Post-game summary, team news, and commentary.
The Calgary Flames approach the 2014 Entry Draft with the highest pick they've ever had as an organization. Who they take is largely up to what the teams ahead of them do. The Flames will get a quality player, but that franchise player? Well there's probably only one...
If you're paying attention to the Finals then may the best team win. Here's a cool video to take a look at.
Well another season and come and gone, only this time there were no expectations for playoffs. In fact, there were few expectations at all. Because of the clean slate, Flames fans were delightfully impressed. Even though Calgary sat 5th worse in the entire league, it...
With the Calgary Flames rolling rookie after rookie, not sitting in the basement, yet still quite far away from contending, this graph offers a nice historical picture of the franchise and all others. Thank God for the 80s.
The Calgary Flames demolishing of the Edmonton Oilers yesterday in Edmonton to the tune of 8-1 was the largest point spread EVER in the battle of Alberta. What's going so wrong in Edmonton? Here are some thoughts on the game, add yours below. Is this perhaps the...
Reto Berra and Lee Stempniak Traded The waiting game for Flames fans took until the final seconds of the trade deadline during this 2014 edition. Everyone knew what was in play from Calgary. With a number of UFAs, chief among them Mike Cammalleri, and in year 1 of a...
Buddy rang me up at ten to 4 and said he had box seats for the game. I actually sat and thought for a moment. Did I want to watch the Flames lose yet again. Sure, they've been on a bit of a run, but I wasn't thinking if they'd lose, but rather, by how much. But hey,...
Don't post many updates because a) the Flames suck, b) they aren't playing entertaining hockey. That changed on national coverage in Vancouver. A team with Cup aspirations barely squeaked out a victory in a shoot-out. But first, some context. Vancouver's coming off a...
The Flames are in the bottom three. That's the bottom three teams in the entire league. All isn't a wash since we're still ahead of Edmonton, but winning and even scoring goals have been hard to come by in the past month. The Flames had a grand total of ONE goal in...
One thing you get from the this Flames team is consistent effort. Lately, they haven't been winning many games, but they've always been close. The missing piece? Talent. Or rather, a superstar who could be the difference maker. The Flames miss a couple pieces, and...
Late game heroics aren't the MO for the Calgary Flames. What they're known for is blowing third period leads and folding the tent late. This same thing happened in this game. Devoid of offence once again, albeit they're improving their defensive play, Calgary...
Calgary 1 - Boston 2 Jarome Iginla returned to the Saddledome for the first time since being traded at the end of last season. His pre-game welcome was met by a warm reception from fans. That disruption luckily worked in the Flames' favour as Boston took 2 periods to...
The mantra before the game was a 'consistent 60 minute effort'. After a four game hiatus the Flames faced the visiting Stanley Cup champs only to be badly outmatched in the skill column. Nonetheless their game plan responded to the Hawks relentless attacks. Game plans...
We know the Flames are terrible, but they used to compete. There was a drive to their game that was exciting. This is unfortunately the same old Flames identity from last season minus a handful of skilled players. It makes for very boring hockey, and if the hockey is...
For almost 7 years the Edmonton Oilers have been rebuilding. They'll be going for another 7 at this rate. Their ability as an organization to build a winner despite the talent is zip. Calgary is in year 1 and the rebuild looks promising. Juror still out but one...