Post-game summary, team news, and commentary.
At this year's entry draft there were few surprises and certainly less depth and blockbuster names as previous years. Calgary for a change have slim pickings this draft year and opted to trade down the first round to acquire an extra 3rd rounder from St. Louis. That...
It appears that the Brad Stuart and Roman Hamrlik contract talks have stalled. Although I would not put it past Sutter to bring back one of the two, both will not be back in wake of the reported deal that sees Blackhawks captain Adrian Aucoin come to Calgary in some...
The Calgary Flames have locked goaltender Brent Krahn, former first pick in the 2000 entry draft, to a deal before the July 1st free agency bonanza. Darryl Sutter has also made it clear that the roll of back-up will likely fall to one of the young prospects in the...
At 1:30PM MT the Calgary Flames officially announced the multi-year signing of new head coach Mike Keenan. Here is a summary transcript of the press conference. Keenan Officially Announced as Coach It came as a surprise to many, mind you, most of the moves by GM...
Flames GM Darryl Sutter has a knack of making moves nobody expects. TSN is reporting that Mike Keenan is going to be back behind the bench if all things go according to schedule. The team in question? None other than the Calgary Flames. It appears the lackluster road...
In a deal that was rumored to be complete before the playoffs even got started, the Calgary Flames announced today the three-year signing of speedy centerman Matthew Lombardi. Lomabrdi is coming off a career year despite a disappointing playoffs. His contribution...
The Calgary Flames announced today the signing of LW checker Marcus Nilson to a two year contract extension. Nilson, an eight-year veteran, was hobbled with injuries late in the 2006 campaign and manged to played in 63 games for Calgary. His stats included five goals...
Omaha Knights Moving to Illinois Ken King announced announced the relocation of the AHL team from Omaha, Nebraska to the Quad Cities (Moline, IL). The move remains subject to AHL Board of Governor approval at a meeting and is also subject to ratification by the...
The Calgary Flames announced the signings of the following junior prospects: Matt Pelech (D), Gord Baldwin (D), Matt Keetley (G) and Brett Sutter (F) and free agent Brad Cole (D) have all signed entry level contracts with Calgary. Matt Pelech is a native of Toronto,...
Lombardi and Phaneuf Scoring Big Team Canada advanced to the semifinals at this year's World's and will face Sweden on Saturday. What's more interesting from a Flames fan perspective is who's doing all the scoring. Operating on the top line Matt Lombardi has five...
Now that everyone has had an opportunity to simmer drown and get over the early exit from this year's NHL playoffs it's time to assess the road ahead. The Calgary Flames turned in what many believed to be a poor post-season performance barely squeezing into the final...
Before I start you should know that this was originally written between games 5 & 6 of the Flames/Red Wings series, before last nights elimination game.  I want to know how Detroit manages to continue calling itself "Hockeytown" in light of the attendences at...
Suspensions and fines galore for Calgary, but it was Detroit who hacked and crosschecked behind the play. The NHL exhibited their double standard by fining Calgary a total of 125,000 and Detroit nothing. Would Calgary respond accordingly with a suitable effort? In...
There is one thing that perplexes me with the Calgary Detroit series. The player who would go ballistic (think Mclennan) is Hasek, not Kiprusoff, when faced with bumps and crashes into the net. Is there a problem? When you see the likes of Holmstrom not being called...
It's the beginning of the best of 3 series now and the Flames begin on the road. Will that spell good news or bad? To make matters worse the game started at 1PM MST. We all know the Flames don't like road games or afternoon games, so would this afternoon be a blow out...