Calgary Flames Daily: Freddie Hamilton to Arizona, important week

In the last week, the Calgary Flames have done quite a bit of stirring up on their roster. And they’ve got an important week ahead of them.

The first bit of Calgary Flames news was Freddie Hamilton being placed on waivers… again. He was placed on waivers earlier this season, he cleared, but he was never sent down. He’s since played a game, but the Flames felt like he wasn’t contributing anything (again) and they’ve put him on waivers (again). Well, as of a couple minutes ago, the Arizona Coyotes claimed Freddie.

And then there was one. But who’s going to watch over Dougie!?

With the recalling of Andrew Mangiapane after Michael Frolik has been placed on IR, it seems like the Flames are really trying to get things going. Will we be seeing more waivers in the near future? Potentially, if the Flames are still continuing in the same habits.

Related Story: Flames Daily - Andrew Mangiapane recalled

The Flames have also just recalled Marek Hrivik from the AHL. He’ll most likely not make it into the lineup tonight, but I’m always wrong about these things, so maybe I should have not even said anything. Aside from all this news, the Flames have an important week ahead of them.

With only two games, these are big games (like we keep saying). They’ll face two Pacific Division opponents, the LA Kings tonight and the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. The Kings are quite a bit ahead of the Flames, with 53 points in 40 games. However, the Ducks can easily be caught up to. They have 46 points in 41 games while the Flames have 42 points in 39 games, and in two games less, the Flames have as many wins and ROW. So with two wins this week, including one over the Ducks, they could steal their spot.

Via Calgary Sun:

"“They’re going to be a huge two games,” Flames forward Garnet Hathaway said about the looming dates with the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks. “Right now, we’re just worried about L.A. They’re two big points we don’t want to leave on the table. We’re going to have to play a big, tough heavy game, and we’re going to have to battle in every zone to be successful.”“If you’re a blend team — and the last team we played (Chicago) they won two cups being a blend team — you need your heavy guys to be heavy and your skilled guys to be quick and score,” Gulutzan said. “So we’re not going to ask guys to come out of their element. We’re just going to ask guys to play in their element and play to their strengths.“They have to be at the top of their game if you play top teams in the league.”"

Let’s hope 2018 is a better one for this club than 2017 was.

Some links surrounding the Flames

Second-line troubles for Flames? (Calgary Sun).

Flames prepare for big week against Pacific Division rivals (Calgary Sun).

Calgary Flames look for second-half fuel in tight playoff race (National Post).

Versteeg on the mend after hip surgery (Calgary Sun).

Some links around FanSided surrounding hockey

New York Islanders sign Scott Mayfield to five-year extension (Puck Prose).

St. Louis Blues: Carter Hutton Deserves Time, Not Full-time (Bleedin’ Blue).

Vegas Golden Knights Sign Jonathan Marchessault (Vegas Hockey Knight).

Carolina Hurricanes: Who would have made Olympic Rosters? (Cardiac Cane).

Other links surrounding hockey and the NHL

3 things we learned in the NHL: Athanasiou ties OT scoring record (Sportsnet).

Bower remembered as ‘beautiful man’ during memorial service (NHL.com).

Poll: Which 2018 NHL All-Star Game jersey is your favourite? (Sportsnet).

31 Thoughts: NHL’s trade market cracking open (Sportsnet).

Next: Five new years resolutions for 2018

That’s all in today’s Flames Daily!