Post-game summary, team news, and commentary.
Rene Bourque Dragging Team Down **Upcoming rant on Bourque, don't read if you think he's a great hockey player.** The Calgary Flames are spiraling downward at a pace that will put the season hopes out of reach by next week. Their inability to even generate shots on...
The final score does not reflect how badly the Flames were outplayed. We're used to a 1-0 game between these two teams, but a rare night of average goaltending by Kiprusoff put the Predators ahead. After scoring the first goal early Calgary was consistently outworked...
The Calgary Flames gave up more points against another team they should've handedly beat. Going up 3-0 in the first period the Flames took the foot off the gas for 45 minutes and ended up losing in overtime. Leland Irving started his third game up from the AHL and at...
Calgary has a knack--for losing. They beat up the best teams in the league and struggle against the worse. They've played Columbus three times and have lost twice; the only win coming in a shoot-out. Tonight they faced a beatable Islanders but instead of putting NY on...
What's with the Flames and crappy NHL teams? They can beat Vancouver, Detroit, and Minnesota in a week, but then struggle against the haphazard Jackets. TOnight was no different. Columbus has 22 points on the season (worst in the NHL) and have already beaten the...
Although Detroit made it interesting in the latter stages one word describes this win: speed. The Flames were moving the puck with authority and were right up with the Wings in terms of possession (until the third). They'll need more of the same, including some...
Calgary has a knack to win against NW Division teams taking 9 contests thus far including two against the Conference leading Minnesota Wild. Too bad that doesn't translate into consistent wins for the Flames who are essentially where they were last season before...
Don't blame the refs for this loss, but of course that doesn't mean we can't gripe about it though. Yea, this was literally (a la Rob Lowe) the worst officiated game of the season with pointless call after pointless call, but Calgary wouldn't have won the game let...
Why does Florida have two NHL teams? I digress. Calgary stunk out the joint again against a team that's won one game in the past 9 (or maybe it's seven but it doesn't really matter). We can only hope the Lightning don't make the playoffs so the 1-3-1 system can die,...
Calgary falls back to .500 hockey as their brief winning streak came to a close. The Flames did well to beat underwhelming opposition like Carolina, Edmonton, and Colorado. They came up short against an improved Nashville team--this year's Minnesota. Team's who play a...
Calgary Flames had all the right pieces come into play late as they notched their 4th win over the Avalanche this season. Calgary controlled the game for the most part, pushing hard with an effective forecheck in the first, and throwing pucks on the net all night. A...
When was the last time the Flames scored seven? I don't have the stats but it's been a long while. Calgary's not known for scoring goals, let alone 7, but tonight they did it. The game's final score looked closer than it really was. For the Flames' part they put...
The Flames just can't play in front of a backup goalie. Not since....um.....Jamie McLennan could the team string together wins with their backup. That was six years ago. Same typical lackluster play from the Flames. Some players taking nights off, others showing up...
Maybe it was the national audience, but apart from the first 3 minutes, the Calgary Flames dominated the Edmonton Oilers in all facets of the game. This is the FLames team fans expected to see out of the gate. Dominant, fast, scoring.... Pretty typical of a winning...
Calgary couldn't hold on as Columbus scored two goals with three minutes left and won in a shoot-out, Calgary's first of the season, to steal two points. The Flames demonstrated yet again why they are the league's worse--they can't beat the league's worse. Maybe the...