Calgary Puck

Darryl Sutter has lost his mind. He has signed a pugilist to make his roster two men and almost 2.5 million over the cap. He clearly lost count of bodies!

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The dog days of summer have arrived.

Though the city of Calgary has yet to see any sustained summer temperatures, the calendar suggests it’s high time to grab the flip flops and towel and leave hockey behind for a few weeks. The draft is a thing of the past, the free agent cupboard is picked almost bare, and training camps still sit almost eight weeks away.
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This doesn’t feel right.

An enemy is in our midst and you are feeling that itchy scratchy feeling all over.

I get that. We all get that. But Darryl Sutter could care less. And good for him.

This writer will never forgive the Vancouver Canucks, Marc Crawford, Brad May or Todd Bertuzzi for the most heinous over reaction in modern NHL history. Their captain, Marcus Naslund was lit up after dishing the puck in Denver. The hit was over the top, it was fierce, and it was was vicious but it was within current NHL rules. Steve Moore fought Matt Cooke early in the game in Vancouver and that should have been enough. - Full Article -

In all the Flames turned a six pick draft devoid of a 2nd round pick into a seven pick draft with a 2nd round pick.

A quick summary of rounds 3 through 7.
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The Flames went to the hockey factory of Seal Beach, California for their second choice in the 2008 draft, a pick they reaquired from Los Angeles in the Mike Cammelleri trade (they returned the 2nd round picked up from Montreal in the Tanguay trade to L.A. in the 2009 draft).

That’s right … California.

When Wayne Gretzky was traded to Hollywood in August of 1988 many felt that their would be a boom of hockey interest in the Southern California area. Celebrities started showing up at hockey games, and then 20 years later you see what we see today; California born and raised hockey players entering the NHL draft.

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