[PGT] Flames 3 Ennis 4

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

How the heck did Moulson's goal for the 4th against even count? What a joke.

Lol really? That wasn't even a question. There was no kicking motion and it even looked like it deflected off his stick before going into the net.

Considering a Sabres goal was called back on a REALLY close high-stick after about a fifteen second review and Monahan was gifted a goal after not getting a blatant interference penalty, I wouldn't be complaining about the reffing too much.

[Cobra Jet]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

A game like this has me less worried than those come from behind on the third period wins. That's not a recipe for future success.

Thats exactly what last night was, the Flames down or tied for most of regulation minus the last minute comeback and overtime win.

Jonas played great, the break away save plus the saves in the last minute got his team the W for sure.

[Cobra Jet]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Lol really? That wasn't even a question. There was no kicking motion and it even looked like it deflected off his stick before going into the net.

Considering a Sabres goal was called back on a REALLY close high-stick after about a fifteen second review and Monahan was gifted a goal after not getting a blatant interference penalty, I wouldn't be complaining about the reffing too much.

Wasn't close at all. The stick was a couple feet above the crossbar. And the kick (deflection) looked intentional and it appeared that he moved his foot (kick) to direct that puck in. I can see why they called it a goal but it was garbage non the less.

Buffalo is terrible. They have a zero percent chance of winning the cup in the next five years.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Cobra Jet

Wasn't close at all. The stick was a couple feet above the crossbar. And the kick (deflection) looked intentional and it appeared that he moved his foot (kick) to direct that puck in. I can see why they called it a goal but it was garbage non the less.

Buffalo is terrible. They have a zero percent chance of winning the cup in the next five years.

Haha. No. I understand you're upset that you lost but 'a couple feet' is a gross exaggeration. A player is allowed to intentionally re-direct a puck in with their foot as long as they don't kick it in, which is exactly what happened. To call it garbage is sour grapes -- be mad at the Flames team that stood there and gave Ennis all the time in the world to make the pass to him.

Also, I've been here a while and am very far past getting riled up by dumb pointless pot-shots about my favorite team. That wasn't even a very good one!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Considering a Sabres goal was called back on a REALLY close high-stick after about a fifteen second review

The blade of his stick was at his shoulders when the puck made contact. Foligno is 6'3". The crossbar is 4'. There's no way it was even close to being a good goal.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Haha. No. I understand you're upset that you lost but 'a couple feet' is a gross exaggeration. A player is allowed to intentionally re-direct a puck in with their foot as long as they don't kick it in, which is exactly what happened. To call it garbage is sour grapes -- be mad at the Flames team that stood there and gave Ennis all the time in the world to make the pass to him.

Also, I've been here a while and am very far past getting riled up by dumb pointless pot-shots about my favorite team. That wasn't even a very good one!

I actually thought the high stick goal was a good goal and Moulson's goal was kicking motion... So, it pretty much offsets.

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

I actually thought the high stick goal was a good goal and Moulson's goal was kicking motion... So, it pretty much offsets.

lol? It was a highstick, clear as day.

[taxbuster]

Actually, I think the coaches "like" a bit of a losing streak....I've heard it said often that when a team gets on a winning roll they stop listening to the coaches. You can see with the Flames if you look over the past 5-6 games that they've stopped doing some of the things that made them successful. As far as I can tell these were:

- short passes in the D-zone, followed by a long - accurate - pass to a forward in the neutral zone mixed with the occasional long stretch pass; they're not finding space because ....
- close gap support; they've started to drift too far away from each other, making it easy for other teams to get turnovers on passes that are too long or slow
- timing and tape-to-tape passes; they seem to be feeling forced right now and their passes are far less clean than they were - are other teams figuring them out?
- always facing down-ice, rather than up-ice; when they were doing well, they were facing up-ice a lot, picking up passes on the fly, and just moving FAST afterwards; they're looking backward too much right now.

Yes, we've had a few crappy goals scored against us, and a bit of bad reffing etc. - all that stuff evens out pretty much over the year. Just not getting bounces today - but we got lots a few weeks ago.

It was a frustrating game to watch - guys seemed a bit slow and awkward - a bit out of position. Good work for the coaches to hammer at!!