Todd Cordell: G4 Calgary Flames @ Colorado Avalanche: Answering the bell

I can't believe I'm saying this but I don't have much faith in a different result. I don't think the Flames are just going to flip a switch and all of a sudden match Colorado's intensity. I guess we will see though.

Brassard is out for sure and there are rumors that another Avs forward is a game time decision. Rantanen was almost scratched on Monday but I'm not so sure it's him. Hopefully for the Avs sake Brassard's cold/flu isn't spreading around the team.

That would be fantastic if the flu is going through the team

Lets (frank)ing go boys! Hoping they play like they did after the whooping Pittsburg gave us. We will see how bad they want it tonight. No passengers. BP should have everyone on a short leash tonight. Bench whoever doesn’t come to play.

Working nightshift FFS! Enjoy the game fellas. GFG

Flames padded their win totals beating up on trash like Edmonton, LA, Anaheim, Vancouver. Their record against playoff teams was pretty mediocre. They aren't a great team. Smith blows. Gaudreau is getting pushed around. Their depth is pretty lame. Vegas would kill them next round. Buh bye.

Lets (frank)ing go boys! Hoping they play like they did after the whooping Pittsburg gave us. We will see how bad they want it tonight. No passengers. BP should have everyone on a short leash tonight. Bench whoever doesn’t come to play.

Working nightshift FFS! Enjoy the game fellas. GFG
- jessehub

Lets hope the boys find their game! GFG!

Not sure why Brodie is back in the top pairing...

Flames padded their win totals beating up on trash like Edmonton, LA, Anaheim, Vancouver. Their record against playoff teams was pretty mediocre. They aren't a great team. Smith blows. Gaudreau is getting pushed around. Their depth is pretty lame. Vegas would kill them next round. Buh bye.
- uofcguy

You should go cheer for the Oilers...
More your style.

That would be fantastic if the flu is going through the team
- pzoxic

The flu is probably the only thing that can slow down the Avs speed it sure ain’t the Flames team

sticking with Smith is foolish. Peters should know better.

great chart btw.

You should go cheer for the Oilers...
More your style.
- geta02it

Haha. Sorry. Just speaking the truth about the Flames. Since January 1:

9-8-0 record against playoff teams
17-5-3 record against non-playoff teams (2 of those 5 losses were meaningless games 81 and 82 when they rested players)

Anyone who recognized this pattern isn't surprised that they look awful against Colorado.

Flames padded their win totals beating up on trash like Edmonton, LA, Anaheim, Vancouver. Their record against playoff teams was pretty mediocre. They aren't a great team. Smith blows. Gaudreau is getting pushed around. Their depth is pretty lame. Vegas would kill them next round. Buh bye.
- uofcguy

You just confirmed what I thought of you. Flames could easily be up 2-1 They played the sh!ts last game, lets see what team shows up tonight before you anoint Vegas champs! Go back to school, you're not that smart.

Flames padded their win totals beating up on trash like Edmonton, LA, Anaheim, Vancouver. Their record against playoff teams was pretty mediocre. They aren't a great team. Smith blows. Gaudreau is getting pushed around. Their depth is pretty lame. Vegas would kill them next round. Buh bye.
- uofcguy

How's that Phd coming ? LOL.

Only way to stop MacKinnon is to pull a Tanya Harding! Guy is a beast that never seems to tire.

GO FLAMES! My Gut is telling me this is going to be a good game for the Flames. I think Bennett is going to light the way to sparking this team alive!

GO FLAMES! My Gut is telling me this is going to be a good game for the Flames. I think Bennett is going to light the way to sparking this team alive!
- buddy_doug

Well I hope your right! Winner of this game wins the series.

Flames padded their win totals beating up on trash like Edmonton, LA, Anaheim, Vancouver. Their record against playoff teams was pretty mediocre. They aren't a great team. Smith blows. Gaudreau is getting pushed around. Their depth is pretty lame. Vegas would kill them next round. Buh bye.
- uofcguy

Um, that's what good teams do. Beat the teams you're supposed to and go .500 against the good teams and you'll usually find yourself at the top of the standings.

That being said, of all the teams you named they only had a winning record against LA, but so did everyone.

They also went 3-0 against Colorado and had a .500 record or better against everyone left except Dallas and St. Louis.

What else you got?

Um, that's what good teams do. Beat the teams you're supposed to and go .500 against the good teams and you'll usually find yourself at the top of the standings.

That being said, of all the teams you named they only had a winning record against LA, but so did everyone.

They also went 3-0 against Colorado and had a .500 record or better against everyone left except Dallas and St. Louis.

What else you got?
- Hunkulese

Haha atta boy Hunk!

“You can throw analytics and corsi out the window at playoff time. It’s heart and balls that matter at this time of year. The teams that have this usually win. When talent doesn’t work hard or battle you have zero chance of winning.” -Theo Fleury

Hoping the pre-break team shows up for the rest of the playoffs! Time for the top line to turn it up.

Hoping the pre-break team shows up for the rest of the playoffs! Time for the top line to turn it up.
- Ol_Boy_Wop

Time for Gaudreau to play playoff hockey.... no more blind passes ,no more trying to do it all yourself. Get some meat and potatoes and stop your whining and looking at the ref all the time. Basically take a few pages out of Bennett’s book. 4~2 flames

Time for Gaudreau to play playoff hockey.... no more blind passes ,no more trying to do it all yourself. Get some meat and potatoes and stop your whining and looking at the ref all the time. Basically take a few pages out of Bennett’s book. 4~2 flames
- pzoxic

He'll never be that guy. If you're holding your breath for Gaudreau to muck and grind, I suggest you stop because you'll pass out. It's easy for teams to key on Gaudreau because the other two fellas on his line have been invisible for half of the season.

He'll never be that guy. If you're holding your breath for Gaudreau to muck and grind, I suggest you stop because you'll pass out. It's easy for teams to key on Gaudreau because the other two fellas on his line have been invisible for half of the season.
- Ol_Boy_Wop

For sure he will never be that mucker grinder... but he has to show more grit then what he has been showing.

For sure he will never be that mucker grinder... but he has to show more grit then what he has been showing.
- pzoxic

The only grit he has is when he cusses the refs out for missing calls.

The only grit he has is when he cusses the refs out for missing calls.
- Ol_Boy_Wop

What weak call on Brodie. Landeskog did the same thing a second later ffs!