What’s up with Calgary?

[c9777666]

They had a real hot stretch where they were unbeaten for 10+ games, but it seems like since their bye/All Star break they have been alternating wins and losses.

What happened to the team that at one point was within a few points of Vegas in their division?

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[Seanaconda]

Goalie was injured.

 

[MessierII]

They do this every year. One good streak to trick everyone into thinking they are a good team. They are not.

 

[Muffin]

Not a good look for them if they miss the playoffs with no 1st or 2nd round picks this draft.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Coach GG needed to drop more F-bombs during practice, obviously.

 

[RalphKing]

Smith went down at a bad time and they seem to completely cave when momentum swings against them. They are far from a good hockey club right now.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

They had a real hot stretch where they were unbeaten for 10+ games, but it seems like since their bye/All Star break they have been alternating wins and losses.

What happened to the team that at one point was within a few points of Vegas in their division?

No one thing in particular. 3v3 went cold, then power play went cold, then defensive play had some lapses, the goaltending went cold. I think the biggest issue for the season as a whole is that Jagr and Versteeg were never healthy (even when in the lineup) leaving a big hole at 3RW that the coach tried to plug with Hathaway, who is not a top 9 NHL forward and makes the Zach Hymans look like Evgeni Malkins. Because of this, the line that probably could have carried our secondary scoring never had the consistency they needed.

Now if I were GM I would also trade Monahan+Hamilton for the best U25 RHS #1C I can get in return, but that's not vital.

I think they are a good team that maybe needed a year with some injuries to get prospects like Kylington or Mangiapane into the lineup to jumpstart the team and never got it. Too healthy.

 

[johnjm22]

They're just not a good team. They don't have that many good players.

Mediocre/average at best.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

I did read Ferland had arrived.

His 2 goals in the last 26 games suggest otherwise.

Title should have been, Ferland is having a hot streak.

 

[RazorRamon]

They went full Calgary, man. Never go full Calgary.

 

[therealkoho]

Dougie Hamilton is getting too many minutes

 

[Seanaconda]

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Smith went down at a bad time and they seem to completely cave when momentum swings against them. They are far from a good hockey club right now.

idk their team isn't exactly bad .they have no top forward talent other than johnny but they are only really weak on rw . And have no goalies when Smith is out.

Lw depth is great. Center is fine. Defense is great . Rw is awful .

 

[X66]

It's just the usual thing around the NHL.

They don't have the pieces to overcome the fact they don't have a franchise center.

Franchise centers hide a lot of holes, without one you better hope you're really good in every other area, and the Flames aren't.

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

It's Jagr's ghost.

He's in the dressing room, he's on the ice, he's on the plane...

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Imagine needing a top9/line F so bad and acquiring Chris Stewart instead of topping the package SJS got for E.Kane

Piss off Treliving

 

[Baxterman]

Imagine needing a top9/line F so bad and acquiring Chris Stewart instead of topping the package SJS got for E.Kane

Piss off Treliving

We have Gaudreau and Tkachuk on LW already and none of those 3 have shown a lot to indicate they would be a good fit to move to the right side.

We don't have a first or second this year so topping the Sharks offer means wasting more assets to maybe make the play-offs. Kane is a pile of garbage on and off the ice and would make the Flames worse not better.

Not getting Kane was the best move Treliving could have made at the deadline.

 

[Advanced stats]

Their overrated so badly and have been for a few years.

The solution is to get a legit 1c and bump Monahan too "elite 2c" position.
No one's trading a 1c though, so their stuck in a rut.

I'll echo an above poster though.
Trade Monahan + Hamilton + prospect for the best 1c that's offered, and run with the new 1c and Backlund

 

[JurassicTunga]

-Coaching. It's bad.
-Lack of depth scoring
-Smith injury/lack of goaltending at HOME.

Their Corsi, high danger chances for and all that are some of the tops of the league. PDO and SH% is down. Are they unlucky? It's like the opposite of the 2014-15 season.

-They need to revamp the bottom 6
-Add another top 6 GOAL SCORER
-Fire the coaching staff, and get a proven, winning head coach.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Imagine needing a top9/line F so bad and acquiring Chris Stewart instead of topping the package SJS got for E.Kane

Piss off Treliving

Pre-deadline i heard some Flames fans saying E. Kane would be a terrible fit in Calgary. Idk maybe Treliving figured as much?

Kane reads HFBoards and scores 4 goals against them rofl.

 

[Hogan86]

They just aren't a deep enough team. I also feel that their D group is very overrated. Stuck in the middle of the league. And like others mentioned not having a pick I the first two rounds is really going to hurt this summer.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Top heavy (no depth), 2nd D pair has been a disaster, undisciplined, have not been able to overcome injuries......and that PP. Boy that PP.

 

[JurassicTunga]

Top heavy (no depth), 2nd D pair has been a disaster, undisciplined, have not been able to overcome injuries......and that PP. Boy that PP.

Dave Cameron ran the Sens PP into the ground among other teams. So, the Flames go out and hire him.
Make a lot of sense.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

AND the Flames lost the season series to the Oilers 1-3. Rejoice Oilers fans!

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Not a good look for them if they miss the playoffs with no 1st or 2nd round picks this draft.

Looks good to me.

 

[Canadian Time]

The Flames are an interesting team, not bad but not quite good enough. It will be interesting to see what they do this summer, they need a bit more scoring but their D let them down too. It's not in Burke's dna to surrender, so what do they do?