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What a way to end a homestand, forget to show up. The league's second oldest team not only looks slow and pathetic, but they lack complete desire and heart.

I didn't even wait for the final score. I shut it off by the second period. This team is done. They're WORSE than last year at this time and show ZERO signs of improvement.

Simply put:

• The defence is pathetic. If Cory Sarich and Smith are your 5 & 6 you're pathetic. Bouwmeester is a best and Giordano is Gio
• The offence is bunk. Jarome Iginla. You have 4 points. It's a disgrace. Your 7 million is only less burdensome than Bouwmeesters 7 million or Stajan's 4 million. The team completely lacks heart down the middle and there are no leaders stepping up. A sad affair. Expect changes to come very soon.

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Not sure anybody saw this game given the World Series of Baseball took place at the same time as the hockey game. Probably a good thing since it was boring. Calgary in the least strung together their first back to back wins of the season, just did it by putting all the ghosts and ghouls to sleep.

Missing in action are Calgary top lines. Jarome Iginla and Alex Tanguay can't seem to sustain pressure nor create offensive chances. On the other end Miikka Kiprusoff did his part to keep the Flames on top (although the Blues missing wide open nets on multiple occasions helped.)

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The Calgary Flames picked up a much needed win in game three of their 6 game homestand. Their third win of the season was a result of a solid first period and timely goaltending late in the third. Coming into the game the Avs were unbeaten on the road, whereas Calgary were looking for ways to turn good effort into wins.

Colorado opened the scoring despite Calgary's relentless pursuit. You had the feeling they were 'doing the right things' but were going to wind up on the short end of the stick yet again. Calgary threw over 20 shots on net during the first period alone and were finally rewarded when Roman Horak scored his first NHL goal on his butt. That seemed to breathe life in the Flames' attack.


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What's with Calgary and getting the short end of the stick when it comes to goal reviews? 2004. That's all I have to say. Well this afternoon the Calgary Flames were looking for a win to back on track after a last second loss to NY on Thursday. The troubled Flames are parched for goals and so far nobody is stepping up.

Calgary was getting plugged by the typical boring Nashville style of play. Nashville goalie Rinne has never beat the Flames for some odd reason, not that this useful fact factored into the game where Calgary mostly dominated play but yet again couldn't find way to capitalize on their chances.

The Flames are like an untalented child. You give them praise for all their hard work because that's all they're good at. No skill, no wins, no creativity. Only co-ed rec league players deserves praise for 'just being there'. Million dollar hockey players shouldn't be praised for controlling pretty much every aspect of the game, as was the case this afternoon, yet fail to win and even score a single goal.


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The story before the game was another start for backup netminder Henrik Karlsson. The Flames have committed to have him play more games this season and that seems to be true thus far.

The story at the end of the game was another $()#(??#! loss by the Calgary Flames who are having troubles in two areas: special teams and intensity.

Throw in another weak outing by the captain and you get the idea.


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They did all the right things, and up until 5 minutes left in the game, it looked like another evening of doing all the right things but coming up short in the win column (and goal scoring). In the first edition of the Battle of Alberta (is this really a battle anymore?) Edmonton took the early lead on the PP and the Flames couldn't seem to get things moving offensively.

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It's been a bad weekend for Calgary. Our city got spanked twice, first the Stampeders lost against the Argonauts, tonight the Flames squandered a 2-0 lead to lose to the Leafs.

Toronto isn't known for winning sports teams as of late. Only problem, Calgary's teams are worse. Missing in action, pretty much the entire Flames roster. Without jumping off the bandwagon after game four, let's just say the Flames are in a bit of trouble.

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The Calgary Flames played their third game of the new NHL season away in Montreal and came out of it with their first win. For their part, the Flames had a bit more jump in their step, and although the effort was far from perfect, they capitalized on their chance when they had a chance.

Notable milestone with the win, Miikka Kiprusoff moved ahead of Mike Vernon as the most winningest goal in Flames franchise history with 263.

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St Louis 5 - Calgary 2

If you can't even compete with St Louis you know your team is junk. Blame the Turkey, the early start, whatever, but two games in and the Flames just plain stink in ALL aspects.

I bet a buddy before the season the Flames wouldn't finish in the bottom three of the conference. At this rate they'll be lucky to win a single game. Before you say, "it's only game 2", let me point out why there's incredible problems with the Flames.

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Welcome back Flames fans to another year of hopes and dreams. This year`s Calgary Flames show a bit more youth and promise than previous years, but fans are still wary whether the product has changed enough to make any legitimate push for the post-season, let alone a deep run.

I`ll keep this particular post-game report short as most saw the game unfold. First things first, with two centerman out, the Flames had to improvise. Apparently that means taking a third line winger in David Moss and putting him on the top line. Why this makes sense is beyond me and the experiment failed just like it failed last year.

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