February 1, 2011 at 8:57 pm - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
I’ll be honest, I didn’t think Calgary would pull this one out of the hat, but then again, a lot of people have been discrediting the Flames lately. Their cumulative age perhaps is their biggest asset as they go into games late trailing by a goal or two.
Tonight, playing on what looked like a lake (teams should be fined if they can’t be bothered to produce NHL calibre ice), Calgary and Nashville got out to a flying start, but it was a slow mo ping pong match after that.
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January 26, 2011 at 11:00 pm - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
In the last 16 games the Calgary Flames have only lost three games in regulation. Maybe Darryl Sutter was right…. He did expect the team to turn around right when they did, given the return of all injured players, the team has pulled together some solid hockey since Christmas. Their play has now put them three points out of 7th spot. Of course, they’re still 2 points out of 14th….
Consistency from here on in is the name of the game as the Flames aren’t out of the woods yet. Two losses puts them back at the bottom, but in the least, going into the All-star break, Calgary can relish their winning ways.
Kipper Plays 500th
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January 24, 2011 at 10:06 pm - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
And just like that the Calgary Flames are in 11th spot only three points out of a playoff spot. Three wins in a row against pretty good teams and three points away from the 8th and final spot (they don’t have games in hand mind you). Could this be the start of something big? Just a week ago the bandwagon was empty, this week there are tentative onlookers thinking of clawing back on.
If Calgary can play consistently then by mid-February we could be pushing for a spot. But it’s too soon yet to have hope. Calgary needs to beat marginal teams.
let’s not get ahead of ourselves, let’s look at tonite.
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January 23, 2011 at 12:21 am - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
The Flames have a knack of losing to crappy teams and beating the good ones. Think of it this way. At this point Calgary is 6 points out of a playoff spot (3 games). They’ve just beaten Dallas and Vancouver who sit atop the NW division, yet they couldn’t beat Minnesota three times this year (that’s 6 points), or even the NYI.
As far-fetched as it sounds, Calgary is only 6 ponts behind and a run of say, I dunno, 8 games, could put them in playoff contention….
One thing they’ll need is Kiprusoff who’s been pulled 2 of his last 5 and gave up 7 versus Minnesota. Tonight he made 41 saves including a dandy in the shoot-out.
Calgary has been taken to school by Vancouver this year so far, and it looked like another long night for the squad 3 minutes in.
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January 19, 2011 at 11:14 pm - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
Minnesota is a blight on the NHL. They probably have the lowest ratings because they are boring. But holy, they kick the stuffing out of the Flames every time they play each other.
Pathetic.
Only way to describe the 2010-11 version of the Flames. Most of these players don’t deserve to wear the flames ‘C’. Blame Sutter all you want, but 75% of this team has given up, including lame Kiprusoff.
Nothing else to say, just pathetic.
January 17, 2011 at 9:11 pm - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
If the Heritage Classic on Feb. 20th is anything like this game then we’re in for a great show–and a Flames win. Calgary needs to play .700 hockey these days to ‘make the playoffs’ so that means squandered chances and ‘almosts’ really mean nothing.
Tonight they ‘almost’ or ‘should have had it’ in the bag. I don’t say this too often, but the Flames deserved this one.
Here are the unofficial stats from me: 3 posts in the first period, 4 total (or more); 2 goals off a defenceman.
Credit the Flames for coming back from a 0-4 deficit and taking at least a point.
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January 15, 2011 at 9:23 pm - By: Madison · Filed under Post Game
This is going to be short. We just witnessed possibly the most boring game of the year. I actually fell asleep in the second period and didn’t miss anything. (this is how I started writing this with about 20 seconds left in the game). Then Kotalik took a stupid penalty and the Leafs woke up and tied it up.
Lets go back to the beginning though. The first period was exceptionally slow! Gio and Scoreface were the only ones that had some life. This team definitely looked like a team that was on the second night of a back to back. Luckily the Leafs were back to their normal slugglish selves so they were unable to take advantage of our slow start or Bourques stupid penalty. Made for a boring game but at least we weren’t losing. Miikka also seems to be back, not “stealing the game” back but the solid reliable goaltender we know and love. I fell asleep for the second and from twitter recaps and pure common sense, nothing happened. The third started off at the same pace as the rest of the game until there was about 6 minutes left and scoreface gets shoved out of the way in from of the net and Stajan sneaks in and scores to make it 1-0 Flames. This woke everyone up including myself and the Leafs sadly. I think when Stajan scored we all had a bit of a “Stajan really? but wow good for him finally” kind of moment. After 6 minutes of hockey that actually looked like hockey the Leafs scored to tie it up with 13 seconds left. Poor Miikka no shutout (I’m still trying to find someone to blame about that).
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January 8, 2011 at 1:05 am - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
Just when you thought it couldn’t get anymore sad this happens. Calgary played a pretty solid game, but little elements of their game creeped up to haunt them. Most notably, the inability to finish scoring chances.
On the flip side, one thing you rarely hear said is this: Flames lose because of shaky goaltending.
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January 6, 2011 at 12:22 am - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
When the hippies from Vancouver started chanting ‘Calgary sucks’ there wasn’t much you could do. The Flames suck, it’s not even funny anymore. The Calgary Flames don’t even put up a fight to make rivalries interesting.
For me at least, tonight was the first time I looked at a team that has truly given up, and the first time I don’t have a problem blowing it ALL up. Nothing is working, everyone looks pathetic.
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January 3, 2011 at 11:39 pm - By: Ro · Filed under Post Game
Calgarians know one thing: the Flames NHL hockey team is an embarrassment to the city. Coming off a four game win streak the team showed promise to just maybe claw back into the playoff race by February. The problem? Calgary can’t beat bottom basement dwellers, we’re talking teams miles worse (in the standings) than the Flames–that’s saying a lot.
Tonite, the NYI top line contributed for 3 goals. That’s basically two guys that made every Flame look like a moron on skates. Scoring on the other hand for Calgary consists of a multi-point game yet again from forth line. A bunch of pluggers with heart keep on scoring for the Flames. Too bad the rest of the team doesn’t share in the same sentiment.
They live up to the bill folks: the Calgary Flames are an overpriced and overpaid bunch of underperforming hockey players.
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