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"It's a great day for hockey" @ THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2024 5PM MST AT

Yeah Oilers a hard no. Never will cheer for them Used to like the Canucks when Linden was there and there have only been a few players that I really dislike. But current version of them its the coach I dislike the most.

Seems to be a real character in the dressing room.

Wow that was a bit of a surprise. If Marchand had got his stick up no Game Misconduct. No namer from Flames gets his stick up. Game Misconduct. Marchand deserved everything he got. Good on Posposil for standing up for his goaltender. Good job Flames.

Funny how 7 are listed as C on the Roster yet we are struggling to fiind for the top line. Rooney 4th line only. Schwindt does not look NHL to me in his short showing. I'd agree that Sharangovich seems the best bet. Also need someone to step up on the PK which is now a lot weaker.

Been one of my favorite players since he was here. Wish he wasn't a Canuck. Going to be hard to cheer for him there.

Red gets Lindholm traded to Vancouver. That could pay massive dividends for his team. Fancy trading him Redfire?

I'll take the big babies in blue from Columbus [Admin note: tsk tsk, RD......you know better than that 😉 ]

Oh good night Red. Catching me back up. Been hit with injuries to my big boys and the D Corps have started crapping the bed. Nicushkin on the rehab so no idea when he will be back. Could be an interesting run in.

Got to agree cannot understand that they are still plying him.

Good first but not so good second or third. You could predict the VGK coming so much dumb play in our end. However a win in T_mobile is always cause for some celebration and naother 2 points. Getting tight in the West. Go Flames Go.

New Managements Performance [This would be mostly the Coach and General Manager] GM - 4. Acquired some picks, got younger and continue to play young players. (spot on Cross!) Think Conroy has been patient. Like that he has started to keep a bit quieter which must be hard for Connie! Nonis and Maloney in the back ground helping? Coach - 3. Middle of the road for me. I like his tone in the media, some of the stuff (like the Backlund game 249 stuff, calling Dube and earlier Mangiapane out but backs players up aswell) Good to see he is willing to mix lines up late game. Is he good enough as an NHL coach? Not sure I am qualified to say. Overall teams Performance. 2. I think they are playing well below where they should be . We knew we were going to a playoff bubble team. The start to the season was abysmal. They get to .500 and then fall back again like they fear winning. The games in Philly and Chicago were dire. Offense Performance 2. PP suckage. Is that on the players or the coach? Funnily enough last night Lindholm, Huberdeau, Kadri, Shargovich and was it Weeger? That power play was more of what I was hoping for. 5on5 I think we have been pretty good and SH with have been great. Defense Performance 3. Top 4. Pretty decent although Andersoon I think is having a down year. Weeeger and Anderson as apair I like and Hanifin is looking good with Tanev. Concenring is as soon as we lose Tanev to injury the D suddenly looks a lot worse. I think Gilbert has been pretty solid. I don't miss Big Z. The 2 Russians on the farm look like they could be okay 5/6th and certainly better that Osterle. I am not convinced with DeSimone yet. Goaltending Performance 5. Markstrom, Vladar 2, Wolf 2. Improvements I am concerned about Tanev injury and feel we nned another shut down D like him. PP has got to start clicking. This could go a long way to getting us in the playoffs. What you would change to attain the goal of making the playoffs. Things to be cheerful about Apparently we have one of the easiest 2nd half schedule Kylington would help the defence Corranto is learning how to be a pro and doing well in the AHL Pelltier gives us options in the top 6. Huberdeau is starting to look like a point per game player again. We seem to have finally 3 relatively solid lines with Pelltier and Corranto to come in. Markstroms a beast. Things to be worried about Apparently we have one of the easiest 2nd half schedules! Tanev going down injured Finally: Are we better than last year? or Are we worse off. Glass half full answer is we are better off. Younger players getting opportunities, Markstrom looking solid again. GM learning the ropes. Are we pointed in the right direction or Are we sliding off the map of relevance? Cross has this spot on "I think they are heading (continuing) towards a long stay in the mushy middle" and unfortunately we have being saying it for many seasons. The Ownership have got to let GM have full control and stop the mandate of making the playoffs every season. Ideal time to do it now with a new stadium on the way, suck for a couple of years get some picks and ride the the wave of having a new stadium with some exciting kids in the lineup. Lastly has your fandom for the Flames changed this year or from the start of the year? Always optmism gets my juices going for start of a new season. It did not take long this year for one leg to fall off the bandwagon! But I am still there, the kids installed some excitement. It's great to see Zary play so well. He may have fallen off a bit lately but thats to be expected. Same with Posposil. Love seeing the GM giving the farm team some motivation by bringing up players so that has kept me interested and I've only missed a couple of games. We know they will try hard every night so that we finish 17th in the league. My biggest concen is with ownership. Oh and a couple of throwaways Been pleasantly suprised with Greer/Gilbert disapointed about Duher/Ruzicka/Dube and Hubes ( but I am hoping recency bias means he is going to be awesome in the 2nd half)

I think a lot of people were not happy with 3rd pick we got and thought it should have been more a 2nd or 1st. But player wise we got a younger player with a couple of years at decent money. And Shargovich has started to show some good form. We also got a nice prospect in Suniev who appears to be having a great freshman year after a great year in the BCHL. Got to say at this stage it is a Conroy win. But Devils are probabnly happy aswell apart from not being in a playoff spot Oh and his shorty last night was filthy

Ah, we all know they will play with our emotions and then get the 15th/16th pick. We're not bad enough to to get in the top 4. But could easily 6/7 if we suckage enough.

Well if this is not a signal to sell I don't what is. One line been okay. The rest of the team have been awful. Perhaps there is a cunning plan..... Go Flames Go!

Follow up our lazy from the 3rd the other night. If not for Markstrom would have been a blow out. Go Flames Go!

actually 6pm tonight and 8pm tomorrow Not so good for our aussie friends

Good result Flames. Did not like the 3rd we looked a bit lazy. Was really nice 1st period and 2nd was solid. Zary back at it tonight. Expect ups and downs with the young ones so good to see. Hope Gilbert is okay. Good to see Kylington getting some time with the Wranglers. Onwards to a crazy scheduled back to back afternoon (early evening games for me) with travel. Go Flames Go!

Got to give credit to Backlund. I think he has elevated his game eafter getting the C.

Solid 1st period. Let them back into a bit but Markstrom looking strong. Hanifin looking strong.....hmmm Go Flames Go!

Injury bug hit my boys. Connor, Svechnikov, Theodore, Rust, Buraskovsky, Lehkonen. Don't want to be on my team you might get snake bit.

pffft poor 3rd. Go Flames Go!

They've played pretty well. Couple of posts

2nd giveaway by Coleman leading to a goal. Challenge not as clear cut as the other night. No real suprise it did not go our way