gospelofhockey.blogspot.com - 7/9/2009
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 “Sutterites” Are In; Cammalleri, Leopold And Aucoin Are Out
thehockeywriters.com 7/10/2009 — Just about the only Sutter left who has yet to relocate to Calgary is Mama Sutter herself, as this summer the Flames added Big S number 5 to the crew. The franchise enlisted Brent Sutter to take the reins as head coach after GM Darryl Sutter gave the thimbs up to hire his brother, a decision ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dustin Boyd and the threat of an offer sheet
matchsticksandgasoline.com 7/24/2009 —
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Pretend, for a moment, that you're an NHL general manager. One of the Flames major or minor rivals in the Western Conference, for instance. You ...
Hockey transactions —
NHL.com News in English 7/8/2009
Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS-Signed C Todd Marchant to a two-year contract.
ATLANTA THRASHERS-Re-signed F Joey Crabb and D Nathan Oystrick.
CALGARY FLAMES-Re-signe...
