Posted on February 17, 2016

After a week that saw a lot of interesting Flames scratches including 2/3 of the top line for ‘breaking team rules’, the discussion on this show mostly revolves around the injuries this week, including one to starting goalie Kari Ramo and how those affected the team this week. Will the Flames injuires mean call-ups for some of the prospects in Stockton to join Nakladal? We answer an email question asking why we aren’t being more critical of the Flames this year, and we look ahead to what’s coming up next week.

Posted on January 27, 2016

The Flames special team woes continue, and may have cost the Flames two games this week. We’ll discuss who we think might be between the pipes for the Calgary Flames next season, and what trade value Jiri Hudler might have after his poor season so far. We’ll talk about the All Star game and our thoughts on the new format, predictions for the week and more.

Posted on December 27, 2015

Happy Holidays! In our last episode of 2015 we look back at the Flames pre-Christmas break week of games and their continued success at home, and their struggles on the road. After Johnny Gaudreau’s hat-trick against the Jets (and 100th NHL point), we look at his career as a Flame so far and where he sits in team record books. Ferland and Jooris are back in the lineup, so we look at their play and long-term futures as Flames and we cover other Flames news of the week and look ahead to 2016.

Posted on December 16, 2015

After three more big wins for the Flames to end off the home stand, the Flames are looking good as they head out on the road. We’ll break down the last week of games and look ahead to how we expect the team to do on the road. With Smid playing well and Bouma coming back the Flames have some decisions to make with the roster, which we’ll beak down and offer opinions on. Is Karri Ramo the right goalie for this year, or should the Flames acquire someone else – and what would it cost to do so?

Posted on November 25, 2015

As we hit the quarter post of the season we see a weird week for the Flames that included David Jones being tied for the goal lead of the Flames, and Mason Raymond being promoted to the first line and new Heat goalie Kevin Poulin getting injured. We analyze the Flames performance after 21 games and if there is still a chance at the post season. We also address the Travis Harmonic rumour, the new NHL bye week and more on this week’s show.

Posted on November 18, 2015

We’re 19 games into the season and can now fairly assess where the Flames are at. After another disappointing week on the road we break down the games and how the Flames played in each. Based on comments by Rhett Warrener on Fan960 about the Flames having no excuses left we look at what the struggles have been and why the team is struggling and if any changes can be made. Perhaps it’s time to take a different perspective for the rest of the season? The 3 headed monster is back with Hiller coming off the reserve, Derek Grant goes back to Stockton and more news.

Posted on November 5, 2015

As October has come to a close, the Flames hope to put this month behind them and look forward to a better month on November. We talk about the positives we’ve seen in the Flames games recently, and how they may be able to work themselves out of their funk. After a disappointing start, some fans are calling for Bob Hartley to be replaced and we discuss if this is a good idea or not. There is a big focus on goaltending this week as we cover Hiller’s injury, Ramo’s recall and how all 3 goalies have performed over the first 12 games – and if the Flames should give Jon Gillies a start.

Posted on October 28, 2015

The big question we tackle this week is if the Flames are right where they should be in the rebuild, or is it time to start making wholesale changes? We tackle this issue as well as the other hot topics surrounding the team such as Karri Ramo’s demotion to the AHL, rumours of Steven Stamkos coming to town and Wideman and Russel leaving and more as the Flames continue their road trip.

Posted on August 1, 2015

It’s been a long, hot summer here in Calgary, and the Flames management team has been busy! There have been some high profile players added to the team, some important players re-signed, new jersey numbers assigned, players who have left the Flames organization, and more. In this episode we’ll recap everything that’s happened with the Calgary Flames organization this summer, and what might still get done, so you are in the know and ready when the puck hits the ice for training camp.

Posted on June 30, 2015

It’s easy to sell pieces and change your team significantly in 24 hours, but it is very difficult to change your team as much for the better as the Flames did this week.

The 2015 Entry Draft is in the books and the Calgary Flames made a big splash by trading for Dougie Hamilton, and drafting both Rasmus Andersson and Oliver Kylington. We’ll discuss the Flames draft, how much they’ve upgraded the blueline – and if the Flames won or lost the trades it took to do so.

With Free Agent season around the corner we’ll also look at the RFAs the Flames qualified and didn’t qualify, and what UFAs we hope the Flames target, and who we stay away from.

Posted on May 15, 2015

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

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 9, 2015

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 March 3, 2015

It’s been a week full of Flames news! The season ending injury to Mark Giordano, the recent recall of Drew Shore, and of course the main event – the 2015 NHL Trade Deadline. We reflect on Curtis Glencross’ time as a Flame and give our thoughts on the Flames return. What does Dave Schlemko mean to the Flames, and if we think the Flames got a good return for Sven Baertschi. We’ll also discuss if Joni Ortio’s injury caused the Flames not to move Karri Ramo.

Posted on February 25, 2015

In this week’s episode we break the season down into 7 game blocks, and look at how the Flames performed in each series. The Flames called up Poirier and Ferland and we’ll look at what we can expect from the two young players on this road trip. Joni Ortio got injured so we’ll talk about how it will affect the Flames changes to trade Ramo, and we discuss the Curtis Glencross trade rumours, and other trade rumours a week before the Trade Deadline.

Posted on February 15, 2015

It’s been a week of highs and lows for Flames fans. Former Flame Steve Montador passed away this weekend at age 35, and then the Calgary Flames earned a thrilling overtime victory over the Boston Bruins which saw Johnny Gaudreau relegated to the fourth line in the third period. We’ll also look at the recent successes and struggles of Ramo and Hiller and dive into some preliminary trade deadline rumours as we’re less than 2 weeks from the trade deadline.

Posted on February 12, 2015

After the Flames won their 30th game of the season against the Sharks we look at the last week of games and what the Flames have gone through to get to a 17-4-1 record against the Pacific Division. Matt and Dan look back at previous seasons to see how and when the Flames reached their 30th win in the past.

Posted on January 16, 2015

This week has created a lot of questions for the Flames. Does Joni Ortio’s great play against the Canucks make Karri Ramo expendable? Does Brian McGrattan’s demotion to Adirondack mean he’s played his last game in a Flaming C? Plus we’ll discuss GM Brad Treliving’s mid-season comments and we’ll look ahead to next week’s games.

Posted on December 3, 2014

Is there a coach that has contributed more to their team’s success so far this season than Bob Hartley? We discuss what it’ll take for Bob Hartley to win the Jack Adams Award this season. Matt looks at what some advanced stats say about the Flames and we’ll give you some updates on Flames NCAA prospects and World Junior news, and round up the news of the week including Setoguchi’s demotion, Mike Holditch’s departure, Stajan back in practice, Giordano and Ramo’s awards and more.