10-05-2019, 03:12 PM
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#121
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Franchise Player
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Nope, it's just you two.
Or maybe that's the unpopular opinion.
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10-05-2019, 03:45 PM
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#122
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Could Care Less
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Quote:
Originally Posted by playmaker
Flames' centre group sucks. It's very slow, soft and inconsistent, with no elite talent. We're not going to win it all with Monahan and Backlund as #1C and #2C.
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That’s a more popular opinion than you think.
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10-05-2019, 03:54 PM
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#123
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Franchise Player
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Retro jerseys should not be the full time jersey.
Current home jerseys are one of the worst in the league.
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10-05-2019, 04:05 PM
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#124
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activeStick
Faster and better stick on his sneaky backchecks and stick lifts. Iginla was better along the boards, separating opposition from the puck with his physicality and providing a short pass out to his linemate for the breakout. Neither guy is (or was) as bad as some make them out to be though in my opinion. Could be better, just like Backlund could be better at scoring when given prime looks. Different players.
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Iginla never backchecked. And yes I stand by saying never.
His takeaways as you described happened in the offensive zone.
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10-05-2019, 04:09 PM
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#125
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazam
Gaudreau is already better defensively than Iginla ever was.
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The problem with Gaudreau isn’t his defensive play. It’s his decisions with the puck. Stickhandling himself into the corner and losing it. Risky passes. Giveaways at the offensive blue line when blueliners are pinching.
Gaudreau is magical but he makes a lot of really bad decisions.
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10-05-2019, 04:13 PM
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#126
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Franchise Player
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I have two unpopular opinions:
Brodie is much more important and valuable to this team than most people think. His transition game is second-to-none on this team and makes Calgary play faster and more difficult to defend. I also think he is very good defensively.
I agree 100% with Granteed about Bennett - give him two solid wingers, and he can become a really good centre on this team. He at least should be playing top 6 minutes regularly on the wing if you don't want to make him a centre.
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10-05-2019, 04:16 PM
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#127
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Franchise Player
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Peters is not a great coach. Did not have his team focused during Q4 of the regular season and was not prepared for and totally outcoached during the playoffs.
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10-05-2019, 04:18 PM
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#128
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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I think a lot of negatives and weaknesses have been papered over and been largely overlooked due to last year's regular season results.
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10-05-2019, 04:20 PM
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#129
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Franchise Player
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At the very least, Bennett is worth another serious try at C. We are deep at wing, and if Bennett were to prove to be a solid middle 6 C, we'd be in much better shape.
Monahan - Bennett - Backlund - Ryan
it's worth investing some time in trying it
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10-05-2019, 04:23 PM
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#130
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazam
Avs only got to the second round.
O'Reilly? O'Reilly? Oh man.
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Yeah you know the one who won the conn smythe and Stanley cup last year..:
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10-05-2019, 04:29 PM
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#131
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Franchise Player
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Backlund is overrated as a 2C.
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10-05-2019, 04:32 PM
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#132
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
My unpopular opinion:
I don't like it when teams use the terms upper and lower body to describe player injuries.
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I think this is actually an extremely popular opinion
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10-05-2019, 04:32 PM
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#133
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan02
Yeah you know the one who won the conn smythe and Stanley cup last year..:
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And before that his last appearance in the playoffs was 2014.
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10-05-2019, 04:34 PM
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#134
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The problem with Gaudreau isn’t his defensive play. It’s his decisions with the puck. Stickhandling himself into the corner and losing it. Risky passes. Giveaways at the offensive blue line when blueliners are pinching.
Gaudreau is magical but he makes a lot of really bad decisions.
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The comparison was Iginla's defensive play vs Gaudreau's. And Gaudreau's better that way.
I agree with you, Gaudreau does make a lot of high risk offensive plays.
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10-05-2019, 04:35 PM
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#135
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Unpopular Opinions about Flames
Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Backlund is overrated as a 2C.
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Considering the sizeable contingent of fans here who believe that Backlund is a stone-handed plug whose scoring totals are wildly inflated by his line mates, it is impossible to me that anyone could regard him as “overrated.”
Backlund is underrated as a 2C.
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10-05-2019, 04:47 PM
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#136
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Red Deer
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All this thread has really done is show me that many posters have a severe misunderstanding of what an unpopular opinion is.
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10-05-2019, 04:52 PM
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#137
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Franchise Player
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Might as well widen the circle. Kelly Hrudey is not a strong colour guy.
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10-05-2019, 04:54 PM
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#138
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Might as well widen the circle. Kelly Hrudey is not a strong colour guy.
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Don Cherry is an embarrassment to Canada and should have retired or been fired twenty years ago
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10-05-2019, 04:57 PM
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#139
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I think a lot of negatives and weaknesses have been papered over and been largely overlooked due to last year's regular season results.
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Ya this is where I am at as well. I think continuity is important but we still lack a bit of top 6 speed and offensive pop that a lot of contenders have. I love Backlund, the guy is a warrior, but I need more than 47 points from a 2nd line centre on a supposedly contending team.
I find it concerning that as the the season went on last year the team seemed to be getting worse, and I feel that is unfortunately a reflection of Bill Peters.
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10-05-2019, 04:59 PM
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#140
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Looooooooooooooch
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Hartley should have stayed head coach for another 1-2 seasons.
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