GDT: “Hurricanes blow.” [Games #7 - Oct. 24] Hurricanes @ Flames, 7pm MT, 4am EEST

[JPeeper]

Vladar got about 3 seconds of rest on the bench before the ENG. brutal

not even, the puck crossed the line as the door was just shutting. lmao

 

[Figgy44]

Oofs. Lost foot race

 

[Straight Fire]

You can't spot a team 3 in less than half a game. But we needed more finish too.

 

[Bounces R Way]

lame

Awful first 25 minutes sunk us. Just can't do that against the good teams.

 

[Straight Fire]

Way to slow it down for our last 35 seconds because no team ever scored 2 in that time-frame

Sheesh

Team sort of pooped the bed tonight. Overall. Some glimpses of good but not enough.

 

[Figgy44]

Good fight in the third, need more jam. At least it was interesting till the end. So many whiffs from both sides though... Both teams handled the puck like a grenade in the NZ for lengthy periods of time. Kinda weird.

 

[JurassicTunga]

Props to the Flames for making it interesting after it was looking like it was gonna be a disaster.

Hopefully they bring the momentum from the second half and play a full 60 next game.

 

[Straight Fire]

Good fight in the third, need more jam. At least it was interesting till the end. So many whiffs from both sides though... Both teams handled the puck like a grenade in the NZ for lengthy periods of time. Kinda weird.

There was like a 30 to 40 sec stretch with a couple of minutes left where they advanced it into our zone because 3 or 4 of our guys couldn't hit the puck back in the other direction if it were a beach ball.

Anyway, good night all, better outcome next game

 

[Mobiandi]

Whole lotta nothing from Kuzmenko, Kadri, and Mantha so far this season

 

[Figgy44]

There was like a 30 to 40 sec stretch with a couple of minutes left where they advanced it into our zone because 3 or 4 of our guys couldn't hit the puck back in the other direction if it were a beach ball.

Anyway, good night all, better outcome next game

I saw it go both ways. Idk why but that puck was ricocheting and flipping over stick blades on both sides for so long. I've just never seen it happen for like a minute at a time for both sides 10-15 second at most maybe.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Welp, 81-0-1 was an unrealistic expectation anyways.

I've been humbled and willing to accept 80-1-1.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Not too fussed about that one but watching Miromanov try to block that 3rd Hurricanes goal turning sideways?
the hell is that man

Carolina looks poised for another 2nd round exit. Really struggled putting away a team 20 million under the cap.

 

[Figgy44]

Welp, 81-0-1 was an unrealistic expectation anyways.

I've been humbled and willing to accept 80-1-1.

So greedy. I'll ask for 69-1-12

 

[super6646]

Ik that line did end up scoring, but I wasn’t a fan of the Kirkland line at all. Hardly did anything until late in the 3rd.

Ik this team will lose games (and probably lots of them), but it’s a little frustrating seeing the team neuter 2 of their 4 lines because we are running 2 tweeners down the middle.

Just checked the fancy stats, and the 6 worst players on the ice tonight was our third and fourth line.

 

[Lunatik]

Losing sucks.

But losing while rebuilding and doing so with resilience and taking it to a much better team later in the game is something they can keep their heads high about.

 

[Anglesmith]

I think people are being a bit hard on the Flames after this one. The Hurricanes are what they are, and if you watched how they anticipated and closed space it was impressive in this one. Flames had a couple early chances they'd like to have back, but then the Hurricanes really got to their game. I thought it was good to see the Flames slowly push back and tilt things the other way.

No one here is under the impression that the Flames are a better team than Carolina, so why the disappointment with being outplayed by them?

The 2015 Flames made the playoffs by pummeling the teams below them and hanging around with the teams clearly above them. This team has the ability to repeat that formula and make the playoffs simply by winning all the games they should win. Not sure that's for the best, but it seems like the kind of team we have this year.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Welp, 81-0-1 was an unrealistic expectation anyways.

I've been humbled and willing to accept 80-1-1.

Even the 1995/96 Red Wings lost 13 times

The Flames are still on pace to lose fewer games than that.