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Ah yes…the unnecessary struggle! 5 mins in and it’s already another come from behind must win game.

Are we bracing for another “frustrating” loss to a team here? Early lead is great but 60 mins has been a challenge for this team all year! These Ducks shouldn’t be a problem!…right? 😬

That’s the thing, Treliving was tasked with getting players Sutter wanted. We have no dynamic skaters, just North and south. No élite playmakers or finishers this year, just a bunch of 3rd and 4th liners putting up a ton of harmless shots. Hubby, Lindholm and Kadri’s numbers have fallen off a cliff because they’re surrounded by average to slightly above average players top to bottom. Players are being taught to simply outwork opponents rather than outsmart them.

Do the owners even care? I could see them dumping Treliving and giving the GM keys to Sutter this off season….again because why not? I have no clue who or what this team is right now….other than bad. This franchise is built on stilts

It’s a wrap folks! Let’s not bother with this fake push for the playoffs. It’s a very off season for the Flames, Sutter has lost the room. Now we put all the weight on the shoulders of Coronato, Wolf, Pelletier…$10.5M for Huberdeau 👀 , it’s about Flames time for a coaching rotation..watch us rehire Gulutzan or Wardo because why not? The cycle continues. This is the way.

Wow…just cannot close out these 3rd periods this year. Let them right back in…again

The Flames have struggled at the C position for decades now. They tried Conroy, Jokinen, Langkow…thought Monny was finally that true #1 C, nope. Lindy is easily our best C, we drop off a cliff after that…in reality this team has 3 top forwards, Lindholm, Huberdeau, Kadri…the rest of the team are 3rd and 4th liners, it’s pretty sad!

Exactly, this team doesn’t have the skill, execution nor the will to find different ways to win games. Once they lose momentum, they end up chasing the game the rest of night. No resilience in the team this year, they play hard but don’t know how to respond when things aren’t going their way. I guess having a #1 line in the NHL masked a lot of that last season.

I wanted to trade Backs prior to him signing his extension, he had peak value then but Centres aren’t cheap and he checked off a lot of boxes. I guess a comparable could be RNH contract extension he just signed with the Coilers. We’ve seen Backs peak already, you’re right…he’s not going to defy age anytime soon. It will be tricky replacing his value for a cheaper price …so we’re stuck with him. I believe he retires a Flame 😩

Only thing consistent about the Flames this year has been outshooting opponents and taking the loss. It’s pretty much been out MO this season, it’s bad luck , it’s an inability to play 60 mins or get timely saves or goals. If we HAVE to play a perfect game to get a win, we have zero room for error. For a team so snake bitten and with poor goaltending for 75% of the season that’s a recipe for disaster, we need to be damn near better than perfect to win games.

Backs is still one of our best defensive forwards, Domi would be a higher liability out there for sure. I’m not even a big Backs fan but he’s easily one of top 2 way players behind Lindholm. This team isn’t a Max Domi away from being competitive….we’d need a lot more than just him to fix this mess

They haven’t shown up all year , no point holding our breathes and expecting anything else at this point. This is a team in the hunt for a playoff spot?? 🤣

Already looking like your typical Flames game after a big win. They love laying a steamy hot turd in bed after any significant win. This team is done folks, they can try and push for the playoff spot but we know they don’t deserve a spot. Back to win 1 , lose 1….

This season has been nothing but torture to watch…it’s like they’ve cut off our eyelids and fed us nothing but sleeping pills!! Just painful to watch! I’d like to think the stigma of size isn’t as prevalent in todays game. Gaudreau, size was always his biggest knock and he proved it matters not. Not saying Matthew Phillips is the saviour this team needs but what a way to suck the life out of your future prospects. For awhile there it looked like the Flames finally had a decent development program in place, now we’re barren and right back to questioning this franchises intentions when it comes to drafting and development. I’m pretty sure this thread was started just for that reason 😂. It’s bizarre looking at this franchise right now as it feels as if we’ve gone nowhere this entire time. Some successful seasons and playoff births but they yielded nothing in the end. Somehow we still cannot make the playoffs consistently. 1 year we’re in..the next we’re out by a country mile. It’s ridiculous at this stage.

Seems like more mismanagement and failure to develop on the Flames part. He’s been one of the top scorers in the AHL for a couple years now …his still one of the highest skilled prospects we have, I thought he showed well in the exhibition games…to let him walk after investing this much time would be a typical Flames move.

Oh yeah I got what you were saying, my post wasn’t in reference to your Wranglers shout outs, I hadn’t even seen your post yet. I was just saying there is no real fix for this team. The Wranglers have been the far better team and success story this year. Not even close

We can’t bring up too many from the minors as the Wranglers are in the thick of things. BT wants his extension so he can’t tank for the higher draft capital. Lose this game and they might as well just leave the remaining 28 pts off the table, it’s just not the time for this team right now.

The Flames are just a crew of hard workers that get little accomplished

Will the Flames ever give Matthew Phillips a fair shot at the NHL? I get the idea of letting players over ripen in the minors but he’s been down in the system for ages. Sure he’s on the smaller side but for a team desperately in need of skill and speed he has to get in for a couple games this year, at least help boost his confidence, give him some hope!

Exactly! Sutter was brought in to carve out an identity for the team and instill discipline. Without a steady foundation to this franchise , the minute Sutter leaves we’re right back to purgatory searching for a new identity and sense of direction. We are baseless. The ask of the ownership group are the playoffs, when they should be investing in growth and sustainability if they want any form of continued success.

One of the most frustrating Flames seasons on record. This team cannot get it done. They don’t even deserve a playoff spot tbh. This really does fall on the players, ultimately they’ve failed. A 2 game win streak is an accomplishment for this team, thats where we’re at now. We still lack a proper foundation to this team, playoff team one year..non playoff team the next. Zero traction. Here we are again looking at the Pelletier, Walkers and Coronatos to save this team as the high paid vets collect their cheques for underperforming

Clearly we are not a playoff team, a push for the playoffs could be good for morale and a strong finish to the year but it would be pointless. 1st rd exit all day, we can’t even beat Anaheim at home in a must win situation. Season is already over folks, would be more prudent to go for a higher draft pick and do another full review of this team in the off season.

Wonder if winning for Wild fans is as fun when you have to get through 60 mins of boring hockey every game? 🤔

We HAD then lead then we lost it but comeback to win. Not a come from behind win but we won the game after losing the lead! Reach for the straws!

Is that our 1st 3rd period comeback win all year then?