Flames - Blue Jackets 15 goal game

[CauZuki]

Imagine if Neal ever decides to show up?!?!

When does the last year of his contract start?

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Sucks to have one of these goalies on your fantasy team.

As one of those suckers with Rittich I saw his stat line for this game in the yahoo app.
9.00GGA!
3 goals on 14 shots.. yikes

 

[qwerty]

When the Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm line get going, they can absolutely lay a beat down. Off the rush they can be down right scary and when Tkachuk is with them on the PP, the cycle game looks impressive.

 

[madmike77]

Sucks to have one of these goalies on your fantasy team.

As one of those suckers with Rittich I saw his stat line for this game in the yahoo app.
9.00GGA!
3 goals on 14 shots.. yikes

Could be worse. You could have Bobrovsky. He gave up 8 before he was pulled.

 

[qwerty]

Could be worse. You could have Bobrovsky. He gave up 8 before he was pulled.

Pretty sure the higher ups asked Torts to keep him in net to get that contract number down

 

[crackdown44]

When does the last year of his contract start?

3 years before Price if that helps

 

[CauZuki]

3 years before Price if that helps

Price will be fine, apparently the D in front of your goaltender matters...I know, I know, it's a crazy theory!

 

[Snakepit]

Lots of Flames fans turned it off after going down 4-1.

Suckers

 

[Anglesmith]

Lots of Flames fans turned it off after going down 4-1.

Suckers

I'm not so sure that's true this year. This isn't exactly a rarity for the Flames this year.

 

[Snakepit]

I'm not so sure that's true this year. This isn't exactly a rarity for the Flames this year.

Seen a few posts saying just that around Reddit and CP.

But who's to blame them, we've all been burned by Gulutzan enough times over the last 2 years

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

True. I think it's coming for Neal. He's been significantly better in the last half dozen games or so.

Neal's gonna save his inevitable 18 goals in 20 games streak for April, May, and June ;P

 

[Mitts]

 

[Snakepit]

Neal's gonna save his inevitable 18 goals in 20 games streak for April, May, and June ;P

Thought he looked good tonight. Made a nice pass on one of the goals but it touched one too many players after so no assist. Managed to finish a game with 6 goals against with an even +/- .

We can all trash the guy for not scoring yet, and that's fair enough, but his sh% of 4 will go up eventually. Not like he's Brouwer out there dragging down anyone around him, he's playing fine just not potting them

 

[Pyrophorus]

Defence wins in the playoffs...

 

[blueandgoldguy]

Most goals by 2 teams since when I wonder?

I would have liked to see Torts reaction to all those second period goals!

 

[qwerty]

Defence wins in the playoffs...

That actually works for the Flames because since their 9-1 drubbing from the Penguins that woke them up, the Flames are the #1 team in goals allowed and shots allowed in the entire league. They’re not even doing this on the backs of unsustainable goaltending which is even more impressive. The stats probably change a bit tonight as I haven’t done the math yet, but the Flames have shown the ability to efficiently defend as well this season.

 

[Fishboy*]

Seen a few posts saying just that around Reddit and CP.

But who's to blame them, we've all been burned by Gulutzan enough times over the last 2 years

Reddit hockey fans aren't real hockey fans.

 

[DJJones]

Ya last two games have been a mess defensively, I can't really say why but way too many odd man rushes. The 15 or so games before that were very tight defensively. First 8 or so was a mess.

I feel confident they'll figure it out by the end of the year. Andersson needs a stronger partner. Stone or Valimaki need to come back. Bottom 4 has been a rollercoaster but it's been 20 games.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Defence wins in the playoffs...

Then the team with the second-fewest shots allowed probably has a good chance in the playoffs

 

[njdevils1982]

saw the score and thought 'joke hockey'…

reminded me of something far worse…….the 2012 playoff series between the flyers and the pens


shameful

 

[tmurfin]

Ya last two games have been a mess defensively, I can't really say why but way too many odd man rushes. The 15 or so games before that were very tight defensively. First 8 or so was a mess.

I feel confident they'll figure it out by the end of the year. Andersson needs a stronger partner. Stone or Valimaki need to come back. Bottom 4 has been a rollercoaster but it's been 20 games.

We had many of those games last year too. The difference this year is, we have the offense and the system freedom to make it competitive still. Last year we just sunk into Gully’s lifeless system and curled up and died. Good teams go through these types of games, they’re the ones who ride the storm and come out on top though.

 

[thebus88]

Surprisingly, there wasn't a single "soft" goal scored. A lot of snipes, tips, rush goals, garbage goals.

You saw the goals scored on Bobrovsky right?

 

[absolute garbage]

Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm low-key one of the best top lines in the league. All 3 players over a PPG + Tkachuk also over a PPG + Gio has 27 points in 28 games + depth.

Tre did a fantastic job addressing scoring this past off-season.

Neal: 3 goals, 5.75M/year (with Brouwer's buyout 7.25M/year).

Brouwer: 6 goals, 875k/year.

 

[tmurfin]

Neal: 3 goals, 5.75M/year (with Brouwer's buyout 7.25M/year).

Brouwer: 6 goals, 875k/year.

Brouwers buyout has nothing to do with Neal’s contract. And besides that, Neal is still 3 times the player Brouwer is, let’s not get it twisted

 

[member 157595]

Sam Bennett is -2

Brett Lebda says hold my Pedialyte