GDT: Flames @ Coyotes, The Beginning of the End, 8:00 MT SNET-W

[FlamerForLife]

Honestly at this point I hope they shut Monahan down for the rest of the season, no point having him play injured when we're pretty much out of it, let him have surgery or whatever he needs to recover and shift focus onto next season.

 

[herashak]

Flames pp 1/31 in the last 11 games. Looks really bad on coaches.

 

[Master Bill]

Honestly the coach should be let go after this game. There’s no reason to prolong it. The players have quit on the season, send the message for next season now.

This is what I thought as well. It definitely looks like he lost the players. They have no motivation when trailing late in the game.

I've said this repeatedly this season, but this team must be the worst at playing with an empty-net in the league. The forwards don't know how to support each other, they don't know how to press, and the D are clueless holding the line. This is completely on coaching. How they play 6 on 5 make me believe they have never practised it all season.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Okay we've had motivation with zero structure in Hartley, and structure with minimal motiation in Gulutzan. Can we please get a coach that does some of both next?

 

[JPeeper]

The 2016 season was similar in a way to the last week we've had (as in no Tkachuk on the team). Roster is basically the exact up front as it was 2 seasons ago, but that year after all we endured we ended up drafting Tkachuk.

This year we don't draft until the 4th round.

Enough of this defensive minded bullshit, start acquiring some damn forwards and trust your f***ing prospects. Tell me how Andersson, Kulak, Fox and Valimaki aren't good enough over f***ing dogshit Michael Stone? And while Hamonic solidified the top 4, Brodie regressed playing on the left side and Gio is continually going to get older (albeit still really good). You graduated Andersson, Fox and Valimaki and that's your 2nd line with Vali and Ras and 6th with Fox + pp time. Who f***ing cares if they fail and it takes them a year to find their groove. I'd rather watch them learn and get better than continuing to put up with this shit hockey I watch every 2nd day.

 

[CamPopplestone]

I'm disappointed, but damn so many people take sports way too seriously lol. I just can't fathom letting what's essentially just entertainment ruining your day like this

 

[Bounces R Way]

 

[Iggys Dome]

I'm disappointed, but damn so many people take sports way too seriously lol. I just can't fathom letting what's essentially just entertainment ruining your day like this

What's the fun in sports if it doesn't literally dictate your mood the next day?

/half joking

 

[Lunatik]

How about maybe punting Treliving. He's the one who assembled this team. Bad timing having no 1st round picks this year unless he can grab some or one before the draft. You can't keep giving him a pass.

Boy do we love Canuck fans that are completely clueless coming here to rub salt in the wounds

 

[Skobel24]

Honestly at this point I hope they shut Monahan down for the rest of the season, no point having him play injured when we're pretty much out of it, let him have surgery or whatever he needs to recover and shift focus onto next season.

Agreed. Perfect opportunity to have Bennett step up and give him a chance to prove he can be effective in the top 6 too.


Gaudreau - Bennett - Ferland
Brouwer - Backlund - Frolik
Tkachuk - Jankowski - Lazar

 

[King In The North]

How about maybe punting Treliving. He's the one who assembled this team. Bad timing having no 1st round picks this year unless he can grab some or one before the draft. You can't keep giving him a pass.

Lol Treliving fired before Jim Benning? Yeah okay.

GG goes.

 

[72hockey guy]

Tank 4 Dahlin 4 the Islanders

If you're an islander fan you should be shot..after what buffalo fans did after the vanek trade its despicable.

To all Flames fans I apologize for his classless remark! That as uncalled for.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Wow the first couple of verses are too accurate...

This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes, again

Can you picture what will be, so limitless and free
Desperately in need, of some, stranger's hand
In a, desperate land

 

[Turning Mangiapanese]

If you're an islander fan you should be shot..after what buffalo fans did after the vanek trade its despicable.

To all Flames fans I apologize for his classless remark! That as uncalled for.

Nah, Isles and their fans are cool in these parts just by virtue of the Eberle and Reinhart trades.

 

[Dack]

If you're an islander fan you should be shot..after what buffalo fans did after the vanek trade its despicable.

To all Flames fans I apologize for his classless remark! That as uncalled for.

I'm a flames fan. I'm joking because we've been awful for the past 15 games and just dropped a game to the f***ing Coyotes. Plus at this point the pick has zero effect on us so if it wins we all just kind of laugh (a deep sorrowful laugh) I think.

 

[King In The North]

If you're an islander fan you should be shot..after what buffalo fans did after the vanek trade its despicable.

To all Flames fans I apologize for his classless remark! That as uncalled for.

It's cool man. I just laugh at the Oilers fans mocking us for potentially giving up a high pick as if they didn't just hand Barzal over on a silver platter.

 

[Kahvi]

If you're an islander fan you should be shot..after what buffalo fans did after the vanek trade its despicable.

To all Flames fans I apologize for his classless remark! That as uncalled for.

Appreciate this.

Not sure if everyone here knows, but some Buffalo fans were basically cheering for injuries for Isles in players when they had Isles 1st rd pick.

 

[DCDM]

Appreciate this.

Not sure if everyone here knows, but some Buffalo fans were basically cheering for injuries for Isles in players when they had Isles 1st rd pick.

Wtf I don't remember this. Hope this isn't true but then again Tim Murray wasn't exactly the pinnacle of good influence so...

 

[SmellOfVictory]

I'm disappointed, but damn so many people take sports way too seriously lol. I just can't fathom letting what's essentially just entertainment ruining your day like this

Sports affiliations are generally more than simple entertainment, and there's a whole subset of sociology and psychology based around sports (from a fandom perspective as well as for the athletes and organizations). Fandom is a particular form of group affiliation - you'll notice when people talk about their favourite teams they often say "we" rather than "they" in spite of the fact that fans don't have anything directly to do with the team's performance (in practical terms we don't belong to a team any more than we belong to our favourite clothing store). That affiliation means fans often take it personally when a team loses (or wins), and they feel closer to other fans of the same teams by default, even though they may have nothing else in common. That's why people take sports "way too seriously", because it's a lot different than watching a movie or TV show (although I'd argue that people can get far enough into TV shows that they have similarly strong reactions when major events occur in the TV shows they're watching).

 

[72hockey guy]

I'm a flames fan. I'm joking because we've been awful for the past 15 games and just dropped a game to the ****ing Coyotes. Plus at this point the pick has zero effect on us so if it wins we all just kind of laugh (a deep sorrowful laugh) I think.

im sorry then, i just remember how we on the isles board felt facing daily sabres fans coming in laughing at us for giving them a top 5 pick plus for vanek. it was a near constant barrage of sabres fans laughing at us on our own board. i didnt want to see ANY Isles fans doing a repeat, its crass and uncalled for, plus since our much loved Travis Hamonic is now a flame, i root for you guys.

youre also an easy team to root for with Gaudreau and Hamilton and Monahan

 

[72hockey guy]

Appreciate this.

Not sure if everyone here knows, but some Buffalo fans were basically cheering for injuries for Isles in players when they had Isles 1st rd pick.

very true thanks for remembering, it wasnt sporting in anyway. We as isles fans are having a horrid season, but id never root for an injury to any player. even after that creep Dale Hunter tried to Murder Pierre Turgeon,I wanted him arrested Yes, but injured no



that doesnt belong in hockey and as Hunter said to the isles bench at the time: " if I cant win.(the cup, i assume) now neither will you"

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Wow the first couple of verses are too accurate...

This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes, again

Can you picture what will be, so limitless and free
Desperately in need, of some, stranger's hand
In a, desperate land

You are old man. Well I’m old to cuz I dig this, but you’re older than me.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Sports affiliations are generally more than simple entertainment, and there's a whole subset of sociology and psychology based around sports (from a fandom perspective as well as for the athletes and organizations). Fandom is a particular form of group affiliation - you'll notice when people talk about their favourite teams they often say "we" rather than "they" in spite of the fact that fans don't have anything directly to do with the team's performance (in practical terms we don't belong to a team any more than we belong to our favourite clothing store). That affiliation means fans often take it personally when a team loses (or wins), and they feel closer to other fans of the same teams by default, even though they may have nothing else in common. That's why people take sports "way too seriously", because it's a lot different than watching a movie or TV show (although I'd argue that people can get far enough into TV shows that they have similarly strong reactions when major events occur in the TV shows they're watching).

Well said SoV.