Stretch preview (Part I)
Jean Lefebvre
February 24 2010 08:00AM
As quick as you can say Mats Zuccarello Aasen, the Olympics will be over and we will be returned to our regularly scheduled National Hockey League programming.
In Calgary, that means the analysis of the Ales Kotalik Era at the Saddledome will begin anew and the fretting about the Flames' fate will regain momentum.
Bourque: How much? How long?
Jean Lefebvre
February 21 2010 12:59PM
Of all the potential unrestricted free agent cases this summer, Rene Bourque's is the most "most."
Family Feud: Flames edition?
Jean Lefebvre
February 19 2010 08:35PM
Thank goodness for the Olympic break as far as the Calgary Flames are concerned. If the chemistry-rattling trades with the Maple Leafs and Rangers weren't enough to resolve the discord in the dressing room, then surely the two-week cooling-off period for the winter five-ring circus will bring relief to one of the National Hockey League's most dysfunctional clubs.
Flames are eighth wonder
Jean Lefebvre
February 14 2010 09:37AM
The word "big" is overused and abused in the world of sports. So much so that hardly anyone bats an eyelash when a TV talking head prefaces a largely consequence-less mid-November hockey contest by declaring: "This is a BIG game!"
Ouch
Jean Lefebvre
February 13 2010 10:05AM
Here's a wisecrack from a disgruntled fan Friday night:
Q: What does the Calgary hockey club have in common with the botched cauldron-lighting ceremony in Vancouver?
A: It's five Flames standing around not knowing what to do.
