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Calgary Flames Drafting and Development: Your Analysis
conundrumed replied to rickross's topic in Flames Talk
Would Brodie fetch another 1st, and should that be considered. We're pretty heavy on D. If Fantom is re-signed, he's played both sides. Andersson has taken huge strides. Is Brodie running out of real estate? Or would you look at Hamonic's hard style as someone whose career may have a shorter lifespan? -
Calgary Flames Drafting and Development: Your Analysis
conundrumed replied to rickross's topic in Flames Talk
Same. The playoffs will be telltale imo. A good run would make for harder choices. We've got some depth below the A, but how much of that you'd identify as Top 6 forward depth is suspect. I think we'll see a lot of RFA's, particularly with arb rights, not qualified. The biggest question for me is Stone. He's overpaid and would be the popcorn eater when we can re-sign Fantenberg at < half and move Fanta to RD. -
Too be fair, Valimaki did a 20 game stint in the A. He likely does most things better than Fantenberg, but Fantenberg keeps it pretty darn quiet. Vali has another game tonight to prove, but being paired with Stone works against him. I do believe they'll go with Fanta, as he's still paired with Rasmus in these games. It's a very nice problem to have!
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My first question is, why do we invent these scenarios being problems? End of camp, Vali earned that spot, played in what, 22, then I high ankle sprain. Andersson's spot was gifted to Stone but he went away and he's not getting that spot back. So full props to Kylington and Fantenberg for stepping up. But that's Vali's well-earned spot, and he's ready. I get the "uh don't want rookies together". Until you say it's Valimaki-Andersson. Is Andersson even a rook at this point?
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So who should be our 3LD? My vote is Valimaki.
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I'm excited. We've got a really good team. Hopefully they stay loose. We can beat anyone over 7 games. We have 3 solid lines, one in flux, good D, 2 worthy goalies. Why not us?
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Why I'm a fan of turning the D around in the O zone. Split it half and half to keep them guessing. They pressure our D or entry up high, is what leads to breakaways and 2-on-1's going the other way. That stuff can't happen come playoffs, because we all know it does happen during the playoffs and can be game/series changers. DON'T TURN IT OVER AT THEIR BLUELINE. What do I have to yell. lol
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I think the biggest takeaway is, as a team, we only gave up 15 shots, It's one of those things. If you aren't scoring you can't hang your goalies for losses. When you are scoring, you have to keep a sound D element to the play. Smith hasn't given up deflating goals lately, as long as the team can put some goals up, the rest seems to be looking after itself. Solid D, timely saves. Rittich has cut the playing time in half, which is what we all wanted from the outset. I don't think any of us wanted a 60-65 game Smith heading into the playoffs. You don't win the WC regular season by luck. We've had a lot of things go right, sure there have been dips and curves. That's just team-building stuff. I think everyone is playing for each other and there's accountability. No one wants to let their teammates down, and when they do, their teammates are there to pick them up. We may not have a Brodeur, Price or Roy in net, but you don't need that if you have a team that consistently wins more shifts then it loses.
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Dude, wtf? You just agreed with him while screaming in bold. just sayin'
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Smith's year to year contracts now. Kind of a Howard situation. I tend to agree, but yearly contracts. If he explodes on the playoff scene, becomes a Cup goalie, that's a tough one.
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We've been through how many "stop gaps" since Kipper? It's been painful. I've been saying this for awhile. Smith has been a very admirable "stop gap". A stop gap that works, finally. Rittich and Smith are interchangeable imho. 2 good looks. The best part is, they get along great. Smith the aging vet, Rittich the patient student. When you consider we all thought Smith was a stop gap. He lit the world on fire to start, so that became the new expectation. Yr 2, here comes a starter for him to teach. Looking good. On the whole, I'd say Smith did exactly what we wanted him to do. If he starts, Rittich starts, I don't really care. Solid tandem. I won't be offended if Smitty starts, put it that way. We wanted him rested for the playoffs, well, here we are.
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To think I'm doing it to shut you up isn't correct. If I have a 50/50 shot at something, I'm always on the wrong 50, so you're not alone. All I can do is laugh at myself, not let it torment me. So if the least I can do is tighten your bootstraps and grab your hand for a fun ride, it's the least that I can do. This whole online debacle of trying to be compassionate is a struggle. I'm bringing it up because you've been almost regularly negative lately, like you've never really been before. You've got a great hockey mind, but like you say yourself, you've always had to hope for the worst to get the best. You know that isn't actually a thing, you've just convinced yourself that it is. Like Mony forgetting how to be an NHLer.
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Dude. Why do you love the negative route? We've been down so long that having a really good team now is euphoria. Maybe we lose in the 1st rd, who's to say, but we get to be in the playoffs. I don't get why you shiv the balloon constantly and then say, "I'm a realist" when you get called out. Is there no sunshine where you live? I heard it only rains once in Van, starts in October and ends in April. lol I'm fine bouncing negatives around, like our 3rd line worries. But you really come across as next level negative about most things. Paint on a smile man, we're having our best season in ages.
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Well, not much to do about it. I'm sure we'd all like Rittich to have 16 shutouts in a row, but that may not happen. lol If you look at the positives, we have 2 capable goalies that have different styles. We may be in really good shape in that regard. If most other playoff teams lose their #1, they don't have a plan B like we do.
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It's reading like Rittich vs SJS to me. And to start the playoffs if everything stays the same. Regardless of the talking heads, looks pretty clear to me that Rittich's taking the hard games.
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Calgary Flames Drafting and Development: Your Analysis
conundrumed replied to rickross's topic in Flames Talk
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Calgary Flames Drafting and Development: Your Analysis
conundrumed replied to rickross's topic in Flames Talk
I think one of our best acquisitions in recent history is Hakan Loob as Director of European Scouting. Big trust in his scouting team analyzing the specifics we're looking for. Goalie prospects is definitely one. -
Tomorrow vs Dallas should be Sunday vs SJ. Rittich, I'd guess, if he's over illness. He's been the better goalie, on several fronts. Just a question of does BP & company value puck-handller more. Great. But your puckhandler wants to keep every puck alive and really appears to be struggling with angles and anticipation. The other guy makes equally big saves and absorbs pucks. Please go with Rittich.
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I generally like his stories, but his takes are a bit dicey.
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It'll be Rittich's to lose come game 2. It's not that Smith hasn't been making some big saves, but last night's 2 against he just isn't playing the position correctly. The 2nd goal, sure, nice shot. But every NHLer will nail that one. He's too deep, too far to his right for the angle leaving a third of the net on his glove side open. Even Hrudey commented, "not sure what Smith was thinking there". Me neither. Now as I said, he had some great saves that could have been goals. But there are ones you have to have this time of year, and I believe both LA goals are one's you have to be in position to stop. And he had lots of time to be in position. He just isn't reading angles well. He really hasn't all year, and I'm flummoxed that no one seems to be bothering to correct it.
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That'll only make it more amusing.
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Same can be said in the opposite. He's looked as thick as a brick too often. He sure doesn't look anything like where he was drafted. So he was overrated then....
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Are you sure that you're sure on Hanifin? Are you sure he doesn't need adjustment time, ala Hamonic last year? He's young.
