The good
Work ethic
Players playing at or above expectations
Nikita Zadorov does a great job containing Brad Marchand. Great defensive work by big Z. pic.twitter.com/4L60iJyaBN
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 11, 2022
Best goals
Tyler Toffoli wins the game in overtime! #Flames are now 4-1 on the season with wins against Colorado, Edmonton, Vegas, and Carolina.
What a start to the season! pic.twitter.com/t4mzahxno9
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 23, 2022
Kadri > Crosby
2-0 #Flames pic.twitter.com/7zacuWalQC
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 26, 2022
Trevor Lewis scores a beautiful short handed goal.
3-2 #Flames pic.twitter.com/RsGkx58V7M
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 13, 2022
Tyler Toffoli scores on a gorgeous shot. Great little play by Ruzicka to get the puck to Lindholm and create the 2 on 1.
4-2 #Flames pic.twitter.com/46UtOwNHTn
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 15, 2022
Jonathan Huberdeau with a beautiful shot.
1-0 #Flames pic.twitter.com/msreIvY5DD
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 22, 2022
Jonathan Huberdeau to Tyler Toffoli to the back of the net.
Tie game! 2-2 pic.twitter.com/E43jw0cEfb
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 26, 2022
Best saves
Here is a closer look at that incredible stop. https://t.co/Z9KZHjQzMJ pic.twitter.com/soy2CCoWyB
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 13, 2022
Jacob Markstrom with a game saving stop on Kopitar! pic.twitter.com/SG0oHO3R0k
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 15, 2022
Love the stare down by Markstrom after this glove save on a Tkachuk slapshot. pic.twitter.com/vlSPBU2ZUT
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 20, 2022
Dan Vladar with a couple nice saves! pic.twitter.com/dRJTFz9Psl
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 24, 2022
Dan Vladar makes a bunch of huge saves in this crazy sequence. pic.twitter.com/RMN4XNHUCv
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 26, 2022
Biggest hits
Nikita Zadorov with a huge hit on Andrew Cogliano pic.twitter.com/kCTKxgV0Mg
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 14, 2022
Nikita Zadorov with a huge hit on the forecheck! pic.twitter.com/0qRKwNBmA7
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 21, 2022
Big Z with a huge hit #Flames pic.twitter.com/NSzxM2LGjg
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 23, 2022
Brett Ritchie with a huge hit on Cole Perfetti pic.twitter.com/TY5EPAT1cq
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 13, 2022
Arvidsson gets crushed for the 3rd time tonight. This time by Jonathan Huberdeau https://t.co/fQUtdK2WU5 pic.twitter.com/U3SgGsTc54
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 15, 2022
Nikita Zadorv with a huge hit on Patty Maroon. Couple big boys going at it. pic.twitter.com/kYjG3JANn7
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 18, 2022
Best fights
Dennis Gilbert and Ryan Lomberg get in a scrap 🥊🥊 pic.twitter.com/FAmVEiyMd9
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 19, 2022
Dennis Gilbert gets in another tilt! 🥊🥊
This time against Zack MacEwen. pic.twitter.com/NZkGcUYm2F
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 22, 2022
The lighter moments
Milan Lucic not letting Jacob Slavin on the ice 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Clqi5U1Ouj
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 23, 2022
The reason I have trust issues. pic.twitter.com/usdVVpHfU4
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 2, 2022
It's nice to see Darryl Sutter so happy after a win. pic.twitter.com/pZiuCpgUOg
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 20, 2022
"You have Yan Kuznetsov who leans more towards the offensive side of things."
"I like this group of forwards. It starts for me with William Stromgren."
"Pelletier is under-sized. I wonder if that will impede him from playing center?"
What a great prospect report! pic.twitter.com/IJbw2O3gmQ
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 25, 2022
The bad
The Flames big guns
The lines
#Flames tonight in game one vs. Colorado:
Huberdeau-Lindholm-Toffoli
Dube-Kadri-Mangiapane
Coleman-Backlund-Lewis
Lucic-Rooney-Ritchie
Hanifin-Andersson
Weegar-Tanev
Zadorov-Stone
Markstrom
— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) October 13, 2022
#Flames tonight in warmup vs. Seattle:
Huberdeau-Kadri-Mangiapane
Lucic-Lindholm-Toffoli
Dube-Backlund-Coleman
Lewis-Ruzicka-Ritchie
Weegar-Tanev
Hanifin-Andersson
Zadorov-Stone
Vladar
— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) November 2, 2022
#Flames lines tonight in Pittsburgh. Only change in net.
Ruzicka-Lindholm-Toffoli
Dube-Kadri-Mangiapane
Huberdeau-Backlund-Coleman
Lucic-Rooney-Lewis
Hanifin-Andersson
Zadorov-Weegar
Gilbert-Tanev
Vladar gets 4th start of the season.
— Brendan Parker (@BParkerTV) November 23, 2022
LW | C | RW |
Huberdeau | Kadri | Phillips |
Mangiapane | Backlund | Coleman |
Ruzicka | Lindholm | Toffoli |
Dube | Lewis | Ritchie |
The ugly
Jacob Markstrom
Bo Byram scores. 1-0 Avalanche. pic.twitter.com/F2FJy720v3
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 14, 2022
Two games in a row where Markstrom lets in a stinker early in the 1st period. pic.twitter.com/Wub2hhftNp
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 19, 2022
Connor McDavid scores from a weird angle.
2-2 tie late in the Battle of Alberta pic.twitter.com/7w4lLgQE6r
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) October 30, 2022
Arthur Kaliyev scores from a terrible angle. His second goal of the period.
2-1 Kings pic.twitter.com/XjCdT7EWwP
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 15, 2022
The Lightning restore their 2 goal lead 10 seconds after the Flames score.
3-1 Lightning pic.twitter.com/YUEF7eVxqC
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 18, 2022
For fans who are panicking a bit right now, listen to Darryl in this clip.
Getting this team up to speed is going to take time. There are a lot of new pieces at the top of the lineup.
This team will turn things around near the 30-35 game mark. We need to be patient. pic.twitter.com/MaFEGQHBD5
— Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) November 18, 2022