Gio for the Norris!!!!! Get on board guys! You D suck so you may as well cheer for one in Alberta at least.
- whipper334

You may as well trade him to us. Nikita Nikitin can shoot real hard so thats a fair trade.

You may as well trade him to us. Nikita Nikitin can shoot real hard so thats a fair trade.
- Dangles13

I read the first 1 or 2 lines but yeah we should fire Eakins and hire the Katz kid to coach.
- Dangles13

It was actually pretty good.

it touched on how narratives and stuff that is flat out untrue becomes fact somehow.

"how the team was better under Krueger and Eakins has regressed the team etc etc etc."

he touches on a lot of things that make this untrue. but specifically as far as the pp, which is alot of the Eakins bashers meat and potatoes. luck and shooting percentage can only remain so high for so long. and by some metrics, Eakins pp might actually be better.

results are the only thing that matter and if they let him go so be it.

but I love these articles that just completely blow what has somehow become conventional wisdom, right outta the water.
so many people have an incredibly tough time seeing an analytical and thoughtful view on what could be the problems.
nothing beyond what they know to be tangible and right in front of them could possibly ever be true.
they just flat out don't have that capacity to grasp those things.

Liar.
- Yeti1181

No. Honest. The other guy was a nub, but if you remove his you need to remove mine.

I think everyone agree that the special teams have suffered since (and perhaps because of) Eakins. Maybe some of the Eakins haters can tell me what has changed under him.

I'm a hockey fan, but not so much a hockey analyst.
- Morris

The thing I've noticed most on our powerplay is poor zone entries and lack of movement. Most of the time the puck stays on the left side of the goalie. We have to start using the entire o zone. I've noticed MANY times where Eberle has been wide open all alone between the hash marks and top of the circle but the puck doesn't get there. Let's face it, guys like Eberle excel on the PP and should be given the puck more. I think we have a much better chance to score if our skill guys have a quality chance instead of trying to give Nikitin/hunt a big one timer

Flames win again...

How many points does JG have compared to Hall??? But yes Hall is hurt...again.

Flames win again...

How many points does JG have compared to Hall??? But yes Hall is hurt...again.
- whipper334

Yeah, Flames have been doing well lately. The difference a #1 Dman can make is incredible.

Yeah, Flames have been doing well lately. The difference a #1 Dman can make is incredible.
- MaximumBone

And good goaltending

And good goaltending
- OilerFan16

Eh. It's averaged out lately. Gio and Brodie are what are making the biggest impact right now.

Eh. It's averaged out lately. Gio and Brodie are what are making the biggest impact right now.
- MaximumBone

The averaged out part is hilarious. Well done.

Eh. It's averaged out lately. Gio and Brodie are what are making the biggest impact right now.
- MaximumBone

Gio is only one point behind the all mighty Crosby.

Gio is only one point behind the all mighty Crosby.
- whipper334

You have to trade him right now. He will never have higher value, he was undrafted after all.

Gio for the Norris!!!!! Get on board guys! You D suck so you may as well cheer for one in Alberta at least.
- whipper334

just wait till he walks in 2016

Yeah I remember seeing that episode, but I think I was done watching by then for the most part. I only saw about 3 episodes of Nitro in its final couple of years. I mean, David Arquette?
- Jeropotato

You're right, Nitro did start sucking during its final years... I remember watching when Booker T became one of their main guys, and it was horrible...

just wait till he walks in 2016
- DDM-Coga

Oh well! Maybe like Iggy did...how'd that work out?

The averaged out part is hilarious. Well done.
- whipper334

Sorry, I should've said is STARTING to average back out. Ramo has come back down to Earth and Hiller is down from .940+ to .930

Best goalie tandem in years? Sure. Ever? No chance.
Ever heard of grant Fuhr and Andy Moog?
- Jeropotato

Fair point, I didn't know Fuhr and Moog were at the same time (was too busy being 1 years old then) but since then, yes.

And no, this is not like saying RNH is the best center ever, that's ridiculous. Fasth's is someone I've followed for a long time and has a pedigree to be elite. Scrivens, same thing, they've stolen games but in the end an incompetent team will always find a way to lose.

Fair point, I didn't know Fuhr and Moog were at the same time (was too busy being 1 years old then) but since then, yes.

And no, this is not like saying RNH is the best center ever, that's ridiculous. Fasth's is someone I've followed for a long time and has a pedigree to be elite. Scrivens, same thing, they've stolen games but in the end an incompetent team will always find a way to lose.
- Boosinicka

Rather a true #1 and a mediocre 2, - than two great backups or "1b's" if you will.

I'm not attempting to say tending is our Achilles heel, or put the blame on them for anything in particular. but it's Been very hot and cold. They steal a point, then blow one. We need more consistency from them

Yeah, Flames have been doing well lately. The difference a #1 Dman can make is incredible.
- MaximumBone

The difference a 103 PDO and a 96.9 PDO can make

The difference a 103 PDO and a 96.9 PDO can make
- TheNugeIsHuge

Where do you pull all your + stats from?

Where do you pull all your + stats from?
- Dangles13

- laughs2907

ummmmmm (frank) you potato, I was a wrestler in the 80's I went by the name of The Infamous El Burrito. My closer was the Cheesy Beef and Beaner and I ended many a mans career with that. Don't tell me the broken legs and fractured vertebrae I gave to other wrestlers and the broken pelvises I gave to the adoring female groupies, called Hot Tamales, weren't real man.....the nightmares I have tell me they were.......
- DarthYoda

Fair enough.

- laughs2907

What's up my fellow east coaster