GDT: Flames / Yotes, 2:00 MT SNET-F

[FlamerForLife]

At this rate we'll be lucky to get a wild card spot, have no more expectations for this core, they're just mentally weak and fragile group. Always faltering when there's expectations on them.

 

[DFF]

Vegas, Colorado (possibly with Rantanen back) and St Louis next.

Should be fun

Why? every team is fun..i dont think you can expect the Flames to beat any NHL team by default

 

[Mobiandi]

The Coyotes could make a lot of noise in the playoffs. They're extremely well coached.

Sometimes I wonder if our team is built on a foundation of shit. On paper we should be cruising right now but this team totally lacks any sort of work ethic or heart. For the right price I would part with just about anyone from this team

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

The Coyotes could make a lot of noise in the playoffs. They're extremely well coached.

Sometimes I wonder if our team is built on a foundation of ****. On paper we should be cruising right now but this team totally lacks any sort of work ethic or heart. For the right price I would part with just about anyone from this team

Are we really that good on paper? So many glaring issues with the lineup and overrated players like Hammer and Bennett.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I dunno. That was a frustrating game. Flames just couldn't cash in on anything. They had some good stretches and also some real sloppy ones.

Onto Vegas.

 

[DFF]

It's mid November. What kind of fan are you?

This team is broken since last Feb. Thats 9 months in my simple math.

I think they just fluke out for about 40 games last year that got everyone fooled thinking it's a contender.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

It's mid November. What kind of fan are you?

I'm all for winning games but you look at the elite centers - like MacKinnon, Eichel, McDavid, Crosby, Barkov, Malkin, Pettersson, Matthews, etc and it's no coincidence where they were drafted. Especially since the closest thing we have to a Toews tier 1C is Sam Bennett and we're too dumb to even see that, just like when Peters managed to turn Eric Staal into a scrub.

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

Just such a flat footed team.. you watch other teams play and they're always moving and cycling, while the Flames just stand around and wait for the puck. Then we have a gaffe or two a game, which always leads to goals.

 

[super6646]

Are we really that good on paper? So many glaring issues with the lineup and overrated players like Hammer and Bennett.

Hammer had about 60 games of solid play for this team. Otherwise, he has been very pedestrian going back to his last season with the islanders. Stay the duck away from an extension. He’s an above average bottom pairing dman at this point.

Jankowski and Frolik falling off a cliff makes things even worse. Even with the struggles of the top line, our team wouldn’t be in this position if they weren’t playing like horseshit.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Just such a flat footed team.. you watch other teams play and they're always moving and cycling, while the Flames just stand around and wait for the puck. Then we have a gaffe or two a game, which always leads to goals.

This is a coaching issue, among other things.

 

[DFF]

Hammer had about 60 games of solid play for this team. Otherwise, he has been very pedestrian going back to his last season with the islanders. Stay the duck away from an extension. He’s an above average bottom pairing dman at this point.

Jankowski and Frolik falling off a cliff makes things even worse. Even with the struggles of the top line, our team wouldn’t be in this position if they weren’t playing like horse****.

Hammer is a good guy...people are confused between good guy and good player. Even when he was an Isles, he sucked the season before he was traded to us. He was available all year long until BT foolishly overpaid for him. He is what he is, a glorified Derek Engelland.

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

Hammer had about 60 games of solid play for this team. Otherwise, he has been very pedestrian going back to his last season with the islanders. Stay the duck away from an extension. He’s an above average bottom pairing dman at this point.

Jankowski and Frolik falling off a cliff makes things even worse. Even with the struggles of the top line, our team wouldn’t be in this position if they weren’t playing like horse****.

Just a real lack of creating anything high danger. We just stick to the perimeter and hope for tips.. not even sure if Monahan has a goal for his usual high danger areas in the slot this year, which is his bread and butter. So frustrating to have last season go well for the most part and then revert back to mediocrity, while having dudes like Lucic on the team that eat up the cap to find any help.. maybe Tre is fired this year even with the extension.

 

[lightstorm]

Why? every team is fun..i dont think you can expect the Flames to beat any NHL team by default

I certainly dont. They have what, 6 regulation wins in 22 games?

I'm on the Laf bandwagon

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

It’s almost like a throwback to our Sutter teams where we have zero skilled forwards outside of like 2-3 players.

 

[Janks]

Missed the game, but doesn’t look like I missed much. On the bright side, got some Pink Whitney finally.

 

[DFF]

It’s almost like a throwback to our Sutter teams where we have zero skilled forwards outside of like 2-3 players.

Johnny can't pass any more and his favorite hockey move is the low percentage shot at the side of the net

I do not think we even have 2-3 good players any more...at least Sutter had iggy

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

It’s almost like a throwback to our Sutter teams where we have zero skilled forwards outside of like 2-3 players.

We just aren't good at anything. Not a big team nor are we a fast team., which makes us easy to game plan for when teams actually zero in on us.

The definition of mediocre.

 

[viper0220]

It’s almost like a throwback to our Sutter teams where we have zero skilled forwards outside of like 2-3 players.

I don't know why but this seems very true.

 

[viper0220]

Johnny can't pass any more and his favorite hockey move is the low percentage shot at the side of the net

I do not think we even have 2-3 good players any more...at least Sutter had iggy

Iginla alone carried this team, this right now is just depressing.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I guess you meant to say "wonderful starting time for all the European Flames fans to enjoy, too bad it's not like this every Saturday"

I'm glad you got to suffer with the rest of us in real time.

 

[JPeeper]

I certainly dont. They have what, 6 regulation wins in 22 games?

I'm on the Laf bandwagon

As the captain of the Lafreniere Train, I accept all new passengers.

ALL ABOARD

 

[JPeeper]

Vegas, Colorado (possibly with Rantanen back) and St Louis next.

Should be fun

Would not be surprised to see us at 10-12-3 at the end of next week.

We're only in a wildcard spot right now 'cause we've played 3-4 more games than everyone else.

 

[Iggys Dome]

@JPeeper wheres that Laf gif when you need it, you know what I’m talking about

 

[Anglesmith]

I only got to watch this game starting at the Soderberg goal celebration.

Honestly, the Flames played a great game from then on. They are seriously snakebitten. Monahan all year this year has made a habit of flubbing opportunities that he has now a significant track record of burying; it's the weirdest thing. I tuned in and one of the first things I see is a chance where Monahan gets the puck point blank and misses the net.

This could go one of two ways based on what we've seen from this core. Either their good play will lead to results, as they'll have a breakout game, the floodgates will open, and we'll chuckle about this rough patch later, or else they will become demoralized by the lack of finish right now, stop doing the good things they've been doing, and end up getting blown out. I... hope for the best. Frustrating as hell as a fan when the team can't score.

 

[Volica]

The problem with this team will always circle back to not tanking for enough years.
Calgary essentially pulled the pin on a rebuild three years in, they only got Tkachuk because they weren't as good as they thought. Without him, this team would be lotto bad. We never got our elite 1C, and we'll always be playing from behind because of it.

Monahan isn't a 1C you can win with.
Backlund, while a great defensive 2C, isn't a guy a talent like Tkachuk should be playing with.
Ryan is a fine bottom 6C
Jankowski is barely an NHL talent.

The closest thing we have to a top line centre is Lindy... the problem is when you start shifting around it exposes other players.

Dunno. Calgary needs a great veteran here. Not a Lucic who'll play a few minutes a night, but a guy who's been a major player in this league (and still is) who can show these younger guys what it takes every night.