For a variety of reasons, our annual countdown of the top five Flames moments was as difficult to come up with as I can remember. Much like it was around the world, 2021 was a messed up year for Calgary. For instance, their 56-game season was a nightmare and they had a COVID shutdown for…
The Flames are finally back. After four days of practice, Calgary is set to return to action Thursday in Seattle. A lot has happened since their last game on Dec. 11, but here’s a refresher. The Flames have lost four straight. They’ve missed six games with a seventh coming up. And Calgary no longer sits…
Knowing what the Flames have gone through the last two weeks, our number one wish is everyone comes out of COVID protocol recovered and healthy. We’re hoping to see Calgary back on the ice after Christmas, but before that we’ve got a few on-ice wishes to get to. Merry Christmas if you celebrate and be…
Perhaps the search is over. The Flames have been looking for a true number one centre since trading Joe Nieuwendyk to Dallas more than 25 years ago. Well, two months into this season, Elias Lindholm has been one of the NHL’s best centres driving one of the NHL’s best lines. It’s early, but Lindholm’s play…
There are a few important, and in some cases unexpected, constants that have been central to Calgary’s outstanding start to the season. At 13-4-5, the Flames ended the month of November on top of the Western Conference as one of the NHL’s most pleasant surprises. So how many of their early season trends are sustainable…
The 2022 Winter Olympics in China will have more of a Calgary flavour than we’re typically used to. The Flames will almost certainly have multiple players representing the United States and Sweden, while Andrew Mangiapane’s Team Canada case continues to grow. Up to 15 players could be in consideration to participate in Beijing and a…
There are some obvious Calgary Flames observations through the first quarter of the season we can quickly breeze over. They have a lot of shutouts. Goaltending has been bonkers good. Andrew Mangiapane is out of his mind. Darryl Sutter knows what he’s doing. Well, with Calgary at 12-3-5 and on top of the Western Conference,…
I can’t remember being more floored by a player’s emergence than I have with Oliver Kylington’s this season. Kylington has been one of Calgary’s most important players through 16 games and I didn’t see it coming in any way, shape, or form. I’m wrong a lot in my line of work; it goes with the territory….
There are numerous reasons Calgary is off to their best start in 20 years, but it’s hard to look past the performance of their top line of Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm, and Matthew Tkachuk. The Flames are already a tenth of the way through the year and fully deserve their 6-1-1 record. It’s early, but…
With a pair of assists over the weekend, Johnny Gaudreau became the tenth player in Flames franchise history to record 500 points with the organization. It was a cool moment for Johnny even as his future as a pending unrestricted free agent remains uncertain. While there is significant debate on where Calgary and Gaudreau should…
Of the many things said about the Flames over the last five months, one is ringing very true in the early stages of this season: they’re not going to allow much. That statement became true almost immediately upon Darryl Sutter taking over last year, and it doesn’t look like much has changed through three games…
The 2021-22 season is finally underway and it started with a loss on opening night for a 12th consecutive year. While optimism always exists to begin a new season, it’s fair to say there’s a healthy amount of skepticism built up amongst Flames fans right now. That’s understandable, too, knowing how things went over 56…
