Posts About "Brett Kulak"
Flames Need to Swap These Three
October 23rd, 2017 There's a lot to like about the 2017-18 Calgary Flames roster, but there are also a few pieces that just don't quite fit the puzzle anymore. Players like Mike Smith, Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, and T.J. Brodie have been great, and obviously aren't going anywhere. Michael Ferland and Sam Bennett have undoubtedly struggled to start...
The Flames' Sixth Defenseman
October 1st, 2017 As sure as the sun sets in the west and slow drivers camp in Deerfoot's leftmost lane, the Flames will roll into the season sporting a top-four defensive pairing of Dougie Hamilton with Mark Giordano and T.J. Brodie with Travis Hamonic. The third blue line pairing is still up for grabs. It's a virtual lock that Michael Stone will...
Flames Success Depends on Depth Decisions
September 22nd, 2017 In the National Hockey League, the separation between the really good and really bad teams isn't all that pronounced and the difference between the good teams is often razor-thin. This balance is particularly pronounced in the postseason, when many teams' best lines are cancelled out by their opposition, leaving the balance of the series...Flames Expansion Draft Primer
June 7th, 2017 For the first time in nearly two full decades, the Calgary Flames will participate in the National Hockey League's expansion draft as the Vegas Golden Knights join the league in mid-June. Compared to the other 29 established clubs, the Flames are sitting in very good shape. They've made the post-season in two of their past three seasons...
Who Could the Flames Lose to Vegas?
May 17th, 2017 The NHL Expansion Draft is under two months away and soon enough the thousands of mock expansion drafts will be nothing more than a shell of how the actual expansion draft shakes out. Unlike the case for many teams around the league, the Calgary Flames' management group isn't really in a position where they need to sweat heading into...
The Door Is Open for Bartkowski
February 18th, 2017 After bringing Matt Bartkowski in on a PTO earlier this week, the Calgary Flames signed the 28 year-old defenseman to a two-year, two-way deal on Thursday. Now, the question is where does Bartkowski fit within the Flames’ defense core? Not projected to be much more than a bottom-pairing defenseman, the team is certainly hoping he...
