Calgary Flames Official Thread

[Mountain Man]

Forgot about the Prime thing, was hoping to make it home in time for the 2nd, but I don't have Prime.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I could see the Flames finishing 8th if they can figure out a way to score more goals, win on the road, and win a few more in regulation. The bottom half of the Western Conference is not good this year, the West has been dominated by the East, and there is such a drop-off from Colorado in the 7 seed. The Flames will probably be competing against the Canucks (who are currently falling apart) and Blues for a playoff spot.

If they could score a few goals and played Wolf more often I could see them making one of the wildcard spots. I'm still undecided which way I want these guys to go. After losing to Nashville and Utah at home the choice seemed obvious, now it's back to 'maybe'

 

[Mountain Man]

Flames will have to make a move at the deadline to get a goal scorer, otherwise they will get swept in the first round and we are stuck in mediocrity. The best thing for the Flames would still be to finish bottom 10 and keep our first round pick this year.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Flames will have to make a move at the deadline to get a goal scorer

Unless he fits the age profile, I really hope they just stick with what they have.

 

[Mountain Man]

Zegras is a guy who has come up in trade talks recently. What we don't need to do is trade a 1st round pick for anyone unless we could land Marner or something.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Zegras is not signing an extension here, I'm out on him. Marner is too old and folds himself into mental pretzels when he's not playing well, I'm out on him too.

 

[Mountain Man]

Agree on Zegras, disagree on Marner. Neither are coming here though, so we should commit to the rebuild for at least another year. Wolf has put us ahead of the curve, but we still need many more prospects to fill out our offense.

 

[trtcttc]

I mean they won without him but it was slug. Give them credit for their effort. Another Monday Night Prime game tonight. See if Kerins gets in the lineup.

Looks like he's in and playing on the third line

 

[Mountain Man]

2 periods in and he has 2 points, Kerins may stick around for a while. Flames might need to move on from Pospisil too, dude takes too many stupid penalties.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Flames might need to move on from Pospisil too, dude takes too many stupid penalties.

There's guys like this around, he needs to pick his spots but if this team makes the playoffs that guy will become a cult hero.

 

[Mountain Man]

Unless he gets suspended or takes a major penalty that costs us a game. I like his energy out there, and he does have skill, but he takes dumb penalties far too often.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

That was said about Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk, they turned out alright. I'm not saying he's them but he isn't losing the flames games either so let him figure it out.

 

[Mountain Man]

These guys may still make the playoffs, would likely get swept even with Wolf standing on his head, wonder if there is a move to add depth in the near future. Wolf is carrying this team on his back, if he stays healthy we may get in.

Great to see Kuzmenko get a goal last night, he's such a creative player but just can't get it going. If I were Conroy I'd give him a 1 year deal, see if he can find his game. Also, Wolf for president!

 

[CalgaryTiger]

I think if they're around the wild card at deadline they add some centre depth.

 

[Unknown User]

These guys may still make the playoffs, would likely get swept even with Wolf standing on his head, wonder if there is a move to add depth in the near future. Wolf is carrying this team on his back, if he stays healthy we may get in.

Great to see Kuzmenko get a goal last night, he's such a creative player but just can't get it going. If I were Conroy I'd give him a 1 year deal, see if he can find his game. Also, Wolf for president!

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