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6 hours ago, jjgallow said:
Did others see the scoring feed go to 3-1 in overtime? I sure did lol, was fixed later.
I'm not sure if someone heard "scores in double-overtime" as "double-scores in overtime", or,
if they had a data entry employee not at all pleased about the no-goal. lol
I am quite surprised Colorado didn't try Annunen. Although Georgiev didn't lose the final game for them.
I'm still not paying attention the the "Dallas model" talk but might need to change my ways if they win another series.
I think Dallas takes the west, personally.
Them and NYR have been the most impressive teams in this postseason for me.
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5 hours ago, conundrumed said:
A rather gushing assessment of Knights D-boss Sam Dickinson. I can't really argue with it, the kid is a stud. Pretty much the general back there for the Knights at 5v5.
The article is correct, it really does take little time to notice him for all of the right reasons.
Sounds like the total package on defense.
Doubt he slides to us but id take him if he did.
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6 hours ago, travel_dude said:
Well that series was a mess from game 1 onwards. Not sure what the plan was. Let McD wind up speed? Let Drai loaf around and not check him? Take penalties?
I thought that VAN played all but the first period well. They were able to keep the Oiler PP off the board at least. They were playing with fire all night. 5 PP's. The one on Petey was stupid. Janmark skated into him, and he just stood his ground. Charging while standing still? Wasn't a pick because he didn't move to get in the guy's way. IMHO.
EDM will likely go back to Skinner. Pickard didn't lose them the game. But Skinner is their guy in the organization.
That was the worst charging call I've ever seen. Then the clear embellishment from McDavid on a play that was called interference against the Canucks is classic NHL favoritism bullSatoshi Nakamoto.
It makes me sick to my stomach.
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@travel_dude Joe Iginla will be available in the 2026 draft and is a RHS RW Like his old man.
Just sayin 😄
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Absolutely adored the post game interview with Leon.
Hes such an arrogant little prick it will be an absolute joy to watch him get sent home without a cup once again.
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10 hours ago, robrob74 said:
but that can also be push. Pushing through looks like a follow through on a punch in slow motion, I've only seen the angle where its side and Bennett's back is to the camera on the hit.He definitely got Marchy in the face with his right hand. 100 percent incidental, but you LOVE to see it 💕😆
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On 5/10/2024 at 4:52 AM, rocketdoctor said:
really enjoying the Stars Avs series. Some good hockey.
Hate Benn but for Tanev I'll cheer for Dallas and hope for a Stars Canucks WCF.
Tanev has been rock solid for Dallas so far. Probably their best defenseman in the series. Which is crazy because they have Heiskanen. Personally, I'd love for him to win a cup. I know technically when a team wins every player deserves it, but Tanev REALLY deserves a cup win.
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1 hour ago, conundrumed said:
Well, I'll tell ya. These kids don't want to fail and they are all great players. 96 is probably as good as 3 on any given night. It's kind of one of those things. You have to figure out the person that you're drafting as much as the player.
As an aside, I doubt many teams are doing that well enough. That takes financing also/too, whichever word suits better.
Honestly, all I know, and my opinion, is the draft needs to be pushed back a year. Everyone born in 2005 should be up now. 2006, next year. I really hoped that Auston Matthews' predicament mattered.
But the NHL is really just a bunch of old, useless Blockchains that just want to cash in. In my opinion, of course.
Moved back.. as in drafting these kids when they're 19 instead of 18?
Interesting idea for sure.
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3 minutes ago, JTech780 said:
So are we going to give Stamkos a bucket of cash for 3 years?
How much is Reinhart going to get for 57 goals?
Guentzel is the other big name in free agency.
I just have a feeling that Conroy is going big game hunting.
I was a big fan of throwing money at Stammer last time he was a UFA but I feel he's too old now.
I also doubt he signs here anyway.
IF he did though it would certainly improve our PP. Aside from Ovechkin he's got the deadliest one-tee from the left circle. Also gives Huberdeau passing options.
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2 hours ago, jjgallow said:
It's never clear cut, you take a risk either way for sure.
Phaneuf is interesting because we're at the 10 year mark, and a little past.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/2010/20-years-of-hindisight-the-great-2003-nhl-re-draft/
on the other hand Phaneuf is not interesting in the sense that he had a whole lot of unrelated off-ice issues.
Basically in a redraft, he's unchanged. Would we have drafted him again knowing what we do now? Hell no. But assuming all the other teams also had hindsight, we wouldn't have gotten much better in that spot.
It was a very low scoring era for D. No 30-goal scoring defencemen to compare to. So sadly, the "wait 10 years and look at the redraft) is also frought with difficulties. but adjusting, generally the D who could put the puck in the net did better. Just, 15 goals was a lot back then instead of 30.
Not a lot of strike-outs that year. but, the ones that did strike out are interesting.
Brayden Coburn: 6'5 giant, with great defensive intelligence and skating.
-Couldn't score a goal to save his life
-NHL career was same. Loads learned these skills later and surpassed him.Beware the giant mature players in the top 10 who can't score. We have a few of them this year, and most will probably go onto have long NHL careers. The question is, will they be remarkable.
The real story of that draft, the big learning, is how Weber got drafted so low imho
Weber was not the best skater but overcame that with tenacity, a big body and that legendary slapshot.
If I remember correctly he also wasn't more than average defensively until his mid 20s. Which helps perpetuate the idea that defensive instincts can be taught later on, but being gifted in other areas cannot.
Man I miss Weber. Fun guy to watch.
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12 hours ago, Thebrewcrew said:
Who wants a laugh?
That is an awful trade proposal.
I dont even know where to begin on this one so I'll just leave it at that lol.
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Just now, The_People1 said:
I assume you mean would FLA acquire Huberdeau's contract?
FLA is win-now... Huberdeau put up 100+ points with them recently... 80-ish on average. IF any team can get Huberdeau back on track, then it would be FLA. Sam Bennett is still there, etc. Huberdeau is getting paid $10.5-mil but putting up $5-mil worth of numbers... Spencer Knight is $3.5-mil dead cap space... Can both teams come together in the middle?
Short answer, no. Nobody should... but so, Flames retain and modify that contract for FLA. Or better yet, what's the number you think FLA would do it? Flames retain $3-mil-per?? (better than a buyout right?)
Better, yeah. Not by much though.
I think we are stuck with Huberdeau for awhile and we're going to have to hope he pulls a Jeff Skinner and snaps himself out of whatever it is thats dogging him mentally.
He seemed a lot more at ease when 2024 hit. I just hope he builds on that in the new season.
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2 hours ago, cberg said:
Yes, the "comparables"(potentially) for some of these kids is crazy... Leshunov-Hedman, Catton-Sakic, Buium-Makar, Iginla-Iginla, Silayev-Chara, Demidov-Kucherov and on it goes. We shall see, but if a team does have this perspective it is easy to see why the picks may be all over the place.
I take draft comparables with a grain of salt.
Hell, Yakupov was compared to Pavel Bure back in 2012 and we all know how that turned out.
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37 minutes ago, cberg said:
Apparently he scored the most points by a 17year old D in the KHL, ever. Low numbers not telling the whole story?
Just the fact he played the year in the K as a 17 year old is impressive on its own.
Thats a men's league
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19 hours ago, jjgallow said:
You don't think....there's any chance at all, he's referring to Niewendyk? It would have been a prominent thing for him when he entered the league. In any case, I don't really care what he says, because he's surely smart enough to not show his hand. I somehow believe he's quite good at compartmentalising conversations and which one goes where. Or he probably wouldn't be able to maintain all the relationships that he does.
Conroy is an intelligent man for sure.
He doesn't say things that could blow up in his face almost immediately like other GMs we have had *cough* Feaster *cough*
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3 hours ago, cberg said:
Kind of reminds me of Monahan in his draft year. Bad team, shot and can score but not at all dynamic... Think Flames need to shoot higher. From the report, if he does really well he might be able to become an average NHL skater. Yikes.
I felt the same about the skating comment.
Mobility is so important in today's NHL I think it is of utmost importance to get someone who is at least a "good" skater already.
Hard pass.
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3 hours ago, sak22 said:
I disagree, Ron's boner for McDavid and the Oilers is far more nauseating.
As much as I try to follow all Canadian teams in the playoffs I cant STAND the constant fawning over McDavid.
Id be lucky to last a period watching an Oilers game.
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12 minutes ago, sak22 said:
Final Mock 2023 NHL Draft: Intrigue after 1st 4 picks | NHL.com
Both writers had Honzek at 16
Sam Cosentino's 2023 Mock Draft: Plenty of intrigue after No. 1 (sportsnet.ca)
Cosentino had Honzek at 16
Scout’s Analysis: Final ranking of the top 80 prospects for the 2023 NHL Draft (sportsnet.ca)
Honzek ranked 12th
Honzek ranked 9th.
But then
2023 NHL mock draft: Final predictions for all 32 first-round picks, latest intel - Yahoo Sports
Ranked 21st
2023 NHL mock draft: Top 4 is locked in, but who follows? | theScore.com
19th
2023 NHL mock draft: Projections for every first-round pick - ESPN
30th
Conclusion Sam Honzek was not an off the board pick, there was also very little consensus after #1. I do find it unfortunate that a guy who was barely healthy this past season is getting written off so fast, and partially from the people who give Sam Bennett 3 million excuses on why he didn't pan out here. He wasn't my guy at the draft but my hopes of the team excelling outweighs my desire to be right on a message board 10 years later, I can also admit to being wrong when players I would take don't pan out.
I agree. As I've said before I think Honzek will be fine.
Hes what 19/20?
Just needs time
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4 minutes ago, pcs said:
Jeez, 7-6 is kinda ridiculous for a playoff opener. Especially with Hellebuyck in one of the nets.
We had the vezina runner up in net when we opened the series against Edmonton 9-6 in 2022
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4 hours ago, robrob74 said:
Dallas in 7
Avs in 6
Canucks in 6
Oilers in 7
Hate the Oil, but LA still isn't deep enough in Net and if the goalie can pull it out. They've been so inconsistent as a team.
I think the Canucks added the right kind of depth in the summer, what the Flames needed to do.Avs, not a believer in Jets. Don't like Toffoli or Monahan.
Dallas is deep. Depends on VGK stars coming back healthy enough.They've probably been healthy the whole time tbh.. lol
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Stars in 7
Avalanche in 6
Canucks in 6
Kings in 4 (one can hope on this one.
Realistically though I think Edmonton takes it in 6 or 7)
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Tampa in 6
Toronto in 7
Rangers in 5
Canes in 7 (This last one is the one I'm least sure about. The Islanders have proven to be sneaky good in the playoffs in recent memory. Canes are a great team though)
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1 hour ago, cberg said:
Cochrane's, and Calgary's Summer is generally too chilly, and windy to grow great tomatoes to full maturity, unless you grow them inside or in a very warm, wind-protected, sunny spot. I built a 9ft by 11ft hothouse from linked pic piping and heavy duty plastic that protects from wind and keeps it very toasty all Summer long while adding a few weeks at both ends of the season. I grow all types of tomatoes, Beefsteak, paste, cherries, about a half dozen of both Bush and Vine varieties... In the hothouse they are fully out of the wind and have 4-6C frost protection so I typically can grow well into October. If you are trying to grow unprotected in Calgary I'd be trying anything with like 60-75 day stated maturities(from transplant date) and start seeds indoors by early April or buy transplants, since you only have June, July and most of August frost-free. Good luck!
Great tomato gardening where I'm at.
Beeeaautiful San Marzano.
I dont do it myself but have a friend who hooks me up with a bunch of tomatoes and jarred sauce every year because she and her family have such a big harvest 😁
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1 hour ago, robrob74 said:
thing about signing up to this site, I think they make newbies create a new topic post as a way to verify they're not a Bot.... maybe.This is true.
I had to as well. But I'm pretty sure I never actually saw it in the official message boards.
2024 NHL draft - A New Hope
in Flames Talk
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Yeah I think we will be pleased with one of the guys left on the board when #9 rolls around.
Like many have stated rankings are all over the place after Celebrini.
How nice it would be for a change to grab a guy at 9 that looks like he should've been a top 3-5 pick 10 years down the road.
In my time watching the Flames I think we've only hit that "should've been top 3" once picking outside the top 5. That was Tkachuk in 2016.