Fireside Chat

This week the guys discuss some big questions including if Elias Lindholm is the Flames best trade chip, and if they’ll be able to fix their issues via free agency, or trade roster players for what is needed – and is it time to really rebuild this team for next year or not? As well we look at each of the Flames unsigned prospects and where we expect each one to be next season.

Next week FlamesNation.ca’s Mike Gould will join us to discuss the Stockton Heat. Feel free to submit your questions for Mike as a comment on the website, via Twitter, Facebook or email.

Of the three “must-win” games this week against the Habs, the Flames only managed to win two wins. There is still mathematically a change the team can make the post-season, but realistically they’re out. So we start to discuss what roster changes might happen in the off-season and what the team’s weaknesses are what can be filled internally, versus bringing in free agents. The guys also discuss Hanifin’s season-ending injury and what defencemen need to step up to fill that spot, and how Michael Stone has been a surprise this season.

The Flames took to the ice with new look lines against Edmonton which started an unexpected three-game win streak where the team looked a lot better and brought them closer to the final playoff spot. Is there still a realistic hope the Flames can make the post-season? The guys try to answer that question and preview what lies ahead for the remaining 12 games of the season.

The NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone, and the Calgary Flames moved two of their three most valuable assets - Sam Bennett and David Rittich. The guys discuss the Flames' return on these deals and how successful they think the deadline was, as well as some of the young guys we may see filling NHL roster spots for the remainder of the season and what comes next for the Flames after their big 5-0 win, the line shakeups and today's trades.

As the Flames season continues to slowly slip away from them, we look at what went wrong this year and what the best moves are going forward, which brings more questions than answers. Should Milan Lucic be our next captain? Is Sean Monahan a viable #1 or #2 Centre moving forward? Where will the scoring come from next year if Gaudreau is traded? And is it time to re-tool or re-build?

And of course, we preview the Trade Deadline and the Flames in a very different position than usual being sellers come April 12. What players have value? What can we get? How can we start the re-tooling at this deadline? The guys answer all these questions.

Sitting 2 points out of the final playoff spot in the Scotia North division but having played 5 more games than Montreal, the Flames are running out of time to make the playoffs. The guys discuss what has to go right for the Flames to make the playoffs, and how the team has looked adapting to the Darryl Sutter system in the last week.

The good news? Almost half of Calgary’s remaining schedule is against the two teams they’ve had the most success against: Montreal (3-1-0) and Vancouver (4-2-0). The bad news? The Flames have just nine wins combined against the other four teams in the North who they play for the 11 other games on the schedule.

 

The Flames started the “second era of Darryl Sutter” on a high but this week seem to have slipped back into hold habits, and with that brought the same old results. We once again try to figure out what’s going on with the Flames and why this team just can’t put things together. Johnny Gaudreau trade talk is a big part of this week’s discussion as we also ponder why Matthew Tkachuk hasn’t excelled under Sutter and just how many games the Flames will need to win to make the postseason. If they do make the playoffs, how far can they really be expected to go?

The Flames have played two games with Darryl Sutter and have a 2-0 record thus far. We look at what changes we’ve seen in the Flames play already, and what we can expect to see going into the second half of the season. We also look at our 2021 season predictions now that we’re at the halfway point, and see how things are looking and debate the question on everyone’s mind – can the Calgary Flames still make the playoffs?

The Calgary Flames have re-hired Darryl Sutter as the team’s Head Coach. What does this mean for the Flames and will Darryl finally be the one to break the Flames out of their rut and get the team performing to their potential?

After a embarassing 6-1 loss against the Senators the Flames shuffle their lines up and go with the top 3 forward lines that they had last year, which leads to a 6-3 win over the Senators. This week we discuss if the Elias Lindholm is better for the Flames as a Right Winger, or a Centre this season and which version of the lineup we think will hide some of the team’s weaknesses and give them the best chance of success for the next week of games.