Feaster Thoughts and Network News
Kent Wilson
May 01 2012 03:25PM
The Flames have been extremely quiet since announcing the parting of ways with Brent Sutter, so there hasn't been too much to new stuff talk about lately. I have a few things bouncing around in my head, though, plus some Nation News to share.
Abbotsford Heat - Round One Lessons
Kent Wilson
May 01 2012 10:19AM
(With the Heat set to move on to round two, PbP man and friend of the site Ryan Pinder stops by to give us the low-down on the team and their impressive first round sweep.)
By Ryan Pinder
The Abbotsford Heat open the second round of the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs on Tuesday night in Toronto with Game 1 of the Western Conference Semi-Final best-of-seven series. Let’s look back to see how the Heat advanced to the second round and see if that doesn’t lend some insights into what we can expect against the Marlies.
A look at Flames even strength play: scoring chances, shots and Goals
Robert Vollman
April 30 2012 01:06PM
In every week's black box we saw how well the Flames fared with each individual player on the ice, in terms of attempted shots, scoring chances, and actual goals (here's the final weekly black box summary). This week we'll take a look back and look at Calgary's even-strength data in a variety of ways, separating offense from defense and seeing with which players the Flames enjoyed the most success converting attempted shots to scoring chances, and scoring chances to goals, and with which players they were most successful preventing opponents from doing the same.
Flames 2011-12 Player Grades: Goaltending
Vintage Flame
April 30 2012 09:59AM
After Kent broke down the end-of-season grades for the Top Six and Support Forwards, I turned the attention to the Defense. Last but not least, we take a look at the Calgary Flames last line of defense, the goal-tending.
Free Agents: Alexander Semin, Washington Capitals
Jonathan Willis
April 30 2012 08:18AM
Despite a sixth consecutive season with more than 20 goals, 2011-12 was not a good year for talented Washington Capitals’ winger Alexander Semin. His 21-goals was a post-lockout low, his 54 points fell below expectations, and he was dogged by frequent criticism that he wasn’t giving it his all when he played.
