As the Calgary Flames return home from the longest road trip of the season, it looks like the team is starting to turn their game around. We break down what went well (and what didn’t) on the road trip, and how the team’s game improved, and look ahead to the Flames schedule for November and what we can expect for this month of games.
After a really good week for the Flames last week, we saw the exact opposite this week. Dan and Matt discuss the Flames shaking up their forward lines and what impact that may have on the slumping group, if the Tobias Rieder waiver move and Alan Quine being recalled will have any effect on the team, and what (if any) kind of the trade the Flames could make to shake things up this early in the season.
What a difference a week can make! Aside from the LA Kings game, the Flames had a much better week this past week than they did the one before. The Flames started on time, and played well structured games for the most part. What does this week hold for the Flames? Which goalies will start which games? How will the Flames do in the Heritage Classic? We try to answer all these questions and more.
The Flames struggled on their road trip this week, and their play hasn’t looked anywhere near what it needs to be if they want to be the #1 team in the Western Conference again. Is it time to start worrying about the Calgary Flames, or is this just a slow start that they’ll bounce back from? Should the coaching staff start to shuffle the forward lines to get something going?
Dan and Matt debate these questions and more, as well as look ahead to the four games for the Flames this week, and if we think the team can rebound.
The Flames lost their 10th season opener in a row – losing to the Avalanche in Denver to open the season, and then came home and beat the Vancouver Canucks in the home opener. We break down these games, talk about what we’ve seen (or not seen) from the team so far, answer a fan question about David Rittich’s workload, and make predictions for this week’s important road trip.
We recap the last three games of the pre-season, discuss the three contracts signed this week, and we look ahead to the regular season including what our lineup might look like, how the Flames October schedule looks, and make our predictions for this season.
The Flames training camp is almost over, and Matthew Tkachuk still isn’t signed. We look at some recent RFA signings and discuss how those contracts might impact Tkachuk’s contract, if the Dustin Byfuglien in Winnipeg means the Flames may have a trade partner for TJ Brodie, and recapping the last week of news and happenings from the team’s training camp – including 15 players being reassigned to the AHL or junior leagues and 5 players being placed on waivers.
As the Flames open their 2019 training camp, we’re back to recap the busy summer for the Flames – and look ahead to training camp. We’ll discuss the Lucic trade, RFA signings, the odd summer for Michael Stone getting bought out, and then resigned, Andrew Mangiapane’s decision to hold out on a contract, and if we’ll get Matthew Tkachuk signed before the season starts. Plus we look ahead to the Flames training camp.
In this episode – recorded live at Winsport during the Flames 2019 development camp – Dan and Matt break down what the Flames did (and didn’t do) during the July 1 free agent signing period, and how the team looks at this point. The rest of the show is dedicated to our thoughts on the 2019 Development Camp, and interviews with the prospects in attendance.
This week we recap a fairly quiet NHL Entry Draft for the Flames – the first draft since Brad Treliving joined the team that they haven’t made a trade. The Flames made all five selections that they entered the draft with, and we recap our thoughts on each pick and if the Flames got what they needed.
We also look ahead to the opening of the Free Agency period, and what positions the Flames need to go shopping for, and what they might be able to realistically get done considering the salary cap, and their own Restricted Free Agent deals that also need to be done.
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