[GDT] Flames @ Canucks, 8:00 PM MST (Sportsnet 1 / Fan 960)

[Dion]

I have a movie picked out for tonight. If the Flames have yet another slow and uninspring first period I will be turning the game off.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Dion

I have a movie picked out for tonight. If the Flames have yet another slow and uninspring first period I will be turning the game off.

What movie do you have lined up?

[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

What movie do you have lined up?

If it's criteria is to be more exciting than a Flames first period, probably Yentl.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Dion

I have a movie picked out for tonight. If the Flames have yet another slow and uninspring first period I will be turning the game off.

Why? When the Flames have slow, uninspired first-periods they win just as often as they lose.

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[Harry Lime]

I wonder if the players know that they are in the entertainment industry, and Calgary is probably the last city that would embrace a slow gentlemanly approach to hockey. Even through the Young Guns Era, there was a core group of fans simply because of the rough and tumble style and GAF attitude.

[the-rasta-masta]

I am interested how the road teams have performed across the NHL this year, especially in the 2nd or 3rd game in the same city. It always seems like the Flames effort have changed the longer they remain in the same city on the road.

Obviously the way things work this season, its even worse than the bubble on the road IMO. These guys are stuck in their hotel rooms for days on end other than meals and when they go to the rink for practices and games. From my understanding they can't even visit teammates rooms (isn't that what Ovechkin and company got in trouble for?) I personally hate hotel rooms, and I'd certainly feel de-energized being stuck in there solo for 3 games over 6 days like they are currently. Even worse, when they were in Winnipeg at -40 for those games earlier this season after coming from Montreal. Imagine being stuck in a Winnipeg Hotel room for days on end??

At least when you are in your home city you have the comforts of your own home. I'm wondering how much this plays into some of the efforts we've seen the Flames give this season.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by Moneyhands23

It is so crazy that BT (and I believe him) says they put an emphasis on compete and hockey sense. But the team hasn't competed like crazy since Hartley...

Just mind bottleing

More like mind bending.

[Robbob]

Start of another 3 game winning streak.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

I am interested how the road teams have performed across the NHL this year, especially in the 2nd or 3rd game in the same city. It always seems like the Flames effort have changed the longer they remain in the same city on the road...

Toronto:
15–16 Jan — Ottawa: 3-5 L, 3-2 W (1-0-1)
24–30 Jan — Calgary: 3-2 W, 4-3 W (2-0-0); Edmonton: 4-3 W, 3-4 OTL (1-0-1)

Montreal:
13–23 Jan — Toronto: 4-5 OTL (0-0-1); Edmonton: 5-1 W, 3-1 W (2-0-0); Vancouver: 5-6 SOL, 7-3 W, 5-2 W (2-0-1)

Winnipeg:
18–21 Jan — Toronto: 1-3 L (0-1-0); Ottawa: 4-3 OTW, 4-1 W (2-0-0)

Calgary:
28 Jan–4 Feb — Montreal: 2-4 L, 2-0 W (1-1-0); Winnipeg: 4-3 SOW, 2-3 L, 1-4 L (1-2-0)

Edmonton:
20–26 Jan — Toronto: 3-1 W, 2-4 L (1-1-0); Winnipeg: 4-3 W, 4-6 L (1-1-0)
6–11 Feb — Calgary: 4-6 L (0-1-0); Ottawa: 3-1 W, 3-2 W (2-0-0); Montreal: 3-1 W (1-0-0)

Vancouver:
13–18 Jan — Edmonton: 5-3 W, 2-5 L (1-1-0); Calgary: 0-3 L, 2-5 L (0-2-0)
30 Jan–8 Feb — Winnipeg: 4-1 W (1-0-0); Montreal: 2-6 L, 3-5 L (0-2-0); Toronto: 3-7 L, 1-5 L, 1-3 L (0-3-0)

Ottawa:
23 Jan–4 Feb — Winnipeg: 3-6 L (0-1-0); Vancouver: 1-7 L, 1-5 L, 1-4 L (0-3-0); Edmonton: 5-8 L, 2-4 L (0-2-0); Montreal: 3-2 W (1-0-0)
11–13 Feb — Winnipeg: 1-5 L, 2-1 W (1-1-0)

Ottawa, Vancouver and Winnipeg are the only teams in the division with fewer than three road wins. Calgary is the only Canadian team to spend four days in Winnipeg.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by getbak

Backlund is officially a "game time decision".


Looks like it was a very optional skate this morning...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1361400251152654339

Markstrom made the optional skate, guess he figured he had some stuff to work on. Pretty thin group otherwise.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Dion

I have a movie picked out for tonight. If the Flames have yet another slow and uninspring first period I will be turning the game off.

But they have had so many games with awful firsts and better seconds snd thirds!

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Markstrom made the optional skate, guess he figured he had some stuff to work on. Pretty thin group otherwise.

I guess the boys really like the hotel rooms

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Why can't they make some of these games a 5,6,7 p.m. start? Does every game with Vancouver have to be a late start time?

Works OK for those of us in BC....

[CroFlames]

When the Flames play with effort they can beat any team IMO.

Why don’t they play with effort every game? Remains a mystery to me but I remain hopeful.

I’m partial to the coach being bad theory, but I have some serious questions about Gios leadership as the piss poor effort is getting old at this point.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

When the Flames play with effort they can beat any team IMO.

Why don’t they play with effort every game? Remains a mystery to me but I remain hopeful.

I’m partial to the coach being bad theory, but I have some serious questions about Gios leadership as the piss poor effort is getting old at this point.

Literally every team's fans say this.

I say this every year, but the how good a team is at their best is not an indicator of how good they are.

Ottawa is likely the worst team in the league and they hung 40 some shots the other night on Edmonton and beat Montreal. Vancouver got walloped in every category but Montreal, but Ottawa beat them and deserved it.

A team is a sum of the play in a bunch of games. I don't think it's effort for the Flames. You don't make the nhl generally unless you can bring that. Gio isn't known for taking it easy. I think it's confidence which leads to momentum. It's finicky, so you need to be able to have systems to show the bleeding when you're not feeling confident. Flames don't have that.

Watch the opposing forwards gain the zone against Calgary. The D backs right up scared of being beat, only to allow the opposition to set up and keep pressure

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Start of another 3 game winning streak.

I'll take 3W 1L segments the rest of the way.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Start of another 3 game winning streak.

But why limit the Flames to only three? I want them to sweep the Oilers back-to-back.

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[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

When the Flames play with effort they can beat any team IMO.

Why don’t they play with effort every game? Remains a mystery to me but I remain hopeful.

I’m partial to the coach being bad theory, but I have some serious questions about Gios leadership as the piss poor effort is getting old at this point.

Great person, hell of a player for a 4-5 year stretch, but a little too Ho Hum for me as the C.

Seems the vast majority of the players have taken on the same demeanor. Say the right things, classy around and off the rink, but pulse never jumping off the scale when the chips are down, rarely pissd or revved up between whistles.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

But why limit the Flames.es to only three? I want them to sweep tbe Oilers back-to-back.

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Agreed on the B2B. We really need to lay the hammer down on those entitled brats. They're getting too cocky up there lately and need to be kept in check.

[dissentowner]

To hell with the whole chip and chase bs, tune the coach out and play an offensive puck possession game. If he doesn't like it he can beat it. GFG.