11-23-2024, 06:38 PM
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#81
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Being 1st in the Pacific this close to American Thanksgiving is certainly a pleasant surprise. How can you not love this hard-workin' lunch bucket team? This season is giving me serious 2014-15 vibes.
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11-23-2024, 06:39 PM
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#82
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Lots of positives to take away from this one.
Sharangovich continuing to round into form and gaining confidence. Not just offensively, but he is strong on the forecheck and skating back fast to cover up defensively. He also led all players in PK time tonight which shows a lot of trust from the coaches.
Pospisil finally converting one. He has been around it a lot lately and working hard. He has also been keeping the bad penalties down (knocks on wood).
Vladar didn't close the door like how Wolf has been lately, and a 0.870 S% doesn't look great on paper, he still made some great saves at key times. Eye test, he looked fine IMO. It's too bad that the Wild didn't fire a few more muffins at him so at least the stats would have matched with the eye test.
Being able to consistently count on the 4th line has been a big plus so far this season.
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11-23-2024, 06:42 PM
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#83
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: So Long, Bannatyne
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Originally Posted by direwolf
Being 1st in the Pacific this close to American Thanksgiving is certainly a pleasant surprise. How can you not love this hard-workin' lunch bucket team? This season is giving me serious 2014-15 vibes.
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Except that they actually control games, whereas the 14-15 team ran-and-gunned their way to exciting comebacks wins.
This team also has solid goaltending.
But I agree with you: like the 14-15 team, these guys seem to like playing with each other. They’re having fun and it’s contagious.
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11-23-2024, 06:45 PM
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#84
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand
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###### yeah! Go Flames Go.
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11-23-2024, 06:49 PM
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#85
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Lots of positives to take away from this one.
Sharangovich continuing to round into form and gaining confidence. Not just offensively, but he is strong on the forecheck and skating back fast to cover up defensively. He also led all players in PK time tonight which shows a lot of trust from the coaches.
Pospisil finally converting one. He has been around it a lot lately and working hard. He has also been keeping the bad penalties down (knocks on wood).
Vladar didn't close the door like how Wolf has been lately, and a 0.870 S% doesn't look great on paper, he still made some great saves at key times. Eye test, he looked fine IMO. It's too bad that the Wild didn't fire a few more muffins at him so at least the stats would have matched with the eye test.
Being able to consistently count on the 4th line has been a big plus so far this season.
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Very true, but Huberdeau has to figure out his game.
He has hustle, I'll grant him that, but its like...useless energy being expended for no accomplishment. Its like watching a Pee-Wee hockey player.
Just skating around trying to substitute effort for effectiveness.
For an 'Elite Passer' his passing is brutal.
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11-23-2024, 06:50 PM
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#86
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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11-23-2024, 06:56 PM
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#87
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: next door to Borat
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We now have the longest winning streak in the league with 4 in a row.
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11-23-2024, 06:58 PM
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#88
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: So Long, Bannatyne
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Originally Posted by Locke
Very true, but Huberdeau has to figure out his game.
He has hustle, I'll grant him that, but its like...useless energy being expended for no accomplishment. Its like watching a Pee-Wee hockey player.
Just skating around trying to substitute effort for effectiveness.
For an 'Elite Passer' his passing is brutal.
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I agree in the sense that I also get frustrated by some of his passing, but I think this overall analysis is a bit harsh…
Regardless, I have a feeling Zary will be the spark he needs, ala Pelletier (except better). Huberdeau needs a centre who can engage the O-Zone with speed and Zary can do that and more. I thought they looked great together today.
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11-23-2024, 06:58 PM
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#89
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Franchise Player
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As it looks through the first quarter of the season the Flames have a stud young goalie, a top 4 that looks like both Bahl and Miromanov are legitimate NHL dmen to my eye and Pachal looking like a solid reliable bottom pair dman and Zary and Coronato looking like they are legitimate top 6 forwards. I think Yegor will continue to find his scoring touch from last year as he rounds into form after missing the first couple weeks.
The rebuild ain’t done, but with what looks like a real strong draft class in 2024 and Suniev, Honzek and maybe even Morin looking like good prospects from 2023, the rebuild is a lot farther ahead than I thought it would be.
Add on 4 first round picks, 3 second round picks and 3 third round picks over the next two years and there is a lot to be hopeful for going forward.
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11-23-2024, 07:00 PM
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#90
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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The PP looking like an actual NHL calibre Powerplay is the best part of this homestand.
Actual movement and Royal road pass attempts instead of just playing on the outside.
Kudos to the staff for actually making adjustments
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11-23-2024, 07:02 PM
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#91
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by drewtastic
I agree in the sense that I also get frustrated by some of his passing, but I think this overall analysis is a bit harsh…
Regardless, I have a feeling Zary will be the spark he needs, ala Pelletier (except better). Huberdeau needs a centre who can engage the O-Zone with speed and Zary can do that and more. I thought they looked great together today.
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I dont know if I'd classify it as 'harsh' per se, when you're the 'Premier Player' then expectations are bound to be high.
Expectations that he is not living up to.
This is the NHL. It is a results-based League. Just 'trying hard' isn't good enough.
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11-23-2024, 07:07 PM
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#92
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: So Long, Bannatyne
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Originally Posted by Locke
I dont know if I'd classify it as 'harsh' per se, when you're the 'Premier Player' then expectations are bound to be high.
Expectations that he is not living up to.
This is the NHL. It is a results-based League. Just 'trying hard' isn't good enough.
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Yeah, but I blame Treliving for offering that contract, not Huberdeau for signing it…
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11-23-2024, 07:28 PM
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#93
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by drewtastic
Yeah, but I blame Treliving for offering that contract, not Huberdeau for signing it…
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Sure and I can accept that element of it, but when a guy's production drops off ~50% he's gotta own some of the responsibility for that.
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11-23-2024, 07:38 PM
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#94
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: So Long, Bannatyne
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Originally Posted by Locke
Sure and I can accept that element of it, but when a guy's production drops off ~50% he's gotta own some of the responsibility for that.
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Yeah, agreed. Fair.
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11-23-2024, 07:41 PM
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#95
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Originally Posted by Yanda
Rooney seemed to have a pretty good game offensively
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Yeah where on earth did that come from.
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11-23-2024, 07:41 PM
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#96
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First Line Centre
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Really liked Sharky's defensive game today, I thought he was noticeable. I keep waiting for Zary to regress, like what he's doing is lucky or something, but the kid keeps impressing. It's amazing what happens when you let players develop properly.
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11-23-2024, 07:42 PM
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#97
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by HockeyKhan
We now have the longest winning streak in the league with 4 in a row.
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And 7 of their next 8 games are against teams currently outside a playoff position.
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11-23-2024, 07:44 PM
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#98
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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I've held on to doubts about coronato and zary perhaps until just this past week.
They're taking this nhl team on their backs now. Flash in the pan/fringe prospects don't do that.
That and the steady progression overall.
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11-23-2024, 07:50 PM
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#99
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by bigrangy
generally a pretty good game, everyone played pretty good. Minny wasn't good and still battled to get a point, that's a pretty good team
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They were excellent defensively. They play a tight game. It was easy to see why they're 10-3-3 or whatever. Obviously they missed Kaprisov, but I don't think it's accurate to say they didn't play well.
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11-23-2024, 07:54 PM
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#100
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
They were excellent defensively. They play a tight game. It was easy to see why they're 10-3-3 or whatever. Obviously they missed Kaprisov, but I don't think it's accurate to say they didn't play well.
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Ya, they are clearly a solid team. The Flames are a solid well coached team too. Huska is getting everything he can out of this roster. If he gets some scoring from the guys who recently have been coming around (Yegor and Kadri) he could really have something. The guy is a defenceman factory, Bahl looks like a legit top 4 guy at the age of 24, Miromanov goes from throw in to a legit guy who can play with Weegar and Pachal goes from waiver fodder to a guy who looks like he could get to 400 career games played in the league.
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