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Old 01-31-2013, 12:24 AM   #1
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Default The long five day break: Good or Bad for the Flames?

With the rest of the league notching up 32 games each or whatever it is by now, and the Flames sitting pretty at a lowly 4 games played (lowest in the league), will this hurt or help their chances in the next few weeks?

The good: A chance to learn, regroup, fix any problems noticed in the first few games (Hartley's training camp 2.0). A chance for a few bumps and bruises to heal (or, apparently, a few new ones to crop up). A chance for the new guys to gel with the coaches, team and system.


The bad: Watching everyone else continue to play and get further into game shape. Watching themselves, through no fault of their own, falling behind in the standings. An even more compressed schedule from here on in.

More good or more bad? What's the verdict?
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Old 01-31-2013, 12:29 AM   #2
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good for the team, bad for Young-Sneezy.
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Old 01-31-2013, 12:35 AM   #3
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Fun Fact: For the remainder of the season, the Flames get no longer than a 2 full day break between games, and this happens only 7 times. Also they have 7 occasions when they play on consecutive days.

Crazy schedule. I'm hoping the 4 full day break will help them out. It should be to their advantage to take some extra time getting used to Hartley's system
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Old 01-31-2013, 12:51 AM   #4
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If they win tomorrow = good, if they lose = bad
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Old 01-31-2013, 12:52 AM   #5
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It's good for practicing special teams and players getting accustomed to thier line mates. Some team bonding with the new players.
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Old 01-31-2013, 12:54 AM   #6
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I think it's good. Hudler and Cervenka get a few more days to adjust and the whole team gets used to the new coaching staff. I think that any rust the Flames show after 4 days off will be negated by playing the next two teams on the second game of the back-to-back anyways.

Plus, I also think that once Iginla starts to score regularly - we won't want any 3 or 4 days breaks. Can't have him losing his mojo.
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Old 01-31-2013, 12:56 AM   #7
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If they can have a hot next 10 games (14-15/20 points) it will probably be a good thing. Hot teams who are playing with confidence don't seem to have as much trouble playing every other night. If they struggle, I could see this season snowballing and getting out of hand in a hurry.
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Old 01-31-2013, 01:10 AM   #8
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I'm thinking good. Iginla mentioned in an interview (on the Flames site) that the new system is "quite different from anything that I've played for a long time" and that there's a lot of new detail to take in.

Basicly, without these few days it might have taken quite a while for Hartley to make the transition from Sutters system to his own happen.

Also, it gives a chance to get two very important forwards in Cervenka and Hudler up to speed.
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Old 01-31-2013, 01:19 AM   #9
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Should be a good four days off. Like others have said, time to adjust and hammer out some of the finer details with Hartleys system.
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Old 01-31-2013, 01:20 AM   #10
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Should be very important. Much of the time, teams barely have time to practice this season.
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Old 01-31-2013, 01:53 AM   #11
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Old 01-31-2013, 01:59 AM   #12
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Agree with the sentiment that it gives Hartley a training camp, effectively. So many players underachieved the past 3 seasons and breaking old habits is hard. It took Brent a couple of months to, ahem, fix the team.

And selfishly, good for me, being off the mainland for the week.
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Old 01-31-2013, 03:53 AM   #13
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A little too much of a good thing, IMO. You want a chance to settle into new lines (and positions in some cases), and the new way of doing things with the new coach. But practices are going o be hard to come by this season, and it's probably not so great to get your entire season's worth between games 3 and 5, and then just grind out the rest of the season.
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Old 01-31-2013, 06:33 AM   #14
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this avs game is a game that a half decent team needs to win, and i'm not clear if the flames fit this description just yet.

Facing a team without arguably it's top line (landeskog, o'rielly, downie), team playing back to back, and a team that's lost 2 in a row, plus the fact the flames have been off for forever, tons of time to practice, flames neeed to win.
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Old 01-31-2013, 06:36 AM   #15
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Probably would have been better to have this break about 20 games in, not 4.
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Old 01-31-2013, 06:41 AM   #16
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Bad. After missing the first half of the season and most of training camp, the last thing they needed was a break. Other teams now have a step up in both chemistry and getting into game shape.

I know they were practicing during this time, but nothing whips into shape faster than actually playing. Plus, it's just more time for Iginla to get going.
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Old 01-31-2013, 07:01 AM   #17
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Good. A chance to reinforce system in a mini-camp. Team had a few games to try it out, and now have the chance to work on things after having experienced mistakes in games.

For a team with a new coach, this is just what the Dr ordered.
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Old 01-31-2013, 08:51 AM   #18
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If this was a regular season, I would say a prolonged break is a bad thing. But let's keep in mind we're early in a short, condensed season where teams had shortened training camps. A long break like this is a good chance to work on some stuff that may not have received enough practice time. Plus, a break when everyone is playing pretty much every second night should mean the Flames have some fresh legs. Let's just hope they didn't lose their edge.
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Old 01-31-2013, 09:08 AM   #19
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A little too much of a good thing, IMO. You want a chance to settle into new lines (and positions in some cases), and the new way of doing things with the new coach. But practices are going o be hard to come by this season, and it's probably not so great to get your entire season's worth between games 3 and 5, and then just grind out the rest of the season.
I couldn't disagree more. They didn't have a training camp, many new guys with a new coach. This is perfect opportunity to fine tune in practice. Get more of a read on the competition, understand our system and have more success as a group because of being together on the ice for a longer time than most other teams.
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Old 01-31-2013, 09:14 AM   #20
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I think it sucks because you want to be rested going down the stretch. Calgary played a good game vs Vancouver and by all accounts a good one against the oilers. A few players started to get into a groove then boom off for four days.

They don't need any rest right now after a mere 4 games. Hopefully Hartley kept the practices intense.
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