GDT: Flames @ Stars: 3:30 MT

[super6646]

We won a playoff series... I can’t believe it. Hopefully game 1 will be a start of more postseason success. Also anytime my win streak is over I expect mods to bar me from making gdts for playoff games forever for reasons ofc

Will post lineups later today. Gfg!

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[DirtDiver]

Cant wait for it. Its going to be a great day for hockey in August....

Anyways we need to play smart and controlled. No bone head passes please.

 

[Boomstick]

Let's go boys. I think this series will be all about puck possession. Limit the turnovers and stay out of the penalty box.
Play fast, play hard, play with heart. Be faster, be smarter.
Go Flames!

 

[Body Checker]

Bennett, Dube and Mangi need to be good again......I worry that Johnny will be ineffective against a stingy team like Dallas

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Bennett, Dube and Mangi need to be good again......I worry that Johnny will be ineffective against a stingy team like Dallas

The data suggests that Gaudreau is pretty effective from a possession perspective against the 5v5 matchups Dallas has tossed his way over the last few years:

vs:
Lindell 56 mins TOI 60.6 xGF%
Faksa 47 min TOI 57.3 xGF%
Heiskanen 42 min TOI 54.1 xGF%
Radulov 41 min TOI 51.5 xGF%
Benn 36 min TOI 55.1 xGF%
Seguin 32 min TOI 70.3 xGF%

I think he'll have a bit more space than he did vs Winnipeg, as the Jets D group is a significantly more physical group than that of the Stars.

 

[Fig]

Help me cheer harder for the boys tonight! Getting ready to welcome a new Flames fan into the world. I'll be gone probably today and the next few days and probably won't have the time nor energy to tune in.

 

[Anglesmith]

Help me cheer harder for the boys tonight! Getting ready to welcome a new Flames fan into the world. I'll be gone probably today and the next few days and probably won't have the time nor energy to tune in.

A preemptive congratulations!

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Help me cheer harder for the boys tonight! Getting ready to welcome a new Flames fan into the world. I'll be gone probably today and the next few days and probably won't have the time nor energy to tune in.

Congrats!

 

[InfinityIggy]

go flam.

 

[DCDM]

Help me cheer harder for the boys tonight! Getting ready to welcome a new Flames fan into the world. I'll be gone probably today and the next few days and probably won't have the time nor energy to tune in.

Congratulations!

 

[Mobiandi]

Help me cheer harder for the boys tonight! Getting ready to welcome a new Flames fan into the world. I'll be gone probably today and the next few days and probably won't have the time nor energy to tune in.

Congrats!

 

[CamPopplestone]

Put half my vbucks on a win tonight, and the rest on a Flames series win

 

[Kahvi]

Help me cheer harder for the boys tonight! Getting ready to welcome a new Flames fan into the world. I'll be gone probably today and the next few days and probably won't have the time nor energy to tune in.

Congrats!

 

[Rubi]

Put half my vbucks on a win tonight, and the rest on a Flames series win

Thanks for reminding me. I'm going all in on a Flames win for this game. Go big or go home I say.

 

[User1996]

Hopefully they don’t come out flat not having played in awhile and presumably no skate this morning

 

[Ace Rimmer]

 

[Bounces R Way]

A 1st period goal on Ben Bishop from Tkachuk to set the tone would really butter my biscuit.

 

[Tkachuky]

Help me cheer harder for the boys tonight! Getting ready to welcome a new Flames fan into the world. I'll be gone probably today and the next few days and probably won't have the time nor energy to tune in.

No excuses! I watched the game on iPad with the newborn day he was born in February with him on my lap.

But seriously congrats and enjoy the moments! First baby?

 

[super6646]

Thanks for doing my job for me

 

[Rubi]

A 1st period goal on Ben Bishop from Tkachuk to set the tone would really butter my biscuit.

Do you know for sure that Bishop is playing?

 

[Rubi]

Thanks for doing my job for me

Sheeeshh... somebody has to.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Do you know for sure that Bishop is playing?

No I don't actually. But Stars fans seem to think he's in.

 

[Deen]

All I ask is that we crash the net. Bishop is 6 foot 6. We need to make him scramble. Tkachuk and Johnny are wizards in tight and that's a whole lot of girth to move around inside.

 

[SKRusty]

Do you know for sure that Bishop is playing?

Lobardias and Steinberg are waiting for the pre-game skate to see who leads them out on the ice.

 

[User1996]

Khudobin