Opening Round:Calgary vs Colorado

[Darryl]

Discuss the series here.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Only thing potentially holding the Flames back will be goaltending. Like any other team if it isn't up to snuff, they'll be gone.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Flames in 7.  Don?t see Calgary squashing the Avs in four straight here.  Colorado will put up a strong showing but as Guilt Trip mentioned, it?s the goaltending that will decide it (for Calgary).  And probably so.

Preview:
https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/2019-nhl-first-round-playoff-preview-calgary-flames-vs-colorado-avalanche

 

[AvroArrow]

Calgary in 5.

 

[Frank E]

Calgary in 4.

 

[bustaheims]

Calgary in 6. Goaltending will cost them a couple, but not enough to make it really close.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I've got Calgary in 4. These are two high offensive teams but I think it'll be a pretty boring series.

 

[Bullfrog]

Calgary in 5.

 

[WAYNEINIONA]

Calgary in 4.

 

[disco]

Avs lead series 2-1.

Underdogs in the first round give literally no crap.

 

[Guilt Trip]

MacKinnon is a beast! That is all....

 

[disco]

Avs lead series 3-1.

 

[TheMightyOdin]

Smith made 49 saves only to lose in overtime. Now they?re down 3 games to 1.

Just watched the highlights. Calgary should have won that game.

 

[bustaheims]

Just watched the highlights. Calgary should have won that game.

No, they shouldn't have. Colorado was dominant. They had ~2/3 of the scoring chances and controlled the puck most of the night. The only reason Calgary even had a chance was Smith. They were completely outclassed at every other position.

 

[Peter D.]

Pretty amazing how Colorado is making the Flames look like a marginal team.  They are killing them with their speed and tenacity, and the Flames have no answer.  Gaudreau looks like a scared kid out there.

 

[lc9]

Flames robbed of a goal.  Ref on the ice with a terrible goalie interference call.  Toronto up holds.  Really bad call.  Should be 3-2. 

NHL needs to figure it out.  Lucky we got the better end of the 50/50 call in Boston tonight. 

 

[Bender]

Flames robbed of a goal.  Ref on the ice with a terrible goalie interference call.  Toronto up holds.  Really bad call.  Should be 3-2. 

NHL needs to figure it out.  Lucky we got the better end of the 50/50 call in Boston tonight.

I'm not sure how I felt about that. Definitely looked like forward was pushing Johnson into his goalie but Grubauer stopped tracking the puck and that was more the issue than the interference itself.

 

[L K]

Johnny Hockey with 0G and 3 points in his last 9 playoff games.

 

[Zee]

Johnny Hockey with 0G and 3 points in his last 9 playoff games.

Johnny non-hockey

 

[AvroArrow]

Calgary in 5.

Got the winner wrong, but number of games right.

On the flip side, I called Columbus winning, but got the number of games wrong there.