Todd Cordell: P7 Calgary Flames vs Winnipeg Jets: Five things to watch

very excited to watch that pairing of rasmus and Valimaki.

Also excited to see how Lindholm

Steinberg just tweeted these lines:

Dube-Lindholm-Foo
Mangiapane-Ryan-Robinson
Klimchuk-Jankowski-Hathaway
Lomberg-Quine-Peluso

Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Valimaki-Andersson

Smith
Parsons

Here's hoping Dube/Mang and to a lesser extent Foo can continue to impress to bump Hath out of the lineup for opening night!

very excited to watch that pairing of rasmus and Valimaki.

Also excited to see how Lindholm
- Squilliam-

Same here!

I'm not saying he has been great, but I haven't been too upset with how Gillies' has been playing.

He's been making the saves he needs to make--I couldn't really blame him on most of the goals against that I've seen.

What the heck is a Buddy Robinson?

very excited to watch that pairing of rasmus and Valimaki.

Also excited to see how Lindholm
- Squilliam-

Anyone know how to get the game?

Anyone know how to get the game?
- ksofm

NHL center ice is free all pre season

What the heck is a Buddy Robinson?
- Hunkulese

Johnny’s bestie

What the heck is a Buddy Robinson?
- Hunkulese

HE was the starting short stop for the Cubs in the end 48-49 season

So who’s going to be the starting goaltender for the Flames this year?

I'm not saying he has been great, but I haven't been too upset with how Gillies' has been playing.

He's been making the saves he needs to make--I couldn't really blame him on most of the goals against that I've seen.
- Saskabush

Agree. I like what we've seen so far. Unfortunately he's waiver excempt making it easier to send him down. They're not going to risk losing Rittich, we all know how the 3 goalie roster works out.

HE was the starting short stop for the Cubs in the end 48-49 season
- pzoxic

Anyone know how to get the game?
- ksofm

The Flames pre-season schedule had it on TSN3 this morning.

So I go to watch it and I see a blank screen with
"This program is not available in your area."
Which begs the question of exactly which area had the game. Edmonton? Toronto? China?
TSN lost the rights for how many years. And they have the chance to at least show the preseason games so what do they do?
F'ing retards.

The Flames pre-season schedule had it on TSN3 this morning.

So I go to watch it and I see a blank screen with
"This program is not available in your area."
Which begs the question of exactly which area had the game. Edmonton? Toronto? China?
TSN lost the rights for how many years. And they have the chance to at least show the preseason games so what do they do?
F'ing retards.
- itwasin

TSN Jets .....

They have games all the time on TSN for Winnipeg lol ...this isn’t a new thing ....I think the leafs and maybe even Habs have it too

So who’s going to be the starting goaltender for the Flames this year?
- ScotsonFire

Only preseason but goaltending is already a huge concern.

Only preseason but goaltending is already a huge concern.
- tincup

Meh, not really. Smith is a veteran and will be ready to go once the season starts. Lundquist, Quick, Bobrovsky, Varlamov, Holtby, and Rinne all have GAAs well over 4 right now. Rittich has also been better than solid in back to back games now.

They were also icing a lineup that had the starting shortstop for the 48-49 Cubs.

TSN Jets .....

They have games all the time on TSN for Winnipeg lol ...this isn’t a new thing ....I think the leafs and maybe even Habs have it too
- Redmile247

That makes sense I guess. Not much else to do in Winnipeg...

That makes sense I guess. Not much else to do in Winnipeg...
- itwasin

What does that even mean. It's the same deal the Flames have with Sportsnet.

What does that even mean. It's the same deal the Flames have with Sportsnet.
- Hunkulese

What it means is the Flames advertised on their website that the game would be shown on TSN3.
But it wasn't shown on TSN3.
TSN3 showed a message saying it was not available in my area (Calgary).
So presumably, somewhere the game was shown on TSN3 (presumably Winnipeg) but not in Calgary as advertised by the Flames.
It means I was pissed because I expected to watch the game and couldn't.
I guess it means the Flames are blacking out home games in the hopes that they'll sell more tickets to preseason games.
I thought blackouts were a thing of the past which pisses me off too.
So that's what it means.
Hope that helps you grasp my point. Sort of. Hope, that is.

That makes sense I guess. Not much else to do in Winnipeg...
- itwasin

Except watching a winning hockey team.

Except watching a winning hockey team.
- JetsRawk

lol good burn

But let’s be careful here ...I like the jets team but they have won jack poop and acting like they have is kinda Leaf like ....

Agree. I like what we've seen so far. Unfortunately he's waiver excempt making it easier to send him down. They're not going to risk losing Rittich, we all know how the 3 goalie roster works out.
- K-man25

I'd be okay with that. I think Gillies has the better shot at becoming a starter out of he and Rittich. Give him all the starts in Stockton and let's see what he has.

If he's tearing it up down there & Rittich isn't cutting it then you can bring him up and hope that he plays with some confidence & consistency.

If they're both poopting the bed then I'm calling Toronto about one of there goalies. Pickard would be a good fit, I think he still has the potential to be a starter.

Maybe we end up getting 2 birds stoned and find our future starter and a serviceable backup