GDT: Flames @ Islanders (5pm on Sportsnet)

[Johnny Hoxville]

I also think Valimaki will be on the team next season along with Andersson.

 

[Mr Snrub]

Unpopular opinion but I’d deal Stone this summer and I’d play Andersson with Gio next year (same kind of Mete/Weber, Chara/Mcavoy mentorship deal). Then Brodie/Hamilton and Kulak/Hamonic. Third pairing becomes much less of a liability and you can spread icetime out more evenly

I honestly think even Kulak/Andersson would be fine. If we could turn Brodie into a scoring winger so we could run Valimaki-Hamonic on the second pair that'd be icing on the cake, but getting Stone out and Andersson in the NHL should be a priority.

 

[Dack]

Because he sucks. He plays the Bartkowski school of defence where you don't actually defend, you just play physical and hope the other player gets taken down to goes away. He isn't as bad as Bartkowski obviously, no one is, but he is massively overrated by some Flames fans.

Really hope we trade him in the offseason and just graduate Andersson already. Yeah sure depth is good, but I guarantee Andersson in a full season would be better than Stone.

I cringed when I saw people arguing in the Leivo trade thread that he'd be the leafs #3. If Stone is your #3 D man you're an AHL team.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Just ordered Popeyes Chicken.

 

[Reijo29]

As someone who always wants to see the Islanders lose, every time they play an opponent I don’t see a lot of, I read the fan base comments before the game, get all confident, then the game starts and I’m disappointed.

 

[crackdown44]

I also think Valimaki will be on the team next season along with Andersson.

Is he eligible to play in the AHL next year or too old? I’d like him to spend a year in the AHL but if he has to go back to junior next year that would be a huge waste

 

[Mr Snrub]

Lomberg looks like f***ing Warwick Davis out there

 

[DFF]

They're playing like a team full of passengers. Johnny excluded. Why is the smallest guy on our team our only impact player? It's kind of pathetic.

Because our 6.3 and 6.4 centers are playing like they are 5.4

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Lomberg is awesome.

 

[Jags68]

Lomberg to the AHL

 

[JPeeper]

Holy f*** Lomberg. Going after a guy like 7-9 inches taller and probably 40-50 lbs heavier.

What a beast.

 

[FlamerForLife]

Lomberg is like 1 foot shorter than that guy wtf. Hats off to Lomberg for going for that fight.

 

[DFF]

Lomberg is awesome.

He is good for 3 games then he'd turn into useless like Hathaway

 

[Mr Snrub]

Embarrassing showing by Lomberg.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Lomberg is a nut

 

[Mobiandi]

Lomberg is a tough dude. Not sure why he picked that fight though

 

[Calculon]

There's no the way Flames put a rookie defenceman in the top four, even in a scenario where the talent is spread out. I really can't see Valimaki making the team next season; Treliving likes depth, 'over-cooking' prospects and the process. He'll spend the year in the AHL and if he impresses, get the primary call ups.

That was a calculated decision by Lomberg but boy, is he not good at math.

 

[Mr Snrub]

I cringed when I saw people arguing in the Leivo trade thread that he'd be the leafs #3. If Stone is your #3 D man you're an AHL team.

I would do Stone for Leivo in a heartbeat.

 

[Dack]

Lomberg got fed but the guy is fearless who the f*** challenges someone half a foot taller than them.

Correction apparently the guy is 8 inches taller than him and 50 lbs heavier.

 

[Mr Snrub]

There's no the way Flames put a rookie defenceman in the top four, even in a scenario where the talent is spread out. I really can't see Valimaki making the team next season; Treliving likes depth, 'over-cooking' prospects and the process. He'll spend the year in the AHL and if he impresses, get the primary call ups.

That was a calculated decision by Lomberg but boy, is he not good at math.

You're right in that he will probably spend the year in Stockton but I think he's more than ready. We haven't had a D prospect as good as Valimaki since Phaneuf, full stop

 

[Mobiandi]

Man Johnny has the softest shot on this team. Just put him on the right wing so he can stop going short side

 

[FlamerForLife]

Ryan Lomberg 5 foot 9, 191 lbs
Ross Johnston 6 foot 5, 236 lbs

Ryan Lomberg has guts man 8 inches and 45 lbs given up.

 

[FerklundCGY]

Some of the decisions Brodie makes are just absolutely mind-boggling

 

[Mr Snrub]

Lomberg got fed but the guy is fearless who the **** challenges someone half a foot taller than them.

Correction apparently the guy is 8 inches taller than him and 50 lbs heavier.

Ryan Lomberg 5 foot 9, 191 lbs
Ross Johnston 6 foot 5, 236 lbs

Ryan Lomberg has guts man.

Didn't realise it was that much of a mismatch, I take back what I said.

 

[JGaudreau]

Thanks Lomberg, what this team really needed was to watch a Flame get pummeled into the ice.