matchsticksandgasoline.com - 6/2/2009
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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 ...
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 Fire Mike Keenan
slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com 5/23/2009 — The man who coached the Rangers to the Stanley Cup has been fired after two seasons in Calgary.
Flames off-season - setting the stage
matchsticksandgasoline.com 5/19/2009 — With the season reviews out of the way, it's time to start looking forward. Not surprisingly, I find the most interesting part of the off-season is playing armchair GM: identifiying roster holes, cap issues, potential UFA targets, etc.
Calgary was one of the most expensive clubs in the league ...
Yay Optimism - why the Flames may win
matchsticksandgasoline.com 4/15/2009 —
Obviously the litanny of projections in the depressing post below consider the Flames entire season results - which is fair enough, because that's the relevant sample.
I think a case can be made, however, that the final six weeks of Calgary's season wasn't at all representative of ...
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 ...
Game 5: The Big Takeover - Flames @ Hawks
secondcityhockey.com 4/25/2009 — I'm back on the preview for this game since I wrote them for the first two games and things turned out well, McClure and Sam just messed it all up for the next two.
Without a doubt, this is the biggest game most of these Hawks have played in their lives. And getting them to play it back ...
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 ...
Flames @ Wild - Good News, Bad News
matchsticksandgasoline.com 4/3/2009 —
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Calgary Flames @ Minnesota Wild
Friday, Apr 3, 2009, 5:00 PM PDT Xcel Energy Center
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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 ...
