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Flames Take On The Hawks With A Look Ahead
Tonight the Flames head into their 149th game against Chicago Blackhawks, with tonight’s puck being dropped at 6:30pm MST in the United Center. With Miikka Kiprusoff in goal things are looking…Read More
A Flames October Wrap Up, Canucks, And Movember
So here we are, the last day of October, what an awful October it has been. With a record of 4-4-1, the Flames currently sit in 14th for the Western Conference with just the Columbus Blue Jackets beneath…Read More
They Say It’s Your Birthday
I know the day is almost over, but a happiest of birthdays to the best goalie: Let’s see him get a win tonight against the Avalanche, what an amazing birthday gift two points would be! Go Flames…Read More
Game Day: Flames Take On The Avalanche
UPDATE: So I’m sure as you noticed watching the game last night, Varly was not in goal as I had previously mentioned. I’m now working on finding a new site to give me goalie updates. Sorry…Read More
Have the Flames Really Changed?
It’s now been almost a year since I started writing for the Flame for Thought blog, and this, regrettably, will be my final entry. Seems an appropriate time to discuss how little has changed with…Read More
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Conroy deserved better
A little more than a month into the Jay Feaster era, and in so many ways, life is much better in Flame…Read More
Time To Find Kiprusoff a New Home
Two things stand out from the Flames’ 7-4 win over Dallas last night. One, that it was a hell of a…Read More
Down a Sutter, But Little Has Changed
A lot happens when your computer crashes and you take three weeks of Christmas vacation. But then, a…Read More
Jokinen: The Poison Flame
Everything the Flames need to know about Olli Jokinen can be summed up in what has happened the past…Read More
Ian White Trade – His Fate Was Sealed
If Ian White was surprised by today’s trade sending him to Carolina, he shouldn’t have been.…Read More
Fire Sutter – Or Fire All Three
Darryl Sutter must be feeling pretty let down by his family today, after their National Lampoon’s…Read More
Backlund To The Future
When Mikael Backlund scored the third-period goal that triggered a come-from-behind victory for the Calgary…Read More
Trade Winds Are Blowing Ducks
OK, I have no idea what that headline means. But it made me giggle, so I’m keeping it.) You hear…Read More
Pre-Season First Impressions
Hockey’s back, and so am I! The Flames hit the ice for the first time in anger (excluding the rookie…Read More
Craig Conroy Redux: A View From Daryl of the Flaming Circle
A few more thoughts on Craig Conroy, who is coming back at least for a minimum-wage tryout with the Flames…Read More
Conroy Is Back – Or Is He?
In what continues to be a quiet summer in Flameland, the big news of the week was the surprise re-signing…Read More
The White Shadow
Just coming back from vacation, and catching up on some of the Flames news. The most important, of course,…Read More
A swift kick in the Feaster
Ever since the Calgary Flames missed the playoffs in April, fans and media have been speculating on whether…Read More
Ranting at rinkside
Just finished a half-hour as the special guest on Rinkside Rants, a weekly podcast hosted by Tim Redinger,…Read More
Darryl’s dementia
This is what happens when I decide to take a little vacation. I go away for a few days, and Darryl Sutter…Read More
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