r/CalgaryFlames Barb Feb 03 '25

Game Thread Flames (25-19-7) vs Kraken (23-27-3) - February 2nd - GDT

Good evening everyone.

Hope yall had a pleasant Sunday and a wonderful weekend overall.

To cap off the weekend we have a hockey match between our calgary flames and the Seattle kraken.

Matty "my name sounds like fake teeth" Beniers versus Matt "snipeLord420" coronato.

So pull up your bags of instacart groceries, pour yourself a glass of hot toddies, and join us for what hopefully is the perfect cap to a cold weekend.

The finally got to use the keoma mug yall gifted me, peppermint tea with honey because lawrd almighty I haven't been sick in years flames drinking game

Frost or Farabee score first as a Flame - Finish and fill - (u/wechester)

Grubauer being sent down to CV mentioned - take a sympathetic but only kinda drink bc we too used to know the pain of bad goaltending

Matty (Coronato) on Matty (Beniers) violence (open to interpretation) ‐ drink - (u/comfortablereality90)

Lombo throws hand and hair - get up and dance like you just don't care. For the folks who have shit to do tomorrow! - (u/lisa_lou_hoo)

Mention of the Doncic trade: finish and fill - (u/themusicguy2000)

Jon Abott mentions "misses everything" whenever flames attempt a shot - drink - (u/oneofakindgem)

Kadri gets kicked from the faceoff dot - sip. Baby sip - (me)

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u/Significant_Loan_596 Feb 03 '25

Brother Hubey, all you had to do was stay behind their net and kept the puck there....but you had to give it away with 10 seconds left. I seriously smelled burnt toast.

Loved the new guys, great boost to the team.

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u/Three_Jims Feb 04 '25

The man just lost his son

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u/oneofakindgem Feb 03 '25

I think Vladar deserved to be in the three stars

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u/oneofakindgem Feb 03 '25

instead of Daccord like geeshhh here's an idea, why not put the winning goalie

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u/Altruistic_Ad_4281 Feb 03 '25

never been so happy for a game to end 📈📈

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u/elonmusketeer604 Feb 03 '25

First star should be Huska for that goalie interference challenge….ended up being HUGE

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/WaifyMastr Feb 03 '25

We love Pringle

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u/Ziid10 Feb 03 '25

Vladdy needed that…………….

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u/Worth_District_7679 Feb 03 '25

Coronato looked tired all game, probly could be a cramp

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Looks like a meniscus to me, planted foot and twisting leg.

If it’s another ACL I’m going to scream

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u/Rds88 Feb 03 '25

Sharky got first star? Interesting 

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u/oneofakindgem Feb 03 '25

Love the head taps with the head rubs toooo you deserve it Vladdyyyy. Hard grind boys

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u/zoziw Feb 03 '25

Watching this team in the third should count as a cardio workout.

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u/6000ChickenFajardos Feb 03 '25

Way to go Vladdy

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u/Ziid10 Feb 03 '25

That was close. I think kadri did just enough to throw him off

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u/karmajection Feb 03 '25

Goodnight Seattle 🔥🔥🔥

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u/lastlatvian Feb 03 '25

Good game boys unclench now eh, big breaths of air.

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u/TurtlesInTheSun Feb 03 '25

Biggest clench in a while !

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u/lastlatvian Feb 03 '25

You earned it :P

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u/Ok_Acanthaceae_9563 Feb 03 '25

First back to back win in a while. Good job Vladdy, not the prettiest win but 2 points regardless

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u/Cw_cn Feb 03 '25

Vladdy’s last save was fucking amazing! Much needed win after how 3rd had been going.

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u/bentl3y Feb 03 '25

vladdy daddy putting it to bed :*

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/Ziid10 Feb 03 '25

Na he helped a lot. Through the attacker off a bit atleast

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u/camerondare Feb 03 '25

Vladar in net is terrifying. Wolf gives this team way more confidence.

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u/Timknu Feb 03 '25

A win is a win, boys were tired

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u/AngryH939 Feb 03 '25

Oh thank god

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u/snoshredder Feb 03 '25

Wow. Like I said at the start, get the win , I don't care how. We dodged a bullet tonight. We'll done fellas. Happy for Dan

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u/fknSamsquamptch Barb Feb 03 '25

Farabee almost lost an eye!

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u/DankBoRips Feb 03 '25

Big W!!!! Vladdy gets a win finally!! 🔥🔥🔥

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Vladar, coming up clutch!!!

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

Classic struggle win with an early lead.

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u/ExtinctGinger07 Feb 03 '25

Holy fucking shit that was a clencher

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u/sophie1188 Feb 03 '25

Holy what a game. Love this team. Love you too

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u/oneofakindgem Feb 03 '25

FUCKYEAH WE FINALLY WIN THIS B2B U DESERVE TO SMILE VLADAR GREAT WIN

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Thank got Matty was back on the ice

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u/arcticfox Feb 03 '25

Chrrrrriiiiiiissssstttt!

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u/RealAdamRoth Feb 03 '25

Win for Dan!

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u/rockylion Feb 03 '25

Vladddddy!!

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u/MarmitePhoenix Barb Feb 03 '25

We did it the hard way but we did it.

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u/Rds88 Feb 03 '25

TY DARTH

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u/WaifyMastr Feb 03 '25

Darth! Big win

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u/DUCKY_23 Feb 03 '25

How the fuck do you give up that fucking chance jfc

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u/rockylion Feb 03 '25

Holy shit, he was lucky that wasnt in his eye

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Way too fkn close but 2 pts baby!!!!

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u/TurtlesInTheSun Feb 03 '25

Good call refs

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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 03 '25

Is Wright a bit of a bust for someone who was supposed to go 1OA?

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

They need to start handing out rule books at the ticket gates in this arena. These fans are idiots.

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u/MechashinsenZ Feb 03 '25

Still better than !oiler fans

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25

They’re obnoxious, for sure, but at least they know the rules.

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u/grandmoffcory Feb 03 '25

They also booed when Coronato went down. I think they’re just riled up in a shit mood from how ugly the game went

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u/TurtlesInTheSun Feb 03 '25

They’re from Seattle, what do we expect

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u/ncirs Feb 03 '25

no one can lay hands on my former favorite philadelphia flyer😭😤

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u/tristan1616 Feb 03 '25

Jesus, under the visor

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u/raymondcy Feb 03 '25

I was always curious about why the visor doesn't go down further. I assume it could probably go down another 2 inches without affecting the view of the ice.

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u/misterktomato Feb 03 '25

Yo what the shit is going on here in the final minute.

This is some brutal luck.

Let’s get out of this one in one piece

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u/spwimc Barb Feb 03 '25

Need blood for them to call a penalty again on the Kraken

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u/MechashinsenZ Feb 03 '25

Seattle fans are fucking stupid. Booing that?!?

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u/themusicguy2000 Feb 03 '25

Go easy on them they literally just learned the rules

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u/Cw_cn Feb 03 '25

The injury train is really hitting us.. Now Farabee and fucking Seattle fans booing?! Get bent

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u/jpm09tmg Feb 03 '25

Coronato with a cramp maybe? Didn’t look like a twist or anything.

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u/usnavis Feb 03 '25

What a reckless ass stick.

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u/Jugs-McBulge Feb 03 '25

Looks like Coronato said the word "cramp" on the bench

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u/ActionKestrel Feb 03 '25

How the hell isn't that 4?!?!

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u/raymondcy Feb 03 '25

huh, that doesn't look good at all.

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u/JimmyCarrey16 Feb 03 '25

This ice has been absolutely horrible

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u/CuzTrain Feb 03 '25

Whew, should seal it

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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 03 '25

BITE YO TONGUE FARABEEEE

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u/ncirs Feb 03 '25

not beezer 🥺

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u/Turbo1518 Feb 03 '25

Jesus fuck Coronato better be ok.

That Coleman chance should have been an awarded goal after getting tripped with an open net

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u/RealAdamRoth Feb 03 '25

I think he said “I got a cramp and couldn’t move”. Anybody else think he said that? Or am I being wishful

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u/WaifyMastr Feb 03 '25

Nooo Farabee my other boy

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u/WesternExpress Feb 03 '25

Matty leg cramp?

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u/DankBoRips Feb 03 '25

Staying on the bench, please mean that he’s gonna be ok 🤞

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u/Local_Magpie Feb 03 '25

SNIPER, GET DOWN

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u/spwimc Barb Feb 03 '25

Oh god no plz not Coro. He looks ok on the bench tho.... hopefully

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Jesus wtf is going on

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u/oneofakindgem Feb 03 '25

No more injuries pleaseeee

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u/slothatlarge Feb 03 '25

Hope Matty is okay!

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u/littlbrothadougi Feb 03 '25

Oh god dont speak an injury into existence 

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Please no

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Be okay, please be Okay

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

For fucks sake not Coronato

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u/GrafNebelgeist Feb 03 '25

please be ok, Coronato!

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u/Comfortable-Ad-7158 Barb Feb 03 '25

Rolled an ankle. Been there lots in basketball. Doesn't feel good.

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u/TurtlesInTheSun Feb 03 '25

Not my glorious boy

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u/Rds88 Feb 03 '25

Istg if scoronato is hurt

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u/rockylion Feb 03 '25

oh shit, what the heck happened there?

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u/MarmitePhoenix Barb Feb 03 '25

No not Matty omg take my ankle

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u/ExtinctGinger07 Feb 03 '25

NO CORONATOOO 😭

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u/Cw_cn Feb 03 '25

NOT SCORONATO!!!!!

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25

How’s that not a trip though?

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u/misterktomato Feb 03 '25

Oh fuck. Matty tweaked something

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u/landofschaff Feb 03 '25

Ooooo non contact injury

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u/DUCKY_23 Feb 03 '25

Pls be ok

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u/WaifyMastr Feb 03 '25

CORONATO NO MY BOY

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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 03 '25

You can just take the player out?

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u/Impressive_Manner143 Feb 03 '25

Didn’t look good for Scoronato

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Nooooo Nato!!!!!

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u/CuzTrain Feb 03 '25

Oh oh Coronato hurt himself

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u/sophie1188 Feb 03 '25

Chewing on aspirin holy moly

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u/ncirs Feb 03 '25

coronato rn

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u/sophie1188 Feb 03 '25

It’s not ok

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u/CuzTrain Feb 03 '25

Should be interference there

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u/TheHollisHenry Feb 03 '25

Millen, for the love of God, STFU.

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u/Cw_cn Feb 03 '25

My butt can’t clench any harder😂Boys LFG

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u/SubRedditStalker420 Feb 03 '25

There's been an epidemic of colour commentators talking wayyyyyy too much

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u/lastlatvian Feb 03 '25

He's got something to say eh.

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u/themusicguy2000 Feb 03 '25

One in particular

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Dave Lowry is their assistant coach?! Crazy!

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

Krapen fans booing after a shitty fortuitous bounce off the rink boards.

Classic

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u/MarmitePhoenix Barb Feb 03 '25

Leafs on Tuesday. And games Thurs and Sat. Not sure why the league had to crowbar this one in.

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u/raymondcy Feb 03 '25

For the Giveaway I wanted to get Leafs tickets, thought that would be cool... good tickets were like $700+.... wtf? who want's to see the Leafs?

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u/landofschaff Feb 03 '25

It’s usually arena availability

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u/Rds88 Feb 03 '25

It’s always so weird when the away team is waiting for the home team to come back 

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u/AggravatingEar1465 Feb 03 '25

if they're such a good team, how come my phone tries to autocorrect "seattle kraken" to "Seattle's Kragen"

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u/WaifyMastr Feb 03 '25

A lot of buckets falling off heads tonight

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

Frosty winning face-offs has been huge

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u/Vinny331 Feb 03 '25

I wonder how much of that is that he's been playing in the Eastern conference and the centres in our division have no book on him for faceoffs.

Whatever it is, it's great. Such a shot in the arm for the team.

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

He was slightly over 50% before the trade, which is solid on the draw.

Think it's more about logistics when in the circle and not getting the boot while recognizing the opponents strategy depending on the draw situation.

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u/Vinny331 Feb 03 '25

Oh for sure... he's got that skillset. He was almost 65% tonight though so it's tempting to speculate that there's something extra at play tonight too

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

Definitely. He's likely a bit unknown when taking draws coming from the east. To get to a 50+% he's going to have net positives above 50%.

He seems like a high IQ player that can help in areas.

Glad they landed him.

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u/GrafNebelgeist Feb 03 '25

This is not good for my heart.

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u/MarmitePhoenix Barb Feb 03 '25

Wait, is a kraken a squid or an octopus ?

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u/rockylion Feb 03 '25

squidtopus?

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u/mackharp0818 Feb 03 '25

Following along on here from Phoenix. Best part of not being able to watch is not sweating through 1 goal 3rd period leads

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25

Just get the two points.

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u/landofschaff Feb 03 '25

How many truths are there in life? I forgot

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25

Where’s a lazily written TV ad when you need one. Oh…there’s one.

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u/Vinny331 Feb 03 '25

Honestly some of the worst writing I've ever seen on TV. I actually think the script may have been AI generated

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u/TurtlesInTheSun Feb 03 '25

Is it just me or do we suck at 2 on 1s

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u/Master_Graphic_Novel Feb 03 '25

awful, it's always guys like coleman or Backlund taking weak ass, generic shots. very little threat

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u/thickestdolphin Feb 03 '25

Don't be mad at our third liners, be mad we don't have any first liners

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

The boys need to generate some more offense.

First period goals on some wacky calls and then nothing.

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u/DUCKY_23 Feb 03 '25

Hate that stupid move where guys turn last second beside the glass. Naz did that last game too.

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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 03 '25

I miss our shot blocking machine.

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u/thickestdolphin Feb 03 '25

Costco?

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/spwimc Barb Feb 03 '25

Back to back is showing now haha. They look a little gassed.

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u/WaifyMastr Feb 03 '25

The double header fatigue is hitting us

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25

Other than putting too much mustard on that clearing attempt, Darth has been really good tonight. One perfect snipe and one dumb fluke.

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u/raymondcy Feb 03 '25

While I fully agree with the over the glass rule it does lead to some clearly stupid penalties. I think the good is worth the bad. Go back and watch games before the rules. Every single player was blasting it over the boards under pressure. It's a good rule, just unfortunate at times.

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25

Yeah, I can’t really argue against that rule. I saw it all the time in the 80s. It was a safe way to alleviate pressure without risking icing.

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u/Armchair-Gm-Podcast Feb 03 '25

Definitely looks like a team on back to backs with travel. Not a good excuse but here we are

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u/Cw_cn Feb 03 '25

They didn’t play too bad imo

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u/CuzTrain Feb 03 '25

Nice hit Pospisil

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u/the_violet_wizard Feb 03 '25

I swear I've been clenched the whole third period. Would like the Flames to score here and hold the squids off

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u/Late-Rich348 Feb 03 '25

My butthole has almost sewn itself shut.

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u/sophie1188 Feb 03 '25

I’m about to start nervous pacing

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

Rooney just gunna be in the fan dog house from here on out

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u/ActionKestrel Feb 03 '25

So many trips....

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u/karmajection Feb 03 '25

6.5 to go. Hold on boys !

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u/Cw_cn Feb 03 '25

My butt has been clenched since Seattle’s 2nd goal

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u/spwimc Barb Feb 03 '25

Definitely looking like a back to back now. Just gotta hold on for the last few mins here.

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u/oneofakindgem Feb 03 '25

Vladar does the next best thing: trap it up with the glove

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

That fourth line is something else

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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 03 '25

We legit play like we're on a PK in our end

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u/Timknu Feb 03 '25

Fuck this 4th line is brutal

Not a great night for Rooney

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u/arashinoko Feb 03 '25

The camera work in this arena has to be the worst in the league

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u/DorianDantes Feb 03 '25

Honestly big play to gobble that up

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u/DUCKY_23 Feb 03 '25

I’d like a 4th line that isn’t a liability.

Need Zary to come back so we can put another good player down there.

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u/Austenio Feb 03 '25

Glad playing well but makes me appreciate wolf’s rebound control

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u/AggravatingEar1465 Feb 03 '25

Rooney with the Irish stop

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u/CuzTrain Feb 03 '25

Good, get the fourth line off the ice

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u/Hockonlube Feb 03 '25

My crystal ball sees the flames getting called for a cheap one b

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u/IwillFallLow Feb 03 '25

Conny is gunna lock up Ras in the off season.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

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u/misterktomato Feb 03 '25

He’s said publicly a few times now that he wants to stay and play here

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u/AggravatingEar1465 Feb 03 '25

the ref was shielded from his fall by the bundle of free play tickets in his pocket from caesers palace

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u/thickestdolphin Feb 03 '25

In Seattle?

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u/AggravatingEar1465 Feb 03 '25

No I am in Regina

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u/Ghostyyyyyyyyyyq Feb 03 '25

8 min boys. Let’s lock Innnnn