Flames @ Hawks Gamethread
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 4:30 PM PDT
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Calgary Flames at Chicago Blackhawks, Oct 12, 2009 5:00 PM PDT
There are lot of ill tidings heading into this one. The Hawks man-handled the Flames at the best of times last year and Calgary isn't exactly at their best right now. Iginla was as impotent against Chicago last season as he has been in general thus far and the fist line has apparently lost it's only moderately functioning part in David Moss. In addition, one of the bright spots of the first week or so in the 4th line has been broken up by the injury, moving Sjostrom to the first unit and inserting Brian McGrattan in his place.
On top of all that, Dustin Boyd has been kicked back down to the 4th line. Now, it's been frustrating to watch Boyd recently given his inability to finish scoring chances, but at least the kid has been getting them. Nystrom is probably a capable replacement on the 3rd unit, but it's a bad omen for Boyd who is fighting for a place in this organization with every breath.
The Hawks have been hot and cold in terms of results, but their underlying numbers thus far are stellar. Their entire roster besides Dustin Byfuglien in in the black in terms of corsi and they currently boast one of the most impressive shot differentials in the league (+14.8). Safe to say, it's unlikely the depth players will carry the Flames through this one - if the Stars get killed again, Calgary's going to lose their second in a row.
As such, expect lots of swearing in the comments.
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So, Sarich is healthy enough to play. Anyone know why we traded for Johnson now? Is it just a case of a guy Sutter liked for a long time and he acquired him when he was available.
On that note, here’s the Flames defensive depth right now:
Bouwmeester
Regehr
Phaneuf
Giordano
Sarich
Pardy
Kronwall
Johnson
Palin
Pelech
Seabrook
Negrin
Aulie
Cole
Splinter
Optimas Prime
Jesus Christ
Jack the Ripper
Juggernaut
Clark Kent
Batman
Kitchen Sink
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And Elvis, because those people that have him seen alive in or around the Kalamazoo Burger King can’t all be nuts, can they?
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Johnson was really good before his injury last year, Sutter clearly saw something he liked when the bidding price for Johnson was low. People probably read way too much into it.
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And? Did he mess anyone up!? (I refuse to pay nearly $15 for the terrible PPV the Flames put on)
by Subversive on Oct 12, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He shot the puck in once. No word on whether the puck felt it or not.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m counting scoring chances as the game progresses tonight BTW folks.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hahaha…speak of the Devils. Boyd scores and McGrattan was involved in thew play!!
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, gotta say I didn’t see a 2-0 lead happening like this.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
THIS IS A START.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ll start the swearing…but in a good way.
I din’t f*cking believe this is so god damn good!
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
haha!
Poor Huet. Talk about a nightmarish start to the season for that guy.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, no kidding. That guy is the new Jose Theodore… he’s been looking to get back to the habs days for a while now.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He played well in WAS too. he should have stayed there.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s been lots of talk that Niemi would be the guy by mid-season, but with all they’ve put into the team, they’ll be looking at Biron, no? You wouldn’t just roll the dice with a rookie, I’d think.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never seen 3 goals that fast by the Flames. Hawks looked totally out of it.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Now I worry about them sitting back too much. Hawks have nothing to lose.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is one problem Sutter will likely prevent in time. Question now is how we will look from here on out compared to how we did after getting up 3-0 against Vancouver. Good chance to see if there has been some progression.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
3 goals in 53 seconds
Franchise record is 3 in 36 seconds, set Feb 10, 1993 when we demolished San Jose 13-1. Knew it wasn’t the record tonight, but wanted to see how close we got.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you people fucking kdding me? I’m at work, can’t even so much as listen to the damn game and it’s 3-0?
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah man. Three goals in a minute.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now we can’t let up we have to continue to put the Skate to the Throat.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
http://atdhe.net/9377/watch-calgary-flames-vs-chicago-blackhawks
Try this out man
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Corporate firewall, Colin. Thanks anyway.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was moments away from giving you the link as well but CoR beat me :P
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, thanks to you too, then ;-)
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hawks haven’t had much of a sniff on the PP.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Scoring chances are 5-0 for Calgary thus far, by my count.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Glass isn’t suppose to break in that way is it?
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice hit… pushed the pane of glass two rows deep, lol,
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bourque, love where this is going.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
4-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That Sjostrom goal they showed from back in the Hitmen days made me a huge fan of his.
Bork! Bork! Bork!
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is a shit kicking.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Going to go read Second City Hockey now.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Funny how quickly things changed
I just read through our Game Thread at SCH, and then had to come over here to see what was said.
by jeff021690 on Oct 13, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi folks. Game is actually on tv here in Tennessee. Awesome so far!
by musicman on Oct 12, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I just found this is on Versus in the states…no more crappy stream for me!
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not even counting that as a scoring chance. I know I said I would count all goals, but…wow.
Easiest goal of Jokinen’s career.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is easily the best start the Flames have ever had, that I know of.
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You’d have to go back to the early 90’s for something like this I think. This is crazy.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure they smoked some team in the 80’s worse, but goals back then were like shooting fish in a barrel.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t look now but are friends from up the road are off to a good start as well.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t want to be the dick to say I told you so, but we’re having a good game so I figure you’ll be easy on me. I did say in the preview:
“Key Player: All of ’em. There is no one player on the Flames, any longer, who can win this game by themselves. Not Kipper, not Iggy, not anyone. This is the first game this season in my mind where we will need the full group, or very close to it going.”
I think as long as the defense keeps things stable now…. this should qualify as just that.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You did call 2-1 Flames, Lawrence. Pessimist :P
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha! I did say I was lying. If I was being honest…I would have said 5-0 at this point in the game. Honest.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This looks like a shinny game now. Hawks are totally gutted.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm enjoying this one tonight.
Considering I severely dislike the Blackhawks.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 5:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to wake up tomorrow morning and watch Sportscentre and see that the Flames win 14-0!!
That would be heavenly.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:42 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
that would be fabulous!
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Rob Kerr says that 5 Goals in 5 Minutes and 29 Seconds isn’t a record.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
While the boucnes have certainly been kind to Calgary, I dont have the Hawks down for a scoring chance yet in this game. That’s good,
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, there’s one, and Langkow did a piss poor job of tying up his man in front. But I think I’ll give them that one.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh… let’s not start the celebrations yet
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well I think they really wanted to win this one cause they know they got screwed last year against these buffons. Flames know they were the better team.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And…there’s the first one. And it goes in.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well as long as this game doesn’t end up like the debacle against the Preds last November.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes, Gio looked a little limp against Byufiglieens..a..u..f… I have no idea how to spell that.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just spell it Bufflin. It’s what I do.
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You had all the right letters in there, Lawrence. Few extra ones, too, but that’s no biggie.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here SO CLOSE.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too. How about Iggy and Jokinen hitting each other for breakaway passes? They were on in that period, finally.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
5-1 or not, from the outside or not, we are still giving up too many shots.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Hawks started to pull back in it at the end of the period.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it is kind of crappy the Hawks are outscoring the Flames 16-10.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, it’s 16-10 already!!! I only went to the washroom! j/k
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ironic that Jokinen scores on a dump in from the blueline, but not on a break-away.
Flames outchance the Hawks 8-3 by my count in the first.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 5:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
including the goal…I would have said 4, but it’s definitely not as misleading as the shots are, that’s for sure.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah 4 for the hawks. The goal, the paddle down save, the shot/rebound combo and…. now I don’t remember. Kane or Toews bottom of the circle, I think.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Corsi. Flames -11, EV shots 15-9 CHI. Flames batted .555 (5/9) at EV. Yoiks.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man…I never would have guessed the Flames were that far underwater after grading the scoring chances.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They were -13 after Chicago changed goalies.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ahh…so they went up by 5 and sat back the rest of the period…which makes sense.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s Edmonton’s turn to be up 5-0 now…
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
haha, they’re getting outshot too. Stortini has 2 goals.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We did it faster though!
In other team-I-hate news….Toronto looks poised to lose their 5th straight.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Truclence isn’t a plan. Crappy defencemen and Vesa Toskala aren’t, either.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Truculence. Spelling isn’t in my plan, at least not tonight.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perfect period for McGratton. On his first shift he makes his presence known, breaks the puck out well and gets a good forecheck in. Next shift, gets in early on a forecheck causing Boyd to receive a gift in the slot. Comes out at the end of the period and makes sure he’s noticed by Byfug…
You couldn’t ask for a better job.
Good period by the first line. Freddy did a good job.
by J.Bender on Oct 12, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Terrible start to the second. Flames need to up the intensity.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Hawks were bound to break out of their reverie eventually.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed. But given how the first ended, having the second start the same way was not ideal.
That was a fine penalty kill though.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re in nothing-to-lose mode.
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can imagine what it will be like if and when the Flames get on the powerplay.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Announcer: “Flames with a lot of active sticks knocking pucks out of the lanes”
It’s good to hear/see results of the coaching details early in the season.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Flames are also amongst the league leaders for blocked shots this year. That’s a big change too.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Herald mentioned we are 2nd in the league in blocked shots as well. That is the single most obvious change from last year to this.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He got crunched. At least the glass survived that one.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get McGrattan out there to teach Brouwer a lesson!
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw him foiling the knuckles on the bench already. I swear I saw it.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah. You don’t want a guy with that kind of playmaking ability in the box. ;)
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why the hell did they give so much space there?
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Flames really gotta turn this game around. Pushback or not, they are playing too bloody soft again.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. They aren’t doing anything in this period.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shit. A whole group of five guys standing around doing nothing
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not a good time to start sitting in your own zone boys
Please no more Chelsea Dagger.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Last year’s playoff’s ruined that song for me. I thought they’d finally retire it this season, but no…
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t wanna pick on Gio, but that Gio-Bufflin mismatch is looking sizeable.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hell of a shift by the top line there. That’s how it’s supposed to be: The top line settling things down and controlling the play.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Power Play Time!
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So how the hell does the near ref not call that blatant goalie interference? I generally hate the two man system, but there is an example of why it can be useful.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How about Breouwer running right through Kipper there.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Geez…. the shots are essentially 2-1 Chicago.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Chances are 6-3 CHI since the Flames went up 5-0.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Guess checking from behind isn’t a penalty when you are down a man.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Stupid idiot in the live feed went to the Oiler game.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Flames need to wake the fuck up.
The only thing they are working hard at right now is throwing away a win.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This isn’t looking so good
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Went to walk the dogs…what’s happened?
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Several terrible passes in the offensive zone.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This game is over Hawks are going to win.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You know what? I’m turning this off. The Flames just don’t care anymore. No reason why I should either.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
5 goal lead is the most dangerous one in hockey.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was the two goal lead. A Flames 5 goal lead is the most dangerous in hockey.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How did I know this would happen.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Iginla fight
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fighting is not going to erase the fact your team tanked a 5 goal lead, Jarome.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Might help turn momentum though. Fights have been known to do that.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True… although am I the only one annoyed that they sign/play McGratton and Iginla is the one that’s fighting?
by Parallex on Oct 12, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure Iginla and Sutter are going to tear into the Flames in Intermission.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Phaneuf again, standing around doing nothing after a big save by Kiprusoff.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This game is going to be legendary…for all the wrong reasons.
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 6:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Exactly what I was thinking after the first ended.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was I thinking that if the Flames could destroy the Hawks that the Jackets would destroy the Flames tomorrow.
Those were my thoughts during the 1st Intermission
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well…I think Iggy won the fight at least.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Shithawks going to the PP
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
“it’s a matter of getting your feet moving”…Ahh Charlie, I sure have missed you!
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The hawks are bumping Kipper on every shift and now because of it, he’s playing to deep in the net, even when they aren’t there.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Shots now 25-14
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Second Line which has been the Strongest as of late is a combined Minus 8.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And the only minus players on the Flames.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad Langkow couldn’t find that puck.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
…or Jokinen couldn’t net that breakaway. That…surprising to say for the Hawks…was a turning point save.
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably the worst period of the season so far.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How did the refs miss Madden hitting Boyd away from the puck there? Blatant penalty.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well it is Kerry Fraser’s crew
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because Steve Kozari is the official right there. He’s always been the NHL’s biggest Canucks booster, which means that the Flames, and any other team near Vancouver in the standings routinely get hosed when he’s on the ice.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On a related note, I think Boyd’s had a good game.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
7-4 scoring chances in favor of CHI this period.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m just wondering…when you’re up by 5…can’t you ask your dmen to buckle down and win the game for you. Is it really that hard? I know the opposing team is going to throw the kitchen sink at you but come on…do it like soccer play two forwards and 3 d-men.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Keep in mind the Flames are playing an excellent hockey team here guys. There was bound to be some push back.
That said, the Flames have to find a way to be better once they get ahead. They did the same thing versus the Canucks in the first game of the season too.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If this was Calgarypuck, I’d be asking if you meant to use green text…
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stats don’t lie Boyd has made the best of the 5:29 of icetime.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry 5:49
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s some cheery news: Leafs lose 7-2.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That made me smile….which promptly returned to a scowl.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah only time i smiled this half hour
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chances are 12-10 in favor of the Flames after two…of course, that’s based on Calgary going 7-0 to start the first.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Corsi through 2. Flames -22, EV shots 23-12, 8-3 in the period.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t really need a Corsi stat to tell us that 75% of that period was in our own zone. That was an ugly period.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do, buddy. I’m at work aand can’t even listen ;-)
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Message received, though. Doesn’t sound like they took the skateguards off for the second.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Flames sat back and the Hawks came on.
I expect the 3rd to be a little more even.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t wait to hear what D-Sutts has to say.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmm…interesting to hear Dawes is playing hurt.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 6:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This Fire Burns would be a far better entrance song then Spitfire.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thought Gio would have learned last year to be a bit more aware. Good thing he didn’t get hurt on that play. He had no idea the hit was coming.
Phaneuff on valium these days?
by J.Bender on Oct 12, 2009 6:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Giordano pretty much had to make the play. Not sure what he could have done there – Brouwer is like 6’3" and 225 pounds. He also had no stick, so he threw both hands into the check. Sometimes, in hockey, you have to take a pounding.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m very aware of being forced to take a pounding. The problem with that play was that Gio took a look and saw him coming but didn’t brace himself at all. Watch it again. He left himself in a very vulnerable spot and he’s lucky to be ok.
by J.Bender on Oct 12, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know. There’s only so much you can do not to be run over by a huge guy determined to run you over. I’m glad he took the hit to make the play, personally.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now do we see the Flames come out firing or do we see them continue to sit back and watch the Hawks skate circles around them.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
so in the first intermission, jokinen explained that they were treating the game like “three mini-games”. so they won the first one 5-1. and then swiftly got hammered in the second mini-game 3-0….
and dion looked AWFUL on that last goal.
by walkinvisible on Oct 12, 2009 7:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it Sjostrom that is making Iggy and Jokinen look good or is it that the latter two are finally starting to click and play to their full potential.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The first line, outside of two good chances (break-aways) still isn’t blowing me away, personally.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate DirecTV.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Iginla completely lost his man on that play there.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kipper bumped again. Again Kozari and Fraser make no call.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate Dustin Byfugalin or however it’s spelt.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy Shit.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m not surprised in the slightest, frankly.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neither am I. This team just quit, and got run right over. You could feel it from before Chicago even scored their first goal.
Hopefully they find some way to win, though they simply don’t deserve it. Either way, I’m off to go do something that doesn’t piss me off…
go flames go.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fabulous
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Only 6 games in and we look like we did last year.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
6 games? I was thinking that after last week’s Oilers game.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ladies and gentlemen, your Calgary Flames.
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And how many calls have the Refs missed for the Flames.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The fact I want to pop Patrick Kane in the face and seriously dislike this team doesn’t make this any better.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kerr sure is working hard to put a smiley face on this game. Flames are the better shot blockers!
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How can they run Kipper like that and not get a penalty?
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kipper has been run over half a dozen times now.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
One of the reasons I don’t like this team…they are cheap and run Kipper all the time. Quenneville brought that crap over with him from Colorado.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Iginla with Lankow and Dawes? Has it been like this all game?
by Subversive on Oct 12, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope
Sjostrom-Jokinen-Iginla
Dawes-Langkow-Bourque
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jokinen loses the puck at the defensive blueline in a tied game in the third.
Sigh.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
CHI with the last 6 scoring chances. Puts them ahead for the game.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The shots are 36 to 19 too. Same old song and dance.
by Dave from OpenIcehits on Oct 12, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ugh
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This high SH% is a bit of a mixed blessing for Calgary right now – it’s allowing them to get points where normally they wouldn’t, but it;s also exacerbating some of the problems afflicting the club.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Boy the Ice is terrible at the UC I noticed this during the playoffs last year.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jokinen you bonehead. Or pumpkinhead, as it were.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How has McGrattan been so far?
That guy’s awesome.
by PeterR on Oct 12, 2009 7:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s had like 4 shifts I think. Good forecheck on the first one led to a goal for. hasn’t been visible since.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One assist in just over five minutes played? This guy can produce. Extrapolate that!
by PeterR on Oct 12, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vote for the hardest working flame?
Ha!
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 7:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Should I be hoping for a loss at this point?
Would a win just diminish the urgency to figure out and fix the problems afflicting this team?
Go Hawks Go, I guess:(
by Beeker73 on Oct 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No Im sick of losing to this damn team in catastrophic ways.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of records…when was the last time the Flames blew a 5 goal lead?
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
do you know the answer?
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last year on November 6th against the Predators
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thats what i was thinking but wanted to know if Kent had the answer for sure.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well the live feed is gone again.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This guy is an idiot. 5 minutes left and he’s watching a blank screen
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wish I had the Versus feed...DirecTV has screwed hockey fans
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s the deal with that? They can’t come to an agreement, so DirecTV refuses to carry the network?
Sounds like TSN2 on Rogers for most of last year. Hopefully they get it resolved faster than that one was resolved.
by PeterR on Oct 12, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sheezus Kipper. Hawks just hit the post.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, it’s in Chicago. My bad. They’re the ones with terrible musical taste, apparently.
by PeterR on Oct 12, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s right. Calgary plays Cotton Eyed Joe!
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think this is the biggest gap in Ice Time between Bouwmeester and Phaneuf.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Who’s been your better d-man this year, of those two?
by PeterR on Oct 12, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phaneuf has the points but Bouwmeester by far.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least we get a point.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
40 shots against… 5 goal lead blown… that’s terrible
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
As much as I don’t like them, the Hawks earned this one point. Flames would of never had the gusto to come back from a 5-0 deficit. They’d of mailed it in.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Flames did something similar against the Red Wings last year, remember.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s tough not to be ambivalent about this club right now.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not ambivalent
Only six games in, and Brent hasn’t had enough time to make his point for real yet.
by duncan on Oct 12, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that it doesn’t mean I don’t have a sore neck from shaking my head right now.
by duncan on Oct 12, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chances: 6-2 in favor of the Hawks in the 3rd.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And that’s your Hockey game horrible give away.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It was hard to expect anything different.
by PeterR on Oct 12, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone who thinks the Flames deserved to win that game is on crack. Garbage game. At least they get a point. But they really pissed me off tonight.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Excuse me well I throw my computer through the wall.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
haha…thanks for the humor in this time of anger…
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, that's for the best.
There’s just no way any player in that dressing room can take a positive out of it.
by duncan on Oct 12, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
PUKE…that was a brutal series of turnovers in the defensive zone. Screen by the defenseman, Kipper too deep. Seriously…brutal
by LawrenceS on Oct 12, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Puck goes right through Kipper. I’m not going to blame him, but I will point out that he hasn’t been all that elite the last couple of games.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s a problem, but not the problem. Oh, and Rob Kerr can quit polishing that “structure” turd any time now.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’d be less of a problem if anyone in front of him gave a damn. When you are a team based around movement, standing around is going to utterly destroy you every time.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This can’t be the crossroads of are season six games in can it.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, no, but the coaching staff can use it to its advantage.
by duncan on Oct 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess we will wait and see.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe tomorrow I will give the Hawks some credit...
but right now, I am putting the entire blame for this debacle on the Flames flat out quitting at 5-0.
And, like the last three years or so, we’re going to get to hear a whole lot of empty talk from a group of losers trying to explain how they need to be better.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
whats ironic is they would have mailed it in if they were down 0-5…they mailed it in either way…so f’ing annoying.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This better be a wakeup call for them. Thinking back to being annihilated by San Jose early last year.
-Colin
by Colin S on Oct 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The shots on goal/shots against are the most frustrating stat of the night.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
All in all, this wasn’t different from all the other games. They got up 5-0, but three of those goals shouldn’t have gone in. Then they were outplayed in the second half of the game and outshot badly. Chicago’s just the best team they’ve played.
by duncan on Oct 12, 2009 7:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, no real departure from previous games. I’ve published the scoring chances at FHF. The tables don’t fit comepletely, but all the pertinent Flames info is visible. I’ll try to figure out how to get everything in frame at some point.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Small taste – after the first period, the Flames had 3 ES scoring chances. That’s it.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am so glad this was not on TV
I just flipped though the gamethread… UGH! Remember the 04 Flames? Remember how they used to play entire games? What happened man… hard work and hard nosed… I miss those fun times.
Now? Now it is just sad trying to cheer for these lumps most nights. GEE-ZUS!
by brisulph on Oct 12, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe this team can’t handle that they’re considered ‘’Stanley Cup Contenders’’
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like I said they mailed it in at 5-0 and they’d of mailed it in if down 0-5. This team is gonna piss me off so much more if they keep this half ass crap up.
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Corsi. Sjostrom-Jokinen-Iginla were -13, -16, -13.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 7:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the first line wasn’t any better. Jokinen continues to stink the most by my eye.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s just so surprisingly bad with the puck. He can hang onto it on that signature swoop through the neutral zone, but loses it as soon as he crosses the blue line. But as a centreman, I think they expect him to carry it.
by duncan on Oct 12, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he’s awful. Plays die on his stick a lot.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was the goat on the OT goal, no doubt.
by walkinvisible on Oct 12, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s so nice that I didn’t even get to follow this game. I got home just in time to hear the last 5 minutes, and the words “in the Calgary zone” were uttered with regular and frighteningly predictable frequency.
Did Iginal get named the second star? Really?
by R O on Oct 12, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that’s what a happens when a captain drops the gloves to try and motivate his team.
by d_p_h on Oct 12, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which perhaps puts to bed forever the claim that fighting can make any difference whatsoever.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I woulda thought this season so far woulda done that for the idea that Iggy should be wearing the C… but that might be me being a little snarky.
by d_p_h on Oct 12, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To whom? Us, sure, but we’re already there. Mike Milbury, Don Cherry, those other opinion leaders? I doubt it. That goes for D. Sutter as well. Sigh.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
please see my comment above about iginla fighting…his schtick is getting old…it has a like 25% success rate these days…
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by KingJafi on Oct 12, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thing is, after that fight, the Flames did gain a little momentum. Iggy fighting wasn’t the problem. The rest of the team giving back that brief lift from the fight so quickly is. You can’t motivate a group of players who don’t care to skate hard or play smart.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He scored and fought!
The only Flames to get more outchance the opposition tonight was Langkow/Bourque…which is ironic since they were such heavy minuses.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can Curtis McElhinney pick up a win tomorrow night?, does David Moss play and do we get to see Aaron Johnson I don’t know why but I’m intrigued to see him play.
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by CofRed on Oct 12, 2009 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How was the refereeing? I heard there was a big penalty not called on Chicago. But how about in general?
by R O on Oct 12, 2009 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like a lot of goalie bumping, but I only watched the last couple of minutes after I got home.
Unrelated, R O, I saved the Corsi screenshots from after each period. You want ’em for the postgame?
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes please! Counting the PBP manually is hard work.
by R O on Oct 12, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lets just say it was a typical game where Kerry Fraser or Steve Kozari were involved. Fraser always seems to screw one team, while Kozari always screws Canuck rivals. Can’t really say much more without making it seem like i am blaming the officials for this embarrassment.
by Resolute on Oct 12, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I am looking at the game log and Chicago had 4 PPs to Calgary’s 1. Now some of that has to Calgary playing so much in its own zone (intuitively I would think they are correlated though I’ve never researched it).
But no team averaged that kind of PP differential last year. So when I see something like thatit usually means “bad luck” which in this league means “bad luck that the awful officiating rolled snake eyes for you”.
by R O on Oct 12, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was somewhat poor, but didn’t really have anything to do with the loss.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So…was I right about lots of swearing in the comments or what?
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 9:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
From about the 17 minute mark of the first period, uh, sure ;-) On balance it ended up how one might have expected, but the journey was certainly different.
Anyway:
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
Just thought I’d give the night the finish it deserved.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t get a chance to see the game but going through the game thread I am glad I didn’t. I wonder if Sutter will try and find a dance partner to get rid of Jokinen though I don’t know who would want him. At least he is cheap ;)
by 44stampede on Oct 12, 2009 9:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Shame Pierre McGuire didn’t get one of those GM jobs he was allegedly in contention for. He loves the Big Body Presence™ that Jokinen provides, so he might have been a likely sucker trade partner.
by Robert Cleave on Oct 12, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear Brian Burke is a fan as well…
by Kent Wilson on Oct 12, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i’ve said it once, i’ll say it a million times. there is no way in hell darryl sutter trades jokinen until the deadline at the earliest. i will, of course, be the happiest gal on the planet if i’m wrong on this one.
by walkinvisible on Oct 13, 2009 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d be surprised if he traded him at all.
by Kent Wilson on Oct 13, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i know that you know my stance: darryl will never admit fault on this one. i only put in the trade deadline “clause” above because if the team isn’t a playoff contender, then perhaps darryl will try to get a return on him.
by walkinvisible on Oct 13, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, if Jokinen was contributing on a soft-minute line or be a PP monster we might be able to flip him for a package like a 1st and Lombardi.
But right now he’s not doing either. F’ing dink, he’s going to be this year’s Bertuzzi!
by R O on Oct 12, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so … i had to leave for class with 3 minutes left in the first. can we pretend that everything that i didn’t see didn’t actually happen?
okay, thanks.
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