GDT: Washington Capitals @ Calgary Flames, 19:00 MT (SN360)

[MonaHan Solo]

Who got a penalty at the end there LMAO

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

2 points... good way to start the week.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Shhhhhweeetttt

 

[Anglesmith]

dont worry, this team is a slow starting, everything will be ok.

Yep.

 

[JurassicTunga]

Great game for the Flames. At both ends of the rink. very good effort and a deserved win. Bottom six looked good, so hopefully the scoring comes. baby steps, baby steps.

 

[Tofveve]

We won! Woohoo!

 

[Bounces R Way]

Top line top lining and Smith was real gud. No weak links tonight either. Kulak>>>>>>>>>Bartkowski

 

[FerklundCGY]

Bartkowski better never play another NHL hockey game with the Flames as long as Kulak is breathing

 

[Flameshomer]

Still lamenting Brouwer and Versteeg on the pp but good game

 

[hangman005]

Flames win.... they didn't collapse and give in, they played pretty much a full 60 minutes..... who are these guys and what have they done with the Calgary Flames.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

We need Brouwer off the first pp

Versteeg actually. Put Bennett or Janko there for one timers.

 

[DFF]

I dont understand GG love for Versteeg

 

[Mobiandi]

Didnt get to catch the game but it seems we played well. How was Janko?

 

[hangman005]

Didnt get to catch the game but it seems we played well. How was Janko?

Good, the whole line was good... very unlucky not to have scored.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Didnt get to catch the game but it seems we played well. How was Janko?

Very good. He is going to be a star in the NHL once that line starts getting some bounces their way.

 

[MonyontheMoney]

Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Jagr
Lazar - Stajan - Brouwer

Seems like the obvious play for next game if Jagr is good to go, but GG will probably reward Lazar for a good game with a seat in the pressbox.

 

[Mobiandi]

Very good. He is going to be a star in the NHL once that line starts getting some bounces their way.

Good, the whole line was good... very unlucky not to have scored.

Well here's hoping Tre makes the "tough" decision to waive someone like Glass or Familton when Jagr is taken off IR

 

[JPeeper]

As good as we played, still no scoring from the bottom 6.

Though the Janko-Bennett pairing is really playing well and getting good chances, only a matter of time before they break through and then the floodgates should stay open. It would help if they actually got some ice-time though, 10-11 minutes a night for them isn't enough. Keep the 4th line to under 7 or 6 like they should be, not getting the same amount of ice-time as the 3rd.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

I dont understand GG love for Versteeg

He's got good offensive instincts and he's decently skilled. I'd say he does a better job than most of the team (outside of the top handful) at getting the puck into dangerous areas in unpredictable ways.

 

[Anglesmith]

This was Kulak's first real "statement game" of the season. This is the kind of game that will keep him in the lineup.

Really strange to see how different Gulutzan's usage was tonight. Last game, he pretty much benched the third line all game, and then he leaned on them this game. Same with the third pairing.

 

[FlamerForLife]

The flames have only won home games this season when I've been there, so I think in the best interest of the team everyone here should paypal me $50 and I'll go to the remaining 35 home games and we'll finish the season with a home record of 37-4.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

This was Kulak's first real "statement game" of the season. This is the kind of game that will keep him in the lineup.

Really strange to see how different Gulutzan's usage was tonight. Last game, he pretty much benched the third line all game, and then he leaned on them this game. Same with the third pairing.

Best game of his NHL career. Easily.

More games like that will mean, well, more games.

 

[herashak]

F. Hamilton has to be the one going down.

 

[Volica]

Best game of his NHL career. Easily.

More games like that will mean, well, more games.

I'd rather him playing one way or another over Bart.
On the low end Kulak is invisible. On the high end, he's playing like this.

Good game for the team. The offence is still driven by Johnny, but it's getting better. I liked the Bennett/Janko line, would love to see Jagr there.

 

[Dertell]

- not even close to being kulak's best game. The 2015 Vancouver game, three games in 2016 he played noticeably better.

- Frolik is kind of ghosting out there

- Generally speaking, I feel like my fear regarding Hamonic's TOI/gm was unfortunately spot on. Guluztan f***ed up it up. In general, line usage was still pretty bad tonight.

- Despite that, this was absolutely a great performance. Just GG's questionable decisions being bothersome (also, why is brouwer getting so much PP time, get over him FFS)

- I still like Ferland on that 1st line. Cool player.

- Please send Glass down.