GDT: Calgary Flames (2-1-1) @ Columbus Blue Jackets (1-2-0), 5:00 PM MT, Sportsnet One

[DFF]

Thanks Kadri
You are worth every penny

 

[deleted user]

Can't win every time. Onto zee next? Yeah, onto Detroit! Time to play some FFXV Royal Edition.

Take care, y'all. (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠)

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

 

[Felidae]

Lol @ Ruzicka. Wow. Not our night. Effort was there for the part I saw. Le sigh.

Yeah effort wasn't the issue imo.

execution just wasn't there. Lots of net misses, shot blocks and sloppy passing though.

 

[flames23]

Thanks Kadri
You are worth every penny

Good news is that positive regression to the mean is inevitable...I hope.

 

[BRobMint]

I like that they pushed hard towards the end. But this team just lacks chemistry and high-end talent

 

[Tofveve]

Nothing is too unexpected. Here we are.

See you next game everyone, hopefully we win somehow haha.

 

[JurassicTunga]

until next time

 

[Bounces R Way]

just that kinda game I guess

Played well enough to win, but lost. The passing was turrible. So many passes into skates.
Score a powerplay goal and you win this game. Really can't be dropping points to teams like Columbus.

Defense all looked tired and a step slow except Gilbert.

 

[Lukin1978]

 

[Boomstick]

Not happy with no points tonight. Wish it wasn't a back to back.

 

[Tofveve]

I like that they pushed hard towards the end. But this team just lacks chemistry and high-end talent

Not to lament the past, but seriously, the chemistry of Hudler/Monahan/Gaudreau and then Lindy/Monahan/Gaudreau (Tkachuk) was some of the best I've ever seen since this club's inception. Then to see nothing that even comes close to resembling chemistry in the last year and a is tough to stomach.

 

[Boomstick]

Can't win every time. Onto zee next? Yeah, onto Detroit! Time to play some FFXV Royal Edition.

Take care, y'all. (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠)

I've been playing FFXVI

 

[deleted user]

I've been playing FFXVI

I hear it's awesome. I don't have a system that can play it. Whelp.

 

[Boomstick]

I hear it's awesome. I don't have a system that can play it. Whelp.

Yeah it's fantastic. Might be my 3rd favorite behind VII and IX.

 

[super6646]

I am not going to Columbus for tonight’s game. Too lazy to drive about 3 hours lol. Last year’s game was BRUTAL to watch in person. Hopefully they play better without me there this time around

Yup your fault lol.

Missed the second half of that… didn’t seem like I missed much. Mediocre team is mediocre.

 

[Boomstick]

Ras got 15 PIM at the end of the game. I hope there's no suspension coming.

 

[super6646]

Ras got 15 PIM at the end of the game. I hope there's no suspension coming.

I saw the hit just now. That’s suspension worthy. Dumbass play

 

[DFF]

just that kinda game I guess

Played well enough to win, but lost. The passing was turrible. So many passes into skates.
Score a powerplay goal and you win this game. Really can't be dropping points to teams like Columbus.

Defense all looked tired and a step slow except Gilbert.

Huberdeau and Kadri couldn’t make a simple pass. That’s why they lost.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Huberdeau and Kadri couldn’t make a simple pass. That’s why they lost.

Yup. Huska needs to bag skate them both into the ground if they attempt another saucer pass over a sprawling dman.

maybe later in the season when your timing and touch is dialed in you can do that but for now just rip it low on net to score or for a rebound. Simplify.

 

[johnnyonthspot]

I saw the hit just now. That’s suspension worthy. Dumbass play

I come in peace but wtf was Andersson doing?? That was cheap, dirty and so disrespectful.
Definitely 2 games.

 

[DFF]

I come in peace but wtf was Andersson doing?? That was cheap, dirty and so disrespectful.
Definitely 2 games.

He wasn’t thinking
Probably lost it when he realized they lost to a garbage team

 

[BRobMint]

Re-watched the Ras hit. “Let the intrusive thoughts win” moment. Just stupid. He’s definitely getting something for that

 

[Mobiandi]

We lost to the Jackets again?

 

[Anglesmith]

yeah and you geniuses said the same about Bouwmeester when he was here. you were wrong then, probably still wrong now.

Interestingly, I heard Mike Johnson talking about exactly this phenomenon this morning on NHL radio. He was talking about Ryan Nugent-Hopkins at the time, but his point was basically this: basically every NHLer is giving 100% effort 100% of the time, and to think otherwise is foolish (keep in mind this guy played in the NHL and has no reason to lie).

But he said that certain guys like RNH have a posture that makes them look low-intensity even at their most intense moments. Guys like Brandon Tanev can look like they are trying a billion times harder while doing the same shit just due to skating style and how they have been trained/not trained to get the most out of their respective bodies.

I think I used to fall victim to this a lot with Dougie Hamilton. At the time, I always felt like Kris Russell was a better defenceman in spite of everything kind of saying the opposite. I think a lot of it came down to Russell looking more intense while Hamilton skated... not unlike a deer.