All Entries in the "Calgary Flames" Category
An Inside Look At The NHL’s First Ever In-Game Trade
In any sport, it’s normal for a team to make trades. For a variety of reasons, trades are used to help build franchises. Nothing out of the ordinary, right? Well, what made the Montreal Canadiens’ trade of top line winger Michael Cammalleri so different was the fact that he was traded during the second intermission [...]
CONCUSSIONS KILLING HOCKEY
Speed and offense are now the kings in the present day NHL. A focus on players with those very attributes took over drafts and team on-ice strategies. Slower skaters have slowly been fazed out, especially those pugilistic specialists who all too often didn’t quite have the same skill sets and strides of their respective teammates. [...]
Bruins Put Out The Flames, Route Calgary For 9-0 Victory
On a night less than 48 hours in advance of a highly anticipated Stanley Cup Finals rematch with the Vancouver Canucks, it would have been easy to expect a “let-down” of sorts in Boston on Thursday evening when the Bruins played host to the Calgary Flames. Also, in a game that the B’s would be [...]
GameDay: Rask, B’s Set To Host Iginla’s Flames At TD Garden
Following a 6-1 slaughtering of the New Jersey Devils on Prudential Center ice on Wednesday, the Boston Bruins will look to kick-start another winning streak on Thursday when they host Jarome Iginla and the Calgary Flames. The Bruins, winners of seven of their last eight games, have not lost a home game at TD Garden [...]
The Ten Most Expensive Defensive Units In The NHL
Some NHL general managers like to build their team with a lot of offensive punch (Washington Capitals), while others prefer to build their team with a strong goalie tandem (Minnesota Wild). Finally, some GMs prefer to build their team with a very deep defensive corps. Two months into the 2011-12 season, let’s have a look [...]
TRUTH OF THE MATTER: Some Reality Laid Down On These Isles
What Has Come To Pass Back over the summer I warned on what plans the Isles had with one Blake Comeau. In fact, if you follow me on twitter, I’ve been saying it since the end of last season. Despite the 24 goals and 46 points within last season’s chaos, the Isles [...]
GOON: The Hockey Movie Preview
GOON: In our support of the lack of hockey movies, comes this info from the movie company to us. “We have a great throwback hockey movie coming out and we would love to get your support. Its violent and insanely funny.” Starring Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Liev Schreiber Written by [...]
PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR CHARITY
We here at HI support this effort by Pat LaFontaine and Steve Webb, and personally implore you to give just anything you can in support of this…. HOCKEY LEGENDS PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR W20 FOUNDATION AND COMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION NEW YORK (September 19, 2011) –NHL alumnus Steve Webb [...]
Season Predictions Part 2: Canucks Poised For A Repeat?
Hello again, and welcome to Part II of my 4-Part NHL season preview. In part I, I gave you all my Eastern Conference Predictions. In part 2, I will give you my predictions for the Western Conference. I will approach these predictions a bit differently than I did those for the Eastern Conference. Today, [...]
FLAMES PANEL WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE FLAMES TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.
Every NHL team’s ultimate goal is, of course, to win the Stanley Cup. Before they can make that happen, they first have to make the playoffs. The Calgary Flames are no different. Their first goal is to make the playoffs. You never know; once a team makes the playoffs, anything can happen. A hot goalie [...]
We need a Direction any Direction
Being a Calgary Flames fan can be really confusing right now. Mainly because no one really knows the direction the team is taking. Feaster continues to tell everyone who will listen that he is going to get his first line center before camp. The problem with this is that the Flames really do not have [...]
And now for something completely different . . .
I can hear the frustration of the Calgary Flames fans as they continue to yell “what is taking Feaster so long?” Well, let me give you a lesson on economics in today cap world. The Flames have a real problem with some bad contracts — not even bad contracts so much as long contracts. With [...]
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The Weekend that Was.
The news came is in on a trade made official Saturday morning as Robyn Regehr and Alex plus a 2nd in 2012, for Paul Bryon and Chris Butler. In Butler, the Flames get a potential stay-home dman who has some potential for being a top 5 dman on the team. That won’t happen for a [...]
Hockey Independent mock draft part 1
With the NHL Entry Draft looming I decided to organize a mock draft with several of HI’s writers to give you an idea of what tonight’s entry draft could look. Participants: Fred Poulin, Cris Cohen, Lawrence Duchenski, John Scott Moore, Jeremy Scriven, Alexander Monaghan, Jamie Fraser, Andre Garabedian, WB Philp, Al Cimaglia, Adrian Fung, Gordon [...]
Nick Giglia’s 2011 Mock Draft: The Swami Speaks
This year, once again with the assistance of my good friend Andrew R (and some Bitches Brew…..both the beer and the music), I sat down to do my NHL Mock Draft. As per usual, trades were considered, and by a phenomenal stroke of luck we called Carter to Columbus for Voracek and the [...]
Draft Strategy
Trying to figure out what Jay Feaster will do is not a magic trick, but it really has little guessing and luck to it. I compare it to trying to guess what my wife wants on her birthday. After about 10 tries, you finally get what she wants. What have the Flames have told the [...]
THE ALEX SAGA
The biggest question in my mind when it comes to the Calgary Flames is: Can they bring back Alex Tanguay? This much we do know – Jay continues to tell people that he remains optimistic that the Flames can sign Tangs. If the Flames really wish to go after Tangs hard, they have two options. [...]
DEAD LINE THOUGHTS AND GAME REPORT
I was really disappointed in some ways with the outcome at the trade deadline. No, not in the way that most people were. You see, I am of the opinion that the Flames’ prospect cupboards are a little empty. I was really hoping that we could have gotten some picks back on the deadline. Most [...]
NHL TRADE DEADLINE 2010-2011: The Official Count
Per the NHL: NHL clubs made 16 trades involving 35 players today prior to the 3 p.m., ET, trade deadline. Following is a list of the transactions: Anaheim traded C Maxim Lapierre and C MacGregor Sharp to Vancouver for C Joel Perrault and Vancouver’s 3rd-round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft. Atlanta traded RW Niclas [...]
