Moving Veterans May Reignite the Calgary Flames Ryan Pike | May 1, 2013 The 2013 season was one of change for the Calgary Flames. Veterans Jay Bouwmeester and Jarome Iginla were traded prior to the trade deadline, allowing the team to audition youngsters…
Busy Summer Ahead for Flames GM Jay Feaster The Hockey Writers | May 1, 2013 Now that the dust has settled on the Iginla trade and ‘rebuild’ is not such a dirty word down at the Saddledome, where exactly do the Flames go from here?…
Calgary Flames Reflect On Disappointing 2013 Season Ryan Pike | April 29, 2013 The Calgary Flames officially put a lid on the 2013 hockey season with exit medicals and locker clean-out day at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday and a media availability with…
Calgary Flames: Youth Movement Hurting The Team’s Future? Anna Santiago | April 26, 2013 For the last few seasons Calgary Flames fans have been clamouring for a youth movement. The team was one of the oldest in the league, averaging 30.2 years, and big-name…
Calgary Flames: Trying to Lose? Thomas Strangward | April 25, 2013 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
Rebuilding Calgary Flames Heat Up After Trade Deadline Ryan Pike | April 22, 2013 After a fairly disastrous 2013 season, general manager Jay Feaster essentially pulled the plug on this incarnation of the Calgary Flames just prior to the NHL trade deadline. Jarome Iginla?…
The Young Calgary Flames Thomas Strangward | April 19, 2013 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…
Playoffs Out Of Reach, The Calgary Flames Battle On Ryan Pike | April 18, 2013 The great Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” While the Calgary Flames have five games remaining in their 2013 regular season schedule, their hopes for a…
Calgary Flames: The Youth Movement Starts Early Ryan Pike | April 15, 2013 When the Calgary Flames traded away Jarome Iginla and Jay Bouwmeester prior to the NHL’s trade deadline, it likely operated as a white flag to the rest of the league…
Three Reasons to Keep Watching the Calgary Flames Thomas Strangward | April 12, 2013 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…
Flames Stumble In Third, Lose To Vancouver Ryan Pike | April 11, 2013 For the second straight meeting, the Calgary Flames out-played the Vancouver Canucks. For the second straight meeting between the two clubs, the Flames fell by a three-goal margin. Despite out-shooting…
Playoff Hopes Gone, Calgary Flames Prepare For the Future Ryan Pike | April 10, 2013 To say that the 2012-13 hockey season hasn’t gone as planned for the Calgary Flames would be a tremendous understatement. After being derailed by a 119-day lockout, the club found…