Post-Game Talk: Pre-season G3: Calgarystockton Heatflames at Jets (7PM CT, streamed)

[mcpw]

The Flames' NHL players and Anthony Peluso made a trip to China, we're playing against the ones that stayed at home:





Top Line Debuts
Tonight the Jets top line of Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor are scheduled to make their pre-season debut...The trio combined for 77 goals and 208 points last season...Wheeler averaged more than a point per game with 91 points (23G, 68A) in 81 games, while Scheifele had exactly a point per game with 60 points (23G, 37A) in 60 games...Connor led all NHL rookies with 31 goals.
Helle's First
Vezina Trophy finalist Connor Hellebuyck is slated to make his pre-season debut...The Michigan product tied for the NHL lead with 44 wins last season, which was the most by an American-born goaltender in NHL history...He also had a career best .924 save percentage...Hellebuyck signed a six-year, $37 million contract with the Jets this summer.
More Debuts
Two rookie forwards are slated to make their Jets pre-season debuts tonight in C.J. Suess and Kristian Reichel...Suess was selected by the Jets in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL Draft and played his college hockey at Minnesota State, while Reichel signed a contract with the Manitoba Moose this summer after playing two seasons in the WHL with the Red Deer Rebels.
Three-for-Three
Forward Seth Griffith is set to play in his third game of the pre-season tonight and is the only member of the Jets slated to do so...He was a free agent signing on July 1, 2016 by the Jets after playing last season in the Buffalo Sabres organization...The product of Wallaceburg, Ont. has also spent time in the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers organizations.

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[robertocarlos]

It might be on Centre Ice. No, it will be blacked out. How stupid is that?

 

[LucianoBorsato]

The Flames' NHL players and Anthony Peluso made a trip to China, we're playing against the ones that stayed at home:

We will look back someday on hockey history and realize "Only Peluso could go to China"

 

[ffh]

who had seth Griffith with the longest look so far.

 

[Whileee]

who had seth Griffith with the longest look so far.

There's a fine line between "long look" and "pre-season fodder".

In any case, he's actually looked okay at the NHL level. He's certainly been superior to Spacek, which is perhaps not surprising given that he's 4 years older.

 

[csk]

who had seth Griffith with the longest look so far.

Griffith seems like a guy who might have carved out an NHL role if he had been given a chance earlier in his career. He has the tools, but you can really see the AHL in his game

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

It might be on Centre Ice. No, it will be blacked out. How stupid is that?

Someone stated it will be available on the TSN GO App, and if you are a bell, MTS, Shaw customer, you get it free.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

who had seth Griffith with the longest look so far.

His mom.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Woah, didn't even realize this game was not televised. Happy I got tickets to this one.

 

[LucianoBorsato]

I was going to watch the Bombers game anyways, but now I can put the TSNGo app on the tablet and keep my peripheral vision on the Jets game.

 

[Gm0ney]

They're saying it'll be streaming on winnipegjets.com:

 

[MardyBum]

This makes the game yesterday look like an even match.

 

[Zamuz]

hopefully Laine gets a chance with Scheifele

 

[ffh]

There's a fine line between "long look" and "pre-season fodder".

In any case, he's actually looked okay at the NHL level. He's certainly been superior to Spacek, which is perhaps not surprising given that he's 4 years older.

they don't give out pre-season games like candy. for a player like Griffith to get 3 in a row is very rare.

 

[MardyBum]

Wonder who's lucky enough out of the AHLers to play with Frenchy. Probably Griffith.

 

[JetsFan815]

LOL @ the lineup. What's the point of icing this lineup against this Flames lineup? Would have been better to ice tonight's lineup last night and last night's lineup tonight.

Valimaki has been having quite the preseason.

 

[LucianoBorsato]

LOL @ the lineup. What's the point of icing this lineup against this Flames lineup? Would have been better to ice tonight's lineup last night and last night's lineup tonight.

Valimaki has been having quite the preseason.

Well, would you be able to get people to attend a pre-season game with last nights line up? Most people would just opt to see the Moose in a couple weeks for 25 bucks. You have to have some of your stars in to get bums in the seats for these home preseason games. Why do you think McDavid was playing last night at home?

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

hopefully Laine gets a chance with Scheifele

Doubt that happens tonight.

 

[Larabee]

Well, would you be able to get people to attend a pre-season game with last nights line up? Most people would just opt to see the Moose in a couple weeks for 25 bucks. You have to have some of your stars in to get bums in the seats for these home preseason games. Why do you think McDavid was playing last night at home?

Does anyone actually buy a ticket for a pre-season game ?? Most (if not all) bums in the seats are the ones with season tickets.

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Wonder who's lucky enough out of the AHLers to play with Frenchy. Probably Griffith.

I was wondering that myself. And do they continue playing him at RW?

Perhaps...

Connor Scheitele Wheeler
Ehlers Little Laine
Perreault Griffith Lipon
Suess Harkins Reichel

Myers Byfuglien
Chiarot Kulikov
Stoykewich Nogier

And after spending the summer listening to people state that "Kulikov was done", "Kuliokov would miss this season", "Kulikov won't be ready for training camp" it's nice to have him wearing a full contact jersey from day 1 and playing tonight

 

[LucianoBorsato]

Does anyone actually buy a ticket for a pre-season game ?? Most (if not all) bums in the seats are the ones with season tickets.

Many STH do sell their pre-season games (if you can, it's not easy). But can you imagine the empty seats at tonight's game if it was last nights Jets vs tonight's Flames line up?

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

There's a fine line between "long look" and "pre-season fodder".

In any case, he's actually looked okay at the NHL level. He's certainly been superior to Spacek, which is perhaps not surprising given that he's 4 years older.

If he was 4 years younger he would be a prospect. As it is he looks fit for injury call-up.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

they don't give out pre-season games like candy. for a player like Griffith to get 3 in a row is very rare.

They're managing opportunities, but they are also managing 6 games in 8 days.

 

[koth]

Does anyone know if there will be a way to watch the stream of the game from the beginning after the game has started? I won't be home in time for the start of the game, but would still like to watch all of it.

 

[ffh]

They're managing opportunities, but they are also managing 6 games in 8 days.

So they play a guy 3 games in a row when managing 6 games in 8 days. 2 games in 7 should have been his max.