Calgary Flames Monday Roundtable: First week of the 2017-18 season

The first week of the new season is officially done! Well, week and a half. Let’s have a virtual roundtable discussion about the Calgary Flames in that week.

The Calgary Flames have finished their first week (and a half) of the 2017-18 season. They went 4-2-0. That ties them for second in the Pacific Division and ties them for third in the entire league. While their season-opener didn’t go as planned, they’re 4-1-0 since that.

The good news for the Flames is that the next Pacific Division team behind them is the Anaheim Ducks who are three points behind them with the same amount of games played. I know it’s still early on, but it doesn’t hurt to get a good head start.

Speaking of the Ducks, the Calgary Flames finally broke their Honda Center curse with a win in Anaheim. I’d say that’s quite a successful start to the season.

And some players have also had some head starts too. Johnny Gaudreau between games two and five had a three-game point streak with seven points in that time frame. He currently leads the team with nine points and is fourth among all skaters in the league in points.

Last season at six games in, he was at three points and a -7 rating. The Calgary Flames last season six games in were 1-4-1 and one of the last teams in the league. I’d say that’s an improvement. But last year, Johnny also missed training camp and preseason because he and the Flames couldn’t come to an agreement for a contract, so he had a slow start. People also claimed that he had somewhat of an off-season, with his 61 points in 72 points. I’d say that’s still decent, but he could have done better. Right now, hopefully at this pace, Johnny can keep up at least 1 point per game.

And then… we have players who are still kept off the score-sheet. So let’s have a virtual roundtable discussion about this first week and a half.