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The Calgary Flames 2008-2009: Post Mortem

they played shit and deserved to lose, but ultimately, injuries were their undoing. list of injuries:
regehr
giordano
phaneuf
sarich
bourque
langkow
conroy

our 4 best d-men either didn't play or played hurt. do that to chicago and they get smoked. same goes for our second line. no wonder they were awful.

thoughts on players:

Jarome Iginla: taking so much unwarranted heat. sure, he was average in games 1-4 and plain bad in games 5 and 6, but they way some people are throwing this guy under the bus is unreal. it's not his fault they got booted. he had another very good season and is the heart and soul of this team. anyone suggesting that the flames need to move him is seriously retarded. don't forget that he'll be canada's captain in vancouver next year, so just shut up.

Miikka Kiprusoff: again, taking so much misplaced blame. watch the goals, especially in game 6, and tell me they're his fault. he had 45 fuckin wins this year. this team is nowhere without him. get some D around the guy and he'll be back in vezina contention. not the problem.

Olli Jokinen: didn't play well, but taking too much blame. i'm not thrilled that he'll earn over $5mil next year but that's not his fault. he's a solid first-line center and that's what the flames have been after for years. i expect him to be solid next season. he deserves more time to prove himself.

Dion Phanuef: after a very patchy season i was pretty pleased with his playoff performance. i thought he stepped up and carried the majority of the load with regehr out. he'll bounce back with a big year next season. remember, he's only 23.

Robyn Regehr: his injury was probably the main reason why the flames went nowhere in the playoffs. easily our best defenceman and third most important player after iggy and miikka. nobody seemed to acknowledge this fact. the team was doomed without him.

Mike Cammalleri: over-achieved this season and was a huge success story. i like him BUT he was absolutely invisible in the playoffs. just terrible. his contract is up and, thankfully, the flames won't be able to afford him. someone will pay him $4+mil and this season will remain his career high. you'll see.

Todd Bertuzzi: way too inconsistent to deserve a re-signing. it's a shame too, because he can be so good at times.

Conroy, Bourque, Langkow: courageous in the playoffs, all played hurt. bourque is vitally important to the future of this team and conroy and langkow are necessary veterans.

Mike Keenan: hope he's fired but it's unlikely.

Game 6: Flames 1, Hawks 4

garbage. big changes this off season. i'll vent here when i'm a little bit more calm.

Game 5: Flames 1, Hawks 5

well, that should do it. too inconsistent and too injured. plus, coming off a really really terrible performance, there's not much to look forward to in game 6. there isn't a team in these playoffs who can let in goals in bunches like the flames. if this kind of shit happened in a video game the game would be criticized for being too unrealistic. it's unbelievable. i can't say i'm that surprised though, i was pretty much expecting the series to play out exactly the way it has been.

game 6 monday at 9:30 in calgary.

Game 4: Flames 6, Hawks 4

season saving win. i'm glad that the flames are playing a team young and stupid enough to piss off jarome iginla. what a bunch of knuckle-heads. when he's mad he just wills his team to win. it's unreal. huge games from olli and nystrom as well. injuries to conroy, langkow, and bourque are cause for concern however, but i'm just happy to be even right now. it's best of 5 now and i'm predicting the winner on saturday will take the series in 7. that's usually the way it goes.

game 5: saturday night at 9pm from chicago. everyone should watch, it's the best series of the playoffs by miles.

Game 3: Flames 4, Hawks 2

well, if they were going to win a game it was going to be game 3. still miles to go so i'm not going to get ahead of myself. one thing i will say is the blackhawks deserve robyn regehr. win or lose, i really hope he can come back soon to hurt some of these hacks.

TSN has game 4 tomorrow night in calgary at 10pm.

Game 2: Flames 2, Hawks 3

see last post. how can an entire season culminate with such terrible performances? let's get this over with.

game 3 tonight in calgary.

Game 1: Flames 2, Hawks 3 - OT

if i'm anything as a hockey fan, it's loyal. i've loved the calgary flames for as long as i've loved hockey and i've stuck with them through thick and thin, including the 7 year playoff drought. so when i say that i think they're finished this year, it's not due to my wavering support of the club, it's because they're simply not that good. game 1 against the hawks was evidence of that. it's not that they lost, but how they lost. with a 2-1 lead in the third they simply sat back and stopped attacking, allowing the hawks to come in waves. why this happens in any sport i'll never understand (see italian national team). so it didn't really matter that Havlat's OT winner was clearly goalie interference because the flames had already been beaten. i have little belief that they'll be able to avoid yet another first-round exit, but that doesn't mean i'll stop watching. and it doesn't mean i'll stop hoping.

game 2 goes tonight at 9 in chicago.

playoff prediction, revised

EAST

1st round:
1. Boston def 8. Montreal in 5
2. Washington def 7. NY Rangers in 6
3. New Jersey def 6. Carolina in 6
4. Pittsburgh def 5. Philadelphia in 6

2nd round:
4. Pittsburgh def 1. Boston in 6
3. New Jersey def 2. Washington in 7

East Final:
3. New Jersey def 4. Pittsburgh in 7

WEST

1st round:
1. San Jose def 8. Anaheim in 6
2. Detroit def 7. Columbus in 4
3. Vancouver def 6. St.Louis in 5
5. Calgary def 4. Chicago in 7

2nd round:
1. San Jose def 5. Calgary in 6
2. Detroit def 3. Vancouver in 7

West Final:
2. Detroit def 1. San Jose in 6

CUP FINAL
2. Detroit def 3. New Jersey in 7

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