[PGT] Nashville 4 Calgary 1

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

Dude you could have literally used the same reply to your own post.



I hope you are right about him, he's a likeable lad. How long do you wait though? We are at 30 games. Doesn't seem impatient to me. Is sitting him for a few really such a bad thing?

I don't think anybody said sitting him was impatient.

It was more the "waive him and buy him out in the offseason" comment.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by All In Good Time

THIS!!!

There will be slumps, there will be scratches, there will be busts.
Plus
There are 3 or 4 veterans to be moved out (we haven’t even finished tearing things down)
This is going to take some time yet
A lot of the young assets we have now won’t be with us when we matter again

I think you have to treat him as a year two NHLer because of how he was handled in NJD. So he is having a sophomore slump as coach is expecting a more complete game from him. Some popcorn time, to watch and learn - not punishment - will help him.

Maybe playing him at centre messed his head up a bit. He seems to be second guessing himself and thinking too long when he gets the puck.

[butterfly]

Nothing like Sportsnet not even bothering to show the 3-1 goal that ended the game.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

Dude you could have literally used the same reply to your own post.



I hope you are right about him, he's a likeable lad. How long do you wait though? We are at 30 games. Doesn't seem impatient to me. Is sitting him for a few really such a bad thing?

Calling Canadian fans impatient is a garbage post? I think it's a pretty valid observation, personally.

Claiming anonymous posters are defending him - what is that offering to the conversation? No one is defending him, it's discussion.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by Poe969

This team needs to realize what they actually are. Make some changes, one way or the other, and picka direction. I'd prefer if they traded away anyone with value for futures or young players, but if they won't do that they should try to acquire guys to help push them up.

The mushy middle sucks!

They picked the rebuild lane only to have the team outperform. Flames have a chip on their shoulders from all the #### talking they heard in the offseason. It's a good thing.

Conroy has to do his job with out pouring cold water on it. That's tough and can be frustrating from our perspective. But the longer this lasts the more it helps the kids. This is priceless in their development. And we have a good pipeline of players. There could be another Zary or Coronato emergence from the prospect pool in the next year or two just form the kids we already have. And more are coming this draft, plus whatever we trade for.

No mushy middle. I think this rebuild will be at least as good as the last one. We had a couple of amazing playoff experiences and they were touted as potential cup winners for a couple of seasons.

As a fan I can't expect much more than that. I can ask for more, but realistically that's about all a team can do - build a team that can legitimately fight for the big prize.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Poe969

This team needs to realize what they actually are. Make some changes, one way or the other, and picka direction. I'd prefer if they traded away anyone with value for futures or young players, but if they won't do that they should try to acquire guys to help push them up.

The mushy middle sucks!

When you say trade anyone who are you talking about outside of Andersson and Vladar? Keep in mind many of these players have either trade protection or contracts hard to move.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Dan Vladar maybe gets you a 5th.

Dan Vladar and his 3.08 GAA and .888 save % keeps the Flames in the hunt to keep their pick this year.

I’d rather just keep him.

[Erick Estrada]

I wonder if we are going to see much more of Kuzmenko. He was bad last night and now that he's lost all offensive touch, there's really no reason to have him in the lineup as he's not going to have any worth at the trade deadline and I expect he will be in the KHL next season.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I wonder if we are going to see much more of Kuzmenko. He was bad last night and now that he's lost all offensive touch, there's really no reason to have him in the lineup as he's not going to have any worth at the trade deadline and I expect he will be in the KHL next season.

If I was Chicago I would throw a 5th at the Flames and give him a half-season audition. The Hawks need to surround Bedard with some additional skill.

[Dozer]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Speaking of which, I wonder if we will ever see Tyson Barrie play a game again. When was his last one, October?

Is Barrie hurt? I don't understand Hanley an undersized defenseman who get zero points. Why not bring up one of the Russian D from the AHL.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Kuz was trying way too hard. He’s in his own head. Constant tapping his stick on the ice, over skating out of position, taking stupid penalties.

His game was a microcosm of the flames all night. Insanely frustrating. Dominated the Preds in chances but what really killed us, besides the terrible special teams, was not executing our chances. Man there must have been 20 almost amazing plays last night. Always just a little bit out of sync, passes bounced or a foot off target, or shots that went off target, guys a bit out of position, one too many passes etc.

On the plus side Huberdeau and Kadri looked good. We just couldn’t finish.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Speaking of which, I wonder if we will ever see Tyson Barrie play a game again. When was his last one, October?

EPSN says November 12th against Vancouver.

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

As someone else mentioned the ads on CP are making things difficult to read.

Problem is compounded after a loss.

Originally Posted by Jay Random

He's keeping the team above the salary floor. He can do that in the press box. If they get rid of him, they need to add salary somewhere else.

Mind you, he played like crap the first half of last season, too, then caught fire the rest of the way. So I'm not ready to write him off completely yet. He'll get other chances to get off the schneid, since it's only a 23-man roster and you can only scratch three players at a time.

I started that. Personally, would be happy to pay something to lose the ads on all platforms and STILL make sure that Bingo et al have enough to go around and maintain the site.


(And I understand there are some who can't afford it.)

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by Calgary

It's 2025! Why aren't you using an adblocker?

Makes even more of a mess on iOS, unfortunately, with sites I NEED to access.


I have no problems when using PC ... just iPhone/iPad when I'm mobile.

[Toonage]

MS Edge for browser on Mac and iPhone. Adblock app as well. Zero ads on either platform. CP bliss

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I wonder if we are going to see much more of Kuzmenko. He was bad last night and now that he's lost all offensive touch, there's really no reason to have him in the lineup as he's not going to have any worth at the trade deadline and I expect he will be in the KHL next season.

He was actually pretty good...couple panalties, maybe they could get a kill.

He also scored a goal but for a quick whistle. He made lots of nice plays just zero luck. I would put him back in with a bigger role.

[Paulie Walnuts]

He said he didn’t know you can’t play with a broken stick.

Low IQ is about right with him.

Kuz will be find a home in Russia next season.

[dino7c]

He had 74 points 2 years ago, guy will get a chance and likely do decent in the right situation. He isnt a 4th line grinder.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Doubt it. He’s not good enough 5 on 5 and useless on the PP now.

Maybe he gets a PTO who knows. He’s 30.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

If I was Chicago I would throw a 5th at the Flames and give him a half-season audition. The Hawks need to surround Bedard with some additional skill.

So, why is that a plan to take Kuzmenko?

He’s not a long term fit in the NHL.

Kuzmenko is who he is.