Comments on: Terrible Again - Flames 2 - Canucks 6

By: Barry Flames

Barry Flames — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:22:57 +0000

I would say officiating in the first was generally inconsistent both ways. I wouldn't say it was the cause of Calgary's loss. The too many men penalty was a bad one that changed the game. In the third calgary lost their composure but the refs were handing out double minors on Calgary for nothing.

Make your own breaks. Keenan isn't particularly bad though, he just isn't doing much differen than Playfair.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:05:06 +0000

Vancouver fan here, writing this from Vancouver, and have to agree with your point re: officiating in tonight's game - it was horrible BOTH ways.

What I found particularly interesting was the contrast between tonight's game and the game last Tuesday in which the Flames came back from a 2-0 Canucks lead and simply dominated the Canucks.

After that game, I wrote, "the Canucks took the rest of the night off and the Flames came out in the second and third periods looking like a team that not only wants a shot at the playoffs but is willing to fight, hard, to get there." The Flames looked playoff-ready. It was a different team I saw tonight.

Having suffered throught the Keenan years here in Vancouver, I can understand what Calgarians must be going through. Hang in there: he never lasts long...

Chers!

By: terry

terry — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:43:19 +0000

I want to say that the Flames were outclassed again because of poor systems and commitment. Hoenstly, what has Keenan provided other than, "yea I hope they figure it out, I sure won't tell them, I' just the coach you know."

ANd by the way, the experiments on line combinations should be done! Enough already....p.s. drop the instgator and half the cancuks line up wouldn't be playing cause someone would have knocked them out.

By: chuck

chuck — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:41:47 +0000

I want to say the reffing was the worst I've seen in a while. I'm not talking about the stuff in the third period (less sarich who took an elbow in the head and then cross check the sedin sister and watched out the school girl went down like a ton of bricks.)

I'm more ticked about how the refs changed the complexion of the game with their bogus and phantom calls. maybe it was cause I wasn't o nthe ice, but really, Phaneuf double minor? Is the league out to get the Flames? Unreal folks, the refs didin't help in Edmonton and they changed the complexion of this game as well. Not good, the league should review.