GDT: Chicago Blackhawks (14-28-4) @ Calgary Flames (23-16-9) | 1/26/23 | 7PM MT | Sportsnet & Fan960

[Some Other Flame]

I’m completely checked out.

With an attitude like that, you could play for the Flames one day

 

[DFF]

Fire Sutter
Fire Treliving

 

[BRobMint]

Fire Sutter
Fire Treliving

Once again I must say: Brad’s contract is done and there’s no sign of him getting an extension

 

[Boomstick]

I’m completely checked out.

I'm trying hard to stay positive and engaged, but they're making it hard. That crowd tonight is how I feel, just no reason to cheer whatsoever. I just don't understand the effort this team puts in.

 

[super6646]

I love that any jabroni fan could’ve projected out similar lines as we have rn. Glad a profession coaching staff took 50 games to put together a proper top 9, real awesome guys!

 

[Body Checker]

Unacceptable. Can’t see this team in the playoffs. Are we going into the deadline with a lame duck GM???? What a mess; trade some vets for picks and almost ready prospects. Likely won’t happen though. Wow. 5-1 loss to an AHL team.

 

[Mobiandi]

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Unacceptable. Can’t see this team in the playoffs. Are we going into the deadline with a lame duck GM???? What a mess; trade some vets for picks and almost ready prospects. Likely won’t happen though. Wow. 5-1 loss to an AHL team.

I can. It’ll be a waste of eight days.

 

[joescores]

Sutter and Markstrom combo, did you expect anything else?

 

[Bounces R Way]

Worst thing to me was that Kadri was the only Flame pissed off in that 3rd period. Like you are getting blown out at home by a team trying to be bad.

Go f***ing hit a guy. Scrum it up at least. Show some god damn sack. Instead they did the same ineffectual perimeter board BS get it back to the point and float a 40ft wrister in to hope for the best for 20 minutes. Execution was horrible, like I get it that happens. But no excuse for not giving a shit and packing it in early.

Also : for having such purpordedly great C depth the Flames get pushed to the outside way too easily. They completed approximately one pass to a guy moving in the slot all game and Huberdeau scored off it.

 

[lightstorm]

Once again I must say: Brad’s contract is done and there’s no sign of him getting an extension

He'll walk after handing out franchise crippling deals to Huberdeau, Kadri and Weegar and losing a first to MTL for no reason. That'd be peak Flames.

 

[Puk44]

Well, guess is safe to say that this year Flames wouldn't make the playoffs.
Unless something really unxpected happens...

What I dont get it is, against Tampa few days ago, they had attitude, they played well and they get the win. So, for this team losing with bottom teams, it's not the lack of quality of the players. It's just laziness, lack of focus and very bad options.
If only at the end of this games we could say, "Ok the team played very well but we just got unlucky". But that isn't clearly the case, right?

Something got to change, unfortunately I don't think it will happen this season.

P.S. - I would like an explanation why Ruzicka was scratched. It was one of those things...

 

[herashak]

Get Ruzicka back in there tomorrow

 

[JPeeper]

Glad I slept through the game; blown out 5-1 AT HOME to a team purposely tanking. Gonna miss the playoffs and be in that 11-16 range where we don't even get a shot at Bedard (or Michkov or Fantilli or Carlsson).

With these crap efforts I wonder if the team is tuning Sutter out already.

 

[Anglesmith]

Just an awful effort in this one.

Looking around the league, though, Colorado lost to Anaheim and the Blues lost to Arizona 5-0.

It's not just a Flames thing. Was it a full moon?

 

[crazyfisherman]

On the bright side Pelletier got some serious ice time this game and looked good. Now leave the Coleman backs mangi line alone and shift Pelletier with kadri and hubs would be great

 

[HighLifeMan]

I don't think I have ever witnessed a PP with this amount of skill that looks so disjointed and out of sorts. It's literally a gamechanger - in a bad way. It CLEARLY does not work, and we are 50 games into the season and not a single change has been made to the unit. It's absolute insanity.

Much like how this team simply can't perform with Tanev out of the lineup - the same holds true when Markstrom is in net. They have lost any and all confidence in him and I don't blame them.

This is an ugly situation. That was an absolute embarrassment of a performance.

I bet the result was due to the "young guys" being unprepared though, Right, Darryl?

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Team needs a new coach, a new GM, a new front office. New owners would work wonders too.

 

[Roadrage]

Hawks by 4 paid 40 to 1 btw

Only 40-1?

 

[Tofveve]

Glad I raced home to watch that on my pvr after nightshift. Again.

Get to do it tomorrow morning apparently.

Go banana!

 

[flames23]

Only 40-1?

Yes. -3.5 to be clear meaning 4+ goals not 4 exactly.