Tuesday, November 07, 2006

 

Flames Game Day

The Flames play the first of 4-outta-5 at home tonight, versus the Dallas Stars (8PM MST). In a reversal of the schedule from Friday, the Flames home game starts 2-1/2 hours after the Oil's eastern roadie, and again both are being shown on RSN West.

The Flames of course went 11-deep in a shootout then, meaning the Oiler game came on the tube at the 9-minute mark of the first. This probably means that tonight's Oil-Habs game will be a spiritless, penalty-free affair where one team wins by 3 or 4 -- leaving enough time before the puck drops in Calgary for John Garrett to tell us what a terrific season Marty Turco is having.

Speaking of goaltending: I veer around to this point every month or so these days, but the Flames are really cocking up the Backup Goaltending Situation. I've been wrong on plenty of things over the life of this blog, but there's nothing I'd like to retract so much as this, from December 23rd '05:
...I think the Flames' organization is presently a place that maximizes the likelihood of strong goaltending.

Ahhh... was I ever so young? Evidence to the contrary has piled high over this calendar year:
"I thought we scored enough goals to end it (in regulation). I thought we scored enough goals to end it during the shootout. Our goaltender didn't do the job to give us the two points." - Jim Playfair

The punchline here, though I'm not laughing, is this: in the 2003-04 season, where Kipper was spectacular through most of 26 playoff games, he started a total of 38 regular season games.

Surely (surely?) the organization cannot believe that starting Miikka Kiprusoff in 70 regular season games is (A) a necessity in order to make the playoffs, or (B) the best way to have Kipper 100% fit and peaking for said postseason. Check that -- while (B) is bordering on ludicrous, if they do believe (A) then it is past time to upgrade the backup to someone more capable.

For tonight's game, though, no such worries. Kipper will be in goal, and the Flames will start to regain their Saddledome mojo. A 3-1 victory (2 PP goals by Regehr & Tanguay, 1 ES goal by Tanguay) will hit the spot, and serve as a nice warmup for handing the Ducks their first 60-minute L of the year on Friday. Go Flames.

Comments:

W! T! F!

Haha...I used this very expression a few days ago in regards to some of the coaching staff's personnel decisions.
 


and serve as a nice warmup for handing the Ducks their first 60-minute L of the year on Friday.

Wait your turn there, Fenwick.

Oh, and I don't think you're allowed to predict wins like this until you're above St. Louis in the standings.
 


Oh, and I don't think you're allowed to predict wins like this until you're above St. Louis in the standings.

Oooh, snap! He DID NOT just say that!! Did he just say that!!!
 


Yes! Ten minutes our OT cost you Flames viewers.
 


Plus a goal and a fight! YES!
 


Watching Pisani and Stoll's shootout attempts makes up for missing ten minutes of my game. A little bit, anyway. (Except this looks the first time I might have wanted to watch the first ten minutes of a Flames game this year)
 


Finally... I believe there's an old saying about a blind squirrel finding a stopped clock once in awhile, or something.

Now, the key is the rest of the prediction, about Friday. I hope the Ducks slap Vancouver silly, so that Calgary can beat them first (now that the Flames have vaulted over St. Louise in the standings, I can make these brash statements).
 


Nice prediction boys. I can't blame you though for not predicting Amonte to score two, including the game winner. Who would have seen that coming?
 


They looked good.
 


(now that the Flames have vaulted over St. Louise in the standings, I can make these brash statements)

Forget that. You passed the Blues. Party on the Red Mile tonight, baby!
 


Yeah, and Tony Amonte looked like Guy Freakin' Lafleur.

(And for a change I mean c.1977, not c. Yesterday in one of those charity games against firemen).
 


Seriously, it's like the moment the Viagra wears off.

Sorry...I have no experience with this particular sensation. Perhaps if you could describe it...
 

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