10-26-2018, 10:38 AM
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#41
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by Toonage
Sure, but the point being that this happens to all teams. Even the best.
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lol, yes, and all players who make the NHL are good so there is no point in calling one of them bad because they are better than me at hockey.
The Pens won back to back cups (BACK TO BACK) as recently as 2 years ago.
BACK TO BACK
The Flames can't even manage to make the playoffs two years in a row.
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10-26-2018, 10:41 AM
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#42
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Calgary
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It's still early, I'm not too worried yet. I don't believe Peters is to blame; give him a team like Tampa, or Washington and I don't think they fall apart. I think coaching, while important, is often disproportionately valued than the actual composition of the team. Like I said, it's still early, and I like the make up of this team - However, if they lay another egg this season i won't blame Peters. To me, if that happens there may be something fundamentally wrong, or missing with the core of this team. On the bright side, this thrashing may be exactly what the team needed to bump up their give a #### factor.... we'll see.
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10-26-2018, 11:51 AM
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#43
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
lol, yes, and all players who make the NHL are good so there is no point in calling one of them bad because they are better than me at hockey.
The Pens won back to back cups (BACK TO BACK) as recently as 2 years ago.
BACK TO BACK
The Flames can't even manage to make the playoffs two years in a row.
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He had a point didn't he?
Teams get blown out. Does he have to be as depressed as some or can he be even keeled and see how it works out?
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10-26-2018, 12:07 PM
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#44
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by bigrangy
The Flames can at least control which team will work harder on any given night, so it's probably time to start there and see what happens.
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Actually they can only control how hard they work.
They have no control over how hard the opponent works.
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10-26-2018, 12:43 PM
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#45
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Franchise Player
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Do we have to criticize other fans? As a group, Flames fans have been resilient and patient from the day this team moved to Calgary.
The team has been badly outplayed three games in a row and was handed one of the worst home beatings in the organization's history. I'd expect some anger.
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10-26-2018, 12:53 PM
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#46
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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
How would you explain how that same team with a bottom of the barrel payroll now looks hugely improved the very same season Peters leaves?
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They have one more win than they did last year after 8 games.
They Flames have the same record (5-5) as last year after 10.
Both teams finished within one win of each other.
Let’s see how it shakes out.
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10-26-2018, 12:53 PM
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#47
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
if the 25 years thread should've illustrated anything to you it's that the Fans should probably just stay in the one ditch and never come out.
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I quite prefer the happy ditch, even when the team takes performance plunges like it has over the past week.
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10-26-2018, 01:17 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by Bingo
He had a point didn't he?
Teams get blown out. Does he have to be as depressed as some or can he be even keeled and see how it works out?
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Pens lost to non-playoff bound Chicago 10-1 around this time last year and went on to do pretty well. Lost 7-1 to the Caps in Nov. 2016 (and went on to win the cup).
Chicago also beat Washington 7-1 last year.
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10-26-2018, 01:22 PM
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#49
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First Line Centre
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Things will be fine.
But goaltending will doom this team.
If you go into a season knowing you have a super young group of dmen, you are banking on your goalie stealing you some games and making you some saves to keep you in games while the dmen learn the ropes.
Where things are teetering on the edge is if Smith can't find some sort of form here then the flames will be out of it before christmas.
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10-26-2018, 01:23 PM
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#50
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Do we have to criticize other fans?.
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Only Canuck fans.
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10-26-2018, 01:26 PM
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#51
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Actually they can only control how hard they work.
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Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home with the prom queen!
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10-26-2018, 01:34 PM
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#52
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
Things will be fine.
But goaltending will doom this team.
If you go into a season knowing you have a super young group of dmen, you are banking on your goalie stealing you some games and making you some saves to keep you in games while the dmen learn the ropes.
Where things are teetering on the edge is if Smith can't find some sort of form here then the flames will be out of it before christmas.
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So which is it? Fine? Or doom?
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10-26-2018, 01:38 PM
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#53
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
So which is it? Fine? Or doom?
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I dunno man, both. If smith somehow remembers how to stop the puck and the Dmen get better, then its fine. but we're done by christmas if smith keeps playing like this
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10-26-2018, 01:41 PM
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#54
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home with the prom queen!
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Someone's whining all right. 
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10-26-2018, 01:51 PM
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#56
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First Line Centre
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Smiths got to be on the verge of losing the starter role, no? The apologists will say he didn't have a chance on any of them, but whether or not the defense in front of him is a dumpster fire, one goalie makes saves and one doesn't. And if the team does in fact play different in front of Smith, then isn't that still a sign he's done?
The thing is, this hasn't just been the last 3 games. They looked good against Nashville and Boston but they've looked bad in most of their other games. I feel like 5-5 flatters the way this team has been playing. The Vancouver and New York games were not well played, they just have more talent than those clubs.
Hoping they get things sorted out sooner than later!
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10-26-2018, 01:53 PM
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#57
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In the Sin Bin
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: compton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home with the prom queen!
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I think you meant to type that as "Loshersh alwaysh whine about their besht!" but got autocorrected.
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