[overtime]

14 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

Funny, last year we were better at SO than 3v3 OT.

Before that we could only seem to win 3v3.

 

Last few OT games, and I was thinking, "Gosh, we're really missing TJ Brodie."

I wonder if Oliver Kylington could fill that role.

Love.

[overtime]

8 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

My hatred is the shootout, so if you made the OT longer, it would be better.

 

Yeah, I don't like the shootout either, but I think that the league does. Surely, the novelty has worn off by now?

Love.

[overtime]

1 hour ago, conundrumed said:

5 min 4-on-4, 5min 3-on-3. 2pt win, 1 pt tie. Hate loser points and 3pt wins a lot more than ties.

I sort of agree with this. I think that it'd be best to go back to something like the old system. I'd keep the 3x3, and if they must keep the shootout, I'd cap at five shooters. After that, it's a tie. Oh, and losing in overtime or a shootout is still a loss, so that means 0 points. I think you'd see very few ties.

 

2 points for a win

1 point for a tie

0 points for a loss

 

Love.

 

 

[No Flames gear for me!]

30 minutes ago, Saymzies said:

A massive shoutout to @Heartbreaker who mailed this absolute beauty to me. Beers are on me next time I'm in CGY! 🍻

That's awesome, Buddy! I was wondering when that'd get there. Lookin' good!

Love.

[It's Game Day Biotches]

7 hours ago, jjgallow said:

Not drafting LW is a waste of a pick

I've been seeing this a lot around here lately, so I did some Javascript for you using the List of Calgary Flames draft picks Wikipedia page.

This code will get you the entire list, and you can sort it in the console (if you don't know how to do that, if you hold CMD-option-J, it'll open up for you in Chrome, and, an important point - if you want to run any of these, you'll need to run this one first):

const rows = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('table.wikitable.sortable.jquery-tablesorter tr'))

let players = []

rows.forEach(row => {
    const cells = Array.from(row.childNodes)
    const player = {
        draftYear: cells[1].innerText,
        round: cells[3].innerText,
        name: cells[7].innerText,
        position: cells[11].innerText, 
    }
    players.push(player)
})

console.table(players)

For the sake of this exercise, I have limited the data to only include the draft from 2011 until the most recent draft using this snippet:

let range = []

players.map(player => (player.draftYear >= 2011 ? range.push(player) : null))

console.table(range)

Of course, that snippet can be modified to show any range that you would like. If you want to filter by position, you can run this code:

const lw = range.filter(player => player.position.includes('LW'))

console.log(lw)

Quote

(index)	draftYear	round	name	position

0	'2011'	'1'	'Sven Bartschi'	'LW'
1	'2011'	'4'	'Johnny Gaudreau'	'LW'
2	'2012'	'6'	'Coda Gordon'	'LW'
3	'2013'	'1'	'Morgan Klimchuk'	'LW'
4	'2015'	'6'	'Andrew Mangiapane'	'LW'
5	'2016'	'1'	'Matthew Tkachuk'	'LW'
6	'2017'	'7'	'Filip Sveningsson'	'LW'
7	'2018'	'4'	'Demetrios Koumontzis'	'LW'
8	'2018'	'7'	'Dmitry Zavgorodniy'	'LW'
9	'2019'	'1'	'Jakob Pelletier'	'LW'
10	'2021'	'2'	'William Strömgren'	'LW'
11	'2021'	'6'	'Lucas Ciona'	'LW'

And if you want to narrow it down even more, you can use this one to filter by position, and by round:

const lw1 = range.filter(player => player.position.includes('LW') && player.round === '1')

console.log(lw1)

If you run the code, you'll see that since 2011, the Flames have selected 71 players. Of the 71, 12 have been LW (which is pretty much exactly what you'd expect based on six positions). Of the 12, four of them were selected in the first round. One way that the data could be manipulated to suit your narrative is that since 2011, the Flames have selected four LW with 11 first-round picks - better than 1/3 (although, they've chosen four C as well).
 

Quote

(index)	draftYear	round	name	position

0	'2011'	'1'	'Sven Bartschi'	'LW'
1	'2013'	'1'	'Morgan Klimchuk'	'LW'
2	'2016'	'1'	'Matthew Tkachuk'	'LW'
3	'2019'	'1'	'Jakob Pelletier'	'LW'

Also, interestingly, the Flames historically don't value LW as much as you might expect. At least, not at the draft table. Out of the exactly 400 Calgary Flames draft picks, only 59 have played LW. The math suggests that you'd anticipate it'd be a much more Satanic 66.6 left wingers.

Not surprisingly, in Alberta, there's always been a tendency to lean to the right... including at the NHL Entry Draft. The Flames have drafted 72 right wingers. Here's the code:
 

const allTimeLW = players.filter(player => player.position.includes('LW'))
const allTimeRW = players.filter(player => player.position.includes('RW'))

console.log("LW: ", allTimeLW)
console.log("RW: ", allTimeRW)

Love.
 

[GDT Ducks @ FLAMES Mon 18 October 2021]

2 hours ago, travel_dude said:

Radical thinking....

  

2 hours ago, jjgallow said:

... The only thing I disagree with is that it's radical lol.

...

 

Radical, is ...   The only thing radical ...

 

2 hours ago, travel_dude said:

 

Radical, as in ...

Love.

[GDT FLAMES @ Oilers Sat 16 Oct 2021]

3 minutes ago, robrob74 said:

KISS!!!

 

I want to rock and roll all night and part of every day!

Love.

[Preseason Game 3: Kraken vs Flames]

16 hours ago, jjgallow said:

...

Like the Oilers did after Chris Pronger's wife ended what was a solid team.

...

 

16 hours ago, robrob74 said:

I heard that Pronger had some extra curriculars. So his wife might have given an ultimatum of if you're here, I leave and if it's Cali I stay with you... I think that's how it went? or was it the other way around? 

 

Speaking of which, I just hung this 7' poster in the pain cave... if this isn't motivating, it's never going to happen for me.

 

Love.

[is this our team?????]

3 minutes ago, Cowtownguy said:

Gotta admit that I am surprised we are heading into the year without a few more significant changes. I understand when Treliving says he makes deals when they are available, but I thought he would really go for it this year. Guess he figures his job is secure.

 

Btw, I just got back from doing research in Antarctica since Jan 1, 2020 and no internet. What's new? LOL

 

Holy smokes! It's @Cowtownguy! I was just thinking about you. You have been missed, good Sir!

Love.

[No Flames gear for me!]

16 hours ago, rocketdoctor said:

@Heartbreaker

 

Thank you for the thought!

 

Great snag!!  

 

If I was still playing I might have been interested but my days wearing game jerseys around town are long gone!!    Wearing a Johnny jersey on a 280lb frame would just not feel right 😆

 

Well, Sir, I will keep my eyes open for you. I don't mind shipping something out to you if there's a deal to be had!

Love.

[No Flames gear for me!]

Hey @rocketdoctor - today I got a smokin' deal at a local shop in Calgary. It's not a hoodie, but I wasn't looking for one...

 

 

 

 

I strolled into a Sport Chek, and this was 50% off the yellow tag price, so it was $30! I wasn't in the market, but it was too good a deal to leave behind.

 

I did a quick Canada Post search for a shipping rate based on a package that was 30x30x10, and weighed 1kg. There are seven options, with International Surface being the least expensive. It might take awhile to get to England, but the lowest rate was $28. I don't know if you'd be interested in something like that, but if you are, I don't mind picking one up and sending it your way.

Also, I posted it here in case anyone local is looking for a good deal on a jersey. They have some blanks, and some Johnnys.

 

Love.

[Goaltending]

This is pretty cool.

 

Love.

[Theo Fleury]

18 hours ago, jjgallow said:

Proof:  I'm not banned!

I was suspended once for telling Big Chief to stop acting so boorishly.

 

Yes, I actually used the word boorishly.

I was told to take some time to think about being more respectful on the board, but that was before people were being cancelled.

Love.

[Ryan Francis - 5th rounder 2020]

34 minutes ago, kehatch said:

 

It isn't about being rubbed in any way (that sounds awkward). The conversation is just going in circles.  All good. 

 

 

Love.

[2021 Offseason Thread]

33 minutes ago, kehatch said:

Most of the Flames top players were drafted and developed by the team. 

 

Oh yeah, I get that, but we can't pretend that they've got an exceptional record when it comes to development. I'm not convinced that the best place for Sam Bennett was ever in between Brouwer and Bouma, and yet, there he was. Then he was put on the wing, and then on his off wing, etc... highest draft pick in Flames history.

 

I know that they're not all like that, and I know that other teams miss as well - but I don't have a lot of faith in their development, and I also don't have a lot of faith in Darryl Sutter when it comes to the younger players.

 

Love.

[2021 Offseason Thread]

2 minutes ago, conundrumed said:

Ahh the dog days of summer...get the RFA's signed and get ready to grasp into what's left in FA, scare us with PTO's on tweeners, rinse and repeat.

Can't wait until the Pelletier, Zary, Kuznetsov, Mackey, Ruzicka crowd can graduate to meaningful NHLers and stop pulling our hair out waiting for substantial improvements via our own prospects. It's been Mangia, Dube, Andersson and then cliff for too long. Almost Valimaki. Almost nothing in bottom 6, always rent-a-tweener or slow and nothing to get excited about.

 

I always get nervous around this time of year... I am hopeful that Pelletier, Zary, and eventually Coronato aren't on the Jankowski/Bennett development path. I'm not overly optimistic, however.

 

Love.

[The Official Calgary Flames "New Arena" thread]

1 hour ago, robrob74 said:

get the Stampede cheerleaders in! 
 

or stop with the country music. Or find some heavy metal country! Could be a new genre! Let’s get @Heartbreaker in on this! 

 

I'm your huckleberry.

 

Love.

[The Official Calgary Flames "New Arena" thread]

10 hours ago, robrob74 said:

I dunno if I will ever watch a game there. 
 

I went to Calgary just to watch a game once and I tried to cheer and get the crowd going. And some guy yelled and told me to shut up and keep quiet. Trying to watch a game! I probably should have broke up with the Flames then and there!

 

Yeah, the trick is to sit in the nosebleeds, and optimally, for a game against the Oilers. That's where you'll find me and the rest of the riff raff, and it's excellent!

Love.

[The Official Calgary Flames "New Arena" thread]

Presented without comment:


Love.

[2021 Calgary Flames NHL Draft]

39 minutes ago, cross16 said:

you will want to fact check that. 

 

I found the RCMP documentation on this matter (a quick Google search for age of consent Canada), and was going to share it here. Then I realized that I felt really gross doing that. You have handled this query perfectly with this single sentence. As per usual, good Sir, I defer to you. 

Love. 

[2021 Calgary Flames NHL Draft]

Just now, travel_dude said:

The only better name available was Red Savage

I was really hoping we'd draft that kid. 

Love. 

[2021 Calgary Flames NHL Draft]

Because, Whynot?!

Love. 

[2021 Calgary Flames NHL Draft]

Just now, travel_dude said:

Traded to LA?

Bummer. I have all these plans for today, and I'm waiting on this pick so that I can get started. Bastards... 

Love. 

[2021 Calgary Flames NHL Draft]

3 minutes ago, Thebrewcrew said:

Edmonton is gonna get a crack at Wallstedt.

 

Does Kenny do it? Or does he go with a forward to play with Connor?

 

It could be exactly the right pick for them. I know goalies normally take a little bit longer, but they've got Smith for two years, and then they're gonna need a guy...

 

Love. 

[2021 Calgary Flames NHL Draft]

2 minutes ago, Thebrewcrew said:

 

 

Y'know, I'm pretty excited about this pick. He's New York Italian, and I've got James Pietragallo in my head. He'll definitely have the boys over because he cares deeply about his sauce, he's got a cool nickname, and he wears my favourite number. 

Love.