[PGT] Abottsford Flames Crush the Wild 4-1!

[bluck]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

And our glue *cough* TJ Brodie *cough* left the team when the lockout ended.

Brodie/Backlund are the two most important players on this team right now imo.

[freakinsaprikin]

First 3 game winning streak of the season and 6-2 in the last 8, for what it's worth.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by New Era

If we draft Nurse do we make him dress like a Daigle?

Not unless we want to deal with Amnesty International.

[Sakari]

Originally Posted by Beatle17

When people keep hoping for MacKinnon and Drouin and I can't help thinking of Alexadre Daigle. Superstar junior stats that didn't translate to the next level, so you never know who is going to be great (Jarome Iginla picked 11th). Just because they are hyped doesn't mean anything.

The names Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, and Evgeni Malkin come to mind. The 4 best players in the world. All 1st round picks.

[Henry Fool]

Originally Posted by StAlbertFlame

The Wild remind me of how the Flames crapped the bed the last few years down the home stretch. The seemingly lack of effort is eerily familiar….and desperation doesn’t seem to matter.

Flames have a line-up that includes various amounts of NCAA, AHL, Waiver pick-ups and some Veterans, and they just shut down a team with the two biggest summer 2012 free agents.

I didn't see a lack of effort by the Wild, certainly not by the big signings. Both played their asses off and in the end their first line just ran out of gas while the other lines could get anything done.

What is shows is that you need more than a couple of guys to build a great team. It was their old secondary scoring that failed them.

Having said that, Pominville was the most invisible guy on the ice. I thought he was supposed to be a player.

[bluck]

Originally Posted by Henry Fool

I didn't see a lack of effort by the Wild, certainly not by the big signings. Both played their asses off and in the end their first line just ran out of gas while the other lines could get anything done.

What is shows is that you need more than a couple of guys to build a great team. It was their old secondary scoring that failed them.

Having said that, Pominville was the most invisible guy on the ice. I thought he was supposed to be a player.

Wow I totally forgot Pominville even played for the Wild.. don't remember hearing his name called once during the broadcast.

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by nik-

Cundari was better than I expected points aside. He's got the build where him only being 5'10" doesn't matter as much.

I know it is only one game but I was very impressed with him. He can play defense, can hit and very impressed with long passes. I sure he keeps up so for the next season he can help Wideman on power play. Next game against Nashville. It seems like Colorado and Nashville are just playing for first pick overall. I hope Nashville put up a fight instead of throwing the game because I wanted to see the young guys play competitive.

[Beatle17]

Originally Posted by Sakari

The names Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, and Evgeni Malkin come to mind. The 4 best players in the world. All 1st round picks.

The names Brian Lawton, Alexadre Daigle, Patrick Stefan and Rick DiPietro say hi!!! and Malkin was chosen second.

[Sylvanfan]

Well I hope one of Detroit or Minnesota miss the playoffs because of their late season loss to the Flames, hell both of them can lose out and feel shame, and make their owners lose a pile of money.

[automaton 3]

Originally Posted by keenan87

1) Honestly, when the pressure is on next season and teams start taking the Flames less lightly, we are going to lose a lot more games.

Both Detroit and the Wild really needed to win those games. I don't think the Flames were taken all that lightly.

Also - even if the Flames' plan was to tank (man I hope not) what else could they do here? Glencross, Wideman and Tanguay are hurt - they are forced to play youth, who are playing well.

[krynski]

Originally Posted by Sakari

The names Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, and Evgeni Malkin come to mind. The 4 best players in the world. All 1st round picks.

You missed the point.

We are still going to get 3 first round picks, regardless (unless, somehow, St.Louis sh**s the bed.

Yes, those you listed were all first round picks, but the were not all 1st over-all picks.

The point was, Picks can BOMB. You can pick 1st over-all, and the 154th can do wayy WAYYY better than expected, to the point you say "SH** Son! I don't know why we picked this dude!"

[sun]

Originally Posted by Sakari

The names Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, and Evgeni Malkin come to mind. The 4 best players in the world. All 1st round picks.

Well good thing we've got three first round picks in this draft then!

[Sakari]

Originally Posted by Beatle17

The names Brian Lawton, Alexadre Daigle, Patrick Stefan and Rick DiPietro say hi!!! and Malkin was chosen second.

Malkin was chosen 2nd overall. First round. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. If you can name more 1st-5th overall picks that failed than succeeded you win. But you can't. I guarantee that.

[puckluck2]

Good to see these guys working hard.

I just hope Feaster doesn't try for a "20 goal" lineup for next season and these young guys have a chance at making the team.

The worst thing that could happen is if we go after other team's garbage through UFA or trade. Let these young guys flourish next year.

[krynski]

Originally Posted by bluck

Wow I totally forgot Pominville even played for the Wild.. don't remember hearing his name called once during the broadcast.

Should have watched the wild broadcast. They did a short feature on him, but he was never mentioned again....

[Henry Fool]

Originally Posted by bluck

Wow I totally forgot Pominville even played for the Wild.. don't remember hearing his name called once during the broadcast.

Totally. I was amazed when someone mentioned him in the game thread. Their second and third lines were a mess when the pressure started building during the game and Pominville was like the worst of those guys.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Beatle17

I am for sure. What I am trying to tell the "we should lose to get a better pick" crowd is you never know how these kids will work out. Daigle WAS the supposed superstar of his generation and basically never lived up to his billing, so there is nothing to say the next two superstars from the QMJHL will be any better (not saying they will be worse) but to suck and lose for the privilege of drafting them makes no sense to me.

I understand that. But think of it this way:

This team was sucking and losing anyways, why not get something out of it so we dont have to suck forever?

[puckluck2]

Oh, and how about the passing skills of Cundari? In one game he probably completed more passes than Butler has in about a month.

Every pass today was on the stick with the player in stride.

[krynski]

Originally Posted by Sakari

Malkin was chosen 2nd overall. First round. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. If you can name more 1st-5th overall picks that failed than succeeded you win. But you can't. I guarantee that.

WHy would we want to remember these guys? These are the idiots you forget about.

[bluck]

Originally Posted by Henry Fool

Totally. I was amazed when someone mentioned him in the game thread. Their second and third lines were a mess when the pressure started building during the game and Pominville was like the worst of those guys.

What's even more sad is that he is on my fantasy team haha.