Indeed, and you don't create those chances without making a play to beat a guy, which always carries some level of risk. This was one such play. It's not a boneheaded decision to try the pass, as you can see below how close Nash is to Brodie and how little chance he would have to stop the pass if it wasn't flubbed.... he just flubbed it. Even if it's not an easy play, that's a situation where the most likely way to miss would end up with the puck in the corner. And that's a shame, but it's one mistake among many, many mistakes the team made in today's game. Several guys made mistakes not burying their chances in OT, for instance. But we've done that to teams in OT several times, so it's hard to be that mad about it.Considering the Flames were dominating the Bruins the entire OT and created multiple great chances by doing it, I think it's pretty safe to say that yes, we could've and should've kept doing it
I mean I’m not too worried. A ton of games left against the teams we’re in close with. We control our own destiny
You do know 97 is nothing more than a trivial number that holds no real importance when things like reality are taken into account, right?14-8-0 to get to 97
You do know 97 is nothing more than a trivial number that holds no real importance when things like reality are taken into account, right?
I just don't think this team has it. The sum of the parts is not greater than the whole.
Gio, Johnny, Monahan, Tkachuk, Hamilton, Backlund, Smith, Rittich is the backbone of what should be a very good team but they don't play very well as a team. That falls on the coach, I am sick of the damn excuses. We battled hard, it was one mistake, bad bounces blah blah blah.
We didn't win, end of story. We continue to give away important games because the sum of the parts is less than it should be. I feel like I'm watching a slow train wreck and I'm the only one getting off before the crash. They don't have the extra gear and haven't shown it once this year, they are slow and steady. Problem is when it comes time to turn up the heat slow and steady just doesn't cut it.
I know why he uses it, but pointing out the record we need to reach it is pointless, especially since there are multiple ways to get to that threshold and getting there doesn't actually earn you anything.It’s generally what the cutoff line for making the playoffs is around. It’s a good indicator of what this team needs to do (approximately) the rest of the way to make it in. Of course positions change based on day-to-day scoreboards but it’s a good number to look at as the big picture of what it’ll take the rest of the way to get in