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Flames @ Predators 3rd Period Game Thread

Here we go! Lock 'em down, Preds...

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I love the smell of fresh ice in the evening.
i've got the late night munchies!!!

late night?

been up since 5 am so.... yes late night

Spicy melted crunchy cheese?

Me too, got a pizza on the way :D

I saw a Calgary fan in a gelinas Jersey…he gets a little props from me

keep this energy up Preds

Klein has looked really good considering how long he had been out. The whole team has managed the game really well.

is it horny's birthday?!

no wonder the Jersey is working!

could it be?!

did they start realizing it has little to do with our defense and if the offense could do this everygame we would be winning some more games . alot more . klein has to do well, and he will….. for about a week

@SUNRandySportak Flames need to score four goals on Pekka Rinne to win this game. They’ve scored four on him in 14 periods this season.

well there’s one: /

Yeah, I feel like I jinxed it, posting that.

pp!
That's not accurate.

Games this season so far:

Preds 2, Flames 0
Flames 1, Preds 0
Preds 2, Flames 1

Now math was never my strong suit, but last time I checked, that adds up to 2 goals coming into tonight. At the time he tweeted that, they had scored 1. Therefore, the Flames had only scored 3 goals on the Preds in 14 periods.

14 periods, you’ve got 9 up there plus the two or three from this game. You’re short a few periods.

Considering they only play the Flames 4 times a season, you’re absolutely right. Dude messed up his info.

But did you look back to last season? Last four games against the Flames plus the two period from tonight and after the comment was made. I don’t know the numbers, but you can string together 14 periods that way.

I didn’t, but either way… he said this season…. so he was wrong.

wow, ok. I’ll be sure not to make any mistakes around you.

I doubt you would make a mistake that could be that easily researched. Should’ve been a tip off- 14 periods, when the Preds-Flames only play 12 periods all year.

I meant the season part. From some cursory research that I did it looks like he was pretty wrong, but I didn’t look at the breakdown of when the goals were scored in our last game against the Flames last season. /shrug

So what you’re saying is that not only did I jinx Pekka, I jinxed him with inaccurate information.

Gives me the shivers and waters up my eyes almost every time. Off-topic but I was just watching this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab3hzZoRUOs&feature=related

Patting ourselves on the back a little early ...
yeh caught us w/ our pants down

The Preds need to stop reading the GDT during the game then.

klein

dropped the ball

Let the Klein bashing begin! Start the new year off right!
I'm back.

TITS ON FIRE!!!!

sorry... that was a very delayed reaction.

Haha, for whatever reason that made me think of this montage, except with SK74

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvutPN09TXQ

is that radulov?
so freakin funny
ugh our PP looking ugly
Lord

This is looking like the Lightning power play.

more like the Blues PP from last game

I’m much more familiar with the suckitude of the Lightning power play. Which sucks.

Powerplay

not looking so hot

we miss weber
This isn't a Weber issue

Does anyone remember who did the research and found that Weber was on the ice for something like 26 of our 28 PP goals? I’m trying to remember, and I might have the numbers a little off.

I do remember that… I can’t remember who it was, but that sounds close enough.

heh, I just assumed the penalty was going to be against the Preds

our power play is terrible

all the time! should just leave it equal strength we’re better off

ranked 2nd in the league??

Actually it’s been pretty good this year.

That's why the Preds have the 2nd best PP in the league.
i know we are

i just hate watching them blow it when they do

Punch to the face...not allowed!
well horny to the box
Dirty
Just like the OddManRush post...

kinda bs
still Technically a slash
should've been a penalty for the slew foot tho
Kippersoff got shot by a Barrett .50
we need a mary kay
How many times did Crispy say Slewfoot?
8
Not gonna get that call

Hornqvist didn’t even fall down.

off topic...

Boston’s Goal Differential is rediculous

boooooooooooo!

FYI

Somebody over at Matchsticks and Gasoline was wishing Calgary had skill players like the Preds do. Being envied feels weird.

umm… The Preds would love to have that top Flames line of Glencross, Iggy, and Jokinen.

skiiiilll pppplllaaayyyerrrs? Wha?

They must have meant skilled prospects

yeh our prospects look pretty BA
they want a skill player like?

Halischuck? Klein? Kostitsyn?

…..like who? Forwards or D (cause D I can understand)?

The impression I got was that they were talking about forwards. It’s pretty dead over there. They must convene someplace else.

Radulov's rights

Oh Alex Radulov…. I wish he would come back… too bad that probably won’t happen. Ever.

If he won’t come back to Nashville, I’d rather trade his rights for an actual player.

I think we should give him the Chris Johnson restructuring thing!!!

Worked out great for the Titans

Yeah but I'm actually not joking.
FTLOG get it out of our dzone
The 3rd period

Has been much more like the Preds-Flames hockey that I’m used to watching.

I’d be fine with it staying that way

did the Bridge sell out tonight?

6th in a row.

how many on the season?

11

By my count.

doing good this season keeping it near capacity every night
Tea

I love tea!

It was supposed to say "yea"

And it was supposed to be a reply.

Which makes the “Tea” post kinda funny.

green or black?

All sorts really. right now I’ve got everything from eary grey to pu-erh in my cabinet.

Looks like Ellis and Tootoo are gonna be buddies

they will start the Mini-Preds club and invite Hillen and the Cube to join them.

Anyone notice HB was absent on his regular line?

replaced by Hustle

i think badger bourque and toots could be a good line
Lotsa speed and energy there... that could be really effective.
It would be fun to watch

HB has been looking like he’s lost his confidence. he’s playing with a kind of desperation that isn’t producing.

I think he’s earned a little patience, considering that given to tits. Plus he hasn’t been a defensive liability

I agree

but he may get his confidence on the 3rd line

2nd on the team in points and SOG right now.

Now smithson has his spot

you mean his place on the line?

Correct

Who knows why Trotz does that. But I’m willing to cut the kid a little slack as long as the team scores when he’s on the ice.

My thoughts exactly, have some faith in the kid. It is given to some on this team that have produced a lot less.

Jokinen

Looking for waffles.

That's the best gif ever.
ok

It’s hilarious, but also hypnotizing. I should be watching the game. Can’t..take…my…eyes.. off…it.

Awesome.

Thanks.

Crap Crap Crap Crap
Double carp.
am I doing it right?

those Asian Carp are nasty...
FFFFFfffffffffffffffffffff....
Hillen you sorry piece!

Hey, Hillen…. don’t just watch your man skate away from you

We benched Blum?! For Hillen?

If Hillen could’ve even tied up his stick a little it wouldn’t have been a goal.

I don't understand

no benched Blum for Klein.

The wheels are starting to get wobbly
My wheels

are wobbly too. Waaaaaaay too much to drink last night

time for a leggy

No they need to give it to HB. He’s got to defeat the open net, then he can start scoring again.

SK

might get his hatty if they pull Kipper

Most dangerous lead in hockey...

Quit sitting back on your haunches !!!

Smithers should have skated it out from behind the net…

Kipper is outof the net time for our A game
Hillen

is awful…please sit that guy for the love of god

he might after the Weber returns
maybe

even send him down…

Total Recall time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HATTTTTIIIIEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
TITS ON FIIIIIIYYYYAAAAAAAA!!!!!

HATS ON TITS!

HATTY FOR TITTY

I literally did a little dance on that one.

I love how he shamelessly steals Klein’s empty netter. That’s the best part

I was going to ask who’s goal he stole.

He’s never skated so hard in his life

HAH - I was JUST saying that!
Better safe than sorry!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL..

nice assist for Kleiner
I can't believe that just happened, hahahaha.

That’s hilarious. Good for Tits.

titsy been reading

davisca?

Man, he's made me LIVID recently...

He better have been reading my comments, haha. He was shooting the puck tonight, though! That’s good!

Yeah, according to Crispy he had 3 shots total, haha.

Yeah, his shooting % and 3 goals saved my fantasy hockey week from being a complete disaster.

And Dirk was saying his shooting percentage last year was an anomaly ;)

100% shooting percentage ain’t nothing to sneeze at. :p

That’s gotta be a personal record of some kind, yes?

Well...

SK entering this year with a vengeance

UP!

And they stay there!
And they stay there!!!

always funny this is

There Klein and SK74

had a moment of congratulating each other at the end.

Hey look they won!
wonder what SK will say to Mark Howard on this interview...

Suck on that Howard!

Mark Howard is really starting to look like the white version of Forest Whitaker.
My cats

have no idea why I am laughing so hard right now…

Sorry Mark...

But it’s true

Hopefully (since there was no competition today)

SK gets 1st star of the night on NHL.com

I think

that’s pretty much a guarantee

That's assuming that NHL.com recognizes that we even played a game tonight...
for real

them and TSN…fail!! and we played a Canadian team to boot (Ha)

1. Sidney Crosby
2. Daniel Mills’ cat
3. Sergei Kostitsyn

Nope, they gave it to Sidney Crosby

But he can’t remember why

Knowing the NHL it'll go something like this:

1. Shea Weber (because the Preds won, obviously he helped)
2. Jarome Iginla
3. Ryan Suter

Nah, that’s tomorrow’s headline from TSN

Wooohoo! So good to win!

So pathetic that there’s still NO mention on NHL.com.

Yeah!

Preds win!

That makes three in a row!

Two hat tricks in two games

Stamkos yesterday and Kostitsyn today. That’s nice.

I am going to go out on a limb here and say the 3 stars of the night for the NHL are all going to be from this game

Iginla for getting goal #499, that other fella (Morrison?) who got goal #200, and Kippersoff for keeping his morale up even with Pekka playing a little better than him.

Explaination

Kostitsyn speaks no English.

Explanation

Kostitsyn was overheard saying that he would “kill that smarmy bastard if he asked Sergei anymore condescending questions.”

SK

doesn’t know what smarmy means.

It was translated from Russian

He was just scared of Mark's Forest Whitaker lazy eye.
вкрадчивый
Horny does great interviews
i agree
His radio interview

during the 2nd intermission was fantastic. I forgot who was coaching the team for a minute there.

Mark Howard is a tool.
I started listening halfway through the 3rd

and I heard Tits give it away a few times. I was thinking maybe Trotz should bench him. Guess I didn’t know the whole story. LOL

I want someone in the postgame crowd to shout,

TITS ON FIRE! WOOO!

wow that Klein goal was a beauty

yeah… it was pretty.

and it even was on net….

I am lazy...

don’t want to read the whole thread. Did Wilson play?

the picture of Kimmo Timmonen on the ESPN NHL frontpage looks like Charlie Sheen

just a random observation

Haha, it kinda does.

Please, don’t turn anything sort of reins to Mark Howard

2 assists for Klein? in addition to his goal?

I didn’t realize he had a 3 goal night.

oops 3 poinnt

and Mark Howard was wrong. only 1 g 1a for Klein.

Only 1 point back from St Louis and 2 back from Minnesota

Klein interviews well.

“He’s a well conditioned athlete” -not a lot of hockey players can pull that one out during a live interview.

Finding a well-spoken hockey player is like watching for Tits to shoot the puck (not counting tonight, of course).
There are a few

of them out there, thought. Tim Thomas comes to mind. Very well spoken in post-game interviews.

Yeah, Timmy is really good.

There’s another one coming to mind, but I can’t think of who it is…. my guess is the Harvard grad who plays for Pittsburgh is probably pretty well-spoken, too haha.

SK74 owes Klein a steak, lol
Sepcifically

Morton’s.

so what is Morton’s?

Morton's Steakhouse in Nashville

it’s pretty good I take it? or is Klein a man of bad taste in steaks?

It’s delicious and pricey.

Suter with only 25:20 TOI tonight!

I guess Klein did indeed eat up some of that time.

Hey, we're finally on NHL.com!!!

was just going to post this. Kost Cutter.

gratuitous Weber Norris reference

And sportsclubstats updated to add tonight's game too.

Preds up to 53.6% chance to make the playoffs. :D

Glad that game had a little more offense with it being on NHL Network

i thought for sure it’d be a snoozer.

Oh yeah, me too.

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