Fireside Chat

With the Flames on a bye week this week, we have no new content to chat about. We'll be back on February 4 with a new episode.  This week we're presenting a recap of our New Years episode, a recap of the Stockton Heat with "Stockton's Finest" Jeff Gregory.

Jeff Gregory will be in Calgary on February 6. He'll be at Bottlescrew Bill's before and after the game (starting at 5pm) and would love to meet all our passionate Fireside Chat fans.

With the Flames still locked in a bitter battle for a playoff spot in the Pacific Division, should the team stand pat at the Trade Deadline, or move all of their expiring contracts, and hope for the best in the post-season? The guys answer this question and discuss if keeping Brodie, Hamonic and Cam Talbot for a (likely) protracted playoff run is really worth missing out on the trade value.

The Flames suffer their first loss of 2020 this week to end off an otherwise very good week, which propelled them to the #1 spot in the Pacific Division.  Can the Flames keep this momentum up going into their week-long break? How about after the break?

With Cam Talbot having three very good starts in a row, we discuss how the Flames should split the workload for their goalies for the rest of the season, and our thoughts on the Rasmus Andersson contract.

We want to hear your best Flames memories of the first 40 years of the Calgary Flames! We'll share the best memories on our post-bye week show on January 27.

If the Flames don't make the playoffs, is it finally time to trade Johnny Gaudreau? We discuss what the Flames might get back to make the deal attractive and if the Flames can upgrade the holes in their lineup through other means.  Would Kyle Turris fit as a cheap acquisition for the Flames at the Trade Deadline?

The Flames have played 5 games since we talked last, and the 'win one, lose won' mode that the Flames are in.  How can they get out of this, and can they realistically still expect to make the playoffs, much less win a round?

Happy New Year! This week we have a "bonus episode" of the show, where Dan chats with Jeff Gregory - also known as Stockton's Finest. We do a 2019 end-of-year recap of the Stockton Heat. We talk about the Stockton Heat arena lease extension deal, this year's Stockton Heat being the best looking version of the team we've seen, and what players might get called up this season.

We will be back on January 6, 2020 with a regular episode.

As 2019 comes to a close, we look at the first half of the Calgary Flames season and why things haven't gone to plan thus far.  Dan and Matt made predictions at the beginning of the season, and the guys check-in to see how their predictions look so far. What's the best that the Flames can realistically expect to do this season, keeping the first half in mind? We answer this and look ahead to 2020.

The Flames 7 game win streak came to an end against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, and we discuss Flames position in the Pacific Division and how the win streak impacts our standings. The Flames lineup has been working well lately, but how will it be affected by Austin Czarnik and Sam Bennett set to return soon? Who will have to be taken out of the lineup?

We look back at the James Neal/Milan Lucic trade to see which team is winning the trade so far, and what impact the Taylor Hall deal will have on the Flames and the Pacific Division.

The Flames are on a 5 game win streak after beating the Avalanche, and everything is looking up for the team. Lucic and even Zac Rinaldo are scoring to give the team depth scoring. We discuss what the Flames need to keep doing to stay successful and get closer to the top of the Pacific Division, answer a fan question and try to predict what happens to the lineup as our injuries clear up.

And we thought this would be a slow news week for the Flames!  Despite the poor month for the Calgary Flames, the team still ended the month with a .500 record - and only 7 points out of first place in the Pacific Division. Of course we discuss the Bill Peters incident, and the new Head Coach Geoff Ward.  What does the December schedule hold for the Flames, and is it still possible to turn this season around?

The Calgary Flames long few months on the road is coming to an end, and the team's play seems to be improving too. After a player's only meeting after the blowout loss in St. Louis, a win in Philadelphia and a very good game against Pittsburgh, it looks like the Calgary Flames are starting to turn things around.

We debate if Bill Peters should be fired - and if so who would replace him?  Is David Rittich a legit starting goalie, or just the best we've got? And we answer some questions from listeners.