Well, it’s only a short matter of time before Bill Peters is (likely) announced head coach of the Calgary Flames. Who is this man? What does he do well? What should we be scared of? That, and other questions, ahead.
It’s something about those short guys. Despite a focus (often exaggerated, but sometimes clearly real) on Brian Burke words like truculence and pugnacity, the Flames have found their most success looking for shortish guys. Johnny Gaudreau is quite obvious, but the Flames have picked up promising players in Andrew Mangiapane, Dillon Dube, and Adam Fox,…
Has it really been six months since it all started? I guess so.
What else are we supposed to do besides talk about coaching, big trades, and right wing depth?
With a limited amount of top 100 picks, you have to make the most of what you have (as we’ll see this upcoming June). The Flames have made it a habit in recent years to seek out some of the prospects whose desirability relative to production is disproportionate, often to the extremes. If the odds…
The Kansas City Mavericks have finished their season outside of the playoffs and the Stockton Heat need to hope that they win out while also hoping the San Diego Gulls don’t get another point. Basically, impossible. At least there’s synergy between all three pro levels of Calgary Flames hockey.
How fitting to throw away all the stink and trash from the past season into one big, gigantic mailbag. Let’s dive in.
The Flames seem to have a good thing going with the WHL. In the past two drafts, they have selected one of the most consistent scorers in Matthew Phillips, one of the strongest all around players in Dillon Dube, and a burgeoning star defenceman in Juuso Valimaki. They’ve wisely used their picks on players in…
Three Flames games left, six Stockton games left. AHL prospects are heading up to take the spots of the injured and kind of injured, getting a premature audition for a team with zero meaningful games left. CHL kids are slowly making their way to Stockton as they are eliminated, filling the Heat roster right back…
The Flames and their AHL affliate are having busy mornings. The club has announced that 2016 draft pick Dillon Dube and 2017 draft pick D’Artagnan Joly have been assigned to the Stockton Heat. They’ve also recalled Oliver Kylington from the Heat on an emergency basis, as they are out of regular recalls.
Hope you enjoy the day off, here’s a bunch of questions for you to ponder.
The Flames have been sorely lacking in right wing depth since Iggy left, which is pretty dang sad considering all the time they had to fix that one specific problem. Free agency hasn’t really worked out and neither has trading. The team, throughout various management regimes, is seemingly adverse to drafting at that position, having…
