[PGT] Calgary Flames 2 Washington Capitals 3 (OTL - Shootout)

[1_Flames_Fan]

Glass 1/2 full Flames have 3 more points than the Greasers.

[Ashasx]

This has gotta get figured out

https://twitter.com/user/status/1714101514330116528

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Gilbert, Greer, Vladar.

Brent Sutter is that you?

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Markstrom made some great saves today, but that second goal was problematic.

It was more than problematic, we are having a totally different PGT if the guy makes a save on a shot any Junior B goalie stops. We can bitch about the shootout choices, or Kadri being a total floating bonehead but Jacob Markstrom lost us this hockey game.

[dino7c]

second guessing the shootout lineup is kinda dumb
2 guys hit the post, the other was the Flames best last season

1 player out of 6 scored in the shootout

If you want to be mad be mad they didn't put the game away earlier

I mean do you really think Mangiapane or someone was a sure bet? he is just as likely to fall down on this way to the net.

[Sec214]

Originally Posted by iamca

IF Calgary could find any team that would take that contract, please oblige him as there are many folks that would help Kadri pack for his next gig.


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Just leave him in Washington.... Ride out his contract there with a bunch of one and done's.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Story #1: Philips, lol.
Story #2: Two times the shots for two thirds of the goals.
Story #3: $18M in the shootout = 0 goals.

New coach, new GM, new 4th line... yet the stories are all the same.

Two posts hit in shoutout, one where goalie was cleanly beaten. Close game where it could have gone either way.

3 games in where the team is holding their head above water while they figure out their game and people are overreacting. That’s the same old story.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Neither. The night before the draft it donnes on me I am the GM of the Calgary Flames and what that actually means in terms of possible success and I use Dr Kevorkian's home suicide machine.

The correct answer was Honny Duberdeau because he bakes great cookies and is a wonderful human being, which is much more important than winning.

But your answer was also acceptable.

[mjk123]

Another game with tons of shots and no finish!

[Alex.ua]

Same players…

Originally Posted by Moneyhands23

Same old team, can't hold a lead.

[MillerTime GFG]

Originally Posted by Jbo

This place is dour (even for CP) for game 3 of the season where we are 1-1-1

It’s because the writing is on the wall. Maybe Sutter wasn’t the right guy for this team, but it doesn’t matter. It’s evident we’re not talented enough.

It’s more than a 3-game sample size. It’s dejavu all over again from last season.

[Sec214]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

This has gotta get figured out

https://twitter.com/user/status/1714101514330116528

Tweet it to Allan Walsh. Tell him to come get his boy.

[AC]

Originally Posted by Jbo

This place is dour (even for CP) for game 3 of the season where we are 1-1-1

I honestly find it to be a toxic fanbase now. I've largely become indifferent to the team, but so many here actively hate the team top to bottom and post non-stop about it. Every topic turns to bitching about the team/players/GMs/coaches, past and present.

It just makes participating here a less enjoyable experience. I guess it's unreasonable to expect positivity, but I'm surprised how many posters post ad nauseam about how much they don't like watching the team. The solution appears to be so obvious...

[SoulOfTheFlame]

This season is already worrying. Marc Savard please save these saps!

Can Huberdeau be sent down to the A for a "conditioning stint" to get some confidence back?

[dirk diggler]

Calgary's "star" players are the worst in the league which wouldnt be too bad if they werent signed for as long as they are. Treliving might be the nicest guy ever, but he screwed this team hard.

[Ferarri]

The offseason was great from the perspective of renewed optimism and player relations. I thought Conroy and team did a lot of hard work to change the culture and focus on a revitalization of people relations. Darryl is obviously a very good coach but had to go for reasons we are all aware of.

However, I will say this in defense of the former coach. He knows hockey and what it takes to win championships. For whatever reason he was never sold on the makeup of the team for a variety of different factors. You could tell from early in the season that he knew this team wasn't built to contend or go on a deep run.

It would be interesting to hear his unfiltered take on makeup of this group (from a purely hockey standpoint). I'm guessing the main takeaway would be lack of skill and our top players not being able to outperform the other teams top players on any given night. There could also be other factors that we overlook or didn't even think of.

Regardless, he is gone now but the warts of this team still exist. We are paying top players far too much for what they bring to the table. Sure there's a long way to go this season and being 1-1-1 is certainly average at this early juncture, but concerning trends seem to have followed.

I personally don't see a scenario where this team wins on a frequent basis with Kadri and Huberdeau leading the charge. It hasn't happened yet nor does it look like it will happen. Let's hope the organization can see this if we continue to be lackluster and not give a guy like Lindholm another anchor of a contract.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Bright side: Squandered a lead after 20 minutes from squandering a lead after 40. Progress.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Calgary's "star" players are the worst in the league which wouldnt be too bad if they werent signed for as long as they are. Treliving might be the nicest guy ever, but he screwed this team hard.

It's pretty clear to me, given that Conroy is trying to re-sign Lindholm, that these calls are being made from the very top.

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by SoulOfTheFlame

This season is already worrying. Marc Savard please save these saps!

Can Huberdeau be sent down to the A for a "conditioning stint" to get some confidence back?

i feel like Huberdeau wouldn/t dominate at the WHL level, to be honest. He seems like a mentally fragile guy, hes on the right team.

[camm13]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

I would have went Coronato, Lindholm, and Mangiapane myself.

2 shootout goals between the 3 of them....the 2 by Lindholm in Carolina 2014/15