[PGT] WCQF Game 1: Flames 2 - Ducks 3

[CliffFletcher]

Discipline - This is one of the least disciplined Flames teams I've seen in 32 years of following the team. That's on coaching and the leadership.

Hamilton - Someone needs to sit this kid down and explain how to be an NHL pro. If Engelland, Stone, or Bartkowski took those penalties, they'd be in the press box next game.

Elliot - Fantastic. Did everything he could.

Ferland, Versteeg, Brodie, Stone, Monahan - Thumbs up.

3M line - This is going to be a short series if they don't get going.

Gaudreau - Needs to stop trying to force things.

Getzlaf - Seems to have trouble putting a full season together. But when he's on, he's one of the best players in the league.

Faceoffs - Flames were crushed on the dot. I don't know what the answer is. Huge advantage for the Ducks.

[bubbsy]

Id like to see someone try to take getlaf head off the way he did against Giordano.

[rubecube]

Jesus Christ, Roger, lay off the tanning bed.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by savemedrzaius

Oh my god. Your team had a 5-on-3 basically to finish the game and you still complain about officiating. If that interference call was the other way around you would freak out. Do all Flames' fans moan about the refs so much?

Leafs suck

[skcli]

I have no faith in this team. Too undisciplined, bad 3rd pairing. JG becomes invisible in these crucial games. Good night!

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

The most frustrating types of loses are the ones you do yourself. They give you more hope then when you're out classes, but they are so frustrating cause it's not necessary.

That change was such a tyke mistake and it changed the game. Panel is going off about our discipline but I had no issues with the Flames discipline, other than Hamilton penalty, a lot of garbage calls against us tonight and some brutal non calls in the Ducks favour.

That 5-3 was emabarrassing, couldn't gain the zone with 3 players on the ice. Gaudreau was awful tonight, looks scared, Mony and Ferly were good. Getz is truly a beast, but god do we go out of our way to make him look good.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by CGY12

And that has you encouraged for the rest of the series?

If you think they're going to play like this the rest of the series, you really should think otherwise.

They played bad. It happens. They can play good. I don't get why it's a hard concept to grasp.

[SuperMatt18]

Some proming play.

Lots of stretches where they were he better team. Just can't take stupid penalties.

For me they beat themselves tonight more than it was the Ducks beating them.

They can play and compete with this team, not sure why people thought they were outclassed.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

If I fly to Anaheim and burn the Honda Center to the ground, will you guys start a CP gofundme to bail me out?

Hit it with a rocket launcher, with the lax gun laws in the States, you can claim that the building looked at you funny and you were standing your ground.

You're welcome.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by debil

Ducks didnt play their best game but still easily won. flames team besides stupid mistakes is lacking skilled possession 1-2 centers. monahan and backlund are not those guys.

lol no they didn't

2 goals went off Flames players and the other was a gifted 3 on 0

still a 3-2 game where the Flames damn near tied it up

[smiggy77]

Originally Posted by old-fart

Flames deserve to lose this game. Any team that gives up a three on zero deserves to lose. Complete morons, and they never recovered from that idiocy.

This team likely will never win in Anaheim again, and certainly won't in this series. They are complete f'n morons.

Complete losers. Embarrassing.

easy there gramps don't have a hernia.

[Beninho]

Johnny needs to be better, I've never seen a worse 5 on 3. Team is gonna need to somehow blow the ducks out to win in the Honda center. No way in hell they are winning a close game it seems, no luck, brain farts, bad calls, you name it. Hathaway in Bouma out, should've been that the whole season

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

5 on 3 and they could not would not set up. Screwed themselves. The have have no excuses for that.
And once again Brouwer should in no way be in the PP.

He sucks sucks sucks!!!!

My biggest beef is nobody goes to the front of the net to screen Gibson.

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by Mike F

No Hamilton, the team's best defenseman, on the 5 on 3 is baffling and inexcusable. Just a mind boggling coaching move.

In fairness to the coaching staff, Hamilton was terrible tonight. One of his worst games as a Flame.

[oldschoolcalgary]

the one positive:

mental mistakes are correctable... we lost by 1 goal on the road...

Calgary needs to be more disciplined and we have a good chance

[debil]

Originally Posted by Gaudfather

The key to winning against the Ducks is to play a disciplined game for 60 mins.

Flames were doing pretty good until that bad change and never got completely back on track.

key to wining against ducks is to have more talent and skills. if it was only about disciplime each ####y team could beat them.

[JetsFlamesFan]

Haha Getzlaf "we wanna try harder to limit the penalties we take next game". Rubbing salt in the wound.

[kirant]

I'll try to be positive here. The Ducks are beatable for this Flames iteration.

The Flames played a very sloppy game. Bad PP (very easy to see in the 3rd), bad discipline, dominated in the faceoff circle, notably bad puck handling by Backlund and Hamilton early, and mostly on Elliott and Monahan trying to will the team to win. But they still had a shot throughout. Never did I think the Flames looked like they were out of the game entirely (outside maybe the mental collapse after the line change goal). Traded chances many times and the Ducks couldn't keep the defensive shell going for 20 minutes in the 3rd.

Was it getting ugly at the end? Yeah. The Flames were locked out of good scoring chances for about 12 minutes in the 3rd and threw away the gift wrapped opportunity late. But for all those issues above, I think many will clear themselves up next game and the Flames will be competitive the whole series.

It won't be a slaughter like in 2015. I feel they stand a chance of winning in Anaheim this series whereas it felt like a pipe dream last time.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by pylon

Lol.

The Ducks are so far a superior team in every single dept, that statement almost sounds like trolling sarcasm.

I think Flames have better goaltending by a fairly large margin. Gibson looked pretty Shakey and Elliott has it in him to steal a series. Otherwise, agree with you though.

[liamenator]

the first 10 minutes of the 3rd period was the most boring stretch of hockey -- playoffs or otherwise -- that I have seen in years.