Brent Sutter revealed Monday that Mark Giordano could be back in the Flame line-up this week — likely Thursday or Saturday.   ….And while the depleted roster could greatly use his services of their best skater since he went down with that hamstring injury on Nov.29, the club needs to exercise caution.   The injury is one [...]

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For the second time in less than 2 years, Jarome Iginla played a major role turning gloom into gold. After Thursday 9-0 blasting in Boston, one wondered that atmosphere would be like in the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday when the Flames hit the ice against Minnesota. Rather than rip on the local skaters with jeers, [...]

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The Flames are back home and after attending to their family chores now the hockey needs to be getting back in the race for a playoff spot. After being within one point of 8th place in the West on Dec 28, 5-straight road losses has dropped Brent Sutter’s group 5 points out entering Friday’s action. [...]

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‘Embarrassed’ was the most used word in the Flames dressing room following this 9-0 humbling in Boston on Thursday. The Stanley Cup champs looked like solid favourites to repeat on this night and just about every game since Nov.1.  The Bruins are 23-3-1 since Halloween. With a full line-up they would be underdogs vs the [...]

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On effort, Brent Sutter called it the Flames best since Christmas. Still another loss as special teams were the difference in a 3-1 Washington win. The coach felt that 5-on-5 the Flames were better than the Capitals. In that situation, each team scored once. The Caps set an early tone with a PPG 1:11 into [...]

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Just when you least except it, the Flames have a history of doing the unexpected. To salvage this, the longest trip of the year, they’ll need to do so again. After a not so solid showing in Nashville on the first day of 2012, losing 5-3 for a 3rd straight setback, the venture ends Tuesday [...]

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New York Islanders rarely beat anybody any more. But the once proud franchise (circa early 80′s) stand proud when it plays the Flames. That was exhibited again Thursday as the Islanders rallied to beat the Flames, 3-1. It marked the Isles 3rd straight win over the Flames and 5 of the last 6 including the [...]

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Jarome Iginla has provided a lot of impossibles in his 16-year career with the Flames. He was at it again Tuesday in a 2-1 shootout win in Columbus. The 34-year-old captain scored the tying goal from a virtual improbable angle at 3:06 of the 3rd period. Then he won the shootout as the improbable first [...]

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  With back-to-back games on the docket against the NHL’s two hottest team, the Flame injury list is as hot as its been all season.   Defenseman Brett Carson went back on injury reserve Wednesday making it six players on the list with a home assignment Thursday against Detroit and then a Friday tussle in [...]

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  Many media broadcasters, bloggers and tweeters are obsessed with line combination before games always attentively writing down during am skates and passing them along.   Often these lines get juggled 5-10 minutes into games.  Tuesday it didn’t even get that far.   Brent Sutter went through the am skate breaking-up Jarome Iginla and Ollie Jokinen as linemates [...]

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