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Flames Flame Out: 10 Thoughts on An Early Exit

After their best season in a generation and winning the Western Conference, I was super-stoked for a long playoff run by my Calgary Flames. Unfortunately, they flamed out

Friday Fun Link – The NHL’s Best Team Was Swept in Four Games…

..which makes the fact that the NHL’s second-best team, the Calgary Flames, lost in *five* games after a disastrous performance tonight only slightly less painful. I guess I’ll

Best Overall Team in Regular Season, Tampa Bay Lightning, Swept In First Round of Playoffs

I occasionally do a post with my picks at the start of the NHL playoffs. I forgot to do so this year but it’s probably not worth it

Grit & Glory: Celebrating 40 Years of the Edmonton Oilers

I saw this book in my library today and had a good chuckle. I mean, the Oilers sucked for the first couple years of their existence, they sucked

Flames Clinch Western Conference!

Back in October, I wrote a post about the things I was excited for this season. There was lots to be excited about but I doubt many Flames

Friday Fun Link – “Any time you win five Stanley Cups, there’s a certain amount of mess that comes on the tail end of that.”

The only thing that’s made the Flames’ amazing season better is watching the ongoing dumpster fire that is their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, not just this year

The Homophobic Version of “Laurel” or “Yanny”?

There was lots of controversy on Twitter (but when isn’t there?) a couple days ago when Leafs defenseman, Morgan Rielly, was accused of yelling a homophobic slur on

Oilers Are A Team That Performs Like They Expect To Lose

The only thing making the Calgary Flames’ amazing season even more enjoyable is how absolutely terrible the Oilers have been…  

Behind the Scenes in the Calgary Flames A/V Room

Not to turn this blog into “all Flames all the time” (er, suck it, Chiarelli) but came across this video and found it very interesting, especially the behind-the-scenes

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