GDT: Flames @ Sharks - 2:00 PM MT - SNW

[72hockey guy]

im no blaming Monahan I just meant that early in the season he and Gaudreau were on fire, and I thought at the time they might both be ppg players, but they suddenly fell off

 

[Tofveve]

Goaltending after the Smith injury is definitely part of it, but I think Brodie having a down year, combined with Backlund and Froliks offensive totals dropping, with no improvement from Bennett, and Versteeg getting hurt (he helps the PP plus while inconsistent, is a bit more offensively creative) and Jankowski in his first season, it was the stuff adding up.

If Jankowski improves next year, that Will help a ton

Janks takes nearly the full ice to turn lol. I'll probably take heat for that too. Good hands, positioning, but isn't super fast and not agile laterally. IMO.

 

[Tofveve]

At least we are winning

Is this Justin Trudeau philosophy of if you win you lose?

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Well at least Andersson looks like he’ll play for a decade in this league.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Fun fact, Kane has scored more goals against us this season than any other player in the NHL with 6 goals in only 2 games. Actually I don’t know if he has the most, but he probably does.

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Is this Justin Trudeau philosophy of if you win you lose?

I never lost my virginity because I don't lose. #winning

 

[JPeeper]

im no blaming Monahan I just meant that early in the season he and Gaudreau were on fire, and I thought at the time they might both be ppg players, but they suddenly fell off

Yeah I get it. Not saying your wrong, I just mean that the team shouldn't have to rely on mony or Johnny to supply literally all the offense for the entire year .

 

[ujju2]

Is this Justin Trudeau philosophy of if you win you lose?

Sorry to be an Oilers fan dropping in, but I'll have to take my shot at Trudeau. "The game will win itself."

 

[72hockey guy]

Yeah I get it. Not saying your wrong, I just mean that the team shouldn't have to rely on mony or Johnny to supply literally all the offense for the entire year .

oh definitely not, secondary scoring makes all the difference

 

[DFF]

Is this Justin Trudeau philosophy of if you win you lose?

Almost...we win the SOG game and puck going in is just plain luck

At least I believe that is GG's philosophy

 

[Boomstick]

At this rate we're not going to finish above 0.500

Well, we are 35-41. In my opinion 10 overtime/shootout losses is still a loss. No chance we're finishing .500 if you look at it my way.

Don't you need 41 wins to finish .500? I think that's proper reasoning.

 

[SKRusty]

IMO the shooting percentage is at unsustainable low levels this year.

This year the Flames had a team shooting percentage of 8.0%(28th) ... in 2016-17 it was 9.3% (14th) and in the middle of the pack. 9.5 (7th)and in 2015-16 and finally 10.5% in 2015-16 good enough for second overall.

In 2015-16 almost all analysts forecasted a correction on Calgary's shooting percentage. Well this year the team ended up with the bad bounces. I can't count how many times a bad bounce did the Flames in this season from ref's not getting out of the way and it squirting onto the oppositions stick, to Frolik's gaffe passing the puck towards Mike Smith to weird bounces of the glass.

The underlying numbers for the Flames are very good. The largest issue the Flames have is getting the PP going which was rectified somewhat when Tkachuk was put on the top unit. Many here looked at 2015-16 and said the underlying numbers are horrid look out because the Flames will come back to earth.

I am saying right now the underlying numbers are very good especially considering half the team is under 25. Those numbers are only going to get better. This season is a blip on the way to good things.

 

[DFF]

yeah it's just bad luck man....good thing is next year we can celebrate the 30 yrs curse

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Was this what it was like for the Oilers under Eakins? Serious question.

Edit: lurking Oiler fans please feel free to respond, I'm honestly curious.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

This year the Flames had a team shooting percentage of 8.0%(28th) ... in 2016-17 it was 9.3% (14th) and in the middle of the pack. 9.5 (7th)and in 2015-16 and finally 10.5% in 2015-16 good enough for second overall.

Look, I agree that luck is a factor but it's pretty clear that the style we employed before Gulutzan was more effective offensively. We did to opponents what opponents have been doing to us all year - let them set up in the zone so that we could catch them out of position for outnumbered attacks with speed.

The Flames are not as bad as they have looked but they are grossly underperformipng beyond just luck.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Best moment of the last week.

 

[GuitarGuy]

Glad I missed this (was sleeping), but would have missed it anyway if I didn't sleep. Why bother watching anymore, the team has given up completely.

Sucks that we probably won't win another game this season (look who we play lol) when we don't have a first round pick to tank.

By far the worst seasons I've had to watch in the past 15 years.

True fans will watch through anything. No matter how bad it is.

 

[DCDM]

True fans will watch through anything. No matter how bad it is.

This is a silly post. I will always be a fan of this team but that doesn't mean I can't think for myself. I'm not subjecting myself to this poor excuse for hockey.

 

[lightstorm]

So how long till Backlund becomes the next whipping boy?

 

[Mobiandi]

Yeah i'm not watching this garbage hockey. No Monahan, no Tkachuk, no Brodie, no hope for playoffs. What's the point

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

This is a silly post. I will always be a fan of this team but that doesn't mean I can't think for myself. I'm not subjecting myself to this poor excuse for hockey.

It’s also a chance to show management the product isn’t to satisfaction. If attendance, ratings and jersey/merchandise sales all stay the same, it doesn’t apply much pressure to ownership for change. I personally think the results this season were unacceptable, so as a true fan I won’t support this product. But like you, I will always be a fan.

 

[Lunatik]

Another Hamilton penalty.

Do you understand the irony of you shitting on a good player for taking penalties, when you continue to prop Bennett up on a pedestal despite being a very average player that takes a ton of penalties?

 

[Lunatik]

Yeah i'm not watching this garbage hockey. No Monahan, no Tkachuk, no Brodie, no hope for playoffs. What's the point

Because you're a fan? Or are you?

 

[Mobiandi]

Because you're a fan? Or are you?

There are literally two other posts on the same page that have alluded to why this line of thinking is ridiculous.

But yeah, I'm not a fan because I don't want to waste 3 hours a day, 6 more times watching meaningless hockey.

 

[CamPopplestone]

I don't think it's totally black and white. If you don't want to watch meaningless games. I get that. But if you're the kind of fan who will only be there when the team is successful, then disappear and jump ship when it's bad times, not really the kind of fan I would ever want to associate with