Considering the Calgary Flames are just as likely to miss the playoffs as they are to make any noise in them, Monday’s trade deadline is going to be an interesting one. General manager Brad Treliving could be a buyer, a seller, or a bystander on what should be a very busy afternoon in the NHL.
Rene Bourque’s status as Team Canada’s most important player in their quest for Olympic gold may come as a surprise to many who watched him play his way out of the National Hockey League over the last half-dozen years.
Jaromir Jagr deserves better. So did the Calgary Flames, for that matter. It’s hard to place full blame in the Jagr Debacle (formerly known as the Jagr Experiment) on either side, because both parties’ handling of the whole situation is what ultimately led to the hockey legend hobbling back to the Czech Republic two weeks…
Mikael Backlund isn’t about to weaken his bargaining position. There is a good reason the pending unrestricted free agent currently sticks to clichés when it comes to talking contract. The 28-year-old centre finished fourth last year in voting for the Selke Trophy, given annually to the NHL’s best defensive forward. He’s taken prove-it deal after…
A thought about the Flames and Jaromir Jagr nobody is talking about: there is a chance he might actually play for the team again this season. Here’s why.
As the NHLers take a break from hockey to pour eggnog down their gullets and stuff turkey into their guts, we look back and truly digest the first few months of the 2017-18 season. The Flames are hanging around in the playoff hunt in the Western Conferece, but they certainly aren’t overly impressing anyone. And…
During the Darryl Sutter regime, there was a saying down in the belly of the Saddledome that “Just OK is not OK.” The constant pressure caused a great deal of anxiety at times. Eventually it even took the fun out of winning. Right now, the Calgary Flames are Just OK. The majority of people around…
Now in the second quarter of the season, the Calgary Flames are still next to impossible to figure out. Built around their defence, which was predicted in the preseason to be among the very best units in the league, they’re actually among the worst in keeping shots away from one of their key offseason acquisitions…
Only Matthew Tkachuk could get suspended for being Matthew Tkachuk. Seriously, that’s what the long-awaited video from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety essentially admitted with one of its most anticipated releases in recent memory. We got it just before the stroke of midnight at NHL headquarters, eight hours after a phone hearing with Tkachuk…
This might not come as hard-hitting news, but here it is anyway: People in sports tend to overreact. To Everything. I still remember the night Jarome Iginla got hurt during a game in town when I was still a Calgary Sun beat writer. The panic was instant. The game became meaningless. The story numbers shot…
Flames fans who were at the Don Hartman NE Sportsplex back in 2011 for Johnny Gaudreau’s debut at the Calgary Flames’ summer development camp likely still laugh when thinking back on their first glimpse. He looked like a staff member’s kid invited onto the ice for a twirl with the rest of the prospects. He…
Give the Calgary Flames some credit. They’ve somewhat silently and painlessly accomplished something that could have become a giant player development problem. By summoning Mark Jankowski from the AHL to replace the injured Jaromir Jagr, GM Brad Treliving and head coach Glen Gulutzan were able to bump Sam Bennett to the wing without telling him…
