Joel Mann

Calgary based, life long Flames fan. I will be covering both the Calgary Flames and Calgary Hitmen. You can follow me on twitter @JMannFlames

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Stockton Heat Could Ignite the Flames

May 29th, 2017 The Calgary Flames have many talented players playing for their American Hockey League affiliate, the Stockton Heat. Many of these players could very well be key players in the Flames' future. Some of the prospects appear to be NHL ready, whereas some of them may never be in the NHL. In this article, I discuss who I think is NHL ready,...

What to Do About Flames' Goaltending?

May 9th, 2017 Once again the Calgary Flames enter the offseason with a tough situation involving goalies. General manager Brad Treliving thought he had solved that issue last year when he went out and acquired Brian Elliott and Chad Johnson. There were some bright spots in goal but for the most part, it was terribly inconsistent and often...

Should the Flames Bring Back Kris Versteeg?

May 1st, 2017 The signing of Kris Versteeg was one of Brad Treliving's better moves as the GM of the Calgary Flames. Versteeg was much more valuable to the team than most Flames fans first thought he would be. How He Got Here The story of how Versteeg came to the Flames is an odd one. Three weeks before the season started Versteeg wasn't even...