2013/14 General Heat Discussion Thread

[ColossusXIII]

Really impressed with cundari and billins early, cundari was throwing the body around behind the heat net

[FBI]

What happened to Backlund?

[GoJetsGo]

What a move and goal by Granlund.

1 on 1 beats Grebishskov and fires in a rocket of a goal!

Possible assist to Sven.

[ColossusXIII]

1-1 on a snipe by Granlund!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Freeway

Backlund questionable for Sunday. Recall likely.

That would suck. He always plays well against the Nucks. Could mean it's Knight Time in Calgary.

[Drury18]

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

What a move and goal by Granlund.

1 on 1 beats Grebishskov and fires in a rocket of a goal!

Possible assist to Sven.

They are calling it unassisted. Good to see Granlund break the drought though.

And have to think next callup will be Reinhart again.

[GoJetsGo]

Baertschi looking really good this game so far.

[GoJetsGo]

Knight from Street. 2-1 Heat.

[Drury18]

Ortio has made a few beauty saves here.

Interesting note: If (I prefer to think when though) Ortio wins tonight, he takes over the AHL lead for wins.

[Drury18]

Lane McDermid scores for the Heat to give a 3-1 lead.

However, Curtis Hamilton gets his 2nd of the night for OKC seconds later, so 3-2 Heat.

[Drury18]

Only assist on the McDermid goal goes to Carter Bancks

[Drury18]

Sven Baertschi scores to make it 4-2 Heat. First goal as a member of the Heat this season.

Assists to Street and Knight.

[Drury18]

HEAT WIN 4-2!

Goals: Granlund, Knight, McDermid, Baertschi
Assists: Street (2), Reinhart, Lamb, Hanowski, Bancks, Knight
Shots on Goal: 34-26 OKC
Shot Leaders: Hanowski (5), Knight (4), Billins/Cundari (3)

3 Stars:

1. ABB - Corban Knight
2. OKC - Curtis Hamilton
3. ABB - Lane McDermid

Notes:

• Ortio leads all AHL goalies in wins (15)
• 3rd straight win
• Abbotsford now has a 1pt lead over Manchester Monarchs for 1st in the AHL
• Have a 2pt lead over the Grand Rapid Griffins for 1st in the Conference
• Markus Granlund breaks a 4 game pointless streak

[getbak]

Svensational!

[Roof-Daddy]

Good to see the Heat won again! ....and great to see Granlund get back on the score sheet, and Sven finally pot one.

[GoJetsGo]

Good game by the Heat tonight.

Ortio looks rock solid. I've been impressed with him all season going back to the Flames' camp in September. He looks so confident and his athleticism is top notch.

Knight looked like a force out there and it's easy to see he's going to be a game player for the Flames moving forward.

Max Reinhart has all kinds of jam and looks like he'll make a serviceable bottom six forward for the Flames in the future.

Granlund is a pure goal scorer and it was good to see him back on the score sheet.

Glad to see Baertschi finally pot one and break the goose egg. He looked great in this game and had two big shifts in the second where he really stood out. Hopefully he'll start to get some swagger back and keep building that chemistry with Granlund.

All in all the Heat look really fast and exciting and it's great to see them leading the AHL. Speaks to the talent and hard work we have in all our youngsters down there and it looks like a lot of them have a bright future ahead of them.

[herashak]

So is knight looking like a potential high end 3C the way he's playing right now?

[ignite09]

To me, Knight has "playoff performer" written all over him. Can't wait to see him secure his spot with the big club next year.

[Fire]

Hopefully the Flames clean house with some pending UFAs to give some of these guys time in the NHL.

Replace the Cammy Stajan and Stempniak line with Sven Knight and Granlund. Replace Butler with Wotherspoon.

[GoJetsGo]