A Brief History of the 16th Overall Pick
When the Edmonton Oilers traded David Perron to Pittsburgh back in January in exchange for a first-round pick and Rob Klinkhammer, no one anticipated the Penguins late season free-fall and…
Joe Colborne
Upstart Flames Face A Familiar Team In The Canucks
A few seasons ago, the Calgary Flames had a problem. Faced with an aging core anchored by Jarome Iginla and Miikka Kiprusoff, the club repeatedly pushed their chips to the…
Don’t Call It Overachieving: The Flames Aimed For Playoffs
Last season, the Calgary Flames took an important step forward. Formerly a rudderless group of veterans without much direction or identity, the group coalesced under second-year head coach Bob Hartley.…
The Calgary Flames: Building A Foundation
Rebuilds are tricky things. The goal is to avoid the mistakes of the past while throwing together, often on the fly, some semblance of a plan. And one of the…
T.J. Brodie Headlines Flames Young Core
If the Calgary Flames have had a particularly glaring developmental fault over the past decade – and it would be charitable to conclude they have just one fault – it…
The Flames Files: Week Twenty In Review
Game 1 Fresh off a big Battle of Alberta win, the Calgary Flames flew to Minnesota to face off against the Wild, with a new “kid” line in tow. It…
Joe Colborne: Living Up to the Flames Legacy
Joe Colborne and I are alike in a few ways. We’re both from Calgary. We both grew up playing local minor hockey. We both grew up cheering for the Flames.…
The Calgary Flames Just Can’t Score First
Through the first quarter of the 2013-14 NHL season, the Calgary Flames have hit a bit of a skid as they begin their long-awaited rebuild. After 19 games, the Flames…
Power Outage: Calgary’s Flickering Power-Play
Since their win over the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center on October 21, the Calgary Flames have amassed a disappointing 1-4-0 record. In a possibly-related development, the Calgary Flames…
The Flames Files: Week Four In Review
Now settled into a full month of regular season hockey, the Flames have surprised the rest of the league with the ease of their transition into a rebuild. And while…
2007-2009: The Boston Bruins Drafting Problems, Part 2
You can find the rest of the series here: Part 1 Part 3 After having a top ten selection in the 2007 draft, the Boston Bruins headed to the 2008…
Don’t Write Off The Calgary Flames Just Yet
It’s been a long, hard summer for the Calgary Flames, but they’re just about to kick off the 2013-14 campaign. And after what’s been described by many players as one…