All Entries Tagged With: "Calgary Flames"
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 [...]
Ugly Loss in Edmonton Raises Questions
If the Blackhawks would have played well and lost back to back games to the Flames and Oilers, no big deal. The Hawks normally have their way with Calgary and haven’t lost in Edmonton in almost four years. But after all, even the best teams take it on the chin from time to time. Putting [...]
Mistakes Halt Blackhawk Win Streak In Calgary
The Blackhawks can’t win every game but they won’t want to duplicate last night’s effort too often. Lately the Flames had been the Hawks’ whipping boy, but they turned the tide. Calgary took advantage of many Chicago mistakes and skated off with a 5-2 victory. After winning in Vancouver the Blackhawks were in position to [...]
B’s Struggle, But Scratch Out Shootout Win Over League-Worst Columbus
There is a reason the National Hockey League is the greatest and most competitive hockey league in the world. It is nearly impossible for any one team thoroughly dominate it’s opponents on a consistent basis. Very rarely can a team go through a an extended stretch of time without facing adversity. After reeling off six [...]
Smarter Hawks Win Fourth Straight In Vancouver
A well-focused and smarter group of Blackhawks showed up in Vancouver and came away with an impressive 5-1 victory. The Hawks weren’t only the better team, they were also the least penalized club, which was a meaningful achievement. The Blackhawks performed very differently than when they met the Canucks at the United Center some 11 [...]
Blackhawks Roll On as Biggest Test Lies Ahead
Give the Edmonton Oilers their due, they fell behind early but didn’t quit. Playing their final game of a six-game road trip, the young Oilers didn’t get frazzled. On Sunday night, the Blackhawks left little doubt as to who was the better team. Chicago scored three goals in the opening frame and never looked back, [...]
Emery and Hossa Lead Hawks To Victory
On Friday night, the Blackhawks continued their domination of the Calgary Flames on home ice with a 4-1 victory. The lopsided score was not reflective of the contest. It was more of a taffy pull, as the rested Flames put up a good fight until late in the final period. There is little doubt hockey [...]
Hawks Rollover Hapless Blue Jackets
For the first time this season, Blackhawks defensemen keyed the offense as they led the way to a 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. By the way the Jackets performed Thursday night, they were made to order for a struggling club looking to an end a losing streak. Still, the Hawks deserve creditfor taking [...]
Western Conference predictions for the 2011-12 NHL season
Predictions – everybody loves them and if you’re correct about half the time, you’re doing pretty well. Two years ago I had the Los Angeles Kings finishing sixth in the Western Conference. Nailed it. Last season, I slotted the Kings at fourth during my NHL season preview article. That’s certainly where they should have finished, [...]
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, [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Release 2011-12 Schedule
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced their 2011-12 schedule today. The Bolts will open the exhibition season with two games in St. Louis against the Blues on September 20 and 21. The lone home preseason game will be on September 23 versus the Florida Panthers followed the next night by a meeting in Sunrise against those [...]
Rangers Keep Getting Defensive
The clock was ticking for the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. If they couldn’t sign defenseman Tim Erixon, their 2009 first round draft pick (23rd overall), to a contract by 5PM, he would’ve become eligible to reenter this year’s draft and the Flames would’ve lost a top prospect with not much to show for it. Calgary’s [...]
HockeyIndependent Trade Deadline Show – Click to replay
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Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 60: Lightning 8 – Coyotes 3 “Vinny Goes Off” The Tampa Bay Lightning (35-18-7) scored five first period goals, three on the power play and never looked back as they punished the Coyotes 8-3, ending Phoenix’ eight game winning streak. Teddy Purcell recorded his first career hat trick and according to him, his first [...]
Rangers Acquire McCabe
The New York Rangers brought to reality a trade that had been speculated on for quite awhile, acquiring 35-year-old defenseman Bryan McCabe from the Florida Panthers. The Rangers sent forward Tim Kennedy and their 3rd round pick in the 2011 Entry Draft to the Panthers. McCabe clearly does not fit within the “go with the [...]
Word Association with Theo Fleury
Flames legend Theo Fleury chats up some of the top players in the game today (who would he take in an All Star Draft?) and plays word association using some of his former teammates and opponents.
Interview with Kerry Fraser
Fascinating interview with 30-year NHL veteran Kerry Fraser. He doesn’t pull any punches when talking about the biggest names in hockey – including Gretzky, Messier and Ovechkin. Plus, a raw story about Theo Fleury and notes on Fraser lecturing Mario Lemieux. It’s a can’t miss conversation.
DAILY RUMORS: On The Regehr Rumor
After a slow start threatened to knock the Calgary Flames out of the playoff race (as well as costing Darryl Sutter his job as general manager) they’ve battled back over the past month to within one point of eighth overall at the All-Star break. One would think such improvement would put the kibosh on speculation [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Another Round of Iginla Rumors…
Another week, another round of Jarome Iginla trade rumors. Yes, despite the insistence by GM Jay Feaster he won’t trade Iginla or the latter’s claim he doesn’t want a trade, some folks persist in keeping the Flames captain in the rumor mill. To paraphrase Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part 3: Just when we think [...]
Blues vs. Flames Gameday | Tarasenko Injured
Quick Blues @ Avs Thoughts There is little that can be said regarding the St. Louis Blues 4-3 loss to Colorado on Monday. Not because it was a boring game or anything of the sort. Just that the play of the Blues was standard issue for the month of January. If I’ve put it in [...]
