02-04-2019, 12:49 PM
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#161
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LWcrowfoot
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So Janko can be “HeeHee” because his initials are M.J.?
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02-04-2019, 12:59 PM
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#162
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I think the biggest turning-point for these Flames was that awful loss to Montreal on November 15. (Coincidentally, November 15 was also the big turning-point for the 2016-17 Flames).
After the loss to Montreal on November 15, the Flames were 10-8-1. Gaudreau had 19 points in 19 games, Ryan had 3 points and had been a healthy scratch, Bennett only had 4 points, Backlund only had 3 goals, Hanifin and Brodie only had 5 points, and Smith had a 5-7-1 record with a .876 SV%.
In the 34 games since:
- Gaudreau has 55 points in 34 games
- Ryan has 16 points in 34 games
- Backlund has 10 goals (and 20 points) in 30 games
- Bennett has 16 points in 32 games
- Hanifin has 21 points in 34 games
- Brodie has 22 points in 34 games
- Smith has been relegated to backup, and has gone 9-3-0 with a .902 SV%
- Rittich has excelled as starter with a 15-3-4 record and a .913 SV%
That's a testament to the strength of the team -- and Ryan has been a huge part of it.
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November 15, 2003. Pretty big turning point after a loss to EDM if I recall.
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02-04-2019, 04:20 PM
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#163
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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Derek Ryan has been better since around Christmas time or shortly before and even way better the past 2 weeks.
He's doing really useful things offensively now and actually looking legitimately dangerous with his offensive game as opposed to being good defensively but hardly even remotely threatening offensively before.
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02-04-2019, 04:41 PM
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#164
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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I don't see a need to fiddle with the bottom 6 right now. Both lines have played well recently and seem to be developing chemistry. Let them ride that.
(Not that I'm opposed to making changes either, just don't see a real need.)
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02-04-2019, 07:01 PM
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#165
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MTL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I think the biggest turning-point for these Flames was that awful loss to Montreal on November 15. (Coincidentally, November 15 was also the big turning-point for the 2016-17 Flames).
After the loss to Montreal on November 15, the Flames were 10-8-1. Gaudreau had 19 points in 19 games, Ryan had 3 points and had been a healthy scratch, Bennett only had 4 points, Backlund only had 3 goals, Hanifin and Brodie only had 5 points, and Smith had a 5-7-1 record with a .876 SV%.
In the 34 games since:
- Gaudreau has 55 points in 34 games
- Ryan has 16 points in 34 games
- Backlund has 10 goals (and 20 points) in 30 games
- Bennett has 16 points in 32 games
- Hanifin has 21 points in 34 games
- Brodie has 22 points in 34 games
- Smith has been relegated to backup, and has gone 9-3-0 with a .902 SV%
- Rittich has excelled as starter with a 15-3-4 record and a .913 SV%
That's a testament to the strength of the team -- and Ryan has been a huge part of it.
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As fans, we all have a roll to play.
Some fans cheer, others criticize. Me, I watch them play like ass in Montreal every year so that they can turn their season around for the rest of you.
I'm taking donations for next year's tickets ;-)
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02-04-2019, 07:22 PM
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#166
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkhouser
As fans, we all have a roll to play.
Some fans cheer, others criticize. Me, I watch them play like ass in Montreal every year so that they can turn their season around for the rest of you.
I'm taking donations for next year's tickets ;-)
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Not every year.
I was at the Bell Centre 2014-15 and 2015-16, and the Flames hammered the Habs in both.
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02-04-2019, 07:29 PM
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#167
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Wasn't the 2015-16 game at Bell one of the Nicklas Backstrom games?
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02-04-2019, 08:45 PM
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#168
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
It also comes from the fact that he was studying to be a pharmacist at U of A
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But pharmacist isn't considered a doctor though? It's not even a doctorate?
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02-04-2019, 08:51 PM
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#169
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midniteowl
But pharmacist isn't considered a doctor though? It's not even a doctorate?
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It's in medicine. Close enough, I guess?
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02-04-2019, 08:52 PM
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#170
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midniteowl
But pharmacist isn't considered a doctor though? It's not even a doctorate?
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There are PhD programmes in pharmaceutics and pharmacology.
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02-04-2019, 09:18 PM
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#171
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Franchise Player
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He looks like a doc.
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02-04-2019, 09:21 PM
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#172
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chummer
He looks like a doc.
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Now that you mention it, he kind of looks like my doctor.
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02-04-2019, 09:21 PM
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#173
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First Line Centre
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I doubt Ryan was enrolled in a PhD program before making the bigs
Although that Montreal NFLer is setting a precedent
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02-07-2019, 08:44 PM
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#174
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Remember when Ryan was terrible offensively?
17 points in his last 35 games.
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02-08-2019, 08:13 AM
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#175
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Remember when Ryan was terrible offensively?
17 points in his last 35 games.
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Lately he has been right up there with Mikael “can’t create his own offence” Backlund.
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02-08-2019, 04:31 PM
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#176
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LWcrowfoot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
It also comes from the fact that he was studying to be a pharmacist at U of A
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Meant to circle back to this earlier because the Pharmacist thing didn't seem right.
https://usports.ca/en/sports/hockey/...rney-continues
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“Doc” graduated from the U of A with a degree in human physiology.
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Seems like the nickname stems from his initials DR dating back to his junior days and nothing else. Maybe misremembering/confusing the other information?
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02-09-2019, 03:15 AM
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#177
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: An Island in the Atlantic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LWcrowfoot
Meant to circle back to this earlier because the Pharmacist thing didn't seem right.
https://usports.ca/en/sports/hockey/...rney-continues
Seems like the nickname stems from his initials DR dating back to his junior days and nothing else. Maybe misremembering/confusing the other information?
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From the article:
Quote:
Ryan’s first year with the Bears was the 2007-08 season.
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Holy toledo, I may have seen him play when I was in graduate school in Edmonton.
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02-16-2019, 12:54 PM
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#178
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First Line Centre
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"Derek Ryan's underuse"*?
Playing incredible hockey.
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02-16-2019, 01:56 PM
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#179
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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why does this thread exist?
He's come as advertised. On pace for 33 points, good faceoff man (almost 57%), good PKer, can play up and down the lineup. He's exactly the kind of bottom 6 center you want to have. You win with depth players like that.
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02-16-2019, 01:58 PM
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#180
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Ryan's been awesome, better than he was in Carolina. Love having him on the bottom lines and even the powerplay. He's really settled in and become the guy I wanted to see a Flame for so long.
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