Flames Sign Bryan Cameron
Kent Wilson
April 30 2010 06:49PM
According to Inside the Flames, Calgary has signed 21 year old Bryan Cameron of the OHL's Barrie Colts. Although he's scored 41, 37 and 53 goals in the last three seasons respectively, the 5'10" center wasn't signed by the Los Angeles Kings, who originally drafted him in the 3rd round in 2007. His 53 goals for the Colts this year not only led the team, but the entire league, which is good news for a Flames organization generally lacking in offensive forwards.
Ted's Take is Wrong
Kent Wilson
April 29 2010 01:00PM
Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis has a blog of his own, where this post on the Capitals first round defeat to the Montreal Canadiens appeared this morning. Some snippets:
I actually Agree With Brian Burke on Something!
Kent Wilson
April 28 2010 12:16PM
It's been interesting to see Brian Burke operate in Toronto as he tries to basically rebuild the team from scratch. Some of his strategies have struck me as ill-founded (copious amount of dollars spent on the blueline) while other have seemed downright ridiculous (truculence! Paying more than league minimum for pugilist Colton Orr...).
Abbotsford Heat Update
Kent Wilson
April 27 2010 07:46AM
The Flames injury decimated farm team has managed to extend their first round series with the Rochester Americans (FLA affiliate) to seven games, despite falling behind three games to one. With Kris Chucko, Carsen Germyn, John Armstrong and John Negrin out of the line-up indefinitely due to injury (and Jason Jaffray only recently returning), the team has had to make due with a hodge-podge of random AHLers to supplement the depleted line-up. Tyler Spurgeon, Shawn Weller, Mark Mitera, John Lammers, Carter Bancks and Jon Rheault were all added late in the season, so it's something of a minor miracle that the Heat are even in this series.
The Question of Jarome Iginla - Part 3
Kent Wilson
April 26 2010 10:54AM
In part one of this series, we established that Iginla's performance this past season fell short of his expectations and pay grade.
In part two, we saw that the dip in performance was in line with a trend of decline which has been in evidence since Iginla peaked four seasons ago. The decline is also congruent with the career arc of skaters in general, and Marcus Naslund in particular.
In this article, I'll look at what this all potentially means for the organization going forward.
