FLAMES @ Hurricanes - Fri 7 Jan 2022

[travel_dude]

1 minute ago, LouCifer said:

Worth mentioning that Backlund does look more engaged this period. If I’m going to piss on him, I’ve gotta go the other way when he plays well. Keep it up backs. (It’ll up your trade value! 😂) snicker snicker. 

 

They show his muffins to go with his great defensive plays.

CAR doesn't look like the team they should be.

But we have put the boots to them for over half of the 1st.

Expect a close game.

Mange scores next.

Even though Lucic almost had one.

[travel_dude]

Back to the CAR broadcast.

See ya Cass.

[travel_dude]

Flames hitting every chance they get.

Like it.

[travel_dude]

Feels like the refs are letting a lot go.

Couple of takedowns by CAR players.

Big hits by Zaddy that refs love to call.

 

Like the way Ruzie is playing.

Not a 4th liner, but blends with whomever he's with.

Was out with Gaudreau and drew a penalty. 

[travel_dude]

Ruzie couldn't hold his man but nobody covering Stepan. 

[travel_dude]

Team is fading.

Need to stop letting in goals in the 2nd periods.

[LouCifer]

Didn’t want to mention how period 2 wasn’t looking like period 1. I’m guessing the flames got too enamored with their first period. 

[medatswhoP]

17 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

Back to the CAR broadcast.

See ya Cass.

Hahaha  

[LouCifer]

Ok. Plan C? 

[LouCifer]

Well, there’s 1. 

[medatswhoP]

Not moving their legs again in our own end is a problem.

[robrob74]

2 minutes ago, LouCifer said:

Well, there’s 1. 

lets get another and make a game of this. Score this PP!

[LouCifer]

Just now, medatswhoP said:

Not moving their legs again in our own end is a problem.

Yep. Puck watching. No awareness where their man is for defensive zone coverage. Being reactive isn’t a plan for success. 
 

let’s go PP

[robrob74]

Need to get one on thesePP’s!

[robrob74]

Tough ones! 
 

gotta figure out these PP’s. They’re killing momentum and giving them momentum.

[LouCifer]

Squandered 2 chances to close the gap and make a game of it. The mojo from the first is gone. This team either looks good, or looks stale. I don’t particularly see any in between. While I do recognize the tough lineup of teams to face - and 3 games in 4 nights - I remember how the flames pretty much got the month of December off, and Sutter claiming the team hasn’t been this healthy since preseason. I do have higher expectations than what we’re seeing from this team at this point. 

[jjgallow]

34 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

Feels like the refs are letting a lot go.

Couple of takedowns by CAR players.

Big hits by Zaddy that refs love to call.

 

Like the way Ruzie is playing.

Not a 4th liner, but blends with whomever he's with.

Was out with Gaudreau and drew a penalty. 

 

It be that time o year

[travel_dude]

Just now, jjgallow said:

 

It be that time o year

 

I was pretty happy overall with the lack of calls.

No 5 and a game for a reasonable hit.

No weak calls.

 

 

[jjgallow]

2 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

I was pretty happy overall with the lack of calls.

No 5 and a game for a reasonable hit.

No weak calls.

 

agreed

[travel_dude]

This feels like a game we can win.

Some details missing.

The PP messes with our lines.

 

[medatswhoP]

Need a greasy goal to shift the momentum up.

[LouCifer]

Very easy pickings right now. We’re receiving passes while standing still. No passes in flight. So easy. 

[LouCifer]

Oh no. The wave. Our kryptonite! Lol

 

one goal for us would change the way Carolina plays this game. 

[medatswhoP]

Horrible this power play tonight

[LouCifer]

Roof daddy