Fireside Chat

The Flames played three games this week, and only managed to score one goal?  This is the team's first time being shutout of back-to-back games since January 2014. Are things as bad as they look for the Calgary Flames this season? How long does the team have to turn things around before the playoffs are out of reach?

Matt lays out his case for why it might be time for the Flames to pull the plug on this season, and re-tool the roster instead.

The Flames are second in the Pacific Division, and starting to get their game together. We look at the changes to the Defence pairings that we saw this week, if Michael Frolik's time as a Flames is over after two healthy scratches, and if 5 days off this week will help or hurt the Flames.

This week's episode is longer than usual, as we spend over an hour talking with our new Stockton Heat correspondent to catch up on all the happenings with the AHL affiliate.

As the Calgary Flames return home from the longest road trip of the season, it looks like the team is starting to turn their game around.  We break down what went well (and what didn't) on the road trip, and how the team's game improved, and look ahead to the Flames schedule for November and what we can expect for this month of games.

After a really good week for the Flames last week, we saw the exact opposite this week. Dan and Matt discuss the Flames shaking up their forward lines and what impact that may have on the slumping group, if the Tobias Rieder waiver move and Alan Quine being recalled will have any effect on the team, and what (if any) kind of the trade the Flames could make to shake things up this early in the season.

What a difference a week can make! Aside from the LA Kings game, the Flames had a much better week this past week than they did the one before. The Flames started on time, and played well structured games for the most part. What does this week hold for the Flames? Which goalies will start which games? How will the Flames do in the Heritage Classic? We try to answer all these questions and more.

The Flames struggled on their road trip this week, and their play hasn't looked anywhere near what it needs to be if they want to be the #1 team in the Western Conference again. Is it time to start worrying about the Calgary Flames, or is this just a slow start that they'll bounce back from?  Should the coaching staff start to shuffle the forward lines to get something going?

Dan and Matt debate these questions and more, as well as look ahead to the four games for the Flames this week, and if we think the team can rebound.

The Flames lost their 10th season opener in a row - losing to the Avalanche in Denver to open the season, and then came home and beat the Vancouver Canucks in the home opener. We break down these games, talk about what we've seen (or not seen) from the team so far, answer a fan question about David Rittich's workload, and make predictions for this week's important road trip.

We recap the last three games of the pre-season, discuss the three contracts signed this week, and we look ahead to the regular season including what our lineup might look like, how the Flames October schedule looks, and make our predictions for this season.

The 2019-2020 season starts now. Go Flames Go!

The Flames training camp is almost over, and Matthew Tkachuk still isn't signed. We look at some recent RFA signings and discuss how those contracts might impact Tkachuk's contract, if the Dustin Byfuglien in Winnipeg means the Flames may have a trade partner for TJ Brodie, and recapping the last week of news and happenings from the team's training camp - including 15 players being reassigned to the AHL or junior leagues and 5 players being placed on waivers.

As the Flames open their 2019 training camp, we're back to recap the busy summer for the Flames - and look ahead to training camp. We'll discuss the Lucic trade, RFA signings, the odd summer for Michael Stone getting bought out, and then resigned, Andrew Mangiapane's decision to hold out on a contract, and if we'll get Matthew Tkachuk signed before the season starts. Plus we look ahead to the Flames training camp.