With Eddie Lack waived and sent to Stockton, and David Rittich recalled to Calgary, this show focuses mostly on discussions around the Flames goaltending tandem. With the Flames having 3 back-to-back games in the next month should David Rittich stay, or should Jon Gillies also be given a shot? Is this the end of the line for Eddie Lack with the Flames? In the NHL? All these questions are answered and more revolving around Flames goaltenders not named Mike Smith.
We’re analyzing the team at the quarter mark of the season, and giving our thoughts on where the team sits, and where we predict the team will finish. As well, we discuss the goalie changes over the last week – Mike Smith getting hurt, Eddie Lack starting in Detroit, and Jon Gillies relief effort. How long can the Flames keep riding Mike Smith like they are, if they want him to be ready for the post-season? What do they have to do to find a capable backup goalie?
The Flames have ended their longest homestand of the year with good news…their secondary scoring has finally come alive! Mark Jankowski and Jaromir Jagr have had fantastic chemistry this week to propel the Flames to 2 big wins in a row. Of course we’re discussing the secondary scoring and how we feel about the roster and the Flames chances at the 17 game point. With Mike Smith’s injury in the St. Louis game, we’ll discuss the options for the Flames in net on their road trip, and how we feel about the Flames chances in their next 6 games in 11 days on the road.
This week the waiver wire was busy as the Flames placed Tanner Glass and Freddie Hamilton on waivers. We discuss these and other roster moves and where Jagr will fit into the lineup upon his return and the secondary scoring woes. On the bright side, there is a lot to like in Stockton right now. Andrew Mangiapane is tearing it up, and David Rittich is looking great! We’ll let you know what is happening with the Heat.
This week we discuss what roster move(s) the Flames should make when Jagr comes off the IR, how Kulak has played his way into the top 6, some hypothetical line juggling to get better scoring – including who should be on the first line Right Wing, and if Johnny Gaurdreau is the pure scorer he once was.
After a winless week for the Flames, Jaromir Jagr is put on the injury reserve, which means Mark Jankowski gets called up from Stockton, to centre a line between Sam Bennett and Curtis Lazar. We discuss how these lineup changes will affect the team.
Six games into the season, and the Flames are still surprising us with a winning record. We spend the show looking at why the Flames have been successful so far, and discussing one Flame in particular…Sam Bennett – and what the Flames should do with him both now, and in the long term. Plus…some positive comments about Troy Brouwer!
After 25 consecutive regular season losses in Anaheim, the Flames finally broke the curse! A 2-0 win capped off a very unexpected week of Flames hockey to open the season. We will discuss how the Flames look early in this season, and how we think things will go for the next week.
It’s Go Time! On the evening before the Flames open the season in Edmonton, we give our thoughts on the biggest Flames story of the month…the signing of Jaromír Jágr, and our predictions for the coming 2017-2018 NHL season.
It’s training camp, and the Flames have jobs available in the NHL, but very few of the young players look like they want to take those jobs. Who has looked ready to make the jump to the NHL and who hasn’t? Which veterans are we excited about, and we discuss one of the questions we’re asked frequently…how does the goalie tandem of Mike Smith and Eddie Lack look so far?
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