Recent Podcast Episodes

Posted on April 5, 2013 (Season 1)

On this week’s episode the guys discuss the Flames big deals from the last week – Jarome Iginla and Jay Bouwmeester leaving town, and how the assets that are coming back help kickstart the “rebuild”. With Kipper being the only star player left in a Flames jersey, we talk about how his rumoured retirement next year would affect the team and that number 34 needs to be retired by the team, and not “honoured”.

Posted on March 29, 2013 (Season 1)

Are Flames fans finally starting to lose their passion for the team? The guys would rather discuss ATB commercials and the NHL 94 and 97 video games than talk about the Flames this week. How does the pending Jarome Iginla trade compare to the Theo Fleury trade – both in magnitude and return? With Jay Feaster getting criticism from fans we debate how well Feaster has done during his tenure as GM.

Posted on March 23, 2013 (Season 1)

The three man panel is back together for this episode, where Lucas provides some interesting stats about past “cinderella teams” and why the Flames don’t have the make up this year to make the playoffs. We discuss what the Flames have to do to rebuild but avoid the fate of other teams who’ve rebuilt recently like the Oilers, Blue Jackets, and Islanders, and other Flames topics.

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Posted on March 14, 2013 (Season 1)

It has been said for years that the “cupboards are bare in Calgary” – the Flames don’t have many prospects in their organization that have the potential to become NHL players. With the state the Flames are in, they need prospects who can step into the NHL in the next few years. Is it still true the cupboards are bare? This week we look at the young players in the Flames organization and who could be future NHL players and who won’t, as well as looking ahead to the NHL Entry Draft and the players available.

Posted on March 9, 2013 (Season 1)

This week the guys discuss potential trade deadline moves, should the Flames “blow it up” and start the rebuild process now? We play armchair GM and decice who would we move at the trade deadline, and who would we keep? Lucas tries to sell candy and he tells us more about his creepy dreams about Darren Dreger. With Joey MacDonald finally having his Flames mask, we think back to our favourite all-time Flames goalie masks.

Posted on March 2, 2013 (Season 1)

The guys discuss the Flames/Wild game from last Tuesday, the fact the Flames only have one natural centre on this team. We play armchair GM and talk about who we might trade for to bring some more depth down the middle to Calgary. Is it possible to successfully convert a winger to a centre? The Islanders get ribbed…hey maybe they can convert DiPietro to centre so he’d at least be useful to their team. Somehow Lucas ends up comparing the Flames to fat girls at the bar.

Posted on February 22, 2013 (Season 1)

In Episode 5 the guys discuss the Flames goaltending, who becomes backup when Kipper returns, where Iggy might agree to go if he’s traded, what unrestricted free agents the Flames might want to go after, Lucas’ dreams of Darren Dreger and more.

Posted on February 15, 2013 (Season 1)

In the fourth episode, the guys talk about the Flames goaltending, where the team sits in the standing, and where the Flames might draft this year and who they might take. Lucas gives us some weird analogies (like the show title – don’t ask, you have to listen to understand). Plus the usual Flames news talk around this week’s games.

Posted on February 9, 2013 (Season 1)

In Episode 3 of Fireside Chat, we discuss Kipper’s injury, who will backup Irving, take a look at both the forward and defense of the Flames team, a discussion on enforcers, and look ahead to the next few games for the Calgary Flames. Do you agree with the Flames signing Danny Taylor? Can Irving fill Kipper’s shoes during this injury? Have your say by commenting below!

Posted on January 30, 2013 (Season 1)

The second episode of Fireside Chat focuses on the first 10 days of the season, and the first four games the Flames have played, and looking ahead to the next week worth of games…plus some odd conversations about sending the injured Sven Baertschi weird stalker-ish gifts.