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therealdeal Hockey: Daymond Langkow - "Lanks"
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Friday, August 24, 2007. Daymond Langkow - "Lanks". On the VIP second level of flames central, the wall is lined with selected players bios/photos framed all nice and purty. when my buddy (who helped build the place) was showing me around, my two comments were:. 1brad mccrimmon is not spelled brad mcrimmon. 2 since when is 'langkow' like 'cher'? Ha ha How random.how does that pass quality control? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe to therealdeal Hockey. Battle of Alberta (Flames and Oilers).
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therealdeal Hockey: Time To Hit the Old Dusty Trail...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008. Time To Hit the Old Dusty Trail. During the Flames' beauty 2004 Stanley Cup run I couldn't help but think how the city's opinion of management would change down the road. After inheriting the team about a season and a half earlier, Darryl Sutter missed the playoffs for the first time in his career. That will all change one day though' is what I kept thinking. In the world of the hockey GM, today's hero is tomorrow's goat. It's not so much that Sutter has been a complete disaster&...
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therealdeal Hockey: Anders Eriksson
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008. I don't think there's a lot of positive that can be said about Anders Eriksson. In terms of hockey skills. He's not confident with the puck and is consistently prone to making errors, many of them pretty big. He's also pretty bad without the puck in terms of reading the play and positioning himself effectively. He's also pretty bad 1-1. I think we can explain a lot of Eriksson's. Problems with this analogy. He was paired with Phaneuf. For all Flames defenders. Eriksson was shelt...
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therealdeal Hockey: Adrian Aucoin
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Thursday, August 21, 2008. I debated about whether to place Aucoin behind or ahead of Giordano, but the more I think about it the more I think I'd much rather have Giordano on the second pairing. It's not that I think Aucoin is devoid of ability, quite the contrary. I think he still has ok offensive instincts and his defence isn't bad - it's just not great either. His mobility last year was just so awful- I can't recall all the instances I saw him get beat on the outside. Subscribe to therealdeal Hockey.
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therealdeal Hockey: Dustin Boyd
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Thursday, September 11, 2008. Boyd wasn't half bad himself; he scored 3 goals in the round robin (although none in the final 2 playoff games). At the time it seemed he had a bit of a scoring touch, could be a nice little 2nd liner. Boyd hasn't been great. I think the most interesting thing when you look at Dustin Boyd's desjardins numbers is that his point production is far ahead of where you would expect it to be given his linemates. Now, he doesn't pass Matt's ' line in the sand test. Addendum: It's be...
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therealdeal Hockey: Mark Giordano
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Monday, August 25, 2008. Playing the role of Calgary’s 6. In 06-07, Giordano was nothing but stellar. He has good wheels, good hockey sense and has shown he can step it up in pressure situations. Ate up softer minutes. Was not favoured by Jim Playfair. August 15: Marc Giordano is unsigned ( Battle of Alberta. Ca Giordano played the worst opposition of all Flames defenceman. But he had the worst teammates as well. He was 5 th. 60 and 4 th. Calgary, 50GP, 4G 13 PTS. I'd be thrilled if Gio could replicate A...
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therealdeal Hockey: Miikka Kiprusoff - "Kipper"
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007. Miikka Kiprusoff - "Kipper". Probably the best goalie the franchise has ever had. Miikka appears to have a very calm on ice demeanor and does not seem to worry about press or stardom. Has excellent positioning and is a tremendous athlete. Kipprusoff occasionally gives up a bad goal, but that is far outweighed by his consistently high save percentage, his more than occasional spectacular saves, and his workload capacity. Might have a blocker side weakness. B][url=http:/ www....
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therealdeal Hockey: Curtis Glencross
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008. This is a picture of Curtis Glencross. Center) scoring against the Flames. As I recall that game was in November or so and his whole family came into town to watch it. He ' Stempniaked. The Flames, I believe the Jackets won 3-2 and he scored 2 goals. Ouch. Had quite a year, especially after he was traded to the Oilers. He only has 71 NHL games under his belt so the sample size is small but what we did see seemed to be something worth watching. Split games between MacT.
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therealdeal Hockey: David Moss
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Sunday, September 21, 2008. Got his ‘cup of coffee’ in the NHL last season and showed some real potential. Uses his body effectively and plays bigger than his size. Has a pretty good nose for the net, scoring 10 goals in 41 games. Has to show consistency and will have to fight for a 2nd line roster spot this year. This picture is a great example of the way Moss plays – down and dirty. His counting numbers are not impressive. 41 GP, 4G, 11PTS. He's got all the makings of a 4th liner all right. David Moss ...
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therealdeal Hockey: Marcus Nilson
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008. I don't think we can claim that Mike Keenan was putting Nilson in a tremendously bad position. He was playing the absolute worst competition and at times his linemates were downright middle of the pack. Certainly he wasn't getting a lot of icetime, but I think Keenan was justified in restricting Nilson's icetime. 1st overall in GAON. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe to therealdeal Hockey. Battle of Alberta (Flames and Oilers). Hit the Post (w/Duncan). One Fan's P...
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