[PGT] Habs defeat Flames 2-1 (OT), Oct. 22nd 2025

[FusionX]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

If the Sharks had Wolf they would be competitive. They have goal scoring talent on that team.

Wolf and Andersson for Askarov and Misa!

[stemit14]

I just want to see them lean into playing the young players in bigger roles. It’s still Kadri, Backlund, Huberdeau and Coleman in every situation playing the biggest minutes.

Don’t like to see Zary, Parekh and Klapka with limited minutes in the 3rd. Bean, Hanley, Weegar and Andersson make just as many if not more fumbles with the puck than Parekh but he’s the only one sitting for most of the last 8 minutes.

Kadri is struggling more and more to generate chances it seems. Still unlucky and a little snake bit to not have a goal but I think his struggles looked a little more obvious the last couple games.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by CroCop

It’s hard to stay awake for 3 full periods watching this team play

lol fell asleep 5 mins into the 1st and woke up in OT to the Habs scoring.

[Goriders]

I agree that it’s time to shift gears and forget about playoffs.

Make a few trades to make room for rotating young guys in. Make it a pure development year.

I honestly think they might do better. I don’t think you could do worse.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

lol fell asleep 5 mins into the 1st and woke up in OT to the Habs scoring.

You’re lucky

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Are you worried about being boring or motivation?

I do think it is a lot to expect a team to play as disciplined and focused as last year particularly given the lack of talent. They rode a thin line between losing and winning all season. Starting over from square one and doing it again is a lot
Long term talent wins out. You can maybe overcome it for a short term but not for multiple seasons

I don’t think it’s a motivation issue
It’s a talent issue

No no no, you see, missing the net more than any other team and having the lowest shooting percentage is a COACHING issue, not a TALENT issue.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

If Mantha were here he'd be pointless and sitting next to Sharangovich in the press box.

Or already on LTIR with another season ending surgery……and moved away from Calgary while he still collects his paychecks.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Icing Backlund against Montreal's speedy young talent in a 4 on 4 situation is technically a skill discrepancy issue, but also very much falls on coaching.

Context is important. And Huska could have gone in a direction that could give them a fighting chance instead of what he ended up doing.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Icing Backlund against Montreal's speedy young talent in a 4 on 4 situation is technically a skill discrepancy issue, but also very much falls on coaching.

Context is important. And Huska could have gone in a direction that could give them a fighting chance instead of what he ended up doing.

3 on 3 man.

And yeah wouldn’t it have been great if tonight he started Zary, Coronato and Parekh in the OT and said just said giver guys go for the win.

No we start a slow 36 year old centre and a D who doesn’t even want to be here against their youngsters.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I would love to hear how Huska motivates his players because he comes across to me as exceptionally boring. And his team is boring, too.

I have no other thoughts about him as a person or coach because there really isn't much to say or think. Nothing is happening. It's just
bland.

You aren’t behind closed doors, to be frank

He got a lot out of very little last year

They implemented changes, and let’s not kid ourselves, preseason is really not much visibility in to the regular season actual lineup. They have had a very tough schedule, which everybody talked about before it happened, yet are improving in many ways the last couple of games

Dougie was hot garbage for his first 20 games . Figured it out

Such a small sample size, no need to be overly dramatic at this point

[gvitaly]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I would love to hear how Huska motivates his players because he comes across to me as exceptionally boring. And his team is boring, too.

I have no other thoughts about him as a person or coach because there really isn't much to say or think. Nothing is happening. It's just bland.

I actually want to see Iginla join Huska behind the bench(maybe next year). I think he'd be a pretty good coach similar to Rod the Bod.

[dino7c]

I wonder if the idea was for Backlund to win the faceoff and change. Coronato beat the Habs in 5 seconds last year I get him being out

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

I believe the losing will continue (though not quite at this rate, obviously - this is unsustainable levels of losing!), and eventually the Flames will punt this season, even perhaps announcing a rebuild. Either way, at some point in this season, I expect the focus to shift away from 'winning' and towards 'development'. More prospects will be given more rope I think.


I would definitely start developing Klapka in the top 6. It is extremely difficult to find skill + size + physicality (the willingness to use that size!) in a top 6 player. Having a player like his will help anyone else on his line, especially the more diminutive guys that may end up on that line in the future. I think Klapka ends up becoming Calgary's version of Tom Wilson down the road. That's really valuable.

You don’t announce a rebuild now. It was pretty much obvious when they lost Lindholm, Hanifin, etc

If you didn’t call it one then, why on earth introduce it now ?

It’s a building phase

[Rhett44]

This game shows just how flawed expected goals are as a stat. Somehow we finished the game with more expected goals than Montreal.

There is absolutely no way anyone who watched the full game could come to that conclusion. The ONLY reason we did not get blown out is because of Dustin Wolf. We allowed so many breakaways and point blank chances.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

This game shows just how flawed expected goals are as a stat. Somehow we finished the game with more expected goals than Montreal.

There is absolutely no way anyone who watched the full game could come to that conclusion. The ONLY reason we did not get blown out is because of Dustin Wolf. We allowed so many breakaways and point blank chances.

Been saying it for years

On the other hand, Montreal did put a lot into Wolf’s chest

[FanIn80]

Seeing Parekh getting the final 10 seconds of every PP with Backlund, Coleman and Farabee makes me want to throat-punch the wall.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

You aren’t behind closed doors, to be frank

He got a lot out of very little last year

They implemented changes, and let’s not kid ourselves, preseason is really not much visibility in to the regular season actual lineup. They have had a very tough schedule, which everybody talked about before it happened, yet are improving in many ways the last couple of games

Dougie was hot garbage for his first 20 games . Figured it out

Such a small sample size, no need to be overly dramatic at this point

I get it, and that's why I said I want to hear how he does it.

Still. When everyone on the team is struggling in the same way ... questions are naturally going to be raised about the common denominators. That year that Dougie struggled ended with the coach being fired.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I get it, and that's why I said I want to hear how he does it.

Still. When everyone on the team is struggling in the same way ... questions are naturally going to be raised about the common denominators. That year that Dougie struggled ended with the coach being fired.

Ah, I get that

Cool thing is he is speaking at an event for minor hockey coaches soon

Looking forward

And Dougie’s first 20 and Hartley’s ouster … correlation is not causation. I think you know that, but will not reiterate the season of transgressions here

[InternationalVillager]

Originally Posted by Inferno

If this is what the season will be like I don't think I"ll be watching many games. That wasn't entertainment. That was torture.

This is exactly why the organization won't tank.

Support the team-- all!!! if you can't bear to watch, then just put it on a secondary TV and just leave it on!!!

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

This game shows just how flawed expected goals are as a stat. Somehow we finished the game with more expected goals than Montreal.

There is absolutely no way anyone who watched the full game could come to that conclusion. The ONLY reason we did not get blown out is because of Dustin Wolf. We allowed so many breakaways and point blank chances.

You keep saying this like it actually happened...there was one breakaway in the third that was a missed pass that bounced off the end boards right to their guy. Wolf made an incredible save. There was a partial break away short handed.

Flames allowed way too much in the first but after that didn't allow a ton TBH. Not breakaways though, slot shots were too high. Do you know what a breakaway is?