[PGT] Flames lose 6-3 vs Avs

[CedarMeter]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Final Flames stats

Wow!..Not one Flame with a plus tonight.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Mitch

A game that the flames could have and should have won but Colorado in the end got the lucky bounces.

Not a good game for Kiprusoff, he needs to play better.

Pucks going through a goalie aren't lucky bounces

[J epworth]

What a load of crap that came down on an otherwise very entertaining game. Just an awful taste in my mouth right now.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Complete stinker by Kipper. What's the over/under on the Hawks goal total Saturday night? Going to be ugly although tonight was just a horrible game especially given the circumstances of the Avs getting destroyed by every team on their road trip. The worst loss since that Bruins beatdown last year.

Losing 6-1 to Edmonton at home last March was way worse than this one.

[Stormchaser]

Thing is.......I really like this team. Its not like they only show flashes of brilliance but I think they indeed were the better team tonight. Just can't bury it and finish them off. I've been thinking, wow, the Flames sure are flying tonight...but in the end its the same tale....the just can't put it all together.

[Ned Braden]

Cammalleri and Kiprusoff have been good players, so can't blame Hartley there. But can someone explain to me why Butler's in the NHL? He's not positionally sound. He's not physical. He has no offensive ability at all. He commits plenty of dumb turnovers. What does he do at an NHL level, exactly? Smith give you a little jump, at least.

[robertsfan]

Season killer

[1stLand]

Originally Posted by superfarmer

Mackinnon will look good in a flames uniform

Yah so he can sit in the press box or the 4th line with Sven so precious iggy can keep his first line minutes

[zamler]

Originally Posted by calgARI

A completely unacceptable loss against an inferior exhausted team. Kiprusoff couldn't stop a beach ball and #1 reason for that pitiful defeat.

Kipper let in probably 3 bad goals, the rest was on the team in front of him. Terrible collapse at the end, the team just folded after the Avs 4th goal. The 1st line is absolute garbage.

[SkunkyJosh]

Put a heart in that team... oh please do

" Will someone please call a surgeon
Who can crack my ribs
And repair this broken heart
That you're deserting for better company?
I can't accept that it's over
I will block the door
Like a goalie tending the net
In the third quarter of a tied-game of rivalry "

- The postal Service, Nothing better

[the_only_turek_fan]

I see some serious player changes in the next 6-8 months. It's extremely clear this core is not good enough.

[alcatrazhockey]

Seven Bartchi would have won the Flames this game but he has a full leg injury (ankle, knee, groin, hip).

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Jagermeister

I understand that Kipper has kept this team in the playoffs or playoff mix since he's been here, but we don't have the luxury for slow starts this year. Kipper has been downright awful and needs to step up his game for this team to have a chance.

Most teams can get away with only having an average goalie. The Flames can't. They need Kipper.

Just got to say, before everyone runs down on Kiprusoff... he usually looks shakey when the Flames defense is a trainwreck... the last time he struggled, the Flames D was also a trainwreck... just saying, not all Kiprusoff's fault.

[automaton 3]

.762 for Kipper, what is wrong with him.

Hopefully that is the last we see of Butler.

Cammelleri injured? Not enough tire lifting? Seems slow and timing way off.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by PloKoon

Goes to show, if it wasn't for kipper this team goes nowhere.

I'm not buying that. Kipper hasn't had a good game all season and he's simply still on his pattern of good season/bad season. He was good last year and he's been bad this year just like he was in 08/09 and 2010/2011.

[Ashasx]

I do think the Flames had a bit of bad puck luck tonight... the Jackman tip, Stajan's shot from Hudler.

Still, losing 6-3 to the Avs is unacceptable. I want to see a defenceman traded. I hate this constant musical chairs. Butler should just not play a game for us again.

[Traditional_Ale]

I took transit from Bowness to McKenzie tonight to watch the game with my folks. The lasagna was excellent.

[ineedanother]

Did Butler or Sarich see the ice in the third? Looked like Yhe d-men were tired in the third

[Tinordi]

I hope Duchene puts it together, seems like a nice kid, and he's an incredible skater.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Ned Braden

Cammalleri and Kiprusoff have been good players, so can't blame Hartley there. But can someone explain to me why Butler's in the NHL? He's not positionally sound. He's not physical. He has no offensive ability at all. He commits plenty of dumb turnovers. What does he do at an NHL level, exactly? Smith give you a little jump, at least.

Speaking of which, where is Flames Draft Watcher?