CheersMan

Here..........I'll tee it up for someone. The Flames have made the last 7 goaltenders look like Superman, any inkling why?

Yes, and how about the one timer he had in the slot. Labeled for top corner but Varlamov took it away last second, Russell looked to the heavens and said WHY! WHY!

win vs. Iggy and the Avs

Brodano have only played 1/3 of a season but their numbers suggest they will have a more successful season than Weber-Suter did in their last season together.

Third straight win vs Yotes Do you think Brodano are as good as the Weber-Suter tandem of past?

The Flames are in fact 34W-21L-2T since Jan 22 of this year. I wonder how this compares with other teams over the same time frame? I'm pretty certain this puts us in the company with all playoff teams. Just checked. 13 games over 0.500 would have put us 12th or 13th over all last year.

Nov 29th. Wow, 2 line mates equally deserving of the Norris today.

Okay, you knew it was coming so here it is. Ramo shut out vs Yotes

Ramo's shut out vs SJ

Some things are becoming all to predictable. vs charbroiled Duck

Ooopps, we won again. vs Senators

vs Coyotes

^^^^^I'd like to see Ramo back in net vs Arizona as well.

With 18 pts, Gio sits in 3rd place in the entire NHL, just 1 pt behind Crosby. Early indications has the Norris Award coming to Cowtown.

Just banging the drum a little more for those who think our D is redundant. DD, if you can edit out the advertisement it would be much appreciated. http://www.tsn.ca/video/th2n-flames-defence-leads-the-way-1.125673

More food for thought. I wonder if the Toronto Hockey Propaganda Machine will recognize this one.

vs WSH, D comes thru again and Hiller was great as well.

I agree.

So you want to put 1.25M in a burn barrel and burn it? -------------------- You want to subtract Wideman from the lineup in exchange for a good prospect? A prospect like Tom Black or Garry White? For every 100 prospects, how many make the NHL? Go back and look at our first round picks over the last 20 years and see how many played in the NHL. Other than Monahan or Bennett, I don’t think you would trade Wideman for any one of them. -------------------- After you make this deal, what do you do if Gio or Brodie goes down with injury for any length of time? -------------------- Instead of burning 1.25M and giving Wideman away, why not burn the 1.25M and keep him. Would Wideman be more attractive to you if he was only making 4M/yr? ----------------------- I’m all for upgrading, but the upgrade has to make sense.

Tonight vs MTL the defense comes through once again.

If Hiller would have lost this evening it would have really messed with Hartley's logic.............but he won so Hartley's a genius. By the way BT, lets get the coach resigned. This is a no brainier, getter done!

I haven't had the chance to watch the Larsson kid play, so I cant comment on that! Maybe you should watch some hockey games so that you can provide some meaningful comments here. Over achieving??? Where did you hear that? On the bus?

I think we are agreeing that if a deal (any deal) comes our way at any given time which makes sense, then you do it. ------------ Any return for Wideman now will only weaken this team in the short term therefore putting us in the basement. There is no guarantee that the return Wideman could fetch would be any better than what Wideman contributes now.

I just took a look around the league and found a team that needs offense and PP presense………..It’s us! --------------- If it isn’t broke then don’t fix it. Sure Wideman’s career +/- would indicate that he is little loose on the defense side. In his 100 games as a Flame he is -24, on a weak non-playoff bound. There’s probably a few minus players on this team over that span. If I jump on the ice just as the puck enters the net but I have nothing to do with the play whatsoever should I be awarded either a plus or minus? Laws of average says it will average out over the long run however. Wideman has some strengths like his shot, skating, offensive ability, veteran, etc. Nobody is perfect, neither is Wideman. Hartley needs to tap those strengths and help him improve his weaknesses. -------------- Hey, everyone is for sale……..for the right price. Any player on this team can be had for the right price. If BT is not looking at every available option then he’s not doing his job. If a team comes along and makes us an offer that makes sense then you do it but I’m not chasing deals for the sake of getting rid of Wideman, Smid or Engelland, at least not in the first 3wks of the season.