Islanders @ FLAMES - Saturday 10 Feb 2022

[travel_dude]

Excellent shift by 4th line.

Guddy with a well deserved goal.

[travel_dude]

Phase 4 complete.

Phase 5 upcoming.

[flames-fan-in-jets-land]

Guddy just needs an A for the GH hat trick.

[robrob74]

Something I notice about the team this year is that everyone knows their assignments, especially important on faceoffs in the Flames zone. When they lose the draw they’re defending properly, whereas in previous years a lot of guys got caught standing around and watching. 
 

it’s a breath of fresh air. 

[travel_dude]

One thing I heard about them doing was not forcing plays.

A play isn't here and they regroup.

They call it negative passing or something like that.

You move forward, then push back to the D or trailer.

Not a bump back, but it's very effective.

The other team loses the structure they had and can get caught.

Way more effective than dump only.

 

 

[travel_dude]

Flames stretching out their points in the West.

1 back of Vegas and 3 games in hand.

3 up on LA.

Finally, they are kicking butt at home.

10-4-4

3 home wins in a row .

4 games remaining on homestand.

Lowest GA in the league.

4th best GF/GA differential.

[travel_dude]

Ruzicka learning to win draws.

64%.

Best on the team tonight.

[conundrumed]

Sorry I missed the thread tonight. Leafs lose, Flames crushing it AGAIN. Sutter's building his masterpiece. This is unreal to watch.

There is superfun, and then there's this. Unreal. Don't wake me up.lol

[conundrumed]

2 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

Ruzicka learning to win draws.

64%.

Best on the team tonight.

And a goal and an assist. Settling in. Great to see and he should be great at the dot. Proud of him tonight. He'll get better now I think that he's found his place. Great add for us.

[travel_dude]

2 minutes ago, conundrumed said:

And a goal and an assist. Settling in. Great to see and he should be great at the dot. Proud of him tonight. He'll get better now I think that he's found his place. Great add for us.

 

Gets the 1st star tonight.

Nice.

Well deserved.

The Guddy goal was a complete \ly dominating shift by the 4th line.

 

If only we could get the 3rd line going.

Like if we only had a RW that could make more than the occasional hockey play. 

[rocketdoctor]

Good win.

 

4th line actually playing more minutes than the 3rd line. 

 

Also great to see us starting a run at home.

 

Go Flames Go!

 

 

[travel_dude]

We are perhaps starting to see a team that breaks through the defensive trap.

NYI is one of the best defensive teams out there.

Dallas is another that gives you very little to work with.

Even though the score was a little lopsided, it was a close game.

Good to see that we don't start getting frustrated and cheat.

Stay within the structure.

The two goals we let in were related to D.

Hanifin deflected one in.

Zaddy goes down and Lindy drops the player to go cover behind.

Can't do much about the 1st one.

The second was a mistake; sure that Sutter let him know.

 

I won't get too high about the win, since it was a schedule win.

The B2B wins were more impressive, yet we played one tired team in each of them.

The Toronto win was huge.

 

BJ and ANA coming next week.

Not powerhouses, but these teams have guys surging.

[flames-fan-in-jets-land]

6 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

We are perhaps starting to see a team that breaks through the defensive trap.

NYI is one of the best defensive teams out there.

Dallas is another that gives you very little to work with.

Even though the score was a little lopsided, it was a close game.

Good to see that we don't start getting frustrated and cheat.

Stay within the structure.

The two goals we let in were related to D.

Hanifin deflected one in.

Zaddy goes down and Lindy drops the player to go cover behind.

Can't do much about the 1st one.

The second was a mistake; sure that Sutter let him know.

 

I won't get too high about the win, since it was a schedule win.

The B2B wins were more impressive, yet we played one tired team in each of them.

The Toronto win was huge.

 

BJ and ANA coming next week.

Not powerhouses, but these teams have guys surging.

Historically these are the types of games where the Flames only bring their B game. (or even C game)

 

I'm not expecting to win all the remaining games but the handful of points gained from these types of games can be the difference of matchup, home ice, or even playoff appearance.

[travel_dude]

8 minutes ago, flames-fan-in-jets-land said:

Historically these are the types of games where the Flames only bring their B game. (or even C game)

 

I'm not expecting to win all the remaining games but the handful of points gained from these types of games can be the difference of matchup, home ice, or even playoff appearance.

 

The three games in hand over the VGK are critical.

Set the stage.

Win 2/3 and we are 3 points up at that season stage.  3/3 is 5.

But the big thing for me is that we play well in a difficult schedule.

February is slack compacred to March.

Some teams had a vacation.

Some got suckered early and lost a buch.

We basically play 3 per week this month remaining.

March and April is either 3 or 4 per week.

 

This schedule builds character.

Play at a high level every 2nd night.

This is our playoffs right now.

Play to get to the top so we don't have to face a top team.

At the very least get home ice.