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So, good Christmas holidays? Me too. One of
the highlights was a 3-day jaunt to Las Vegas
with Mrs. Matt, where we partook in numerous $6 beers/$14 martinis, AND where for a larf I headed into the LV Hilton's massive sportsbook to waste 2 x $20 on a ...
If it was an either/or -- Canada winning or Mikael Backlund playing a great game -- I'd prefer the latter. It's been clear to me since about 2002 that I'm a Flames fan first, then an NHL fan, and then a hockey fan. Team Canada winning the Gold Medal Game in Salt Lake City was super exciting, ...
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As it happens, San Jose and Boston are tied by this measure today (both 24 games over .500), so it's a good time to compare the two conferences. The most interesting thing to me is that the West has a huge playoff bubble -- look at the number of teams close to the 'cut line' -- and the East ...
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San Jose Sharks
Calgary Flames
A brief recent history of the New Year's Eve game: 2005 : Flames beat Oilers 6-5 , on a crazy double-deflected shot by Huselius with barely one minute left. 2006 : Flames beat Oilers 4-2 , taking a 2-0 lead in the first 10 and it never got any closer 2007 : Flames beat Canucks 2-1 in a ...
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Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Not a bad Christmas to be a Flames fan. They're 3 games clear of 9th, have a 1-game NW lead, and have home games against Ottawa, Minnesota, and the 'chuk to close out December. I'm so pleased, I may just kick back and have a hot dog. Enjoy your time with your own families, and have a Very ...
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Calgary Flames
Watching how things have played out so far -- up until early yesterday evening anyway -- I think a challenging but reasonable aim Flames going forward to April is to establish themselves as the 3rd-best team in the West. Obviously this involves winning the NW, but I'd also like them to "prove" ...
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Flames @ Blues, 630PM MT, RSN West The lads head into St. Louis for the first time since last Friday -- should be great!!! Jamie "Schremp + 5 years" Lundmark has been called up to sub in for GlenX (who is out with a leg); he earned the callup on the strength of some nice counting numbers and ...
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Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Gary Bettman
St. Louis Blues
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Here's an interesting little table, I think: Line
C is the total results for Jarome Iginla and
Todd Bertuzzi playing together at even strength. It is also, as you can see, the sum of A and B. The interesting part is that A is "With Langkow" and B is ...
We are past the all-important 29-game mark of the season; here's some delightful timeonice.com data for the Flames forwards to date. Click to enlarge of course; there's some interesting stuff in there. The data for all but the last two columns are at this link . Jersey numbers are here . All ...
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Calgary Flames
**The WC Standings from 3rd place down are kind of interesting. Nashville is in 8th despite being only 2 games over .500, on pace for ~88 points. It's a good bet that this is just one of those things that will work itself out over the rest of the season -- anyone really wanna bet that you get ...
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This darn hockey blog takes up so much
of my spare time that I've gotten away from
my true love: writing hilarious, 'morning radio'-quality song parodies. But since Penguins Fan has shown that they can be done in combination, I feel licensed. Behold: ...
Flames @ Red Wings, 530PM MT, TSN So let's see: Wings have been off since Saturday, while the Flames played last night and got into their Michigan hotel today at 4AM Wings are the defending Stanley Cup champs plus Marian Hossa and minus ~ nothing Wings are 18-4-4 Flames have lost 7 straight ...
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Flames Game Day: Meet the new Sharks