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After watching the incident involving James Wisniewski and Keith Seabrook last night in Anaheim, only one thought went through my head?
How?
How could a guy charge in from the blueline and drill another player like that? How could you not catch yourself in time and realize it was a poor choice? And how could […]

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- What are the St. Louis Blues? They sit 4th in the Central Division and a hand full of points back of the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, but what are they? The Blues have the worst home record in the NHL at 12-16-5, yet own the 4th […]

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It was an amusing scene Wednesday afternoon at the Saddledome…the Flames fresh off a 4-2 win in Detroit, a select few players took to the ice for practice but most opted for an off ice workout.
Brent Sutter met with the media as per usual and was asked about the percieved loosening of the reins on […]

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With the month of March now squarely upon us, every single game is paramount for the Calgary Flames. Wins, not losses. 2 points, nothing less. The team has played itself out of the playoff picture and now needs to win and get some help along the way to get back in. […]

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The Vancouver Winter Olympic Games have changed my life.
That might be over-romanticizing things a bit, but for the most part it’s true. If nothing else, the amazing gold medal game on Sunday was a game and experience I’ll never forget.
But as a Canadian, I hope I will be a little […]

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The Flames fell 3-2 in Ottawa Tuesday night and that on it’s own is disappointing enough for Flames fans. What makes it worse is what happened elsewhere.
The night wasn’t all bad. Nik Hagman scored his first goal as a Flame and he and his linemates Jarome Iginla and Matt Stajan combined for 6 […]

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- Flames haven’t made a trade in a week. Boring.
- Please join me as I pray to the Hockey Gods…”Oh Hockey Gods…please let the Sidney and the Penguins vs Ovie and the Capitals continue to be as compelling in the years to come as it has been so far.”
- Ales Kotalik […]

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I can honestly tell you that I’ve never had a week quite like this one. And it’s only Wednesday.
From Sunday morning’s shocking trade of Dion Phaneuf, to that evening’s rumored moving of Olli Jokinen to New York, then on to Monday’s 3-0 emotion-less loss to Philadelphia, and then on to Jokinen and Prust’s departure […]

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And just like that…poof. It’s over.
Dion Phaneuf is an ex-Calgary Flame.
Quite a way to start a relaxing Sunday morning. I turned on my blackberry after a nice little sleep in and it went off like a slot machine. I have to admit I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the […]

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So what can you say? If last night’s series of events that led to a 4-3 shootout loss in Dallas were a one-off kind of a scenario for the Calgary Flames, you could probably just shrug your shoulders and sluff it off.
But what if it marked the eighth straight time the team had failed […]

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