10-28-2025, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The root cause remains Huska's refusal to utilize the 4th line in a different way and it limits this roster.
Huberdeau-Kadri-Frost
Honzek-Backlund-Coleman
Sharangovich-Zary-Coronato
Farabee-Kerins-Klapka
I still think if they would commit to utilizing the 4th line in a way that is more offensive it would fix a lot of the lineup issues.
They have 11 forwards that realistically could play top 9, but they have to shoe horn the roster in a way that doesn't make sense because they refuse to take Lomberg out of the lineup and that limits how we use the 4th line.
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I like those lines but I think the coaches want Kirkland for PK. And because he's got a 62% FO.
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10-28-2025, 02:21 PM
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#62
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Win this one for Miikka!!
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10-28-2025, 02:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The root cause remains Huska's refusal to utilize the 4th line in a different way and it limits this roster.
Huberdeau-Kadri-Frost
Honzek-Backlund-Coleman
Sharangovich-Zary-Coronato
Farabee-Kerins-Klapka
I still think if they would commit to utilizing the 4th line in a way that is more offensive it would fix a lot of the lineup issues.
They have 11 forwards that realistically could play top 9, but they have to shoe horn the roster in a way that doesn't make sense because they refuse to take Lomberg out of the lineup and that limits how we use the 4th line.
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To be fair while the 4th line generates basically nothing, it (and specifically Lomberg) have managed to avoid getting scored on.
With Kerins on the 4th line I see that basically being reversed as he is not good defensively. Though I’m not sure how much that line could realistically produce at that ice time anyway.
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10-28-2025, 02:24 PM
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First round-bust
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The solution as I see it is to trade Kadri and Coleman as soon as possible.
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10-28-2025, 02:25 PM
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fary zary shary
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10-28-2025, 02:36 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Toronto
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I’m on my way down to the game now. My first game ever in Toronto.
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10-28-2025, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
The solution as I see it is to trade Kadri and Coleman as soon as possible.
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Yep. And other teams are very rarely willing to make those trades before U.S. Thanksgiving, because they want to know if they're really contending or just had a hot start.
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10-28-2025, 02:49 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
No idea why this coaching staff has such an obsession with Lomberg and Kirkland.
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They're the only ones that agreed to dog-sit for Huska on his date night with his wife. Instead of buying 'em a pizza he's giving them ice time.
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10-28-2025, 03:10 PM
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Every coach has what I like to call a singing potato. He's a player who has very limited talent and skill, but will do everything the coach asks to the best of his ability. If other players want to know why they're getting their ice time cut, the coach points at the potato and says: ‘You're not doing the stuff he does. If he can do it, you certainly can.’
The best singing potato in the history of the Flames was probably Kevin Dahl, who got a roster spot for a couple of years because he was the first man willing to block shots when Dave King was coach. He was a lousy defenceman, but once he started blocking shots, everybody else started blocking them too, and team defence as a whole improved dramatically.
It seems to me Lomberg is Huska's singing potato – and a very useful one, because he has a Stanley Cup ring and his teammates respect that. Kirkland is another story – a useful PKer and faceoff guy who has to be used on a regular shift somewhere, so Huska sticks him on the fourth line where he will do minimal damage in other respects.
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10-28-2025, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Every coach has what I like to call a singing potato. He's a player who has very limited talent and skill, but will do everything the coach asks to the best of his ability. If other players want to know why they're getting their ice time cut, the coach points at the potato and says: ‘You're not doing the stuff he does. If he can do it, you certainly can.’
The best singing potato in the history of the Flames was probably Kevin Dahl, who got a roster spot for a couple of years because he was the first man willing to block shots when Dave King was coach. He was a lousy defenceman, but once he started blocking shots, everybody else started blocking them too, and team defence as a whole improved dramatically.
It seems to me Lomberg is Huska's singing potato – and a very useful one, because he has a Stanley Cup ring and his teammates respect that. Kirkland is another story – a useful PKer and faceoff guy who has to be used on a regular shift somewhere, so Huska sticks him on the fourth line where he will do minimal damage in other respects.
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Need to get my glasses checked, thought you said SINGING POTATO!!  
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10-28-2025, 03:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
Every coach has what I like to call a singing potato. He's a player who has very limited talent and skill, but will do everything the coach asks to the best of his ability. If other players want to know why they're getting their ice time cut, the coach points at the potato and says: ‘You're not doing the stuff he does. If he can do it, you certainly can.’
The best singing potato in the history of the Flames was probably Kevin Dahl, who got a roster spot for a couple of years because he was the first man willing to block shots when Dave King was coach. He was a lousy defenceman, but once he started blocking shots, everybody else started blocking them too, and team defence as a whole improved dramatically.
It seems to me Lomberg is Huska's singing potato – and a very useful one, because he has a Stanley Cup ring and his teammates respect that. Kirkland is another story – a useful PKer and faceoff guy who has to be used on a regular shift somewhere, so Huska sticks him on the fourth line where he will do minimal damage in other respects.
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Need to get my glasses checked, thought you said SINGING (falalala) POTATO!!
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10-28-2025, 03:22 PM
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First Line Centre
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I think we are about to win a bunch of games and ruin the tank. Just a gut feeling.
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10-28-2025, 03:23 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
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Originally Posted by Rhett44
I think we are about to win a bunch of games and ruin the tank. Just a gut feeling.
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Yep. When you think the Flames are done they always flip the switch. Regardless, isn't first place in the lottery only 18.5% odds these days? The Flames are definitely not winning that even if they do tank and somehow end up in in the bottom 5 draft slots.
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10-28-2025, 03:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Alberta
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
The solution as I see it is to trade Kadri and Coleman as soon as possible.
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You forgot Andersson.
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10-28-2025, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Yep. When you think the Flames are done they always flip the switch. Regardless, isn't first place in the lottery only 18.5% odds these days? The Flames are definitely not winning that even if they do tank and somehow end up in in the bottom 5 draft slots.
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Nah, even Leafs with all their dysfunction are not as bad as the Rags.
If Flames win tonight that will be a lot more impressive IMO.
Great night for sports!
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10-28-2025, 03:51 PM
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#76
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Originally Posted by stemit14
Klapka having to sit despite playing well and Coronato having to be on the fourth line does highlight that the team just has too many forwards to properly slot developing young players. Trading Coleman, Kadri and maybe Sharangovich this year is probably for the best as far as the rebuild and opening up spots for young players to succeed.
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Maybe it has something to do with the fact that player development is a long term game. Fans seem to think that the coach's job is simply to throw kids out on the ice as much as possible, when it is, in fact, to help develop those kids and help them learn how to be a better player and a better pro.
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10-28-2025, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Go Flames Go!!
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10-28-2025, 04:14 PM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that player development is a long term game. Fans seem to think that the coach's job is simply to throw kids out on the ice as much as possible, when it is, in fact, to help develop those kids and help them learn how to be a better player and a better pro.
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Highly doubt its best for development to sit and then grind on the 4th line with Lomberg.
As someone else said I'd prefer they drop Lomberg and try to go a more offensive 4th line.
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10-28-2025, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheese
Need to get my glasses checked, thought you said SINGING (falalala) POTATO!! |
I did say that. Because to anyone who doesn't know what's going on, having that guy in the lineup makes the coach look as crazy as if he thought a potato could sing.
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