10-07-2018, 07:13 PM
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#61
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Talk To My Agent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Calgary
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My first impression of him was terrible... but I do a mean Swedish Chef!
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10-07-2018, 11:33 PM
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#62
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by drtory
... but I do a mean Swedish Chef!
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Why???
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10-08-2018, 03:05 AM
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#63
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And I Don't Care...
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The land of the eternally hopeful
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Gonna take about 40 games before I make any sort of decision of how I feel about Bill Peters as an NHL coach. First impression? I think the team appears to have more aggression and I like that. Beyond that? Gonna have to wait and see.
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10-08-2018, 07:48 AM
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#64
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: https://homestars.com/companies/2808346-keith-my-furnace-guy
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I think he knows his stuff and he's got that facetious tone of one Darryl Sutter when he's answering questions from the media .
I just hope the players see things on his level and really hope they buy in .
I already dislike his love of Ryan and watching 2 players get less minutes in Jankowski and Bennett.
Hopefully those 2 can get going and force Ryan down a line or 2 .
Outside of that he seems prepared and willing to change things when they don't work.
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10-08-2018, 02:56 PM
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#65
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Franchise Player
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So far I'm liking him as the head coach of the Calgary Flames.
For starters, he definitely has that 'head coach' charisma. He exudes that kind of gruff collegiate-level coach that goes by meritocracy. When you see your head coach skating around in practice huffing like a bear and pouring sweat off his face, as a player you'd be thinking "Damn, I'd better not get outworked by this guy".
Another thing is adjustments. Before with Gulutzan, he'd be content to try and let lines work through cold streaks on their own. Whereas with Peters, he'd go "Square peg, round hole. Let's try something else." Drop pass entry not working? Let's have a look and try something else.
As was pointed out earlier, it would be a totally Gulutzan thing to do to stick with the same lines because, "Hey, they won the last game". It's very refreshing to see Peters, on a game to game basis, try his utmost to keep everyone alert and focused. Bennett, who has been fairly unspectacular but with good underlying numbers, is now promoted. Ryan, who has been alright but not contributing outside of strong-side faceoffs, is now demoted. Janko, who has been largely unproductive, is probably getting a benching. Nashville has one employed dirty rat scumbag in Rinaldo and a middleweight face-puncher in Bitetto, so that's my guess to why we are seeing Peluso in line rushes.
But these are coming by a game to game basis regardless of win or lose. Peters will not be satisfied with anything less than the best version of the Calgary Flames.
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10-08-2018, 03:25 PM
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#66
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#1 Goaltender
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I do like some of his adjustments as he goes along, so far.
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10-08-2018, 03:33 PM
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#67
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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So far he has looked competent even if there are things I disagree with, not unlike Hartley.
Glen Gulutzan was incompetent so this is a huge step up.
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10-13-2018, 10:56 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Great use of that timeout. Really seemed to calm the team down.
Flames are playing at a much higher pace than last year. It's very entertaining to watch
This is much better hockey
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10-13-2018, 11:08 PM
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#69
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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A lot of my fears of hiring one of Treliving's guys instead of going for a proven, winning coach have been alleviated. Bill Peters knows how to properly coach a team, I'm confident in that now.
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10-13-2018, 11:15 PM
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#70
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Franchise Player
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Big Bill Peters is awesome
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10-14-2018, 01:11 AM
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#71
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Franchise Player
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My favorite part about Bill Peters so far is his lack of ambivalence. He's clear, he's direct, and he knows where the problems are.
I like him.
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10-14-2018, 08:32 AM
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#72
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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He uses his timeouts, mixes up lines, and dresses and scratches players based on merit already 5 games in.
Better than all of Gulutzan's tenure.
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10-14-2018, 08:37 AM
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#73
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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A 3-2 record isn't setting the world on fire but I am pleasantly surprised with him as he's all business. The benching of Frolik was long overdue and it only took him four games to catch on to a player on the decline which shows me he's got a good read on these players and is not going to play favourites with anyone. You get the feeling if Brouwer was still on this roster he wouldn't get 40 games in and that's the way it should be.
So far he's done everything right that Gulutzan got wrong and that's a great start as they would have never won that game last night under the previous coaching staff.
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10-14-2018, 09:36 AM
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#74
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
A 3-2 record isn't setting the world on fire but I am pleasantly surprised with him as he's all business. The benching of Frolik was long overdue and it only took him four games to catch on to a player on the decline which shows me he's got a good read on these players and is not going to play favourites with anyone. You get the feeling if Brouwer was still on this roster he wouldn't get 40 games in and that's the way it should be.
So far he's done everything right that Gulutzan got wrong and that's a great start as they would have never won that game last night under the previous coaching staff.
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Frolik is a pretty solid player game in and game out defensively. His offence is waning for sure. But I don't think he was sat for being a player on the decline. He was sat for two lazy stick penalties.
The distinction to me is important because this isn't a guy that will put up with a lack of discipline. Or maybe more specifically, if you're game is interchangable with others you had better not have something like lazy penalties against you.
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10-14-2018, 09:39 AM
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#75
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Joborule
He uses his timeouts, mixes up lines, and dresses and scratches players based on merit already 5 games in.
Better than all of Gulutzan's tenure.
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Five games into Gulutzan's tenure we were still praying we wouldn't see his ol' buddy from Dallas, Grossmann, ever again (we did, to predictable results).
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10-14-2018, 01:29 PM
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#76
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by Bingo
Frolik is a pretty solid player game in and game out defensively. His offence is waning for sure. But I don't think he was sat for being a player on the decline. He was sat for two lazy stick penalties.
The distinction to me is important because this isn't a guy that will put up with a lack of discipline. Or maybe more specifically, if you're game is interchangable with others you had better not have something like lazy penalties against you.
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He also made some cringe inducing turnovers trying to 'make plays' in the neutral zone/at the bluelines. He really #### the bed at least twice in his defensive coverage that cost the flames goals.
More than just penalties in my mind, those are the icing on the cake.
Even though he has a goal, he has warranted a scratch. It just happens that the flames have 2 or 3 guys waiting in the wings who can actually play now which makes the decision for Peters much easier.
If jankowski keeps skating the way he has (tracking down Girard on the PK coming out of the the avs end) he will make it hard for Peters to take him out in favour of frolik.
Seems like jankos attitude really benefits from a reality check periodically. Not that he has a bad attitude but he's a little happy go lucky. Much better player when he is working hard.
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10-14-2018, 01:42 PM
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#77
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Five games into Gulutzan's tenure we were still praying we wouldn't see his ol' buddy from Dallas, Grossmann, ever again (we did, to predictable results).
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The blessings of not having to sign a bunch of ptos just to fill out the roster.
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10-15-2018, 11:08 PM
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#78
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: 403
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Does anyone know if Peters is the type of guy who'd talk to his players after every game? 'Coz Gulutzan wasn't.
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10-15-2018, 11:50 PM
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#79
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRealPepman
Does anyone know if Peters is the type of guy who'd talk to his players after every game? 'Coz Gulutzan wasn't.
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I got the impression from an interview that he went into the room after the first period on Saturday, so yes seems more engaged
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10-16-2018, 12:01 AM
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#80
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joborule
He uses his timeouts, mixes up lines, and dresses and scratches players based on merit already 5 games in.
Better than all of Gulutzan's tenure.
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What about beers on the train and Jobu though
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