Saturday, February 03, 2007

 

Flames Game Day

8PM MT, Canucks @ Flames, Hockey Night in Canada.

Know what? I have no idea how this game is going to go. I wouldn't even care to hazard a guess as to whether it'll be entertaining. If the visitor was Unidentified Team with 29-19-4 record, I'd assume the Flames will play well and win, but apparently when it's the Canucks, the world turns upside down. The last home game that the Flames lost to a team besides the Canucks was October 30 to the Washington Capitals.

I also don't quite know what the deal is with the lineup. A-Fence and Byron Ritchie were healthy scratches last night, both for the first time all season. Hard to take Godard out when he's kicking ass and taking names (two scraps last night). Friesen is complicating matters (and possibly extending his career) by getting on the scoresheet, through no fault of his own mind you. Hell, even Andrei Zyuzin (don't forget, that's pronounced Andrea Susan, thanks hg) played a nice game last night. A-Fence will be back in tonight I'm sure, but Ritchie may get to watch another.

Despite the 6-2 result, it wasn't exactly a textbook game for the Flames last night. They made a few too many mistakes that a good team would have converted in scoring chances, or even goals. That said -- isn't this one of the benefits of the more explosive offense? Margin of error! Winning by 3 when you didn't look that great! Playing a crappy team even for 50 of the 60 minutes, but nuking them in two 5-minute stretches! etc. etc.

For the game prediction, I'll just be picking the most common result: Calgary 3 (Huselius, Phaneuf, Langkow with the most exciting play in hockeyTM) Opponent 1 (Sami Salo, it's always that fvcker Sami Salo). Go Flames.

Comments:

That said -- isn't this one of the benefits of the more explosive offense? Margin of error! Winning by 3 when you didn't look that great! Playing a crappy team even for 50 of the 60 minutes, but nuking them in two 5-minute stretches! etc. etc.

I hate you.
 


don't forget, that's pronounced Andrea Susan, thanks hg

Hey, no problem. I'm glad it's starting to stick with use by others.

I was just doing some reading today, brushing up on stats and whatnot, and was astounded to find out that he went 2nd overall in 1996. Weird...
 


5-3 Canucks

Sabourin with the empty-netter, just to crush your hopes and dreams :-)

It's gonna be a great game.
 


Pumped for this one, only a bit more til the start. I'm seeing Calgary on top by one goal but hey that's why they play the game.
 


Goddamn the Flames suck against Vancouver. C'mon, pull it together!
 


Was that Hank Sedin, or Hank Aaron?
 


Why can't the Flames play against the Sedins? Why? How hard is it to run into them every once in a while instead of standing around and slapping at their sticks? AAAARRRRGH! This had better get better in the second.
 


That might be the best save I've seen all year.
 


We're comin'!

http://wildpuckbanter.blogspot.com/2007/02/memo-to-vancouver-and-calgary.html
 


That was an amazing save, but the Flames dominated the rest of the second.

Will the third be a defensive show-down, or an all-out war?
 


Crap, I think I agree about that save. Excellent.

That might also be the most perfectly executed 2-on-1 I've seen all year.
 


I hate Mick McGeough

What a F@$#ing sack of F#%^ing dogsh$t
 


I gotta agree with Temujin. Vancouver got way too many gifted powerplays on weak calls.
 


Well, the Canucks made it interesting, but the Flames totally dominated that game. Good to see. This probably makes me a bad person, but I was really hoping Luongo would have to leave the game when Phaneuf hit him in the head with that shot. Man he's good.
 


That said -- isn't this one of the benefits of the more explosive offense? Margin of error! Winning by 3 when you didn't look that great! Playing a crappy team even for 50 of the 60 minutes, but nuking them in two 5-minute stretches! etc. etc.

I hate you.

Grabia, this made me laugh and laugh. Thanks.
 

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