GDT: Flames vs. Sharks @ 6pm MST (post-Four Nations edition ~ only 27 regular season games left! )

[JurassicTunga]

Not the prettiest, but it's a big win! Great night with the Oilers and Canucks losing as well!

 

[flames23]

Happy we got the dub. Need to go 2-2-2 on this trip at min. And that's a tall ask.

 

[Yepthatsme]

Well I'm certainly glad we won, but we were too loose and careless with the puck, even in the last 5 minutes after Hanley's sweet shot.
Oh well, a bit of rust, but it's a win. Time to hit the road for these guys.

In the 2 days so far coming back from the break, 50% of games have seen a team pot 5+, including 3 games with 7+. 25% of games had 9+ total goals. It’s crazy at this level of hockey what even the slightest break does to players timings, think any loose play could be easily attributed to that.

 

[Darth Vladar]

Happy we got the dub. Need to go 2-2-2 on this trip at min. And that's a tall ask.

The Caps just outscored their opponents 15-6 in their first two games back. There’s no way in hell the Flames would get away with playing all loosey goosey like they did tonight, or the Caps will make ‘em pay. But we’ve played them pretty tough earlier this season, let’s chalk this one up to rust and hope we get Bahl back by Tuesday. It would be huge for the confidence to start this trip by pulling out a dub vs. Wash

 

[Figgy44]

We won on the back of Roon dawg and Hanley? Well OK then.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Ugly wins need lovin too.
Praise Wolf

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Hanley looked like a 50 goal scorer on that one

 

[Lunatik]

I fell asleep and missed the end, when I was Hanley scored the winner I expected an ugly one, maybe an own goal... but no, hot damn that was a pretty one

 

[Rubi]

Flames got the win but I hesitate to celebrate. The Flames struggled to beat the worst team in the league. Not sure why anyone is cheering for them to squeeze into the playoffs. Way too many delusional people riding that bandwagon.

 

[RasmusAndersson]

Flames got the win but I hesitate to celebrate. The Flames struggled to beat the worst team in the league. Not sure why anyone is cheering for them to squeeze into the playoffs. Way too many delusional people riding that bandwagon.

We can either sit here and be frustrated that the team is over-performing expectations this season, or can enjoy the ride and see if we can go on a Cinderella run with our potential franchise goalie putting together a Calder-worthy rookie season.

I don’t get why anyone would not be cheering for wins at this point. I get being on team rebuild, but when the team is playing decently well and is one point out of a playoff spot it’s just incredibly pessimistic to not cheer for victories. Whether we pick 11th or 17th really won’t matter much in the grand scheme of things, may as well just enjoy it instead of continuous pessimism.

 

[Darth Vladar]

We can either sit here and be frustrated that the team is over-performing expectations this season, or can enjoy the ride and see if we can go on a Cinderella run with our potential franchise goalie putting together a Calder-worthy rookie season.

I don’t get why anyone would not be cheering for wins at this point. I get being on team rebuild, but when the team is playing decently well and is one point out of a playoff spot it’s just incredibly pessimistic to not cheer for victories. Whether we pick 11th or 17th really won’t matter much in the grand scheme of things, may as well just enjoy it instead of continuous pessimism.

Especially in this coming draft. There are still decent players ranked in the 20-30 range, so we might as well roll with it.

 

[Lunatik]

Flames got the win but I hesitate to celebrate. The Flames struggled to beat the worst team in the league. Not sure why anyone is cheering for them to squeeze into the playoffs. Way too many delusional people riding that bandwagon.

Because we are fans of the Flames, you know the group of people that CHEER for said team to win.