10-17-2018, 10:04 AM
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#21
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In Your MCP
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans
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Originally Posted by Locke
I'm not optimistic.
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I am.
This team is different.
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10-17-2018, 10:09 AM
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#22
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First Line Centre
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The teams know each other well from their romantic getaway to China together, so I expect a competitive game.
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10-17-2018, 10:09 AM
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#23
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
I am.
This team is different.
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I'll believe that when I see it. I've been a Flames fan long enough to know not to expect anything.
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10-17-2018, 10:10 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
It's such a top heavy team:
6.125M-6.875M-6.666M
1M-7.25M-0.863M
0.9M-6M-0.925M
1.25M-1.27M-0.725M
5M-0.916M
1.4M-2.5M
2.75M-0.789M
7M
2.75M
There top line, other top 9 centers, starting goalie and their number 1 (if you still count it as Chara), just 7 players, make up 60% of their cap space.
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That must be one of the least expensive bluelines in the league. Bruins have a decent amount of cap space ($5 million).
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10-17-2018, 10:12 AM
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#25
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Bruins seem to be a tough match for the Flames. Smith will have to be sharp for them to keep this one close.
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Lately, yes. The Flames last beat the Bruins on 25 Nov 2016 in Boston, and have gone 0-2-1 since then. But over the course of the last four seasons have a respectable record of 4-3-1 v. Boston, with three of those wins coming either in OT or the shootout.
I am betting that this is a very close game. It should be a good one!
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10-17-2018, 10:12 AM
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#26
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Franchise Player
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Senators have the least expensive blueline. It's under 10M. But yeah, Bruins aren't far behind.
And with Ceci on LTIR, the active defender being paid the most by the Senators is Phaneuf...and he plays for the Kings.
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10-17-2018, 10:13 AM
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#27
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Vancouver
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I feel like while our top line is the most dangerous offensively they are also a bit of a liability defensively against a powerhouse Boston 1st line. If I was Peters I would ‘shelter’ them by starting the game with either the Backlund line (best chance at keeping the game scoreless) or gamble a matchup with Bennett/Dube/Ryan/etc who can potentially out pace Marchand/Bergeron/Pastrnak.
I hope Smith looks large and in charge, otherwise I’m genuinely curious how Rittich would look defending against top scorers this season.
However it unfolds, Go Flames Go!
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10-17-2018, 10:13 AM
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#28
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I'll believe that when I see it. I've been a Flames fan long enough to know not to expect anything...
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And yet you are expecting them to lose?
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10-17-2018, 10:17 AM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
And yet you are expecting them to lose?
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Hm....I said not to expect 'anything.'
Reading comprehension. Be Critical of the Text... 
Maybe we win, maybe we lose, I expect nothing.
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10-17-2018, 10:24 AM
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#30
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Kristen Anderson @KdotAnderson
#Flames practising their PP early today:
1st unit:
Tkachuk-Monahan-Lindholm
Giordano-Gaudreau
2nd unit:
Backlund-Czarnik-Neal-
Ryan-Hanifin
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10-17-2018, 10:26 AM
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#31
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First Line Centre
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I would prefer Bennett over Ryan
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10-17-2018, 10:26 AM
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#32
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Kristen Anderson @KdotAnderson
Hamonic just stepped on the ice in a yellow-Don't-Hit-Me jersey. First practice with the group since his surgery.
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10-17-2018, 10:27 AM
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#33
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Looks like Dube might miss tonight
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Travis Hamonic taking part in morning skate in a yellow no-contact jersey.
No Dillon Dube, though; he missed practice yesterday and is dealing with a lower body injury. #Flames
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10-17-2018, 10:29 AM
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#34
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Jah Chalgary
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Flames don't have a good record against Boston in the last while.
Lost last 3 in the regular season and the 2 in games in China.
Hopefully that changes tonight!
4-2 Flames
2 x Tkachuk, 1 x Gio, 1 x Hanifin and a furious, stick-breaking Rask!
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10-17-2018, 10:31 AM
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#35
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Projected #Flames vs. Boston tonight:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Neal
Hathaway-Ryan-Czarnik
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Andersson
Valimaki-Stone
Smith
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10-17-2018, 10:33 AM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phaneufenstein
Flames don't have a good record against Boston in the last while.
Lost last 3 in the regular season and the 2 in games in China.
Hopefully that changes tonight!
4-2 Flames
2 x Tkachuk, 1 x Gio, 1 x Hanifin and a furious, stick-breaking Rask!
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Preseason, but the Bruins got pretty lucky in the first game.
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10-17-2018, 10:38 AM
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#37
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Very excited to see Bennett-Jankowski-Neal in an actual competitive game!
Until Peters switches things up because one of the other lines isn't producing.
Very excited to see Bennett-Jankowski-Neal take a shift together in an actual competitive game!
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10-17-2018, 10:38 AM
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#38
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Franchise Player
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I still hate that 2nd PP unit.
I want to see:
Bennett - Czarnik - Neal
Hanifin - Backlund
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10-17-2018, 10:40 AM
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#39
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Franchise Player
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Bruins at Flames has historically been a good game... 4-3 Flames win thanks to the awesomeness of the retro jerseys.
GFG!
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10-17-2018, 10:41 AM
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#40
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvp2003
Bruins at Flames has historically been a good game... 4-3 Flames win thanks to the awesomeness of the retro jerseys.
GFG!
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This is true.
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