[PGT] Season’s over 3-2 grease

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Feaster was fired for more than lack of points.

Oh I know. It is just sad because we had a lot more young talent in the system then. Gaudreau, Monahan and Brodie. We have nothing like that now in terms of young players.

[Flame On]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

The Flames could finish lower than the Devils, but I can't see the Flames doing worse that Detroit, Ottawa, Anaheim, and Buffalo.

Especially once they get their bump from having the pressure off they're going to go on a hot run that will do nothing for them but ruin their drafting posittion.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

No way to catch the Sabres but maybe they can outluck them.

We need to acquire a first round pick from whichever team gets Hall from the Sabres.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

'kay, I'm going to be that guy...

Ward did a better job with this group than Sutter has. Legendary coach my ass.

[Moneyhands23]

Please sell off a big piece soon

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Rittich only allows one this game? I highly doubt it


team needs to score. They were pretty unlucky on the Lindholm and Ritchie chances

Yes. Team needs to score. But the goalie was not good enough

Markstrom was fine for half of the first, awful on the whole

So many rebounds out to the slot. ~17:26 left in the third, weak rebound to the Oiler in the slot. Terrible puck handling error at 6 min left. Team was lucky they didn’t cost them

Goal shot - right through him

Second best goalie on the ice

[blender]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

I feel we win this game with Rittich in net.

Nah, he would have let in 3 as well.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

The Flames could finish lower than the Devils, but I can't see the Flames doing worse that Detroit, Ottawa, Anaheim, and Buffalo.

Depends on how many more games we have left against Ottawa, since they're all automatic 4 points each for the Sens.

[Aarongavey]

They just showed the McDavid winning goal again on sportsnet. Even Connor looked shocked that it went in.

[soulchoice]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

I said it to a buddy the other day. You have to blow the Oilers out, not take a one goal lead because they can suck all game and then McDavid goes off for two shifts, or the refs gift them a few power plays.

Exactly, as long as it’s a one goal game, the mere fact the oilers have McDavid and Draisatl; they will always make a difference. Plus, the sad thing is Smith is playing decent this year and Nurse has been playing like a number 1 dman. So, they have three players (nurse, Draisatl and McDavid) playing better than any Flames player.

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc

The worst part of this season is that there really isn’t a bright spot.

Andersson regressed. Valimaki didn’t play like a blue chip prospect. The stars were all terrible. Markstrom hasn’t stolen many games. Even Mangiapane and Dube haven’t had the seasons that we would have hoped for.

I disagree. Noah Hanifin has taken a big step forward. I think we won the Lucic/Neal trade.

Other than that though? Yeah I got nothing.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

I disagree. Noah Hanifin has taken a big step forward. I think we won the Lucic/Neal trade.

Other than that though? Yeah I got nothing.

That’s fair. The Tanifin pairing has been as good as we could have ever hoped.

[nieuwy-89]

After they got down in the third the Flames just dumped it in repeatedly and the Oilers casually cleared it out. Dump. Clear. Dump. Clear.

Flames with no forecheck pressure at all. Bunch of wimps and losers.

It was nice of the Oilers announcer to continually remind us that the Flames needed a win to keep the season alive. Very helpful and uplifting.

[Delthefunky]

I wonder how our scouts are able to analyze players this year, without being able to attend any games (I'm guessing)?

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

'kay, I'm going to be that guy...

Ward did a better job with this group than Sutter has. Legendary coach my ass.

I said it a thousand times when people were railing on Ward and Peters: it’s the players. They aren’t good enough. Coaching can’t fix this team. It’s not a coincidence that this core has had 5 coaches and largely the same results. The players are duds.

It’s not the coaching.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Ward did a better job with this group than Sutter has.

Let's take away Markstrom's god-tier goaltending early in the season, and Rittich's heroics in that 2 game mini series against the Leafs, and let's see how many wins the Flames have under Ward.

Even with the recent struggles, I'll take how the team has been playing under Sutter over how they played under Ward, every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

[nieuwy-89]

Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc

The worst part of this season is that there really isn’t a bright spot.

Andersson regressed. Valimaki didn’t play like a blue chip prospect. The stars were all terrible. Markstrom hasn’t stolen many games. Even Mangiapane and Dube haven’t had the seasons that we would have hoped for.

Bright spots have been Lucic, Hanifin, and Tanev. They’ve been great and deserve credit.

Rest of the team: pretty damn disappointing.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

No way to catch the Sabres but maybe they can outluck them.

Only Edmonton can do that.

Our luck is that the our rivals suck their way to the best player on the planet.

And they lucked their way into that position because the League changed the rules to stop them ruining the best prospects.

Now we are in a situation where we are on a trajectory towards rock bottom instead of just missing that playoffs because we have nothing to trade our way out of this mess.

And when we hit rock bottom, we won’t be able to draft our way out of it.

Because Edmonton.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Yes. Team needs to score. But the goalie was not good enough

Markstrom was fine for half of the first, awful on the whole

So many rebounds out to the slot. ~17:26 left in the third, weak rebound to the Oiler in the slot. Terrible puck handling error at 6 min left. Team was lucky they didn’t cost them

Goal shot - right through him

Second best goalie on the ice

I think you just want you pre game rant to be right

Rittich doesn't save either of the first two...does he save the 3rd one? maybe...he let in a worse one last game. Does he make all the saves in the first? who knows.

Calgary didn't finish their chances

at best Rittich takes the game to OT but that is a maybe

[3rd liner]

Drais**tl is the toughest guy in the NHL.... when three refs are in the way. Guy is a d-bag start to finish.