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Teams Honor Gaudreaus

Something special you don't see often in sports. RIP to Johnny and Matty. Columbus home opener with Monahan and Bennett on the ice. Columbus line up with no LW against the Panthers and let 13 seconds come off the clock on the opening draw in honor of Johnny Gaudreau...

First 3 – Flames Beat Rivals and Post 3rd Straight

Calgary Flames String Together Wins in First Three Games of 2024 Season Who had the Flames going 0-3 beating two rivals in the process? Not me. Hands up? Nobody? But does it feel good? Hell ya. Will it continue? Hell no. Should we be planning the parade like Edmonton...

Craig Conroy Cooks – Assets for the Rebuild

  Craig Conroy is cooking. The GM with a full year at the helm now, has made significant trades jettisoning assets for ... well ... assets. Let's be real, the Flames were buildig to be contenders before Gaudreau and Tkachuk left uncermoniously. Treliving tried a...

Calgary Flames Player Annual Report Cards 2023-2024

Player Grade Notes Mikael Backlund B- A bit of a dip for the 1st year captain and longest tenured Flames. What you get is consistency and that's what Backlund brought every night. It'll be a testament to his leadership how well he leads the team through a tough...

Flames Retire Miikka Kiprusoff’s Number 34

The entire fairy-tale only grew in lore as the team kept winning. First Vancouver, then Detroit (somehow), then SJ, and finally Tampa. Every Flames fan old enough to remember '04 will have their own memories ranging from the Red Mile, the local bar, at home with...

Mid-Way Point – Flames Look Better But Not a Contender

It was easy in the first quarter of the season to pick apart the lacklustre Calgary Flames. Nothing and nobody were working. But things have changed over the past two months, and if you follow me on Twitter you know it's easier to find the faults than the wins. Well...

Flames Flounder in Chicago

Flames have been playing OK since just after Christmas. But then they played one  of the worst teams in the NHL, basically an AHL lineup, and they lost--bad. Typical Flames.

Complete Overhaul – Calgary Flames Timeline of Changes

In Less Than 1 ½ Years Organization is Totally Different There was a time when Calgarians could make fun of the Edmonton Oilers organization as a whole. Haha, your city is using hundreds of millions of tax payer money to fund a private billionaire's arena build. Haha,...

Flames Falter in November – Call Up Help Coming???

The Calgary Flames have had a November to forget. After starting the season well it's been a solid face-plant into the ice since. Over 15 games in November the Flames have managed 5 wins and 4 of those in regulation. It was 4 wins in 14 games until last night against...

Best Start in Decades – Flames First Two-Weeks

Best Start in Decades – Flames First Two-Weeks

The Calgary Flames are not known for winning games early in the season. Slow starts are the MO. Part of the club identity. Well, we can safely say that all of the years of early disappointment have dissipated. It's not easy to watch the team pile up wins when you feel...

Flames Off-Season Success and Losses

Collections from Around the Web Well, if you're anything like me, you walked away from hockey after the second round exit courtesy of a goal called back over an apparent 'kicking motion', and an egregious Johnny Gaudreau giveaway that sealed the loss. We didn't know...

Calgary Flames Win Round 1 in 7th Game OT Nailbitter

Calgary Flames Win Round 1 in 7th Game OT Nailbitter

It was a late Sunday night, which meant work for the majority of viewers the next morning, but every Flames fan sat glued to the very edge of their seats as overtime unfolded in the best of seven series. Dallas took Calgary to the bring despite being badly outplayed...

Flames Wrap Season with Pacific Division Title

**EDIT, FLAMES FACE DALLAS MAY 3rd for the best of 7 series!*** When the season started did you predict at all the outcome of this season? The Calgary Flames a top of the Pacific Division? Careers from multiple players? We knew Darryl Sutter was going to lead the team...