[PGT] I'd 8-4 that game to be the norm. Chicago wins

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour

Found the After Hours interview with Lucic excellent. He’s just a straight up guy. Got the feeling he wasn’t a Peters fan.

Was a bit surprising hearing him say he was wondering if he should hang them up earlier in the season when he was struggling and being benched. Definitely seems to be a bigger fan of Ward's than Peters'.

[nieuwy-89]

Very good After Hours interview with Milan Lucic. Seems like a really good guy. Interesting to hear him credit Ward, Tre, Gio, and Mony with helping him turn his season around. He was considering retirement in November after getting benched by Peters.

[getoverit]

#1 team in league this year allowing a goal on first shot. N I N E times this year

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour

Found the After Hours interview with Lucic excellent. He’s just a straight up guy. Got the feeling he wasn’t a Peters fan.

best thing i watched tonight... glad Lucic is playing pretty well; that combination with Dube/Bennett/Ryan has really helped him to find a semblance of his game again

i don't know if i am imagining it, but he also seems like his straight-line speed has gotten better over the season too

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Was a bit surprising hearing him say he was wondering if he should hang them up earlier in the season when he was struggling and being benched. Definitely seems to be a bigger fan of Ward's than Peters'.

That’s a bit of a bombshell really.

[WhiteTiger]

Just got in, and with that score...Don't think I wanna watch the 'highlights'...Oof, Flames. I hate the inconsistency.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by nieuwy-89

Very good After Hours interview with Milan Lucic. Seems like a really good guy. Interesting to hear him credit Ward, Tre, Gio, and Mony with helping him turn his season around. He was considering retirement in November after getting benched by Peters.

Wait, like full on cap hit clearing retirement?!! Man, I really do like Lucic and appreciate how much better he's been, but imagine if he had just hung them up and we got a free get out of jail card?

What a summer we could have had coming up.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

Just got in, and with that score...Don't think I wanna watch the 'highlights'...Oof, Flames. I hate the inconsistency.

I watched the entire game the least you could do is watch the so called highlights.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Look I like your posting generally but at least three of the goals allowed tonight were bad goals.

Basically game where the goalies have a .750 SV%, you need better goaltending. Sure there were turnovers and there was bad team defense but there were also some bad rebounds and bad misses on unscreened shots.

This team has two great goalies but tonight wasn't their night

Sorry, can’t agree.

At least 3? I’d be interested to hear what were bad.

Talbot’s vacating the net was bad. That’s all I can see

1 - clear look but time and space for a future HOF’er that placed it perfectly
2 - behind goal line out front - no chance
3 - Saad - killer pass by Kane, time and space, good move
4 - in alone, time and space, good move around Rittich
5 & 6 - same as goal 2
7 - bad read timing wise, Talbot wasn’t near the net
8 - look man, I’m still not up to ‘at least 3’

What on earth are the goalies really supposed to do tonight?

I am all ears, but am asking for specifics

[soulchoice]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

I think accepting a loss against an inferior team at home because it’s your first game back is really just accepting mediocrity.

But is Chicago really an inferior team?

They have a much better goal differential and a tougher schedule?


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As I stated prior. The hawks are not much more inferior than the flames. I’m assuming that prior to this game they felt it’s a game they should be able to win as they are playing Calgary. Who is essentially their equal in many aspects.

It’s not like the Flames are a top seed or a contender who is playing a bottom feeder. They are two mediocre bubble teams with one now only 6 points less than the flames with 2 games in hand(Hawks).

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by soulchoice

As I stated prior. The hawks are not much more inferior than the flames. I’m assuming that prior to this game they felt it’s a game they should be able to win as they are playing Calgary. Who is essentially their equal in many aspects.

It’s not like the Flames are a top seed or contender who is playing a bottom feeder. They are two mediocre bubble teams with one now only 6 points less than the flames with 2 games in hand(Hawks).

True based on this year’s work, and at the same time it’s baffling because the Flames are potentially so much better than they are playing.

The cause of the loss was training camp level attention to D

I am kind of flummoxed, man

[locsofblu]

Just keep all the pics try to sell as much as ou can at the deadline. This team simply needs a reboot.

[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

Goaltending was fine. Spectacular? Nope. Abysmal? Nope.


The Goalies didn't steal this game, but the goalies didn't lose it either. The players lost this one by not competing and consistently allowing the Hawks to have amazing shot qualities.

Lehner bailed out many 'Hawk mistakes...Rittich /Talbot did not match that...that is what I mean when I say goaltending was a difference.

[Jimdon]

Monahan sits with a beauty -21 right now. Worst on the team and close to the bottom of the league. He doesn't even get the hardest matchups.

[Dragomir]

This team is done, we’ve sucked even with Gio and Hamonic in the lineup. This team is what it is, I’m at peace with it, at least Lindy Rasmus and Chucky made strides this year but it was a very forgettable season.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

Lehner bailed out many 'Hawk mistakes...Rittich /Talbot did not match that...that is what I mean when I say goaltending was a difference.

Lehner played a fine game.

His bailouts were respectfully simply of a different caliber of shots than allowed by the Flames

Let’s say this. I don’t recall Lehner stopping 3 bang-bang shots passed from behind the goal line to guys in the slot who labelled the shots top corner

All credit to Lehner for being steady but bad goaltending didn’t do in the Flames

It was the Chi wins down behind the goal line and clean passes to guys in the slot who happened to place those shots where they were unstoppable

[Love]

This team has a valid foundation but we're not going anywhere without that elite center. Winning a lottery spot from low odds would be a dream

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Jimdon

Monahan sits with a beauty -21 right now.

Same as James Neal.

Dougie Hamilton is +30 2nd in the league. I think our system might not be that great.

[thefoss1957]

Deluxe...Certainly your guys were crippled by bad turnovers in the D zone, and some, shall we say, lackadaisical coverage. And, I still have nightmares about the game that Smith threw at my guys with scorpion saves and the like, last season. Neither team was exceptional in their own zones and I thought Lehner did make fewer bad reads. The goal where Saad looked off Rittich was a pretty bad one to give up, as he was in position, and seemed square, then cheated towards a weak side pass.

[skudr248]

All I have to say is, as a fan since I was 7-8 years old (day my dad took me to my first hockey game when we moved to Canada), I was really hoping I could see a cup win before im 30... i turn 29 next week. It doesn't look like its happening. #### this team is frustrating