GDT: Tuesday in Philadelphia: CGY at PHI 5:00MT

[Anglesmith]

Flames

vs.

:

Raymond - Monahan - Hudler
Bouma - Backlund - Jones
Gaudreau - Jooris - Colborne
Ferland - Shore - Poirier

Russell - Wideman
Brodie - Engelland
Diaz - Potter

Ramo
Hiller

:

Raffl - Giroux - Simmonds
Read - Couturier - Voracek
White - Schenn - Umberger
VandeVelde - Bellemare - Lecavalier

Schultz - Streit
del Zotto - Schenn
Colaiacovo - MacDonald

Mason
Zepp

Gio's done for the season.

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[DCDM]

Tank for McDavid!

Am I doing it right?

 

[FlamesFan18]

Now you're just some Baertschi that I used to know.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Now you're just some Baertschi that I used to know.

Baertschi didn't have to cut me off. Change your jersey and then act like we were nothing.

 

[Lunatik]

Lines at today's practice. They have demoted Granlund, Poirier and Ferland; unsure of which will be recalled. Also Shore has been recalled.

Mason Raymond - Sean Monahan - Jiri Hudler
Lance Bouma - Mikael Backlund - David Jones
Johnny Gaudreau - Josh Jooris - Joe Colborne
Brandon Bollig - Markus Granlund - Emile Poirier

Kris Russell - Dennis Wideman
TJ Brodie - Deryk Engelland
Raphael Diaz - Corey Potter

Karri Ramo

 

[Anglesmith]

Glad to see Gaudreau demoted, as his last few games he's looked a little below the pace. Let him see some lighter minutes and see how that goes.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Win it for Gio!

 

[Lunatik]

Glad to see Gaudreau demoted, as his last few games he's looked a little below the pace. Let him see some lighter minutes and see how that goes.

I want to see Hudler change lines actually. I just haven't been impressed with him recently. I'd like to juggle things completely; I want to see:

Raymond - Backlund - Hudler
Gaudreau - Monahan - Colborne
Bouma - Jooris - Jones (Stajan as C on this line if he returns)
Bollig - Granlund - Shore (Jooris as C if Stajan returns)

 

[DFF]

7-6 for Flyers

Monahan-2
Gaudreau-2
Brodie-2

Everybody wins

 

[Boumsalot]

#playoffsforGio

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

To all you #freeSven'ers. Look at what you did, we freed him and he ran to the ocean.

Hopefully with Sven and Curtis gone, this team just focus on hockey now. Should be a great game between my 2 favourite teams. I'll have my new Johnny retro on for tomorrow's game, it finally showed up

 

[Yung Rotini]

Lines at today's practice. They have demoted Granlund, Poirier and Ferland; unsure of which will be recalled. Also Shore has been recalled.

Mason Raymond - Sean Monahan - Jiri Hudler
Lance Bouma - Mikael Backlund - David Jones
Johnny Gaudreau - Josh Jooris - Joe Colborne
Brandon Bollig - Markus Granlund - Emile Poirier

Kris Russell - Dennis Wideman
TJ Brodie - Deryk Engelland
Raphael Diaz - Corey Potter

Karri Ramo

MayRay with Monahan and Hudler? Me likey.

 

[Calculon]

Line blender's going to out in full force. Wouldn't be surprised to see Shore centre the fourth line with Granlund sent down and Stajan not back yet.

 

[Lunatik]

Line blender's going to out in full force. Wouldn't be surprised to see Shore centre the fourth line with Granlund sent down and Stajan not back yet.

I don't know why I was thinking of Shore as a RW, you are right though, I could totally see a Bollig - Shore - Ferland/Poirier 4th line.

 

[Fantasy Billionaire]

To all you #freeSven'ers. Look at what you did, we freed him and he ran to the ocean.

Hopefully with Sven and Curtis gone, this team just focus on hockey now. Should be a great game between my 2 favourite teams. I'll have my new Johnny retro on for tomorrow's game, it finally showed up

My Favourite 2 teams also.
My dream Stanley Cup final.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

My Favourite 2 teams also.
My dream Stanley Cup final.

It almost happened the year we played Tampa. If I'm not mistaken, Philly took the Bolts to a game 7 the series before us.

 

[CraigsList]

I think that Gaudreau - Jooris - Colborne line is going to have the best game.

 

[Flaming Satan]

Too bad Poirier got sent down, he had a good couple of games.

 

[Dack]

I want to see Hudler change lines actually. I just haven't been impressed with him recently. I'd like to juggle things completely; I want to see:

Raymond - Backlund - Hudler
Gaudreau - Monahan - Colborne
Bouma - Jooris - Jones (Stajan as C on this line if he returns)
Bollig - Granlund - Shore (Jooris as C if Stajan returns)

I agree with this completely I thought that Gaudreau was a beast in New Jersey and that lately Hudler has been slowing down.

 

[GAMO1992]

Either the team will be deflated and be a no show tonight, or come out guns a blazin'.
Either way, our playoff chances just decreased significantly. IF option 2 happens, I don't expect it to last for long.
I have some hope, but we are basically up against L.A right now for the 3rd spot in division. Can we beat them out?

 

[Anglesmith]

It almost happened the year we played Tampa. If I'm not mistaken, Philly took the Bolts to a game 7 the series before us.

Yup. I grew up a Flyers fan second to the Flames (ie the Flyers were my "playoff team"). Simon Gagne was one of my favourite players back when he was breaking into the league. I even have a Flyers jersey.

During that Cup run, I was so giddy that the Flyers and Flames were going to meet in the Finals. When it was Tampa who edged out Philly, I was really annoyed but still saw the silver lining that at least I could cheer hard for the Flames in the Finals.

 

[Anglesmith]

Too bad Poirier got sent down, he had a good couple of games.

We'll see what happens. All those guys needed to be sent down pre-TDL, but some may be back up.

 

[Anglesmith]

Judging by the tweets, it looks like Granlund is back in Glens Falls permanently, Shore is up in his spot, and one or both of Poirier and Ferland has been recalled.

Randy Sportak ‏@SUNRandySportak 3m3 minutes ago
#Flames have assigned C Markus Granlund to the AHL. Was under impression, Poirier and Ferland were yesterday, also. Maybe final two recalled

 

[Anglesmith]

Aaron Vickers ‏@AAVickers 2m2 minutes ago
"We’ve tried to cheer each other up. Haven’t done a great job of it but we’re getting there." ~ http://flames.nhl.com/club/m_news.htm?id=756176 …

 

[CraigsList]

So if one of Poirier/Ferland get called up, will they permanently not be able to participate in the playoffs? If that's the case, I would want Poirier down in Adirondack and Ferland up here.