Flames @ Leafs: The Battle of Rick Wamsley

by Chemmy on Mar 14, 2009 2:55 PM EDT in Maple Leafs Game Previews

Next Game

Saturday, Mar 14, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
Air Canada Centre

Pre-Game: 6:00 p.m., Leafs TV
Broadcast: 7:00 p.m., CBC, AM640
Post-Game: 9:30 p.m., Leafs TV
Post Video: mapleleafs.com

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Doug Gilmour actually played for the Flames. Amazing!

Dearest PPP readers, it's the weekend so you know three things. 1. PPP isn't writing anything useful. 2. The Leafs are playing on HNiC tonight, and 3. I'm still drunk. So with that out of the way, I present today's guest previewer, TLP from The Two Line Pass and Puck Daddy.

Take it away, r-lam:

Calgary is an.. umm, interesting team. I don't know how many of you saw that comeback shootout win over Deroit the other night, but that game featured basically everything about the Flames you need to know: they can be atrocious to watch, and they can completely dominate the best teams in the league.

I don't get this team and I really don't think I ever will. How does a team pummel Philly, drop a tight one to New Jersey and win a game it has no business being in against Detroit, then lose like 11-3 on aggregate to Carolina and Atlanta IN ONE ROAD TRIP? If the former team shows up in Toronto tonight, it's going to be a bloodbath. If the latter does, the Leafs should be disappointed to win by less than four.

Also, watch out for Olli Jokinen. Prolonged exposure may produce a goal a game and dressing room cancer.

Previous matchup:

Final - 11.11.2008	1	2	3	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	2	3
Calgary Flames	2	1	1	4

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The Leafs are without Hagman, Kaberle, Frogren and Van Ryn, while Calgary is missing Bertuzzi, Warrener, Primeau, Bourque and Giordano.

Remember your SPG picks, go Leafs go!

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It feels so wrong to see killer in a flames jersey

by Huey2k2 on Mar 14, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions

Dougie was awesome during the Flames Stanley Cup run. 11 goals and 11 assists in 22 games, 3 game winning goals. MacInnis won the Conn Smythe but Gimour was also incredible.

by general borschevsky on Mar 14, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

That better?

by Blue and White Expat on Mar 14, 2009 3:27 PM EDT reply actions

Im just looking forward to Wilson’s post game presser, whatever the outcome.

by Kent Wilson on Mar 14, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

multi-tasking

sometimes i think its better to have a power nap through the game; wake up, read the recap than decide whether to watch the replay of the game later-on on CBC. Plus, logon to the mapleleafs homepage and watch Ronnie’s presser. sounds like a plan.

p.s.

I think the officiating on Leaf games are for the ‘tank nation’, hence the horrid calls!

by aki berg fan club on Mar 14, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions