GDT: Going to the Big M and I Mo Mean Minnesota (3:00 MT Dec 23)

[JurassicTunga]

The Hanifin and Hamonic pairing needs to end.
Not sure why we scratched Kylington in back to back games...

bad game for the Flames, but also kinda boned by the schedule. 2 games in 20 or so hours? can see why they would be flat.

Still, they could've been better.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

I mean on the plus side, we don't have to worry about the break disrupting the momentum of any win streaks right?

 

[DFF]

How many times have we been shut out now?
We didn't have one shot that was dangerous. I think my cat could have shut out the Flames today.

Hey we kicked one in. That was dangerous...lol

 

[DFF]

We are just resting for mcdavid


Everything is under control

Hopefully Mike Smith will help us out

 

[super6646]

The Hanifin and Hamonic pairing needs to end.
Not sure why we scratched Kylington in back to back games...

bad game for the Flames, but also kinda boned by the schedule. 2 games in 20 or so hours? can see why they would be flat.

Still, they could've been better.

If they have survived 30+ games with play like this, they ain't getting split. Coaching staff and management look clueless to the obvious.

 

[FerklundCGY]

This is starting to feel like Gulutzan era hockey.

In terms of how boring it is to watch right now, I agree. But under Gulutzan in his final year, the Flames generally outplayed teams and were killed by puck luck, which corrected itself in a massive way the following season under Peters.

But statistically, this is much closer to the Hartley era. Only difference is he coached a team with no talent to an unsustainable season and a second round appearance before their unsustainable play inevitably caught up to them the following season.

Ward has great talent to coach, so the Flames could quite easily still grab a Playoff spot despite poor 5v5 play, but this 8-3-1 record under him is far from sustainable.

 

[Dack]

I'd rather the team be bad and enjoyable to watch than mediocre and whatever the hell this is

 

[DFF]

I'd rather the team be bad and enjoyable to watch than mediocre and whatever the hell this is

Ward mixes the lines so much, now we have 4 3rd lines and playing like it

 

[Mobiandi]

I'd rather the team be bad and enjoyable to watch than mediocre and whatever the hell this is

When Hall signs, we'll get an easy 1OV

 

[FerklundCGY]

I'd rather the team be bad and enjoyable to watch than mediocre and whatever the hell this is

Honestly, I completely agree with you.

I'd rather be very entertained watching a bad team play than a mediocre team playing nap-worthy hockey.

 

[Anglesmith]

Team played at two extremes of the USA with less than 24 hours between. Not surprised they didn't have much.

Hopefully we're ready to go coming out of the break.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Team played at two extremes of the USA with less than 24 hours between. Not surprised they didn't have much.

Hopefully we're ready to go coming out of the break.

It really should be a rule thateven if you don't leave a time zone you're guaranteed 24 hours between start times.

That's not a huge ask.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I will also give a shout-out to our broadcast crew for not being overly blatant homers like in the Boston broadcast I'm watching.

 

[Body Checker]

That was one boring game

 

[FlamerForLife]

Was a poor effort but chalk this up as a "schedule" loss which would be easier to take if we were doing better but it is what it is.

Shutout for the 5th time in 39 games, pretty sure we were shutout 3 or 4 times all of last season, so that's not good.

Lastly, we've barely ever given Talbot run support this year, he's let in some softies but he still has a .913 save %.
In his 10 starts the Flames have scored a total of 19 goals, only scoring more than 3 goals twice and scoring 1 or less 5 times.

 

[Fig]

Man, I thought we saw the worst of the Jekyll and Hyde stuff under Gully...

How many shutouts have we handed other teams so far??

 

[Ace Rimmer]