GDT: Flames @ Preds, Halloween Edition - 6PM MT

[super6646]

2nd epic reverse jinx thread on the main board from me. Said the Flames weren't making the playoffs when we were down 4-1 against Colorado last year...

Your welcome guys

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Heh. Stupid live thread, @Calculon beat me to it. But it needs to be on multiple pages.

 

[DFF]

Tkachuk should save the last 5 mins of this game for the next contract negotiation

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

I hope they can build some momentum from this. It's crazy what happens when you actually skate and compete hard, but they really keep shooting themselves in the foot with all the bloody giveaways.

 

[Baxterman]

Credit to the team they did have enough of an effort to win the game!

 

[Janks]

If we could play 60 minutes like we played the final 9 minutes, we’d be a really really really good team.

 

[DirtDiver]

FML I stopped watching after the second SHG against. Glad to see they do have so effort to give still.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Exactly like Billy Petes drew it up

 

[Baxterman]

Exactly like Billy Petes drew it up

Thank god he put that top line back together, probably the key to the comeback.

 

[crackdown44]

Exactly like Billy Petes drew it up

Great 60 minute effort, this one was never in doubt

 

[Tofveve]

What the crap we won? Work of the Babbadook I say! Amazing. Chucky's goal was sickness. Wow.

 

[super6646]

Is the NHL going to correct the final goal? Lindy clearly got an assist there (and it even says Lindy had a 1G 1A night).

 

[Anglesmith]

If we could play 60 minutes like we played the final 9 minutes, we’d be a really really really good team.

That's unrealistic. That said, I thought (and I feel confident saying this out loud only because spirits are high) that the Flames, as a team, started showing signs of playing the right way about 111-14 minutes into the game. They lost it at times, but from that moment on, I'd say we didn't collectively look like dogshit for any significant stretch of the game at all outside of very isolated individual mistakes that didn't reflect anything about the team. We also scored a goal, hit a couple of posts and were the only team drawing penalties during that time frame. I'd say that for a large portion of this game, the Flames looked perfectly capable of being a contender, though it's hard to see that when there are no results and the team is getting pounded on the scoreboard.

Games like this should be enjoyed thoroughly, regardless of how gloomy things were part-way through. We worry all the time that the players on this team can't do it, and games like these show us that they can. We worry that the coach doesn't have the room, and games like this show us that he can fire the boys up and make them play better. We worry that this team fades when things get tough, and games like this show us that they can rise to a challenge as well as anyone.

 

[DFF]

Great 60 minute effort, this one was never in doubt

Brilliant coaching....The Preds didnt know what hit them.

 

[super6646]

Brilliant coaching....The Preds didnt know what hit them.

Didn't you want Peters fired half-way through the game?

 

[DFF]

Didn't you want Peters fired half-way through the game?

 

[Fig]

 

[BleedOil]

Watched the game tonight. What a entertaining game. It ruined my night but wow, what a roller coaster of emotions in that game. Couldn’t imagine how you guys felt.

and wowww what a goal by Tkachuk...unreal

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

I was at a friend's house helping them hand out candy so I didn't get to watch the game, just listen to it on the radio. Needless to say we were pretty frustrated until they tied it up, only to get pretty pissed off on that 5th goal against, only to get excited again on that 5th goal. We had to kick the kids off the tv for OT.

Obligatory

 

[Dack]

Johnny was pissed this game and you absolutely love to see it. He finally showed some life

 

[Mobiandi]

It's incredibly concerning to see how bad Hamonic has been

 

[BRobMint]

Lindy quietly got his 100th goal and Johnny quietly got his 400th point last night

 

[DFF]

It's incredibly concerning to see how bad Hamonic has been

Our centers have also been bad....Monahan, Backlund, Jank, Ryan all are either terrible or playing way below standard

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I remember debating last season with some that Tkachuk was as skilled as Gaudreau, just not as flashy. I rest my case.

That has to be the Goty.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I remember debating last season with some that Tkachuk was as skilled as Gaudreau, just not as flashy. I rest my case.

That has to be the Goty.

Hey that goal was pretty flashy pal.

When Tkachuk is on his game (he was on last night, and it showed earlier when he was the only one) he's easily just as effective as Gaudreau. Possibly even moreso because there are benefits to his game when he's not on the scoresheet.