Flames Fans

ponokareefer · #1 07-05-2010, 10:28 PM

Calgary is on the verge of becoming the old Leafs. They were never good enough to do anything, but never bad enough to get any good picks, and continually tried to find stop gaps to get to the next level. With Kipper, Regehr and Iginlia now in their declining years, they needed to rethink the whole stop gap scenario. Hopefully for Flames fans, things work out for you, but I highly doubt Jokinen and Tanguay are the answers you'll be looking for.

Ian · #2 07-05-2010, 10:51 PM

I never said the Oil are better than the flame at the moment . What I said is I have some hope for them. The oil went through a brutal season . No team could have done well with the injuries that they had, combine that with the fact that they where a mid pack team at best and you get the worst team in the NHL. BUT the oilers have made huge moves toward making the team better, yes they have a long way to go but they are pointed in the right direction now.
To look at the flame what you see is a team that has under achieved every year since the lock out and have got worse in each of those years. They have really done nothing to really get better and time is running out for the core of this team. If a few of the roster players get thier respective heads out ofthier butts and play like they can and do it consistantly they could climb back up but I have seen nothing that would make me believe that this could happen. I really like Iginla and think he is an amazing player but I do question his brain every time he drops the gloves. He is not paid to fight and on a team that was worse offensivly than the OILERS last year every fight he get into puts the teams season 1 broken bone from disaster....this is selfish and not leadership.
I think it will be fun and very frustrating to be a Hockey fan in alberta this fall....

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #3 07-05-2010, 11:50 PM

I think the Canucks GM has made some good moves recently and hopefully we've gotten stronger & Chicago has gotten weaker. We'll see come playoff time.

Last year, Calgary was supposed to be the class of the NW division, yet they underachieved big time. On the other hand, who woulda thunk the Yotes & Avalanche would have such stellar seasons with all the rebuilding & chaos they were in the midst of.

I feel sorry for Iggie because he really is one of the classiest guys in hockey and now he's going to have to pull his Flames up if they're going to make any noise this year. Bowie was a complete bust & waaaaaay overrated. They should have learned their lesson about overpaying for Florida players from Jokes, eh.

Anthony

pelle31 · #4 07-06-2010, 12:06 AM

So J-Bo has one bad year and he's a bust and overrated??

I'm not even gonna get into it about Iggy fighting. He has always fought and thats selfish??
That doesn't even make sense.

Ian · #5 07-06-2010, 07:46 PM

YEAH it is selfish...he is not paid to fight. Yes he has always done this but that does not make it the right thing. If he had always snorted coke to get up for games would this be the right thing? The team needs him on the ice and will be far worse with him injured, he needs to learn that his role has evolved and fighting should not be part of it.

pelle31 · #6 07-06-2010, 08:53 PM

LMAO! Maybe in your little world thats selfish. Whats the difference if he snorted coke to get up for games??? Didn't Fuhr do that??? Maybe you should go back a couple of years ago when he did get hurt(non fight injury)and check the stats,the Flames did quite well without him on the ice. He's just as much a leader off the ice as on. Your points are not valid. He has curbed how much he fights and I'm OK with that. But I'm also OK with him havin a scrap every once in awhile,thats the way he is and he won't change.