What hurts even more is how we never deserved to win this series.
All the talk about our first line sucking is justified but can we talk about how garbage our norris candidate was too? Just atrocious gap control and defense on the rush, top guys completely laid an egg this playoffs
Who would want him?
You can cherry pick some actually middling examples all you want but the depth production was factually average as a whole, and the worst amongst elite teams. What's worse - it's actually one of the most expensive depth in the league.
I’d love to get him. I don’t think anything is off limits except for Vali and Ras.If it were me I would try to sell the farm for Nolan Patrick.
This core has gotten progressively worse over three trips to the playoffs. Rough ****
Missed this completely. *****e.
I said Mark Jankowski would be a much better player than he is by now, and for that reason I am closing my HFboards account. Soon as I can figure out how.
As my last post, here are the things I believe:
1) TJ Brodie is one of the best players on the Calgary Flames, and a player you win with. It would be a mistake for Calgary to trade him away.
2) Oliver Kylington is going to be a star player in the NHL, and not playing him in the playoffs was a mistake
3) While the Flames deserve some blame for this series, that shouldn't absolve the officiating. In a world where officiating was half decent we are probably in a 2-2 tied series and heading back to Colorado after tonight's loss
4) For the most part, Calgary didn't play bad tonight. This was the only game in the series where they played Flames hockey. The Hanifin-Hamonic pair was a liability and that needs to be addressed, but on a whole I am fine losing the way we did tonight.
5) As choked as I am right now, remember, we got to watch five more games this season than Oilers fans. **** the Oilers.
6) Sean Monahan is not a number one center. He's not even a number two center. He's... just not a center. Move him to wing, even if it's Backlund's wing.
7) Backlund didn't have the best series ever but I still believe in him. He will come back even better next year. He is, unlike Sean Monahan, a center who belongs on the top six of a playoff team.
8) Matthew Tkachuk is only 21. He will be better next year. The Flames need to work with him and a few other guys on skating.
9) Andrew Mangiapane has a very bright future ahead. He will be a top six forward next year.
10) Johnny Gaudreau is still a superstar. I admit, he's not as good as Nathan MacKinnon, but that's not a knock on him. My dream as a fan remains to get him a Jack Eichel calibre linemate to play with.
11) We should still enjoy this regular season. Mark Giordano might win the Norris and that's something that our team has never got to enjoy.
12) Sam Bennett is a Number One Center. He's not perfect, and the team could stand to work on some things with him (maybe get him a slightly flexier stick that lets him get his wrister off quicker?). But if the Flames do not utilize him as the player that he is and continue to misuse him as a 3LW, they are writing their own demise. There's so much to love in this kid, and if my legacy on CFHF is that of someone who never stopped believing in his talent, his complete game, and his ability to dominate, so be it. I have never been frustrated by this player, even when he gets called on chintzy penalties or goes long stretches without scoring because those are things I know are not his own fault. But no, Sam Bennett is not Nathan MacKinnon. We'll never have that kind of talent on our roster without tanking for it. But if we utilize him, I believe we can win a Stanley Cup with him. And if Giordano isn't wearing the C at that time, it should be Sam Bennett as the next captain of the Calgary Flames.
Peace, signed OvermanKingGainer
If this is your last post forever, thanks OKG for all your posts. While some people won’t agree with you on everything, I think we all appreciate the passion you brought to the board. Thank you for being a proponent of the whipping boys, even when it wasn’t popular and seeing the positives in a player when they’re struggling.I said Mark Jankowski would be a much better player than he is by now, and for that reason I am closing my HFboards account. Soon as I can figure out how.
As my last post, here are the things I believe:
1) TJ Brodie is one of the best players on the Calgary Flames, and a player you win with. It would be a mistake for Calgary to trade him away.
2) Oliver Kylington is going to be a star player in the NHL, and not playing him in the playoffs was a mistake
3) While the Flames deserve some blame for this series, that shouldn't absolve the officiating. In a world where officiating was half decent we are probably in a 2-2 tied series and heading back to Colorado after tonight's loss
4) For the most part, Calgary didn't play bad tonight. This was the only game in the series where they played Flames hockey. The Hanifin-Hamonic pair was a liability and that needs to be addressed, but on a whole I am fine losing the way we did tonight.
5) As choked as I am right now, remember, we got to watch five more games this season than Oilers fans. **** the Oilers.
6) Sean Monahan is not a number one center. He's not even a number two center. He's... just not a center. Move him to wing, even if it's Backlund's wing.
7) Backlund didn't have the best series ever but I still believe in him. He will come back even better next year. He is, unlike Sean Monahan, a center who belongs on the top six of a playoff team.
8) Matthew Tkachuk is only 21. He will be better next year. The Flames need to work with him and a few other guys on skating.
9) Andrew Mangiapane has a very bright future ahead. He will be a top six forward next year.
10) Johnny Gaudreau is still a superstar. I admit, he's not as good as Nathan MacKinnon, but that's not a knock on him. My dream as a fan remains to get him a Jack Eichel calibre linemate to play with.
11) We should still enjoy this regular season. Mark Giordano might win the Norris and that's something that our team has never got to enjoy.
12) To this day, I contend that waiving Paul Byron broke this team. It broke their identity. It took away one a player who could make a breakaway out of nothing, an elite PKer, a waterbug who exemplified leadership, who was the fastest skater on the ice all 200 feet, who was the first to throw a big hit but the smallest guy out there. We're still suffering a curse from waiving him because we haven't filled that void, not truly.
13) Sam Bennett is a Number One Center. He's not perfect, and the team could stand to work on some things with him (maybe get him a slightly flexier stick that lets him get his wrister off quicker?). But if the Flames do not utilize him as the player that he is and continue to misuse him as a 3LW, they are writing their own demise. There's so much to love in this kid, and if my legacy on CFHF is that of someone who never stopped believing in his talent, his complete game, and his ability to dominate, so be it. I have never been frustrated by this player, even when he gets called on chintzy penalties or goes long stretches without scoring because those are things I know are not his own fault. But no, Sam Bennett is not Nathan MacKinnon. We'll never have that kind of talent on our roster without tanking for it. But if we utilize him, I believe we can win a Stanley Cup with him. And if Giordano isn't wearing the C at that time, it should be Sam Bennett as the next captain of the Calgary Flames.
Peace, signed OvermanKingGainer