Comments on: The Flames: Quantity and Quality Moves?

By: irish pubs calgary

irish pubs calgary — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:03:40 +0000

I watched some of the videos of their game!!Well,I enjoyed it!!But I am not a big fan of them!!I wish them luck in their next game.-:)

By: calgary irish pub

calgary irish pub — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:48:55 +0000

I truly like their team..I watched them every time they play!!I really admire them..GO!GO!GO!I’ll go for them always..Hope they will always win..Thanks for sharing!!I love it!!

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:01:27 +0000

Penaltykiller9, I just googled Brian Burke Peter Zezel and it sounds like you might be right about the whole burning in hell thing….

By: penaltykiller9

penaltykiller9 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:09:48 +0000

Brian Burke missed his calling he should have been in charge of the detainees at Guantanamo. Burke is so full of himself he has become hockey’s answer to oprah. May he burn in hell for what he did to Peter Zezel

By: Bret

Bret — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:36:33 +0000

I happen to live in the DC area, so I’m fortunate enough to watch the Caps, but must put up with listening to Joe Beninati’s play-by-play. Anyways, that’s neither here nor there. I guess its just taken me this long, but I’m just now starting to realize (and grow more and more annoyed) at how many open net goals Ovie scores.. and they (Beninati and Craig Laughlin) praise him for it! (ie. “so fluid,” “with such ease,” “makes it look so easy”) – sure it’s easy when you float in the neutral zone like he does at the end of games!! Why’s Bruce even have him out there?! He’s gotten in trouble for that before with playing his first and second lines late in games like he does in the SE Division. I guess it just all came around last weekend when they played Tampa Bay and Knuble and 8 were both in front of the net and Knuble tipped a shot from the point that went right to Ovie who had plenty of time to dish it back and give the man (Knuble) his credit!!… and he didn’t. He just put it away himself. Just as he did last night… It’s like when Grapes shows all those clips of Malkin on a 2 on 0 with 0:07 seconds left with a pulled goalie and doesn’t head man the puck, instead just pads his numbers instead… this is currently my biggest aggravation. I apologize, maybe this isn’t the venue.. ha.

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:06:20 +0000

Yeah, they are spending a lot. But, as per the rumours, once they trade Kaberle’s biggish contract for a forward with a biggish contract, it should be nicely in balance. Plus, if Shenn actually ends up being good, and Komisarek gets his shit together, they have one of the better d-corps around. If those two major “ifs” don’t pan out, it might make the difference between success and “Burkes head”. I’m not worried about Phaneuf.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:18:27 +0000

After thought…. Check out how much the Leafs are spending on their top-6 d-men.

http://nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=TOR&season=0910

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:07:17 +0000

Whether the Leafs are good, great, average, or terrible, the Leafs fans remain consistent: delusional. I love the combo of Ron “Your Questions Suck” Wilson and Brian “I Can’t Think of a Good Middle Name for Him” Burke, those fans need management that is more willing to tell them to piss off when they start demanding trades and booing the player they have decided should take singular blame for a couple losses in a row.
I love Burke and it will be nice watching him silence the haters in his first couple of years on the job, even if that means listening to Leafs fans demand a cup or Burke’s head.
If the Flames don’t have another move in mind then the combo of the Phaneuf and Oli deals has been a mistake I think. With Oli they don’t shed any cap space and get two overrated players in return for one, who was going to go UFA after his big contract went up and probably would have signed next season for less money. Apparently Sutter likes Kotalik. Uh… ok. I agree MikeB, I don’t understand how the exact same players who dominated early in the year and killed it on the road turned into a team that couldn’t score and went on an epic mid-season losing streak before getting totally rebuilt. Still, I bet they make the dance on Kipper’s back.

Dion looks good in the blue! Stajan smiles too much. You too Bourne.

By: Christianson10

Christianson10 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:21:04 +0000

Justin, nothing about gigueres first real game back…he wait until he’s in the worst situation to get a shutout against the best goalie of all time brodeur and the devils…you were right about the Toronto band wagon…I’m already hearing these things in the locker room like, “I knew they were gonna have a good second half of the season.”

By: The Franchise

The Franchise — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:39:33 +0000

I see Flames battling it out for the bottom seed in the west, D and goaltending has, and should continue to be, enough to scrape by on. Personally, I think the difference between some of the younger, deeper, quicker teams you mentioned (Phx, Col, etc..) and Calgary after these trades, is that Calgary is may be deeper but I don’t necessarily see them as quicker or really younger. I always thought the problem with Calgary was they basically had 4 third-lines of varying skill level. Anyone who didn’t subscribe to the Sutter-way (aka ingesting horse tranquillizers and smashing your head against the wall to prove how tough you are), found themselves on their way out of town. I still see the same squad today, just with slightly better third-lines.