KennyBanyeah
Buckle up!!
Also should be noted that the Flames are 28th in SV%. I haven't watched enough of their games this year to know if this is purely goalie related but it ain't good enough. One of Johnson or Elliott needs to step up.
Also should be noted that the Flames are 28th in SV%. I haven't watched enough of their games this year to know if this is purely goalie related but it ain't good enough. One of Johnson or Elliott needs to step up.
Since that 1-4-1 start, Elliott has a .893 sv%, Johnson .878.I don't disagree, but that stat is skewed somewhat by the 1-4-1 start where everybody was atrocious (including the goalies). Both Elliott and Johnson have been much better in the last few games, but every mistake made in the defensive zone is ending up in the Flames net these days. The scary thing is that the best forward of late is Matthew Tkachuk, meanwhile Moneyhands and Gaudreau are suffering from big contractitis.
I mean, now that I write this they'll go on a tear and he'll be the second Flames coach in 3 years to win the Jack Adams (and do it without a massive PDO stench) but...I don't know if BT can admit to himself that he made a big mistake with this coaching hire.
Since that 1-4-1 start, Elliott has a .893 sv%, Johnson .878.
One of them needs to get it going or pack their shit.
I don't disagree, but that stat is skewed somewhat by the 1-4-1 start where everybody was atrocious (including the goalies). Both Elliott and Johnson have been much better in the last few games, but every mistake made in the defensive zone is ending up in the Flames net these days. The scary thing is that the best forward of late is Matthew Tkachuk, meanwhile Moneyhands and Gaudreau are suffering from big contractitis.
I mean, now that I write this they'll go on a tear and he'll be the second Flames coach in 3 years to win the Jack Adams (and do it without a massive PDO stench) but...
The Flames fired Hartley and then their two contenders for the job were Fucking Randy and the assistant coach on a team whose fans had re-named them "Tankouver".
The Flames then basically acknowledged the only reason they sucked the year before under Hartley anyway was because BT&T didn't get them a goalie. You get the new guy a good goalie and suddenly not only is the good goalie bad but the entire team has stink lines coming off their backs.
None of that makes any sense. That shit makes less sense than a re-building team with a hollowed-out roster trading two first round picks for a scoring winger with nobody to pass him the puck.
Well, it's not like the Sens teams he played for prior to leaving were going anywhere fast. 2 of the 3 years he started in goal in Ottawa the team were in the conference basement in goalscoring. But no, he was not good. That's a very true statement.Ya see, I don't agree with the bolded. They got a goalie who came from a really good system. The Flames don't have a really good system in place (at least not yet). It was strange to me to think that this mediocre goalie (as he's been everywhere but St. Louis) was going to be anything but mediocre in Calgary.
Elliott has it in him to be decent for portions of seasons but I wouldn't call him an above average starter in this league.
You have a point regarding systems but Jesus Christ if this guy can't figure out how to get solid defending for his goalie from a top 4 that counts Giordano, Brodie and Hamilton as members he's really in over his head.
Polak and Hunwick are available...That's part of the problem, all three of the above defenders have been mediocre to god-awful to start the season. Brent Kulak has been the best defenseman, followed by Deryk Engelland and no offense to either of those guys, but I'm afraid that's a bad situation if it continues.
Polak and Hunwick are available...
Polak and Hunwick are available...
Something has to be done (trade or some kind of coaching change *cough* Dave Cameron *cough*), this can't continue.
Torts blowing sunshine up GG's butt...