Aaron Ward predicts Flames make 2014/2015 Playoffs

[Property Manager DB]

Last year the Wild got the last playoff spot with 91 pts.

Before tonight, the Flames have 79 with 15 games left.

If history repeats itself they should be a shoe in by winning at 7 of the last 15 games and ending with 93 pts.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by Moneyhands23

Pubes a la mode

Hopefully, you get lucky and Its not surf and turf.

[kramer45]

It's funny to look back at some of the responses to Wardo's prediction. I don't envy Moneyhands23 chowing down on Ward's pubes!

[sec304]

too early to bump still

[locsofblu]

Originally Posted by Moneyhands23

If they make the playoffs I'll eat Wards pubes..

Hmmmmmmm.

[dustygoon]

Is there definitive best practice here like using peanut butter or do people go free style? I only remember one video of a pube event.

[chalms04]

I suggest that they should be mixed in with a can of tuna.

Also known as the Fotze's Mom's Special.

[MissTeeks]

Fun Eric Francis article talking to Ward about his prediction

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/03/28...-man-in-canada

Aaron Ward may just be the smartest man in Canada.
Strike that.
He may just be the smartest man in hockey.
After all, he was the only one in mainstream media to predict the Flames would finish top eight in the NHL’s Western Conference this year.
OK, so they’re not there yet. But with seven games remaining in the regular season and facing the host Nashville Predators on Sunday (3 p.m., Sportsnet West/Sportsnet Fan 960), the Flames are deep in the hunt to make the post-season, making Ward look pretty good

Predictably, the abuse didn’t end there.
“You can only imagine that after the words came out of my mouth — not just Canada but especially Oilers Nation was telling me I was the dumbest man in the history of TV,” said Ward, with a chuckle, looking back at what he calls “a year-long journey of abuse.”
“I’ve had so many people give it to me in the worst way. I will tell you that the feedback on Twitter was a 97% absolute massacre of my intelligence.”

“The Edmonton people took it personally,” said the sharp-dressed former defenceman, one of the best new additions to the Canadian sports broadcasting scene in the last five years.
“The amount of abuse — it was like I did something to their family. ‘You chose Calgary over us? First, you ‘Iginla’ it. Then, you pick them to make the playoffs.’ That was the basis of every e-mail.”

“I believe it was actually a brilliant ploy by Wardo to suck up to Calgary fans after the whole Iginla-to-Boston thing a couple of years ago,” said Duthie, with a chuckle when asked to look back at Ward’s prognostication.
“He’s an evil genius really. But he deserves credit. He saw something the rest of us didn’t. And if they make it, he’ll never have to buy a drink at Cowboys again, which was also likely a big part of his motivation to pick them. Either way, he’s basically the new ‘Maggie The Monkey.’ ”

“NostraWardo’s prescient ways on the Flames may be enough to erase the memory of him trading Iggy to the Bruins,” said McKenzie, the nation’s pre-eminent source on all things hockey, who soundly refuses to make pre-season predictions.
“Either that, or his buddy, Dennis Wideman, just told him to say the Flames would make the playoffs. Or maybe he was planning a trip to Cowboys and just didn’t want to pay for drinks. I don’t think he’s overly popular in Edmonton.”
The Cowboys references stem from the fact the legendary bar has been a hockey player hangout dating back to Ward’s days in the league, as well as the fact several viewers made the promise to keep him well-watered there if his forecast came to pass.
“A number of people in Calgary told me that if that comes to fruition I drink for free at Cowboys for life,” said Ward, 42, who is clearly well-versed in the art of smack.
“I favourited all those and kept those names. That’s my reward for all the abuse I took.”

[devo22]

never change, Edmonton ... never change.

[Enoch Root]

that's pretty funny

Duthie and Mackenzie understand that they work in the toy department

[Locke]

Stay Classy Edmonton.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Aaron Ward

"The amount of abuse — it was like I did something to their family. 'You chose Calgary over us? First, you "Iginla" it. Then, you pick them to make the playoffs.' That was the basis of every e-mail."

It's because the Edmonton Oilers suck something fierce. This seems so obvious. I can't believe these were serious questions—even coming from Oilers fans.

[polak]

42 year olds want to go to Cowboys?

I'm pretty sure you're too old for that place the moment you turn 18.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

It's because the Edmonton Oilers suck something fierce. This seems so obvious. I can't believe these were serious questions—even coming from Oilers fans.

Yeah no kidding!

"You chose the Flames over us? We've only been dead last or damned near it for almost a decade!!! ZOMG!!"

[Buster]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

Fun Eric Francis article talking to Ward about his prediction

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/03/28...-man-in-canada

I've tried to find the video of Ward making the prediction, but I can't.

Anyone better than me at searching?

[Locke]

This was my favourite line.

“I was influenced also by other guys around the league that said ‘playing against the Flames sucks,’ ” Ward said.

“When you get done playing the Flames, you are not just mentally exhausted but physically exhausted. They have the resolve to stick with it. I know Hartley and how hard he goes at guys, and they are more acclimated to his system now.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/03/28...-man-in-canada

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Locke

This was my favourite line.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/03/28...-man-in-canada

This wa mine:

"Yes, I know Wardo — I coached him,” said Hartley, who crossed paths with a 15-year-old Ward while coaching in the QMJHL’s Laval Titan.
“That’s why he picked us. I did everything to make a trade for him. Man, was he good. He had those big red cheeks. He’s a beauty. But hey, we still have a long way to go to prove him right.”

I love everytime Bob opens his mouth.

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by polak

42 year olds want to go to Cowboys?

I'm pretty sure you're too old for that place the moment you turn 18.

The casino part isn't too bad, but the nightclub... The worst. Filled with nothing but 18 year old ding dongs fresh out of high school... The DJ there annoys me too, but that's a whole different subject.

I'd rather take Wardo out for a night of bar-hopping on 17th/downtown.

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by Locke

This was my favourite line.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/03/28...-man-in-canada

It would be interesting to see some stats showing how teams have performed this year on the 2nd night of back-to-backs after coming off of a Flames game the previous night.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

The casino part isn't too bad, but the nightclub... The worst. Filled with nothing but 18 year old ding dongs fresh out of high school... The DJ there annoys me too, but that's a whole different subject.

I'd rather take Wardo out for a night of bar-hopping on 17th/downtown.

Well, I'm sure he would welcome that and invite you to pre-drink with him at Cowboys. And give you a few drinks back.