[PGT] Flames snap Flyers' ten-game losing streak.

[Mattman]

Philly earned that one. Congrats on snapping the streak Flyers.

[StrykerSteve]

Smith with a .762 tonight. Ouch.

Bennett with 8 shots, played a great game.

[TBone290]

[Angelino]

At least Calgary has the best defense corps in the league right?

12 goals against / 2 games = Fire Gulutzan

[TBone290]

How it feels to watch these games

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Crazy Bacon Legs

I’m not at the point of panic yet. But I’m getting close.

It’s like that feeling you get when you’re driving through the mountains, and it’s been raining but it’s right near the point of freezing rain. You’re going the speed limit, but it’s just a little bit slick. The kids are in the back seat and they are yelling and jumping around. You bark at them to put their seatbelts on, but they won’t listen. The dog ate a cactus and is vomiting needles everywhere. You feel a scurrying by your right foot and look down. It’s the stupid hedgehog! One of the kids has let the danged hedgehog out and it’s running around by your feet. The hedgehog jumps on the gas pedal and you swear it actually tries to push it down. The car accelerates. One of the children throws their Slurpee at the windshield. Why is the stupid kid even drinking a Slurpee? It’s freezing outside! You begin to doubt your wife’s fidelity. Can these really be your progeny? Did these little demons really spring forth from your loins?

The car picks up speed and the rear end starts to fishtail. The hedgehog starts screaming evil incantations at you. There is slushy cola everywhere, and it drips down the back of your neck as the car begins to slide. It’s so chilly down the back of your neck! That’s the worst!

You slide toward the guardrail and you can’t see if that’s ice ahead, or super grippy rubber. You hope for the super grippy rubber, but you’re not sure if that’s actually a thing they put on mountain roads. Your heart skips a beat, and you begin to wonder just how squishy the rocks over that cliff ahead are. Are the rocks squishier than you? Doubtful. You know you still have a chance to make it, but it’s not a very good one. Maybe if you throw that evil hedgehog out the window in time, you could adjust and get back on the road and cruise to safety. A sacrifice is needed, but what will appease the gods who so obviously hate you?

It’s like that, except with hockey.

Quoted because we need more Crazy Bacon Legs posts.

[CaptainCrunch]

Well I stand corrected, but I still stand on my ascertain that thtere is a huge leadership issue in that locker room.

No team should ever respond to a game where they came out and played like they don't care with a game where they come out and play like they don't give a crap.

I hate to say it because it sucks, but Eric Francis is absolutely right, this team has no identity. They're not hard to play against, they're not all that skilled and they don't have a lot of determination.

[Angelino]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

Need to get this guy as an assistant on the Flames.

[EM11]

Thought it was funny hearing GG after the morning skate talking about a lack of emotion and intensity from his group. He sounded like he was half asleep. Very inspiring, Glen

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by belsarius

Pretty good game by the Flames overall. They lost it in 2 mins. For every game where you hear "you can't play 10 mins and expect to win the game", Philly just did it there. Flames were the better team but got caught with 2 brain farts and some suspect officiating. Play that game 10 times and the Flames manage to win 8 or 9.

If I ever want some weed can I call you? Seems you have some really potent stuff

[dino7c]

Seven minutes in literal phantom penalties... ridiculous. Game alone wasn't bad really. 45 ####ing shots and no breaks. Trend is concerning.

[Manhattanboy]

I’m in the panic room. Dark in here.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Garbage. The three goals in 1 minute is not the story. The story is the underperformance of the d corps all year. It's boiling over because Smith is not playing lights out. Just laughable d zone play.

The acceptance of this pisses me off. No one in the organization does anything. Throw ####, blow a gasket do something!!

Nope. Repeat the same thing and expect a different result.

[MisterJoji]

Originally Posted by icarus

Well, that shot clock is notable... 45 Flames - 21 Flyers.

Yeah, if the team could play some semblance of defense, they should’ve easily won. But the guy in charge refuses to try anything new. Same pairings, same system, same crap result.

[crapshoot]

Originally Posted by Realtor 1

Players only meeting?
An assistant loses their job?
A GG eye roll?

Something needs to happen as these losses are not acceptable with this much talent.

We should give that eye roll a couple of thousand more chances. With enough patience it might just start clicking.

[Slava]

Teams must be so happy to see Dr. Calgary on the schedule. Cures what ails them!

[Calgary4LIfe]

Well, the Flames started off well, got a big goal from the 4th line, out-shot and out-chanced the Flyers, and I really thought that the Bennett-Jankowski-Jagr line was really, really strong.

Still, they lost against a team that was rattled with losing 10 games in a row, with the goalie that was the Flames' castoff (who played excellent by the way), and at home after an embarrassing outing against Edmonton.

Tough loss to take when they did fairly well, got some bad bounces and some bad calls, and a very hot Elliott.

Every mistake cost them this game, but I don't think they played badly.

[FireItUp]

Weak.

[Tinordi]

Not even mad honestly.

Bad bounces was the story of this game. Flames poured it on weren't rewarded and everything Philly touched turned to gold.

[Travis Munroe]

Doesn’t even need to be GG who is gone... whoever is running the best d group in the league on paper into the ground is a good starting point.