[PGT] Stars 4 Flames 3

[bigrangy]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Aside from the icing his first power play was very good. But the others weren’t and he didn’t handle pucks well the rest of the night.

Noted, yeah i think I missed that one. I think i’ll start keeping track of “positive huberdeau touches” going forward though. You can’t improve it if you’re not measuring it.

[IceBergYYC]

Originally Posted by flamingred89

Huberdeau is like Roger Dorn in Major League. High priced vet who thinks he's better than he is and is more concerned about how he looks off the ice. Maybe Zary can be our Ricky Vaughn. Sign Phil Kessel to be our Jake Taylor. Andersson can be our Pedro Cerrano and bring the juju. Then we'll have something to watch.

You had me at sign Phil Kessel

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by AC

Looking at the schedule this month, we could legitimately lose every single game.

@SEA, NSH, @TOR, @OTT (b2b), @MTL, VAN, NYI, @SEA, @NSH, @DAL, @COL (b2b), VGS, DAL.

Seattle is the worst team in the standings, and they're a significantly better team than the Flames now IMO. Nashville isn't a particularly good team, but the Flames have always struggled against them.

Flames always play crazy games in Nashville though. Usually goes the extra frame in those.

For whatever reason, they're possessed there.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by taxbuster

Hope they're smart enough to keep Zary up. We could have a VERY expensive looking press box gallery (and that would be fine). It's hard to watch Huberdud flubbing around out there. I though Kadri had a good belt of GAF though and played decently in the third (all I saw).

Kadri was probably the best skater out there for the Flames.

[1_Flames_Fan]

Huberdeau is a buyout candidate now. I thought Brad hit a homerun but it was a huge swing and a miss. Zito saw Brad coming a mile away.

[flamingred89]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

What about Huberdeau says “thinks he’s better than he is”. You are just making things up to suit a narrative.

The narrative of making the Flames the Cleveland Indians from Major League?

[Jimdon]

Mark Savard is supposed to be some offensive savant. So we try a drop pass to huberdeau and Lindholm while the rest of the pp stands at the blue line on the pp. Multiple times...

[cannon7]

If Huberdeau isn't humiliated that he's being benched for a rookie in the last minute of a close game then there may be nothing redeemable left.

Some difficult decisions ahead if this guy doesn't wake up.

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

My worst one was Baertschi.

Baertschi & Cervenka for me

[Strange Brew]

Zary was fun to watch. Expecting that every night for such a young player is unrealistic but what a first game. How many times does a young player come up and you say they that they didn’t look out of place. Well Zary was much better than that.

Give credit where it is due, Kadri had a decent game. Not a difference maker but seemed like he was interested in playing well. Still the laziest Flame on the forecheck though.

[kipperiggy]

Originally Posted by 1_Flames_Fan

Huberdeau is a buyout candidate now. I thought Brad hit a homerun but it was a huge swing and a miss. Zito saw Brad coming a mile away.

Unfortunately his contract is pretty buyout proof with its structure

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by 1_Flames_Fan

Huberdeau is a buyout candidate now. I thought Brad hit a homerun but it was a huge swing and a miss. Zito saw Brad coming a mile away.

Is it sad that I would take even last year's Huberdeau over this one?

55 points and responsible defensively at least didn't #### the team, even if he wasn't a game breaker for them.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by AC

I love Zary.

I hate Huberdeau.

I LOL'd.

and liked the post.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by 1_Flames_Fan

Huberdeau is a buyout candidate now.

His contract is essentially buyout-proof.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by flamingred89

The narrative of making the Flames the Cleveland Indians from Major League?

Read what I wrote again, only slower.

[OldSam]

Better effort for sure. A good 45 minute effort. You can start to see which players are starting to get sick of losing. Happy for Zary. Tons of potential.

I hate Jamie Benn.

[J pold]

I hate Brad Treliving. Talk about failing upwards.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by J pold

I hate Brad Treliving. Talk about failing upwards.

I wonder what Leafs people think of the ####ing disaster he left his previous team in.

I mean it's got to set off some alarms for them, no?

[Mathgod]

I just realized the worst part of tanking.

Hardly any ATL reports.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

His contract is essentially buyout-proof.

Sure, but you don’t have to actually play him. You can healthy scratch him, sit him for special teams and severely limit icetime.

Etc.

If he doesn’t want to play, he doesn’t have to.