For the first time since March 2020, the Calgary Flames will be playing a regular season game in the United States! The winless Flames (0-1-1, 1 point) visit the Detroit Red Wings (2-0-1, 5 points), who are undefeated in regulation. Can the Flames kick off a five game road trip with a much-needed win? The…
Read More →This off-season, one of the more interesting changes the Calgary Flames made wasn’t on the ice but rather on the bench. Darryl Sutter went out and recruited long-time NHL forward Kirk Muller, now a coach, as associate coach. With one of Muller’s key duties (both with the Flames and in prior stops) being running the…
Read More →Through two games, the Calgary Flames have registered one point in the standings. They have generated oodles of shots, but they haven’t translated to goals. Heading into the first big road trip of the season, should the Flames’ lack of offensive production be a concern? Let’s take a look.
Read More →With Brad Richardson back skating with the Calgary Flames, the club was going to have to make a roster move to activate the veteran from the injury reserve. They made that move: placing forward Glenn Gawdin on waivers, per multiple reports.
Read More →The Calgary Flames’ top minor league club, the Stockton Heat, began their season this week. As such, there are a lot of prospects playing hockey now. Some are doing better than others. Let’s take a look!
Read More →Every year those game(s) come along where you do everything right and you still don’t win. It’s even more painful to have that happen at the start of the season. Something like this is a lot easier to swallow if you have a record of say 7-3-1, or 26-22-3 even, but when you’re 0-1-0 everything…
Read More →The Calgary Flames opened their home schedule in front of an energetic Saddledome crowd on Monday evening. The Flames played a pretty good game at five-on-five, but weren’t able to translate zone time into enough high-danger scoring chances. They lost a 3-2 overtime effort to the Anaheim Ducks.
Read More →For the first time since March 2020, the Calgary Flames will be playing a regular season game at the Saddledome in front of fans. The ‘Dome will be the site of tonight’s home opener, as the Flames (0-1-0, 0 points) attempt to bounce back to .500 when they host the Anaheim Ducks (1-1-0, 2 points)…
Read More →The 2021-22 Calgary Flames season has begun! The Flames lost their season-opener to Edmonton and that’s the primary topic of conversation in this week’s mailbag.
Read More →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…
Read More →In the Calgary Flames’ first game of the season, a 5-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, defender Rasmus Andersson lost his cool after being bumped into goaltender Jacob Markstrom. Because of his actions, he’s been fined $5,000 by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety.
Read More →Look, no matter what team you are if you give Connor McDavid enough power plays it’s going to burn you. Two power play goals and one empty net goal for McDavid – nothing at 5v5. While you can’t count it as an actual win maybe we could call it a sentimental win. Those aren’t as…
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