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Smith always would limp off after a bad goal. If he had a really bad game he would blame the D or feign an injury. EDM fans wondered why the coach didn;t send him to the AHL for conditioning. Umm, that's a decision the player has to make and it's completed by the GM

Paid by the Oiler to not play for them. His salary is the same as the amount Oilers retained on Looch. Hope he gets picked up by MTL and plays strong. Bwahaha

26 shots in a period is insane. Guadreau now tied for 7th on the franchise in points.

Nice hands by Lewis

Backlund hits the glove. Yeah, Lewis

Game management call. Zaddy was going for the puck

Hanifin is really dicey on the PP. Hey ARI, I was saying how good Hanifin looks on the PP. Natural born QB. Excellent 2 way Dman

Lindholm with the snipe. Gotta try something other than the short side jam. Backlund and Hanifin on the PP. Ugg

On the organ?

Flames looked a bit sluggish this period. Lucky to get the tie after one. Need to get Monahan some time with someone other than Pitlick. Pits is fine defensively, but need a little bit of Moneyhands.

Gabriel is looking for a big hurt.

Thought Wolfie would get the SO. Too bad, they had held SJ to 20 shots.

It looked like nobody covering Debrincat. Lucic was near. Hanfin was just covering the corner of the net. Tough break, since they had gotten the puck back at least once. Tkachuk without Gaudreau. What would that even be?

Mangiapane is on fire. He should have two by now.

Thanks RD, I was a bit worried you might be too hungover...still. No word on lines today. Huska was aid to be considering some options. Whatever that means.

Least ways you will only have to watch the Flames there matey. Heat game should be over by then. Wolfie and Pelletier battling it out for top prospect ranking. I still lean towards Pelts.

Sounds like Mike Smith. Smith ends up imjired anytime he plays like crap. Suck on it EDM.

Hope we don't make another nobody look like a star

Bennett facing a possible suspension, just in time to not play us. I worry less about MAF these days in CHI; he is hot and cold.

^^^^^ Are you still in the boat that Wolfie will be hard pressed to make the NHL or have you gotten past his size yet. I'm happy that we drafted him and that his game just keeps getting better. The AHL isn't as much of a test this year due to teams needing to call up everyone with any kind of potential, but I'm not taking anything away from him. He may get a NHL game in this season, but I hope it doesn't change his approach. I figure the way things are trending we will see Pelletier sooner, which is a good thing. Easier for a forward to be able to be insulated. And a player like Pelts can show his top 6 potential. A goalie on the other hand could have a great showing and just have been lucky for the team to be playing really well in front of him. Would give him a boost, but a bad follow up game could bring him down.

As long as he know not to check hard, or act tough to draw a fight. And as long as he doesn't check or go into the boards or drive the net or goalie. Or slash Johnny. What could go wrong.

The playoffs are a bit of a function of the lines, not just one player. JH was not very effective becuase they knew he was going pass every time. They targeted him, and nobody else need be covered. This year you see JH taking passes and getting shots away or a breakaway. That is not what teams expect. Not to even mention that we had a rookie coach in our last playoffs. I would expect more like regular season resulrs this time around, because we are playing more like a playoff team.

The Gio goal off Zaddy was a miscue; nobody went to the puck after the drop off. The one off the faceoff was strange, where Guddy ended up flat on the ice. Didn't see if it was a trip or what. The deflection with Kyl in front was a double deflection possibly. The initial deflection put it out of Markstrom's reach. Markstrom was bad unless he was good. He made good saves but gave up sloppy ones. We let them back in too easily after going up. Details missed for sure. But you are correct in that we outplayed them by a wide margin. At one point we had over 70% on the dot. Better resuly than we have seen after a break. Looch with the snipe? Wasn't expecting him to get off that bice a shot. And he turnd a simple check on the boards into extended zone time.

I think he would work with a few players, but he's stuck with Backlund. What a garbage line that was tonight. I would consider something like Dube-Ruzie-Coleman Really, there are two players right now that are killing the lines they are on. Richardson and Pitlick. I've got no issue with Lewiis, but he doesn;t make Monahan any better. Maybe just put Backlund back on the 3rd line. JH-Lindy-Tkachuk Mangiapane-Monahan-Coleman Lucic-Backlund-Dube Ruzie-Lewis-Pitlick (although Ruzie is way better playing his natural position).

HNY CGY. And those of you not freezing to death.