Posts About "Jon Gillies"
Flames Scramble Without Mike Smith
March 3rd, 2018 In hockey, good goaltending can cover up for a lot of a team's deficiencies. But it's incredibly difficult to cover up for deficient goaltending. While it's difficult to characterize the Calgary Flames' goaltending without Mike Smith as deficient, it's safe to say that the team is a lot better with him than without him. A recent...
Have the Flames Fixed Their Crease Carousel?
December 22nd, 2017 Since the franchise began in Atlanta in the 1972-73 season, the Calgary Flames have only had stable goaltending for two distinct periods. The first was during the tenure of Mike Vernon throughout the 1980s and very early '90s, the second was during the decade that Miikka Kiprusoff tended the twine. Since Kiprusoff retired at the...
Flames Future Bright Between the Pipes
October 20th, 2017 The long, tedious process of finding a consistent number-one goaltender ended for the Calgary Flames when they acquired Mike Smith from the Arizona Coyotes. Although Smith has been nothing short of spectacular so far, he's 35 years old and likely won't be re-signed when his contract expires at the end of the 2018-19 season. With...
Calgary Flames 2017-18 Bold Predictions
October 1st, 2017 The Calgary Flames have completed their preseason schedule and now can turn their attention to the regular season. After making a handful of key changes to their roster, expectations are high for the Flames. Here are a few bold predictions for how the 2017-18 season will unfold for the gentlemen in red sweaters. Sam Bennett Bounces...
Flames Face Looming Decisions In Net
September 24th, 2017 In hockey, teams often live and die by their goaltending. Good goaltending can cover up for a lot of a team's shortcomings, but very few things can cover up for bad goaltending. Because of the challenges in projecting young goaltenders to higher levels, quite often clubs accumulate a lot of netminders and then hope one or two turn out....
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,...