Flame for Thought » Flames http://flameforthought.com A Calgary Flames blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:42:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A Flames Run Down And News Around The NHL http://flameforthought.com/2012/02/05/a-flames-run-down-and-news-around-the-nhl/ http://flameforthought.com/2012/02/05/a-flames-run-down-and-news-around-the-nhl/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:42:40 +0000 Cait Platt http://flameforthought.com/?p=1382 A little run down on the Calgary Flames and NHL today: Fresh off the IR, backup goalie Henrik Karlsson was sent back down to the Abbotsford Heat for some conditioning.  Leland Irving is returning to the lineup as the backup for Miikka Kiprusoff.  With Karlsson in Abbotsford, is there a trade in his future?  Could the Flames be looking to build with a youthful goaltender?  Karlsson isn’t young, but he’s not exactly the aging goalie that Kiprusoff is.  Karlsson is 28, he’s young enough to be worth while to a team needing a solid backup goalie.  Maybe the Flames can [...]

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Fresh off the IR, backup goalie Henrik Karlsson was sent back down to the Abbotsford Heat for some conditioning.  Leland Irving is returning to the lineup as the backup for Miikka Kiprusoff.  With Karlsson in Abbotsford, is there a trade in his future?  Could the Flames be looking to build with a youthful goaltender?  Karlsson isn’t young, but he’s not exactly the aging goalie that Kiprusoff is.  Karlsson is 28, he’s young enough to be worth while to a team needing a solid backup goalie.  Maybe the Flames can get something in return to help them out defensively or another goal scorer.  Who knows with trade deadline approaching.

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]]> http://flameforthought.com/2012/02/05/a-flames-run-down-and-news-around-the-nhl/feed/ 0 Faces That Shape The Calgary Flames, Part Two http://flameforthought.com/2012/02/03/faces-that-shape-the-calgary-flames-part-two/ http://flameforthought.com/2012/02/03/faces-that-shape-the-calgary-flames-part-two/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:00:32 +0000 Cait Platt http://flameforthought.com/?p=1371 Yesterday was Part One of this three part series in which I discussed Calgary Flames players who were of black and mulatto culture.  Today’s post will be on those who are a minority in hockey, but not necessarily outside of the sport.  When looking at the the numbers from last year, out of the 978 players in the NHL, the vast majority of them were Canadians or Americans.  However, these are not the only ones that helped shape the face of the sport.  With representation from over 18 different countries the NHL is far from strictly a Canadian-American sport.  The Calgary Flames [...]

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]]> Yesterday was Part One of this three part series in which I discussed Calgary Flames players who were of black and mulatto culture.  Today’s post will be on those who are a minority in hockey, but not necessarily outside of the sport.  When looking at the the numbers from last year, out of the 978 players in the NHL, the vast majority of them were Canadians or Americans.  However, these are not the only ones that helped shape the face of the sport.  With representation from over 18 different countries the NHL is far from strictly a Canadian-American sport.  The Calgary Flames have had their fair share of representation, here’s a look at some of the players who have spent their formative years in a less represented country:

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