Horsman1

the flames as an organization have killed any potential offensive output from Backlund..he is now at best a number 3 center.. but wayyyyy overpaid for that position

Treliving is waiting for his grandmother to nod off so he can sneak out and play

bring back Susan Smith and get rid of the freggin Cowboy.. He lacks emotion.. No wonder we have crappy starts.. Team is asleep at the wheel

best place right now for Johnny is the German National Team

then there's no point in building a new arena as it'll be empry

Noooooooooo..no more trades.Treliving.hasn;t a clue how to evaluate talent.or build a team.. He has to go before he makes any trades

okay them.. w h to paul baxter??

whto.. pekka rautakellio

pro scout for the rangers huh?? man has his career ever taken a different route.. lol got a chuckle though out of the fact his last coaching game was an 11-o loss to the canuckleheads

any nhl team can lend any player that qualifies to any ahl team.. Thing is trying to place them on a team already run or owned by another nhl team.. We used to shear our ahl team with another team once upon a time

2 game point streak... can we get to... 15??

bennett reminds me of Kevin Lavalee

oh really?? I'd be getting a new agent.. lol

Doug Riseborough.. Ii haven't heard his name mentioned anywhere whether here in Calgary or associated with any other team or league in like five years.. Is he hockey's Voldemort??

.. any thoughts??? he was released/put on waivers today

i since Ward is insistent on playinf 4 lines regardless.. i'd fix those lines first.. then play around with the top 2 lines.. Line 3.. magiapane/bennett/dube line 4.... Lucic/backlund/ryan top 2 lines..Tkachuk/Monahan/Simon Gaudreau/Lindholm/Leivo Nordstrom to reserve and will play in place of Lucic most oftenon. defence.. Gio is slowingdown so let him mentor Valamaki whii will be the offence driveronthat Paring,, Anderson with hanafin and Tanev with nesterov

in a cap world where most every team is up against the cap . renegotiate and drop 2 players from the game roster !Nobody in the league is worth a million bucks a year playing 5 to 10 minutes a game.. go with 10 forwards..

lol well fail on both accounts

wth happened tothis site?? not an explanation to be found

that's a lot of the problem in itself// you have 31 owners each with their own idea of which way to go and then you have the contractual issues with the stadiums and media.. If Bettman gets through this one..He should retire somewhere like Aruba where they've never heard of hockey

so true.. but he sure is optimistic.. still I stand by the Silence of the Flames ownership comment

Melnyk thinks he's built a team that will be dreaming the Dream this year and will be adding veterans at the trade deadline for a push to win the cup this year.. Nice to have an owner with so much optimism as Ours are invisible and we have no idea what they are thinking.. what would Melnyk doif he inherited the current Flames to win the cup.. what would you do??

as well .. a 56 game schedule starting on Jan 12 and 2 week training camp with no exhibition games

the eye test just doesn't seem to weigh in importance as it used to.. Loooking strickly at their numbers and the fact they were actually implementing a new system half way through the season.. I'm guessing management was pleased with where they were.. but yea.. i'm an old school guy that believes hockey is a blend of skilll and passion.. there was definitelyy a need for more passion

ward has mentioned in many interviews since the end of the season how the Flames were adjusting to his new system and he felt they played pretty well to close out the season.. As fans.. we look directly to the bottom win or lose line and make our concerns known about those results.. As Management.. They look at longer term goals and make their adjustments.. We have seen many changes since the season ended and I'm quite pleased with the caliber of player we have brought onboard.. Wards 1.1.1. 2 defensive system as deployed by Tampa Bay will take some getting used to but hopefully a lot more productive than the current system which in crunch time seems to be.. every man for himself