Calgary Puck

Only in the topsy turvy world of Calgary Flames hockey can a general manager make two drastic trades in order to add more offense up front, end up with the same lack of finish, but a tighter more defensive unit. - Full Article -

Coming into tonight’s contest in Florida, the Flames have been struggling to find their winning ways, but with two wins in their last three games, albeit against the worst and second worst teams in the league, the building blocks of confidence have started to appear. But the question still remains, can the Flames manage to win a game against at team that isn’t statistically the worst teams in the NHL? Well, the Panthers aren’t the worst, and they do have the hottest goaltender in the world right now, but they still aren’t the best that the NHL has to offer. So tonight’s win is just another step in the right direction. - Full Article -

In what can only be described as the most turbulent 96 hours in the history of the Calgary Flames hockey club, a very important hockey game needed the full attention of the carnage left over/brought in from Darryl Sutter’s epic 48 hour purge. The oddity of Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust and their teammates skating as Flames in the most recent home contest whilst knowing they were soon after heading to Broadway, made the most recent affair one of the strangest in Calgary lore. Mission one tonight was to leave that nonsense in the dust and secure a very much needed win on home ice win against one of the statistically worst teams in this year’s NHL. - Full Article -

Oh the woes of Flames fans these days. On the heels of the end of the most ridiculous of winless streaks Flames GM Darryl Sutter turn the universe of the Calgary Flames upside down, stuck some C4 on it and fired a rocket into the core jettisoning Dion Phaneuf, Olli Jokinen, Brandon Prust, Fredrik Sjostrom and Keith Aulie to the respective centres of the North American hockey universe. In return he received a mish mash of players that a lot of fans are still trying to comprehend.

This is where things have gotten so fuzzy for the best of us.
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I can’t see Sutter making all these moves only to go after a UFA from Atlanta. Can’t see it. Nor can I see two trades in two days resulting in 17 healthy and non healthy forwards in Calgary at the same time (including Backlund) making any sense.
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