Sundin, lol

GG

Its simple…play 60 minutes.

That, and no refs born in Alberta are allowed to do these games. Not to make it just about that, but there were some really BAD calls tonight. The one on Henrik at the start was a phantom call. Before the even up calls at the end, it was 6 to 2 for penalties…maybe 3 or 4 of those were good calls.

The two on Burr’ were both a joke. Iginla dropped his stick when Burr checked it ( you are still allowed to do that right? I guess not)…and he barely touched Kipper to kill all hope at the end…when it was probably too much too late.

This one pissed me off more than the opener. Flames were the better team.

But they had some help…

Whew, good thing I didn’t watch…

That was an embarassment. Straight up. Pretty rare that the flames actually deserve a win against the nucks, but they did tonight. I’m not jumping off the bandwagon yet, but i’m pissed off. I don’t give a shit if you had 230 days off in a row…you’re played millions of dollars to be pros, not look like a jr. team or toronto maple leafs. Tonight was a professional bed shitting by a team that just didn’t give a crap.

Of course, next game we’ll win 3-0,and on Monday 5-2, so it’s all ok.

that game was a joke. every canuck looked bad but especially bieksa. that shorthanded goal made me want to break my tv. and i really don’t get why the team can’t come out hard in the first. ever. what does it take to get these guys pumped up for a game that they’ll actually skate hard and get physical in the first period? everyone is floating around and getting run over in their own end.

btw, nice pep talk alain, you really lit a fire under the 4th line. i guess after they all got in a fight they figured their night was over and it was okay to make prust/boyd/mcgratten look like simmer/taylor/dionne.

ok so i need to ask the question about the style of play. AV is known for a defensive trap game yet gillis went out and got offensive minded defence men . now dont get me wrong i really like erhoff and the idea is great. But the fucking execution is woeful. the entire team looks confused and pushes forward at breakneck speed whether there is an opportunity or not. the best teams dont just push as quickly forward as they can and then blindly hope for the best. so my big question is should they change the style of play or get a coach who can coach that style of play because i don’t think av can.

From the Province:

“Once again, we didn’t play close to 60 minutes tonight,” said centre Ryan Kesler. "We haven’t played 40 minutes this season and we’re lucky to be 2-4. It’s inexcusable. We’ve got to start grinding it out and playing with a little edge.

“We have a good lineup and a skillful lineup and it’s like we played too defensive in the first 40 minutes. We almost played scared. We can’t be doing that. We have to press and go on the offence.”

last night was pretty damn bad.
seriously, i stopped really paying attention after it was 3-0, although i did leave the tv on. then, when thet scored again to make it 4-0, i heard the goal horn and, thinking the nucks have scored, i thought “YES!” to myself. i then looked over and realized “oh wait, that’s calgary. fuck!”

Brutal game for our defense. Luongo made some big saves very early in the game but was given no help.

With the absence of offensive minded players like Sedin, Salo, and Demitra the team has to button down and play a strong defensive game.

It is concerning how many of these “40 minute games” we’ve seen to start the season. The team lacked chemistry last night, they were having trouble even connecting a pass let alone generating scoring chances.

Thank god they don’t have too much time to dwell on this one. I expect a much hungrier team against the Wild tonight.