fiveholefanatics.ca - 6/26/2009
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I'll be following today's action over at M&G; . No doubt the Flames will be involved with a move or two, so it should be interesting. SBN also has a big draft hub here . - The Nations Sites have sent Jason Gregor to Montreal to cover things close up. Im sure he'll be furnishing us with updates ...
The Best Player Available myth
fiveholefanatics.ca 6/18/2009 — It's commonly held that a dichotomy exists in fundamental draft strategy in hockey: pick for need versus best player available. Sensibly, most hockey fans and pundits eschew the first strategy: outside of picking a generational Crosby-like talent in the first round, a vast majority of prospects ...
My Intro Blog and My Flames Back Ground.
crashthecrease.com 7/17/2009 — I thought I would introduce myself and let you know of my Flames back ground.
MY FLAMES HERITAGE
FLAMES FIRST YEAR
When the Flames came into the League in 1980, I was nearly finished high school. I remember when Nelson Skalbania bought the team; he was being painted as a hero for ...
The Northwest So Far - Calgary Flames
gospelofhockey.blogspot.com 7/9/2009 — This is the third in a series of team evaluations for the Northwest division. I've been looking at the budget for each team for both the upcoming season and the 2010-2011 season as well as taking a brief snapshot of each of their significant NHL level moves over the last month. In terms of ...
The Flames Since The Lockout
gospelofhockey.blogspot.com 6/16/2009 — Shortly after the trade deadline Jonathan Willis pointed out that Patrick O'Sullivan had performed much better against the Oilers than he had against the rest of the league over the past two seasons. Willis suggested that one reason that the Oilers decided to trade for O'Sullivan was that they ...
Flames Prospect Development Camp Impressions: Part I
thehockeywriters.com 7/27/2009 — Christopher Ralph is a hockey writer with a focus on prospects and the entry draft, as well as the Leafs’ correspondent here at THW. Since I reside in Calgary, expect a few of my Flames articles to find their way on the pages of THW as well.
The entry draft seems like an eternity away. The ...
Sutter to take over Flames
novafantasysports.com 6/22/2009 — Brent Sutter is expected to be named Calgary Flames head coach as early as Sunday, several media outlets are reporting. Sutter, whose brother Darryl is the Flames' general manager, stepped down as coach of the New Jersey Devils for family reasons in early June with a year left on his ...
2009 Entry Draft Open Thread
matchsticksandgasoline.com 6/25/2009 — I have some material on Brent Sutter and the other new coaches lined up, but there's plenty of time for that later - the next couple of days are all about the draft.
This is an especially interesting event for Flames fans. Not just because the whole coaching staff was recently cleaned out and ...
Flames top 10 prospects
matchsticksandgasoline.com 6/2/2009 — Now that it's June, thoughts will start turning to futures and the upcoming draft. The network has some plans in the works for June 26th, including a mock draft and draft hub (similar to the trade deadline hub from March 4) but those are a few weeks away. For now, let's take stock of what ...
Flames Back up is just fine thankyou
crashthecrease.com 8/13/2009 — Lets play some trivia shall we? You know, I ask a question and you give the answer. If I was to ask you who is the Calgary Flames’ back-up goalie, how many of you could answer? The answer being, the lucky netminder named Curtis McElhinney. Who, you might ask? You not a alone, most of Canada ...
2009-10 salary cap set at $56.8 million —
NHL.com News in English 6/26/2009
For the first time since the NHL returned from the work stoppage in 2005-06, the League will not see a significant increase in the salary cap.
The NHL and NHLPA agreed Friday -- on the same day the Entry Draft will take place in Montreal -- to ...
Jackets move picks to select D Moore (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 6/27/2009
The Columbus Blue Jackets were willing to wait for John Moore. After making a trade to move down and another to move up, the Blue Jackets grabbed the defenseman from Chicago of the United States Hockey League with the No. 21 pick in the first round of ...
