The Ten Most Expensive Defensive Brigades In The NHL Fred Poulin | March 19, 2013 Some general managers like to build their team with a lot of offensive punch (Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks), while others prefer to build their team with a strong goalie…
Flames Weather The Storm, Beat Red Wings 5-2 Ryan Pike | March 14, 2013 After closing out the first half of the season with three straight road losses, the Calgary Flames returned to the Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday night hoping for a fresh start.…
Calgary Flames Midseason Awards Thomas Strangward | March 13, 2013 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…
Calgary Flames: Grading The First Half Of The 2013 Season Ryan Pike | March 13, 2013 Through the first half of the 2013 National Hockey League season, you could say things haven’t gone according to plan for the Calgary Flames. With a handful of new players…
Breaking Through The Wall: Calgary Flames Rise Above .500 Ryan Pike | March 7, 2013 Six times this season, the Calgary Flames have had the opportunity to creep above the .500 mark in the National Hockey League’s standings. After posting a 0-4-1 record in their…
Miikka Kiprusoff Returns: Flame On Thomas Strangward | March 6, 2013 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.
Flame Retardant: You May Be Smarter Than Your Team’s GM Steven Ives | March 4, 2013 On February 28, Calgary Flames’ General Manager Jay Feaster made a huge splash in the hockey headlines by signing Colorado Avalanche holdout RFA center Ryan O’Reilly to an offer-sheet, giving…
The Calgary Flames: Optimism and Pessimism Thomas Strangward | February 25, 2013 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…
Home Cooking: Calgary Flames Sweep Key Weekend Series Ryan Pike | February 25, 2013 Two games under the .500 mark and with the sand in the hourglass gradually diminishing, the Calgary Flames hoped to gain some clarity on their season with two weekend games…
Matt Stajan leads rag-tag group of Calgary Flames centers Ryan Pike | February 20, 2013 Last season, the Calgary Flames had quite a few problems. Chief among them was Matt Stajan and, arguably, all he represented. He had a fat $3.5 million cap hit, played…
Jay Bouwmeester: Raising the Bar for Playoff Futility Josh Smith | February 19, 2013 Jay Bouwmeester is on the verge of reaching a very unwelcome milestone. The Flames defenseman has the longest active iron man streak, having played 598 consecutive regular season games. The key…
Flames Should Consider Ryan O’Reilly Offer Sheet Thomas Strangward | February 15, 2013 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…