Recent Podcast Episodes

Posted on June 15, 2015 (Season 3)

We’re back after our off-season hiatus as we start our two-part preview of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. On this episode we look at a few items of Flames news that have happened since we broadcast last, and then jump into profiling a selection of players who we think the Flames may take in the first round, and also debate the merits of trading up or down in the draft.

Posted on May 15, 2015 (Season 3)

We start the show with a look back at the second round series against the Ducks, and compare and contrast the two teams and how they are built – and why the Flames fell so easily. With the help of our guest Kevin Olenick of Agree or Disagree: The Podcast, we recap the 2014-2015 season as a whole including looking back at some of our predictions for this year to see how well we predicted the season, and we do an in-depth break down of this year’s team by position and discuss where they need to improve, and what we expect the Flames to do in the off-season including our thoughts on UFAs we’d like to see here.
There is plenty of debate this year as we dig into our final analysis of this year’s excellent Flames run.

Posted on May 7, 2015 (Season 3)

In this week’s episode we recap the first three games of the second round series, looking at the highs and lows the Flames have experienced so far. We’ll look at each of the games so far in this series, and dig deep into game three at the Saddledome. We discuss the Sam Bennett goal in Game 3 that the league disallowed and if we think it was “in” or “out”, its similarities to Gelinas’ goal in 2004 and what the league needs to improve to ensure this doesn’t happen again. We also end the show with a nod to Bob Hartley’s Jack Adams Award nomination.

Posted on April 29, 2015 (Season 3)

The Flames beat the Canucks and now they’re heading to Anaheim to start the semi-final round against the Anaheim Ducks. This week’s episode breaks down the last 3 games of the Flames/Canucks series and what the keys to success were for the Flames, the series MVP, and our personal experiences being part of the C of Red in the Saddledome and the Red Mile after game six. We also look ahead to the Calgary/Anaheim series and what it’ll take for the Flames to win the series against the Ducks, and our predictions for the series.

Posted on April 22, 2015 (Season 3)

In the first ever playoff edition of Fireside Chat, we break down the first three games of the series game-by-game and what the Flames have done well, and where they have come up short – and how the league is handing the officiating for this series. Sam Bennett’s playoffs, as well as the surprise playoff run from Michael Ferland. As we look to game four and beyond we discuss what the Flames will have to do to win the series against the Canucks.

Posted on April 15, 2015 (Season 3)

With the 2014-2015 NHL regular season in the books, we look back at the highs and lows of the season, and talk about what we can credit for the Flames success this season. Then, we look ahead to the first round of the playoffs and what the Flames need to do to beat the Canucks.

Posted on April 9, 2015 (Season 3)

With three games left in the regular season, and the Flames in a must-win scenario we look ahead at what the Flames have to do this week to earn a post-season invite. With Karri Ramo injured we talk about Brad Thiessen, and if Jonas Hiller can play the way the Flames need him to for the rest of the regular season. Plus, we recap the Flames Restricted and Unrestricted Free Agents, and discuss who we think the team should keep next year and who they should let go of.

Posted on April 1, 2015 (Season 3)

With only a handful of games left in the season, we recap last week’s games including great goals from Michael Ferland and Raphael Diaz that helped the Flames end the week in 3rd place in the Pacific Division – and we look ahead to the two important games this week against St. Louis and Edmonton and which goalie we think is the Flames best bet down the stretch. Plus, we talk about Kenney Morrison’s excellent AHL debut, and the new NHL rules around compensation for hiring team executives.

Posted on March 26, 2015 (Season 3)

With only 10 games left in the regular season, we recap the last week of games and what impact the results will play on the Flames playoff chances. NCAA Defenceman Kenney Morrison and we break down what you can expect from him, and when we think he’ll be NHL ready and we look at the closure of CapGeek and what it means for hockey fans. And we look ahead to the next week of games and how important they are for the Flames.

In our main discussion of the week, we look at the current roster versus the 2013 post-lockout roster, and who’s still here, who’s left, and the similarities and differences between them.

Posted on March 19, 2015 (Season 3)

This week we take a look at the Adirondack Flames and how many of our prospects have been performing there as well as the prospects in the CHL and NCAA.

We also look ahead at the Flames changes of making the playoffs and how much combined playoff experience this current team has. Plus we’ll look at the news and happenings over the last week including Jiri Hudler’s big week and what to expect in the week ahead.