So we’ve entered the dreadful slow days of August. The lack of news and the warm weather combine to form the very worst days for NHL hockey coverage. Fear not, however, we here at FN have plans to find a way to keep the site lively.

In addition to continuing to dig through the numbers and diagnose the Flames ills, the FN contributor search "blogoff" will begin this week, with hopefuls submitting articles to the site. You, the helpful and friendly reader, will get to assign a score and provide some feedback which will help me make the ultimate decision of who to add to the roster.

After all that, I think it will be time for another photoshop contest in the spirit of Staois! Is! Available! I’m open to potential subjects or themes, but I’m leaning strongly towards Olli Jokinen as the focus (for obvious reasons). We will once again be giving out Hudson’s gift certificates to the winner(s).

Finally, Flames Nation radio is currently being discussed behind closed doors by shadowy men. We can’t divulge any details quite yet – just know that we’re inching closer to making FN radio a regular thing.

Stay Tuned.