3 Key Flames Contract Conversations Bryan Wilson | October 4, 2018 The Calgary Flames have multiple contract negotiations to deal with during the 2018-19 season. With a brand new season about to begin, there is still a lot of hockey to be…
Flames Need Net Depth for Season Success Ryan Pike | September 17, 2018 The Calgary Flames missed the postseason in 2017-18 and did so due to the conflation of several smaller challenges that snowballed on them. While no one factor caused their season…
Projecting Flames 2018-19 Opening Night Roster: Goalies & Defense Ryan Pike | August 27, 2018 The Calgary Flames had high hopes for the 2017-18 season after loading up the prior summer with high-price talent. Unfortunately their season disappointed, and that disappointment has led to another…
Flames Season Defined by Inconsistency Joel Griffith | March 26, 2018 The 2017-18 season did not go the way the Calgary Flames had hoped. With Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan leading the offense, Travis Hamonic being brought in to bolster the…
4 Reasons the Flames Missed The Playoffs Ryan Pike | March 25, 2018 The Calgary Flames came into the 2017-18 season with very high expectations. Thanks to a second half skid those expectations will not be met. For the second time in three…
Flames Scramble Without Mike Smith Ryan Pike | March 3, 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…
Flames Mike Smith Gamble Has Paid Off Ryan Pike | February 21, 2018 In Nov. 2003, the Calgary Flames found goaltending stability when they traded a second round pick to the San Jose Sharks for Miikka Kiprusoff. The acquisition ended a decade of…
Why Are the Flames so Bad at Home? Ryan Pike | February 19, 2018 Heading into the home stretch of the 2017-18 National Hockey League season, the Calgary Flames are a team that has accomplished several things. Mike Smith has cemented himself as a…
The Importance of Mike Smith The Hockey Writers | January 29, 2018 On June 17, 2017, Mike Smith was acquired by the Calgary Flames from the Arizona Coyotes for goaltender Chad Johnson, defense prospect Brandon Hickey and a conditional third-round pick. At…
Flames Go All-In Thanks to Prospect Depth Ryan Pike | January 12, 2018 Over the past few seasons, arguably the biggest thing that Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving has done to improve his hockey club is making trades without losing pieces from…
Flames Squeaking Through Season With a C+ Joel Griffith | January 7, 2018 The Calgary Flames have reached the halfway point of the 2017-18 season with just as many negatives as positives. Inconsistency has been the name of the game for them so…
How the Flames Can Win the Stanley Cup Joel Griffith | December 30, 2017 To say the Calgary Flames are among the NHL’s elite teams, or to say they’re among the Stanley Cup favorites, would be incorrect. They still have a ways to go…
