[PGT] Flames fall to Coyotes 4-0 - A whole lot of NOTHIN'

[Vinny01]

I really don't like how this team is built. There is 1 centre in the lineup right now. Horak and Cervenka prefer the wing. Trade some wing depth for a legit C. Better yet trade old assets for young and enter the summer flush with assets, cap space and a high pick

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Talent-wise the Flames are probably on par with a team like the Habs.

Something is missing.

I think it's just the same half assed, lazy work ethic that has surrounded this team for the last 5 years. It's pathetic.

[dino7c]

they are proving all those experts right

sadly

[Flame Of Liberty]

a game to remember for Feaster's fans next time he pulls the wool over our eyes with crappy band-aid "solution" that will not work no matter how much we want to give it a "chance"

[sun]

[Vedder]

Originally Posted by troutman

Sleep Week - PHO LA MIN PHO

This schedule should scare Hartley. LA is basically a more talented version of the Coyotes, big and good defensively. Although they've struggled to begin the season, they will likely roll over the Flames with their depth at center. Things could be looking very ugly for the Flames by Sunday night.

[Magnum PEI]

2 blowouts in 3 games. If we dont get at least 8 points in the next 5 games we should tank it for a draft pick.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

Average age of the coyotes is 28.6
Average age of the flames is 28.8

This age excuse is getting old (pun unintended)

It's not the average age, it's where the old players are distributed. When your best player is 36, has an untouchable mythical aura around him from the organization and is playing like hot garbage, age is a problem.

[davidbjordan]

does it surprise anyone that the only line with grit was able to get chances tonight? phoenix doesn't allow the smaller softer player much room, you have to create it.

Props to jackman for fighting (though not for continuing to hit bissonette with the jersey over his head) and crashing mike smith

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

It's not an excuse, it's just the way it is. Too many of our top players are 30+ and then we have the centre depth of a Macs Midgets team.

They didn't lose tonight because they are old. They lost because they weren't very good. Phoenix are a very comparable team when it comes to age. Their captain and arguably best player is close to the same age as iginla. They had better goaltending for sure, but this team has a lot of overpaid players, and as a result aren't very deep, and subsequently aren't a very good team. Just my opinion. Our centres are a gong show.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by nik-

It's not the average age, it's where the old players are distributed. When your best player is 36, has an untouchable mythical aura around him from the organization and is playing like hot garbage, age is a problem.

Iginla is still 35 (also not the best player)

[CedarMeter]

Didn't get too excited about last nights game cause this team is just too Jekyll and Hyde. Lets face the facts we're a .500 team. We'll win a few games but I don't think we'll get past the .500 mark. There's a lot of posters that won't agree with this but let's face the facts we wont make the playoffs there's just too many holes. The trade deadline will be very interesting this year.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

Iginla is still 35.

Oh, well that obviously changes everything then.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Is anyone else getting pissed off about Stajan whining to the refs after every single whistle. It wasn't just tonight (even though he had good reason to), but he's been doing it all year. It's getting downright embarrassing.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by CedarMeter

The trade deadline we'll be very interesting this year.

That's what I thought last season.

[browna]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

Taylor was impressive... I liked how he looked a lot better than how I've liked Irving. Too bad for Napolean.

However, you can't win if you can't score, so Taylor might as well have let in 100.

That 4th goal was as bad as it gets. The team had put together a good couple shifts, (sure not that it matters but they hadn't totally given up) and a bad angle shot from the boards goes through him as if he wasn't ready and had given up. That should drive Hartley nuts if Blair Jones' compete level wasn't as he wanted.All the Flames turning away in disgust summed that up.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by nik-

Oh, well that obviously changes everything then.

The. Coyotes best player is arguably Doan. How old is he?

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

Is anyone else getting pissed off about Stajan whining to the refs after every single whistle.

Not really. At least he is trying to stir things up, not saying I like the constant whining but I'll take just about any show of emotion right about now. On the give-a-care scale the Flames are flat-lining.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Don't know where the site gets its info, but it claims late March for Kipper. Tomorrow will be two weeks to the day since he was hurt, I haven't seen anything suggesting his return is imminent.

They announced a week ago that he would be 2 weeks at the earliest. That mean at least one more week.

I don't think he will be back in a week. He has the same injury as Backlund and that's 4-6 weeks. So if Kipper has the mildest phase 2 injury that Backlund has that means 4 weeks. He is probably 2 weeks away from now.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

The. Coyotes best player is arguably Doan. How old is he?

How other old players are managed on other teams is irrelevant to the Flames. We don't get points for other teams successfully using their old players.