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Former Flames in the Playoffs
For the fourth year in a row, the closest that the Calgary Flames and their fans will get to the playoffs are televised games. As the Flames continue to plan...
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The Nine Lives of the Calgary Flames Management
As the first round of the NHL playoffs winds down, the members of the Calgary Flames are surely strewn well across the globe. Some are playing for their respective nations...
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Calgary Flames: Trying to Lose?
After making massive changes and gearing up for a long-overdue rebuild of their roster over the last month, the 2012-2013 Calgary Flames found themselves in an unfamiliar position- the win column. Since a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on April 6th, the Flames have gone 6-3-0 and have earned 12 of a possible 19 points. Ironically, the winning streak could not have come at a worse time
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The Young Calgary Flames
Despite the losing season, the disastrous Ryan O’Reilly offer sheet gaffe, the trades of Jarome Iginla and Jay Bouwmeester, and the much-bandied about retirement rumours attached to Miikka Kiprusoff, I...
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Three Reasons to Keep Watching the Calgary Flames
There is a significant amount of uncertainty swirling around the Calgary Flames for the first time in over a decade. Call-in shows and local discussions over that time have made...
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Calgary Flames Begin Rebuild with Mixed Results and Message
The Calgary Flames are certainly correctly proving the adage that March roars in like a lion and peters out like a lamb. Beginning the month as a self-described playoff bubble...
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A Tribute to Jarome Iginla’s Best Moments
/ Calgary Flames, Hockey History, Trades Contracts and Transactions
It’s over. The post-Jarome Iginla era in Calgary has officially begun. Iginla was shipped out by General Manager Jay Feaster last night to the Pittsburgh Penguins in return...
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Flames Facts: Musings on the Flames Season
While the majority of interest around the Calgary Flames right now is trade speculation, primarily regarding the future of captain and franchise scoring leader Jarome Iginla, there are other intriguing...
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Calgary Flames Midseason Awards
For the past three seasons, the Calgary Flames have been a playoff bubble team that has found themselves finishing just outside the annual Stanley Cup tournament with respective finishes of...
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Miikka Kiprusoff Returns: Flame On
Miikka Kiprusoff couldn’t be returning at a more opportune time. After missing the last 13 games with an MCL injury, the Flames’ all-time wins leader is set to start tonight against his former team, the San Jose Sharks.
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The Calgary Flames: Optimism and Pessimism
In whichever way the Flames season continues, there has never been so much evidence to support the two-fold identities of Flames fans- the optimists and the pessimists. For those not...
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Flames Should Consider Ryan O’Reilly Offer Sheet
With the apparent complete breakdown of talks between the Colorado Avalanche and their unsigned RFA centre Ryan O’Reilly, there is a strong opinion forming that the likelihood of the Flame’s...
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