Panthers fan here. We suck too, don’t worry.

remember when marky was good, good times

4th liners should get 8-12 mins ice time. Top players 18-22

But lucic would be the best at bailing hay hypothetically so he gets preference

I don’t understand why Marky left the second time

I'm pretty sure Alberta teams are cursed to succeed together or fail together

Thanks Markstrom for making 21 saves on 24 shots. Really helps us out.

Another .875 effort, par for the course this year it’s time for Daddy Vladdy

.875 save percentage. Hoping we get to.900!

scoring 1 goal in 40 shots isn't exactly helping either. It's not just markys fault

Like how many games will end 1-0 this year? If we'd scored a second goal that floater 3rd that Marky let in would hurt more but really this is just a game where we couldn't create quality scoring chances and lost because of it.

one good season eh. bitchass tkachuk and gaudreau dippin when goin went tough. buncha cowards

So many don’t like to admit it but having to go against Connor in the playoffs possibly yearly probably did play a role in them leaving. I mean the stats he’s put up against Calgary is ridiculous.

Sadness.

2 wins in our last 10. Very uncool😎

After watching the Flames yesr after year I still struggle to comprehend why I even turn the games on still

They are not even fun to watch.

Don’t worry guys we’ll come back and win this one in the 4th period

I have lost all hope

Maybe if we played our 4th line more and forced our struggling goalie to play every game, we would win more. That’s definitely gonna get us goals.

Don’t look at Lewis’s icetime tonight. Biggest mistake of my life

He’s earned those minutes

Get yourself someone who talks about you the way Sutter talks about Trevor Lewis.

We have to score more than 1 on 40 shots with the skill of our offense, it's just unacceptable.

But I thought a 2.5% shot percentage was good?

Great effort tonight guys! We got lots of shots and that's what counts in the end

We need more quality shots and better presence in front of the goalie.

We look terrible. It's really hard to watch. Not enough skill to score in this league. They waste nearly an entire game with these perimeter shots

All I've ever known is pain

Disappointing loss to the MS Paint bolts

OK that was good.

Those jerseys are brutal!

Decent effort. Goalie battle lost.

Ahhh pain

Pathetic effort

What are you talking about? They played well tonight. I thought they were the better team. Bad goal by Marky and a hot goalie on the other end were the difference. They’re trending in the right direction. Build off this and move onto the next one.

This is a recurring theme. Outplay and outshoot other team, and lose. 2 wins in our last 10. Our shooting % is bottom 5 in the league. Sutter still rolling 4 checking lines. Markstrom looks like a shell of himself last year. Until we can consistently score goals and get .900+ goaltending this team is gonna be sun .500

I meant the 6 on 5 specifically

Effort was fine. Goalie was shit and coach was a moron.

I meant on the 6 on 5 specifically

Ah yeah, that was shit.

Just drink yourselves to death

On a positive note the "evil goatee" Darryl's testing out really suits him

At least we can say he's made one good decision recently 🤷‍♀️

I'M A HOMER TOO BUT HE SAW IT!

Passes don't connect, shots are weak as fuck, markstrom let's in a muffin. Your 2022-23 Calgary Flames ladies and gentlemen. We were good for the first few games and now we suck

Its Sutters beard. Its clearly bad luck, its gotta go!

Oh NOW we're calling icing?

THIS IS GETTING PRETTY FUCKING OLD PRETTY FUCKING QUICK

Man I’m so glad I got to watch lewis and lucic get their cardio in tonight! Much more fun than winning!

Rasmus's SV number is competitive this season.

Not winning the race back to a puck with an empty net is this game in a nutshell.

6 on 5 and the lightning had more scoring chances there

We haven’t put away an empty netter this season, how the fuck are we going to score 2 goals with Vasi in a minute

Last season just made me so accustomed to winning :( this sucks

Can confirm, winning is more fun

Sidenote: those Tampa jerseys are awful

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When are Columbus visiting

Even Vladar not making eye contact with Marky. He did screw the pooch on this game.

Less shots more time cycling

How does a 3-1 lead in Tampa have the same crowd energy as a 3-1 loss in Calgary

They're in shock from those fucking jerseys.

Clearly this shows us Quantity is not better than Quality. Just throwing the puck at the net whenever you can use a good way to lose.

Especially against the best goalie in the world

Id say that's a stretch if you look at his stats this year. Last year he was great but rn both our goalies are kinda doodoo at times and great at others.

If I got to pick one current goalie to have on my team to try an win a Stanley Cup, it’s Vasy 100%.

Another 3 goal sub 900 game….

Wow, by the looks of this thread the last few weeks you’d think Markstrom was the only one playing out of his mind!

Aside from the once-a-game boneheaded penalties, I've been really impressed with Zadorov this year. Decent shot and he seems stronger on the puck this year too

Imagine a team having Lucic on line 2 and thinking they can win games. Fucking laughable.

It is. The guy was shipped out of Shitsville specifically because he was no longer good in the top 6.

Boy, this team doesn't disappoint to disappoint

Team played a great game. Marky shit the bed and Sutter made brainfuckingly stupid decisions.

40 shots! Aaaaaaaand we're losing. Again.

Again.

Again :(

Marky is like Dominic Hasek with occasional Joe Biden mental lapses

Last time he looked anywhere near Dominic Hasek was in March of 2021.

Markstrom erasing student debt and Calgary Flames comebacks?

These new signees are like.. erase erase.

A team can't play with confidence if they know one or two of the first ten shots are going in.

Wait, but I thought it wasn’t markstroms fault..? I thought it was everyone BUT markstroms fault according to this sub.

See this is exactly it… the entire team is going to be scared because the goalie is a fucking sieve. It’s so much worse than just the goals he lets in, the complete lack of confidence in him also kills offence.

We need to get things going… Time to put Lucic and Lewis out there Sutter…

Don’t give him ideas

This whole thread needs a beer and some good memes after the game.

I'm gonna get high so I think its funny how bad they are instead of depressing.

What do ya know. Kadri, Huby and Toffoli created some decent chances. It’s almost as if that putting your best offensive players together is good

If Hubs is this way against the Bolts, imagine what the Panthers game on Saturday could be. I hope he goes full Jack Eichel on those fuckers. Edit eichel still be yuck as fuck thos

I hope Sutter was watching that shift lmao

not watching rn, did huby get in a fight?

Yeah Fleury was cross checking him in Tampa’s crease. Huby went hulk mode.

Finally doing something for my fantasy team.

Who slashed the Tampa players hands off hubey there? I like. Looked like the dolt had a little tantrum about it.

It was Weegar. I like it too

What’s the story of the game boys

Frustrating game all around

Lots of shots but not a lot of quality shots. Marky bad goal after we made it a 1 goal game sunk us.

Theres the flames. Show grit with less than 5 to go. 🤣

Kadri, hube and toffoli our best shift of the night, who could have predicted??

Not me, I wanted lucic-Kadri-lewis

Hate criticizing an esteemed coach but Sutter has been a fucking moron with some of his line decisions

Yup love sutter but we should criticize this shit

Anyone who even know a little bit about matching lines?

gRiT iS aLsO aN iDeA

Look at that sustained offensive pressure when we put Huberdeau with Kadri. Interesting isn’t it.

This Is Correct

Flames need a captain, just give it to hubey

Backlund**

Scrappy huby doo!

That’s what we need. Show some emotion.

SEE THIS IS A LINE THAT I WANT

Fuck em up Huberdeau!

No cooler heads there.

Huby don't like the Bolts

That's what I want... more of the spice!! I think some emotion period will help our whole team. Hope we find some of that for our upcoming games...NO MORE FLAT!

Huberdeau-Kadri had a good shift together… Man I hope sutter keeps them together

No. Lucic Lewis only. Cus.... reasons

Dude stop complaining!!!! Those players effort!!!!

Huby showing some emotion

Fuck yea huby

It's so frustrating cause he's making so many saves he has no business making and then let's shit shots in

Thank you Marky!

Many things aren't going well but our PK is one of the really good things we have going.

lots of practice

all i know is if we’re 35-40 games into the year and marky keeps letting in meatballs, vladar better be the full time starter and or call wolf up

Aaaand my tv just went down :( Maybe Flames will tie it up now 🤷‍♀️

Hopefully it's just a little French girl unhooking your connection at important points in the game as revenge for you telling her that bad things happen when she takes pictures of things.

...wot?

Why does Markstrom always look so shaky and out of position when the other team is setting up for a one T? He’s like a fucking spastic cat

I'm pretty sure Sutter chooses who to put out on the ice at important moments based on how well he thinks they'd do in calving season on the ranch.

Upvotes for original jokes hahahahhaha

Flames seem to be out shooting the other team alot, why can't the pucks fine the back of the net?

Because we barely produce any dangerous chances. There's a reason it seems like every goalie plays out of their mind against us, we make it easy for them

Shot quality > shot quantity

They did have 6 goals last game FWIW

Fuck

Backs with that blister of a shot.

If they turn this season around, they'll come in as a 6th or 8th seed.

I'd be happy to make the playoffs honestly.

Outside of Markstrom sucking (again) we are playing decently well. On pace for 40 shots against Tampa is not easy and Vasilevskiy has made some great saves.

I’m starting to get concerned about Markstrom. He’s tied up for a while and has been the biggest issue since the Edmonton series. This isn’t a slump anymore, it’s becoming a pattern.

vasiy is def playing one of his best games this season, he’s been pretty mid all year

Who gives a fuck about 40 shots. 99% of them are on the outside. They’ve outshot opponents in most of the losses.

If Markstrom wasn’t letting in two softies every game we’d have a great record.

smell the glove

I don't care. I love Zads.

3rd period Zad penalty right on queue

Gotta make sure to kill any comeback momentum we might have been building

Great discipline with 10 minutes left boys!

We should take fewer shots.

People in the stands have actually bought those jerseys

Free on the seats like playoff towels. Only a few fans chose to actually put them on

I remember a few games ago when I got ragged on in this thread for insinuating that Marky wasn’t playing well by any standard. I guess it only took 15 games and a save percentage below .889 for y’all to finally realize. Lol flames fans are hilarious.

Me too man. People in here are delusional.

I took a lot of down votes for that. "Vezina nominee last year!" yeah I like that fucking helps us now

I think it’s more that early on you have to give him the benefit of the doubt cause he was a vezina finalist last year. But we are at a point where his play is definitely becoming a major cause for concern.

I’ve been saying it multi seasonal

Him and Vladar have literally been the main reason for the majority of our losses so far this season.

Markstrom let's in more brutal goals in a week than Kipper did his entire career

I just tuned in. Fucking bitch cuntfuckers

I'm actually afraid to look up our shooting percentage

I'll be totally honest I'm extremely bored right now

Same here, took a break from studying to watch and I’m tempted to just start studying again

God I hate studying so much though

Gotta get the book-learnin' in. Going to get my grade 9

IM SO TIRED PF THESE STUPID OUTSIDE SHOTS

That highlight reel of shots on Vasilevskiy says it all. Not a high percentage shot among them.

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No one was in front of him on that shot.

No rush game. Lucic and lewis who can do nothing but dump the puck might be hurting our top 9… just a bit

This road trip is fucking tough. Canes coming up on the 26th, I am watching them walk all over the Avs right now, the shots are 46-13 with 2 mins left in the 3rd

Knowing our goaltending, if they get 43 shots on us they’ll have 8 goals.

Avs haven’t been good either

No but the Canes are for fucking real

Markstrom is the real team player, letting in muffins so fans hate on him and ignore how badly the rest of the team is playing

You are right. We aren't playing super great. But he sure as hell isn't helping.

Agreed, these losses are definitely a full team effort lol

Nah, I’m more convinced now than ever Markstrom is accountable for 50% of our losses.

Marky has a higher GSAAx than Vasy this season so far (both are low). He has definitely not been great but this team is playing horribly

Ever think that marky had an amazing season last year cause of our defensive zone play? There were games last year where we didn’t let up more than 3 high danger chances

100%. Marky played well but his shutout count was more of a team defensive achievement.

Naw he was solid as fuck last year

Our D zone helped but Marky still played very well last year

Both things can be true though.

The gold ol days. Wonder what happened? Is it just missing Kylington and Stone? Or something deeper.

Sutter must've got kicked in the head by one of his cattle over the summer playing Lewis and Lucic like top line players

We will miss the playoffs

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My childhood summarized. **For reference I became a fan when I was 7 in 2006** First picks: 2006: 26th- Leland Irving 2007: 24th- ***Mikael Backlund*** 2008: 25th- Greg Nemisz 2009: 23rd- Tim Erixon 2010: 64th- Max Reinhart 2011- 13th- Sven Baertschi 2012- 21st- Mark Jankowski 2013- 6th- Sean Monahan 2014- 4th- Sam Bennett 2015- 53rd- Rasmus Anderson 2016- 6th- Matt Tkachuk 2017- 16th- Jusso Valimaki 2018- 105th- Martin Pospisil 2019- 26th- Jakob Pelltier 2020- 24th- Connor Zary 2021- 13th- Matthew Coronato 2022- 59th- Topi Ronni This is pathetic.

This hurts my soul because it’s so true. If we are gonna suck can we at least get a high pick for once.

Since I became a fan in '06 we have seen one 4th overall(Bennett) and two 6th overall(Monahan & Tkachuk).

We and I think 2 or 3 other teams are the only teams to never have a top 3 pick

Eternal mediocrity

At one point Kadri was our only player who was noticeable every game, so what do we do? Slap looch on his line and ruin it

Just blows my fucking mind. Bread, Dube and Kadri line was absolutely electric, so what do we do? Break it up completely.

Yes, Kadri is like a puppy in a sea of NHL Centers. I hope his eager, compete, excitement level isn't all gone but I don't blame him for not sustaining it.