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GullFoss · 09-27-2018, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sureLoss

https://twitter.com/user/status/1045372844480245760

Four lines deep. Amazing!!!

foshizzle11 · 09-27-2018, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by David Struch

So Mangiapane & Lazar haven't played for two games now and Hathaway hasn't even played one pre-season game yet.

It is hard to ignore Dube, he has forced them to give him a good chance of playing this season in the NHL. I think Hathaway and Lazar are the two who should be worried, they had last season for a bunch of games to show what they can do and they are being past by Dube and possibly Mangiapane. Maybe they get sent down, I think the risk of losing them is minimal at this point. It could send them a message and light a fire under their butts, maybe it doesn't. Either way, it is a good problem to have.

GullFoss · 09-27-2018, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bingo

This sure screams to me that they want to give Dube and Valimaki all the rope they need to hang themselves.

Can't ask for more than that from a hockey team.

I'm curious if they have the leg up, or if we see Mangiapane and Andersson get an equal chance on Saturday (Andersson playing the off wing).

Nervous times for Lazar, Hathaway and Kulak.

I think its the opposite. Unless Dube and Valimaki kill it out there, they're being left behind in California. Why bring people on the trip unless they're going to dress. And if you're dressing your final roster on the last game it means that the second last game is going to be the guys who don't have the inside track.

foshizzle11 · 09-27-2018, 01:41 PM

GullFoss,
maybe it is their final audition and they are being told to leave it all out there tonight. Make it or break it tonight. I bet we see some more muscle on Saturday night either way since we are in Edmonton. I expect Prout to play over Valimaki anyway on Saturday night. I think Dube has a better chance of sticking around than Valimaki.

Bingo · 09-27-2018, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GullFoss

I think its the opposite. Unless Dube and Valimaki kill it out there, they're being left behind in California. Why bring people on the trip unless they're going to dress. And if you're dressing your final roster on the last game it means that the second last game is going to be the guys who don't have the inside track.

So Mangiapane, Andersson and Rittich have made the team then? With 29 players left in camp there was always going to be 9 guys watching tonight.

djsFlames · 09-27-2018, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

I think Dube should get a shot in the roster to start the season, he has done all that could be expected of him in camp / preseason. However, it needs to be remembered that rookies who excel in preseason tend to slow down a bit once the regular season starts and the vets start actually playing hard.

Shh, don't tell Edmonton that.

All good and true though. Dube is a player I'd be willing to be patient with. More upside and room for growth than the alternatives. It's a small price to pay if you can have a guy that contributes after getting up to speed. Would not bet anything significant on Hathaway or Lazar elevating over the course of the year as regular starters in any kind of significant way. They've shown no signs of having another gear.

RoughRiderRowdy · 09-27-2018, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

does the regional restriction mean people in Calgary can or cannot stream the game on teh flames site?

Can sask residents watch on flames site? Or facebook?

dammage79 · 09-27-2018, 01:50 PM

Hathaways played in more than the China games. IIRC he played against WPG and EDM.

Toonage · 09-27-2018, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RoughRiderRowdy

Can sask residents watch on flames site? Or facebook?

Yes. To both.

Textcritic · 09-27-2018, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RoughRiderRowdy

Can sask residents watch on flames site? Or facebook?

I'm in BC and I had no problem watching the Jets game on the Flames site.

RoughRiderRowdy · 09-27-2018, 01:53 PM

Thanks fellas. Will be great to watch with such an opening night-ready roster

djsFlames · 09-27-2018, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dammage79

Hathaways played in more than the China games. IIRC he played against WPG and EDM.

It's probably telling if his games are that forgettable.

Textcritic · 09-27-2018, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dammage79

Hathaways played in more than the China games. IIRC he played against WPG and EDM.

Ah, yes. He played in the Winnipeg game on Monday, but was still in China when the Flames had their epic battle against the Stanley Cup heir-apparent Edmonton Oilers.

dammage79 · 09-27-2018, 02:00 PM

All I wanted was someone not named Hathaway on Bennett and Jankowskis line. I for one am very excited with this make up.

I think this is Valimakis big test tonight. Do well here and you may just send a LD packing.

Shocked a bit Smith is playing as I would figure they would want one of Gillies and Rittich to show up against an NHL roster. Maybe they split time with Smith tonight and next game.

Damn them lines are sexy.

Textcritic · 09-27-2018, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sureLoss

...The expectation is that Erik Karlsson will play in a Sharks jersey for the first time...

I did just have to chime in on this and say I DON'T CARE.

#### you, Sharks. #### you, Erik Karlsson. #### you all and your team-stacking attempt to secure a championship for happy Joe, the Caveman and their wine-tasting band of hipster hockey players.

I hope the Sharks are terrible this year and forever. That is all.

ThatsRobbery · 09-27-2018, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bingo

So Mangiapane, Andersson and Rittich have made the team then? With 29 players left in camp there was always going to be 9 guys watching tonight.

I could also see the case where Dube and Valimaki are in tonight and then Mangiapane and Andersson get in against the Oilers as a final audition for each player, and then they decide from there.

dammage79 · 09-27-2018, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Textcritic

Ah, yes. He played in the Winnipeg game on Monday, but was still in China when the Flames had their epic battle against the Stanley Cup heir-apparent Edmonton Oilers.

Then it was both WPG games? Maybe against Vancouver too.

Textcritic · 09-27-2018, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by dammage79

Then it was both WPG games? Maybe against Vancouver too.

No. Check the gamesheets. The Flames were still in the air when the prospects dominated the Canucks in Vancouver, and it was a similar-looking lineup in Winnipeg. Hathaway played at least one of the China games (maybe both), but only the one home game v. the Jets on the weekend. That is all.

The Boy Wonder · 09-27-2018, 02:15 PM

Time to cut bait on hathaway... he's basically lance bouma but worse somehow and fights even less.
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btimbit · 09-27-2018, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Time to cut bait on hathaway... he's basically lance bouma but worse somehow and fights even less.
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Still not thrilled they qualified him. But since they did, hopefully a less regular spot in the lineup lights a fire under him again