Posts tagged with "Troy Brouwer"
Calgary Flames' Underachievers
September 20th, 2017 The Calgary Flames, despite short shrift from oddsmakers, have a decent shot at making a respectable plunge into the playoffs this year. As solid as the team looks, particularly on defence, several players did not perform as expected last season. If the Flames are to succeed in the upcoming season, they will need better production from...
Will Troy Brouwer Turn it Around?
September 7th, 2017 Last offseason, the Calgary Flames made a huge splash by signing Troy Brouwer to a four-year, $18 million deal. At that time, Brouwer had just completed a spectacular playoff run with the St. Louis Blues. He was one of their most important players because of his defensive play and leadership. Most importantly, he will always be...
2017 Expansion Draft Preview: Pacific Division
June 17th, 2017 This is a collaboration between Vegas Golden Knights writers Thomas Conroy and Shayna Goldman analyzing the 2017 Expansion Draft by each division. Here are the previews for the Atlantic, Metropolitan and Central Divisions.The Vegas Golden Knights have a great opportunity to make life difficult for their Pacific Division rivals. How?...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...
Should the Flames Bring Back Kris Versteeg?
May 1st, 2017 The signing of Kris Versteeg was one of Brad Treliving's better moves as the GM of the Calgary Flames. Versteeg was much more valuable to the team than most Flames fans first thought he would be.How He Got Here The story of how Versteeg came to the Flames is an odd one. Three weeks before the season started Versteeg wasn't even...