@DarrenWHaynes Haha, well done Darren, thank you! 🤣
Let’s hope that one empty win before the trade deadline doesn’t fool management into being buyers at the trade deadline (and signing more guys well into their 30s) 🤪
@RyanNPike Would they have also had to pay the compensation price to the Avs for the signing? My recollection at the time was that they would have….yikes
@itlooksreal Not to forget about Jake Allen (x2), Joey Daccord, Thomas Greiss and Casey DeSmith who have also goalie’d the Flames this year. Stuart Skinner (x2) is somewhat more respectable. Lol
@kjhenn81 Kieran! It’s Tim from Europe in 1999!! Lol. Not sure how else to get in contact with ya so thought I’d try responding to one of your tweets. Lol. Feel free to shoot me a message!
@miketgould This outcome was abundantly obvious and inevitable to anyone who had been paying even mild attention to this matchup for dating back to last May…
@JamesJohnsonYYC Tonight Skinner >>>>>Markstrom. Marky’s psyche remains broken vs Oilers. Would be nice if a $6MM goaltender wasn’t quite so fragile.
@notthatkristen Devils advocate to your observations: Markstrom .852 save% (ain’t no way to out-coach that); 97/29 going all world; Sutter’s history of coaching in the playoffs strongly suggests the reasons for the series loss lie elsewhere. Anyway I’m off to cry myself to sleep (if I get any)
@notthatkristen And here I was set to “debate” (not argue of course 😜) your observations!! Stop being kind so I can vent to/at someone next time k? You take good care too (and ps, I’ll prolly post a counterpoint to your observations anyway). Lol 🤪
@miketgould@19Morganr Totally agree!! In the last 10 years they’ve been significantly better as the “hunter” vs the “hunted”, and I feel the same way heading into these playoffs. Having said that I don’t think Dallas would be any less physical than the Preds….?
@will_nault a) Marky has 3rd most mins played so far b) history of drop off in performance/injury history when tired c) flames hoping to play another 20+ games in playoffs d) 7 pt gap on 2nd in pacific e) Vladar has proven himself capable. Does he really need to be run ragged at this point?