gospelofhockey.blogspot.com - 6/16/2009
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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Calgary Flames 2009-2010 Schedule Release
matchsticksandgasoline.com 7/15/2009 — Flames open up the season at home to the Vancouver Canucks on October 1st and we see only see Canadian teams for the first week of play (Oct 3 @ Edmonton, Oct 6 vs. Montreal, Oct 8 @ Edmonton) so it won't take long till we see Mr. Cammalleri in town. The longest home stand runs from October ...
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.
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 ...
Draft day links and such
fiveholefanatics.ca 6/26/2009 — 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 ...
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 ...
Calgary Flames and the NHL Draft —
Bleacher Report - NHL 6/15/2009
When Darryl Sutter was hired in the summer of 2003, the Flames had one of the weakest farm systems in the NHL. There was a lack of top-end talent, for sure, but even grinders, role players, bottom six forwards and fifth, sixth, and seventh defensemen ...
Catching Up With Mike Green —
Capitals Insider 6/16/2009
In preparation for my trip to Las Vegas for the NHL Awards Show, I spoke to Mike Green by phone for a few minutes this afternoon. Green, of course, is up for the Norris Trophy and said he's already "relaxing" in Sin City. The 23-year-old blueliner has ...
