Post-Game Talk: Flames @ senators- march 8th- battle of the pesky

[Rodzilla]

2 points is 2 points they say.

Can't sit back like that in the NHL IMO, need better support for Andy

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[Senscore]

Not gaining any ground.


Next game is must win.

 

[saskriders]

Just brutal for the last 25 minutes.


The good think is we are young, and that this should be a learning experience. At least if any of the players were feeling as frantic as I was feeling it will be.

 

[Baby Ryan]

Not a ROW, so it still stings on the stat sheet.

Must win against Boston (already was), especially with everything going the wrong way this weekend in terms of other wild card teams.

 

[Knave]

I thought we started the 3rd pretty good... but then Calgary got its 1st goal and it's like the top 2 lines decided to stop skating because skating is hard work.

 

[Iamok]

Not a ROW, so it still stings on the stat sheet

If it comes down to ROW, there are plenty of other games we pissed points away that would be to blame, rather than this one.

 

[EssendonBombers]

Isn't the old adage that you know a winning steak is coming to an end when you win games you shouldn't? Exhibit A right here.

 

[MiscBrah]

Sucks to not get the ROW win. 2 points is 2 points. I want to see the guys learn from this going forward. We're not a team that can take their foot off the gas and still win. Our defence has been looking better because we are playing more in the offensive zone, if we start playing in our zone the defence get exposed again.

 

[saskriders]

Not gaining any ground.


Next game is must win.

Nope, we aren't gaining ground. We are holding onto control though (since we have those two games against Boston), and more importantly we aren't losing ground. We are going to have to be winning whether Boston is losing now, later, or never.

 

[Knave]

If it comes down to ROW, there are plenty of other games we pissed points away that would be to blame, rather than this one.

We're far enough behind already that I doubt it comes down to 1 ROW.

 

[Rodzilla]

All we seemed to do was dump the puck in and never went to get it. First 2 periods were awesome, one line who didn't quit was Condra-Pageau-Lazar who were all very good. They have been ever since being put together IMO.

Stone was very good in the first 2 periods, many takeaways and a lot of great passes. Great game for Michalek too, on the other hand wasn't a fan of Karlsson today, came up big in the SO but in the game thought he missed the extra gear and made some bad decisions, didn't like a lot of our dmens tonight to be honest.


I don't get how the team didn't support Andy better than that, if a guy coming off 6 weeks of injury doesn't motivate you to help him what will?

 

[Tundraman]

I can see Puempel getting benched or sent down and either Prince or Robinson gets a call-up for the Bruins game.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

I wonder if they'll give Buddy another look?

May be a good time to recall him vs. the " Big Bad Bruins"

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

hope we stop playing favorites with puempel when he's clearly not ready

 

[Senscore]

Nope. We are holding onto control though (since we have those two games against Boston), and more importantly we aren't losing ground. We are going to have to be winning whether Boston is losing now, later, or never.

Losing to Boston in any of those games is going to be a huge obstacle to overcome.

 

[saskriders]

We're far enough behind already that I doubt it comes down to 1 ROW.

I agree. The only times ROW matters anymore is the 5 games against Boston, Florida, and Philly.

 

[Rodzilla]

I wonder if they'll give Buddy another look?

May be a good time to recall him vs. the " Big Bad Bruins"

Thing is Robinson doesn't really play big

 

[danishh]

Nope. We are holding onto control though (since we have those two games against Boston), and more importantly we aren't losing ground. We are going to have to be winning whether Boston is losing now, later, or never.

pst... the next game is against boston.

 

[saskriders]

Losing to Boston in any of those games is going to be a huge obstacle to overcome.

Sorry, I meant "nope, we aren't gaining any ground, but.....

 

[Micklebot]

Isn't the old adage that you know a winning steak is coming to an end when you win games you shouldn't? Exhibit A right here.

Idk, it's not like we didn't outplay the flames by a wide margin for most of that game. We got on our heels and did some bad things out there but by in large we were the better team that game imo. The flames showing up for 10-15 mins doesn't mean they deserved a win.

 

[alfie follower]

they'll go with Anderson next game, unless he develops more hand problems tomorrow

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Good God, what did I just watch?

Good life lesson for the young guys, I guess.

 

[saskriders]

pst... the next game is against boston.

Meant nope, we aren't gaining ground.

Edited post to clarify, since it sounded pretty stupid after reading it

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

All we seemed to do was dump the puck in and never went to get it. First 2 periods were awesome, one line who didn't quit was Condra-Pageau-Lazar who were all very good. They have been ever since being put together IMO.

Stone was very good in the first 2 periods, many takeaways and a lot of great passes. Great game for Michalek too, on the other hand wasn't a fan of Karlsson today, came up big in the SO but in the game thought he missed the extra gear and made some bad decisions, didn't like a lot of our dmens tonight to be honest.


I don't get how the team didn't support Andy better than that, if a guy coming off 6 weeks of injury doesn't motivate you to help him what will?

Because this team is so used to Anderson bailing them out, there was no urgency for them to turn their game around.

With Hammond, they had the pressure of not being the reason the magical run ended.

The support for both goalies were night and day.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Isn't the old adage that you know a winning steak is coming to an end when you win games you shouldn't? Exhibit A right here.

What? We dominated play for 40 minutes. In that span we scored 4 goals, hit a number of posts and got robbed by Hiller on numerous occasions.

CGY played well for 20 minutes, got a couple goals off fortunate bounces and lucked their way into a point.

We were the better team in that game no doubt.