Posted on July 26, 2022

It’s been an eventful off season for the Calgary Flames. On this episode Dan and Matt spend most of the episode discussing Johnny Gaudreau’s departure and the situation regarding him notifying the organization last minute he wasn’t coming back, and the big trade that swapped Matthew Tkachuck for Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar.  Can the Flames be contenders with these aquisitions, or will this coming season be a rough one for the C of Red? The guys discuss these topics and more.

Posted on April 25, 2022

The Calgary Flames have clinched the #1 spot in the Pacific Division and home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. With only three games left in the season, the guys revisit who they want the Flames to play in round 1 – the Nashville Predators or the Dallas Stars and which Calgary Flames depth player could be the x-factor for the team in the playoffs. The guys also discuss if the Flames are utilizing their middle 6 forwards in the most ideal lines or if changes need to be made before the playoffs. And we end the show by answering two fan questions.

Posted on April 5, 2021

As the Flames season continues to slowly slip away from them, we look at what went wrong this year and what the best moves are going forward, which brings more questions than answers. Should Milan Lucic be our next captain? Is Sean Monahan a viable #1 or #2 Centre moving forward? Where will the scoring come from next year if Gaudreau is traded? And is it time to re-tool or re-build?

And of course, we preview the Trade Deadline and the Flames in a very different position than usual being sellers come April 12. What players have value? What can we get? How can we start the re-tooling at this deadline? The guys answer all these questions.

Posted on March 22, 2021

The Flames started the “second era of Darryl Sutter” on a high but this week seem to have slipped back into hold habits, and with that brought the same old results. We once again try to figure out what’s going on with the Flames and why this team just can’t put things together. Johnny Gaudreau trade talk is a big part of this week’s discussion as we also ponder why Matthew Tkachuk hasn’t excelled under Sutter and just how many games the Flames will need to win to make the postseason. If they do make the playoffs, how far can they really be expected to go?

Posted on February 22, 2021

It’s been a rough week for the Flames to say the least. As we try to dissect the Flames challenges the guys try to answer the hard questions such as if management is the issue, what the Flames on-ice identity is (and should be), if we fire Geoff Ward who replaces him and if Mark Giordano is still the right guy to be Captain for this team.

Posted on February 4, 2020

The Flames are back in action after their bye week and had two big games over the Oilers, and discuss how the Flames went from good to terrible against the Oilers in a 72-hour stretch. Why the inconsistency this season, and can it be remedied, or is the issues the players in the room?

The guys discuss if it’s time to look at Tkachuk and Lindholm as their top two instead of Monahan and Gaudreau – and if so, does it make it easier to trade Monahan or Gaudreau?  Of course we need to talk trades prior to the Trade Deadline, and is it time to move on from TJ Brodie to fill the gaps on the forward ranks? How about Mikael Backlund?

Posted on October 30, 2019

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.

Posted on October 2, 2019

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 2019-2020 season starts now. Go Flames Go!

Posted on September 17, 2019

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.

Posted on March 12, 2019

The Flames are back home for the month of March – only going on the road for three games. Will sleeping in their own beds and enjoying home cooking all month help the Flames regain the top spot in the Pacific Division?  After a season long seven game losing streak, many in the C of Red felt that the sky was falling for the Flames. After the big win over Vegas at the Dome, is the team going to be able to turn this month around?

Posted on January 22, 2019

In our last episode before the Flames take a hard earned break, we discuss the last week of games including the big win over the Oilers. We speculate on how many starts each goalie will get for the remaining 32 games of the season. Plus we answer a fan question, and give our prediction on the Flames final game of the month.

Posted on January 15, 2019

The Flames tied a franchise record this week, winning 30 games in the first 47 they’ve played this season – tied with the 88-89 Calgary Flames team. We discuss the last 3 games for the Flames, and how they’re managing to win even when not playing their best hockey, and what the team has to do to stay #1 in the Western Conference with two teams now right on their heels.

Of course we have to look ahead to Trade Deadline, talk about what impact a returning Michael Stone will make to the lineup, and if David Rittich is a long-term starting goalie for the Flames past this season, and we look at the Stockton Heat – plus answer a listener question and more.

Posted on November 6, 2018

One month into the season the Flames are riding high in a four game win streak. The Calgary Flames finally seems to be coming into their own, but how long can the team win games in the last 20 minutes? and how much is their goaltending to blame for their bad starts?

We can’t avoid the goaltending discussion again – who should get starting minutes? Do the Flames need to acquire a goalie, and if so at what cost? Can the team promote from within to solve their goaltending issues? Outside the net the Flames have a lot of players doing things right. Sean Monahan was the first star of the week, and Monahan, Gaudreau and Tkachuk are in the top 10 in league scoring with Lindholm not far behind at number 13. Plus, we debate if Dillon Dube should be in the NHL or AHL right now, who his replacement might be, and answer a question for a Flames fan in the UK.

Posted on December 14, 2017

Matt is feeling better after his rant this week, so the guys can talk Flames hockey again. We’re most upbeat this week with some better hockey by the Flames. We talk about the third line, Matthew Tkachuk’s suspension and getting talked to by the league, Jagr, and answer some fan questions.

Posted on March 22, 2017

In a short episode, the guys sound off on their thoughts over the Tkachuk elbow and what the discipline should be, Curtis Lazar’s Flames debut and how he looked and our thoughts on Brian Elliott tieing Mike Vernon’s franchise record for consecutive wins.

Posted on January 18, 2017

Six weeks from the 2017 NHL Trade Deadline, we look ahead to if we think the Flames will be buyers or sellers at the deadline – and what they have for sale, and need to buy. Dan and Matt talk about the Flames young players and where they fit into the lineup going forward. Will Monahan and Gaudreau get paired up again? Does Matthew Tkachuk stay with Frolik and Backlund next year? Where does that leave Sam Bennett? And we look ahead at the next week of Flames action, and what we can expect for the rest of January.

Posted on January 5, 2017

This week Dan is joined by special guest co-host Mike Gould to recap the exciting week of Flames action that closed out 2016. The team had some bigs wins, but lost Troy Brouwer to injury. How much will he be missed in the lineup, and how will his injury alter the Flames forward lines? We debate who has the better offensive upside – Matthew Tkachuk or Sam Bennett and what each player has to do as their careers progress – and on the flip side we try to figure out why Sean Monahan is struggling. Is Kris Versteeg worth bringing back next year? All these topics and more on our first episode of 2017.

Posted on November 9, 2016

Now with 24 consecutive regular season losses in the Honda Center in Anaheim, the Flames come home from the California road trip with a new NHL record they don’t want to hold, and a road trip that was less successful than anticipated. We recap everything to do with the road trip and try to find ways to fix the Flames gameplay before it’s too late.