary Eloranta]

Who cares about what the broadcasters said!? I'm sorta glad that they were just as frustrated as all of us. I am friggin sick to my stomach that we lose yet again and I have to hear it from my goddamn brother in-law about how we are chokers and how great his effing oilers are. I want to burn his house down with him and his entire family in it. Yeah I am that pissed. It's like the 1980's all over again and I'm in my own personal Vietnam. Gonna be ten times worse this coming week when we get swept and those bastards beat San Jose.

Are we ever going to have a team that can compete for a cup here??? Guys have got to step up when its crunch time and no one wanted to be the hero tonight. I need more alcohol...

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

Sorry but these guys were not mic'd during this time. The audio is so poor because someone was clearly eavesdropping via a secondary recording device. If this was actually primary, mic'd audio, we'd all have no problem discerning who was involved.

Congrats to the weasel that pulled this leak off.

Ball and Garrett are mic'd, third guy isn't. I think your take on this is dead wrong. Seems it was a continued feed and not a leak of any kind.

[Kjesse]

And to get on to the more important discussion:

I thought the Flames played great. They controlled the play for much more than half of the game, and have shown they can be the better team. The Ducks are lucky to be up 2-0.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

^No one recorded it. Christ, what is with you people? It's a live mic situation. Not a guy with a tape recorder.

I think there was actual magnetic tape used, 3/4" reel to reel style.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Love

I still don't see how that Hamilton hold was any worse than Lindholm bearhugging Chiasson's stick, or Montour grappling Gio's stick with his legs making him go to the bench and get a new one.

And if your response is that they let Lindholm's go because of Chiasson roughing him up... He wouldn't have even been in that scenario had he been able to pick up his stick and resume play.

he was held for a good 20 seconds and would have had a scoring chance...and yeah the one on Gio was at least as bad

By the book you could call a penalty but the standard changed

NHL has favorites, we aren't one of them...look back over the entire season and put together all the goal challenges, we have been ####ed over so many times

Flames need to play flawless to win

Hope you guys tear the refs a new one at the dome...I won be spending anymore money on the NHL

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by calgaryblood

The way Garrett says "I don't know him that well, you're mr flames so you probably know him better than I do" leads me to believe it's someone from the organization.

Or he was talking to Ball when he said that, given that Ball calls the Flames, and Ball wisely decided to change the subject.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by browna

Also, that is not Ball or Millions in the video, that's pretty clear. Maybe some technical guy up in the booth packing up?

Ball and Garrett are 100% in that video, but they aren't the one who is swearing asking if DH has a brain.

[bigrangy]

Originally Posted by Scary Eloranta

Who cares about what the broadcasters said!? I'm sorta glad that they were just as frustrated as all of us. I am friggin sick to my stomach that we lose yet again and I have to hear it from my goddamn brother in-law about how we are chokers and how great his effing oilers are. I want to burn his house down with him and his entire family in it. Yeah I am that pissed. It's like the 1980's all over again and I'm in my own personal Vietnam. Gonna be ten times worse this coming week when we get swept and those bastards beat San Jose.

Are we ever going to have a team that can compete for a cup here??? Guys have got to step up when its crunch time and no one wanted to be the hero tonight. I need more alcohol...

Please don't

[Duffalufagus]

Originally Posted by robbie111

Wow you'd fail audio production school. It was someone else, perhaps Francis or one of the hockey writers for the Flames that was in the booth. You can clearly hear Ball and Garrett. The third voice ripping Hamilton is not Ball.

I probably would. Listened to it on my phone with 5 people
I. The room. My bad.

[Classic_Sniper]

Originally Posted by CGY12

You will never have any type of long term consistent success in the playoffs with Johnny Guadreau as your best player. He isn't Kane, he has no concept of getting pucks to the net, it is all about the fancy play with him, that last play in the slot with 10 seconds left and not shooting is inexcusable. Absolute perfect 2nd line type player, but going up against an a-hole like Kesler (puke) he has no chance.

Props to Monahan though, he has shown he can take the physical play and not shy away.

I disagree. Gaudreau has shown the ability to elevate his game in the playoffs i.e. Canucks game 6 & Ducks game 3. He has the talent and skillset to create a lot of scoring chances that no one else on this team has.

But lets be honest here, Gaudreau is still one of the smallest players in the game, far smaller than Kane actually despite what the bios say. He's soft, shys away when the game gets overly physical and plays a perimeter game when he's scared to get hit to make a play.

At some point in his career, Gaudreau will have to take his off season training and diet seriously like Martin St. Louis did. He's going to have get stronger, tougher and meaner because it's obvious the refs aren't going to be saving him.

[smiggy77]

Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary

i'll be interested to see if there's any lineup changes for game 3...



i don't think the teams has been bad... unlucky? yup. Undisciplined? definitely...



but maybe a couple of tweeks wouldn't be the end of the world just to change things up for game 3...



i think putting in Lazar is a no brainer, and even Wideman, as Bart looked really shaky out there tonight...

Yeah Bart was pretty bad today, I just don't think Wideman has the foot speed to keep up.

Personally would rather see Hathaway drawn in over Lazar as he will bring a bit more punch and physicality. Lazar would bring some good energy but I can't see him being a factor, especially after only playing like 2 games in the past month.

[robaur]

that sounds like roger millions in the video.

[Chingas]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Is anyone honestly surprised? This series has played out the script to a T so far, anyone who took off their homer goggles could see this coming as soon as the playoff matchups were set

Easiest $200 I've ever made though betting on the Ducks for the first 2 games, at least the curse is paying off now

How did you afford such a high horse if all the money you have to bet on the most guaranteed thing ever is $100 a whack?

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

How so? Refs affect the outcome of games. Totally fair to criticize them

Calling other fans "losers" because they notice how bad the referring is at times is the behaviour of a true loser

It's easy to blame the refs for the loss when in actuality it was the Flames themselves that cost them a win.

Do we excuse Hamilton because of a supposed missed call on Lindhom? If so then that's just deflecting from the real reason we lost.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

^No one recorded it. Christ, what is with you people? It's a live mic situation. Not a guy with a tape recorder.

It's not a "leak" if it got broadcasted over the air on the online feed available to literally 30 million people.

This was clearly snuck out of Honda Center via microfilm.