Five things: Something to smile about

Ryan Lambert
January 11 2012 09:26AM

1. He did it!

There hasn't been a lot to be happy about this year as a Flames fan, unless you count Olli Jokinen's 1,000th game (and you shouldn't). But Jarome Iginla's milestone goal is certainly one of them.

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Five Things: Back to Reality

Ryan Lambert
January 04 2012 11:02AM

1. Will the real Calgary Flames please stand up?

Only a bad shootout win over the worst team in the league separates Calgary from being 0-3-2 in their last five, all of which were against teams either at or below the 7th place spot at the time of puck drop. In short, it hasn't been a good week.

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Five Things: Quite a turnaround

Ryan Lambert
December 28 2011 06:36AM

1. Maybe they can beat good teams

Last week I was roundly criticized for being too hard on the team by saying they weren't that good and maybe, as it turns out, those critics were right. I wrote of how underwhelming the Flames' performance against the Wild — a team with 45 points at the time — had been and lamented that the Red Wings and Canucks, teams who had won a boatload of games in the previous two weeks, almost all by terribly convincing scores, would likely kill the Flames where they stood.

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Five things: Fleetwood Mac

Ryan Lambert
December 21 2011 03:56PM

1. Rumors of the Flames' strength?

A little more than a week after a series of wins against soft opponents prompted many to believe the team was primed for a run, a stretch of games against teams that are actually good has laid bare the teams' real faults.

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