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  • Ain’t It A Shame?: Cal And Gary Q&A With FlamesNation.com

    Ain’t It A Shame?: Cal And Gary Q&A With FlamesNation.com

    We’ve got the whole crew from FlamesNation.ca, or at least a good chunk of it. Old friend Kent Wilson (@Kent_Wilson), Ari Y (@thirtyfourseven), and Ryan Pike (@RyanNPike).

    It’s not that there were huge expectations for the Flames this year, but a lot of people thought they could sneak a playoff spot in the Pacific. It’s been a bit of a wonky first month, what’s been the problem?

    Wilson: The stars have been ice cold, the special teams horrendous and they have are taking the 2nd most penalties in the league so far. It’s amazing they’ve won a game. 

    Ari: Inexplicable defence pairings, a horrifically anemic powerplay (thanks Dave Cameron. They can’t even enter the zone), still somehow trying to adjust to a new coach apparently, and a really rough start to the season in part thanks to guys like Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan missing the entire preseason (and Monahan may still be dealing with lingering back issues). The Flames only started to look respectable in their first game against Chicago, but the turnaround remains uncertain at this point in time.

    Pike: Their four best players (Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, Mark Giordano & T.J. Brodie) haven’t been even close to their usual levels and, at times, have actually gotten in the way of the Flames capturing points.

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  • This Isn’t My Beautiful House: Flames at Hawks Preview/TSA Training

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    GAMETIME: 7:30pm

    TV: CSN. NHL Network outside the 606

    RODEO CLOWNS: Flames Nation

    RECORDS: Cal And Gary – 1-4-1   Hawks – 3-3-0

    Projected Lineups

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    SCORE ADJUSTED CF%: Cal And Gary – 50.2% (15th)  Hawks – 50.5% (13th)

    POWER PLAY: Cal And Gary – 4.0% (Dead ass last)  Hawks – 20.8% (10th)

    PENALTY KILL: Cal And Gary – 74.2% (23rd)  Hawks – 42.9% (Dead Ass Last)

    TRENDS: Gaudreau and Monahan were a combined -8 against St. Louis last game, the Flames power play is 1-for-25

    Much like the Hawks, the Flames start to the season hasn’t exactly kicked into gear like they’d hoped (and getting skulled twice by the Oilers probably hasn’t helped matters much). Cal and Gary stroll in with only one win and three point of the 12 that were on offer. And some of the same problems have bothered the Flames that have bothered the Hawks.

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  • I Hate Myself and Want to Die – Around the NHL – Pacific Division

    I Hate Myself and Want to Die – Around the NHL – Pacific Division

    And so now we move west, young men and women to the hellhole that is known as the Pacific Division. Once the place where Vancouver collected 100 points by merely having a pulse, the division has seen a bit of a makeover since realignment. The Kings, Ducks and Sharks have all taken turns setting the coast on fire while Canada weeps. Where does this year leave us? Follow the jump, suckas.

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  • The Difference Between Me And You Is That I’m Not On Fire – Hawks at Flames Preview, Provincial Referendum

    evil empire at The Flame

    Game Time: 9:00PM Central
    TV/Radio:  WGN, Sportsnet, WGN-AM 720
    Learn How To Wear A Tie, You Fat Sloppy Irishman: Flames Nation, M & G

    After four days off for everyone around the organization to prattle on about urgency and jump and turning on the switch and whatever other nonsense they can spew, the Hawks now take to the road in the northwest not to salt away a division, but to keep themselves out of a wild card position thanks to their own ineptitude.

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  • Hell Came To Breakfast, Stayed For Lunch – Flames vs Hawks Preview, Car Winterization

    eternal flame vs evil empire

    Game Time: 7:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, SportsNet 1, WGN-AM 720
    Rodeo Clown Convention: Matchsticks & Gasoline, Flames Nation

    The Jack Adams Award for the best coach during a given season has in recent vintage gone to numbnuts coaches who have helmed teams who drastically outscore their woeful posession numbers. Last year’s winner, Bob Hartley, proved no different as the Flames made a surprise entrance into the post-season and actually won a round against the hilariously mediocre Vancover Canucks. But as so often proves to be the case, a new season provides a violent market correction, and this year’s iteration of the Flames is not an exception.

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  • Jet Set Ready – Hawks at Flames Preview, Pregame Thread, Firmware Upgrade

    oldschool at pyro

    Game Time: 8:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Downtown Cowtown: Flames Nation, Matchsticks and Gasoline

    And so it begins, the annual rite of passage known as the Circus Trip. This year, the Hawks kick off the six game roadie in Calgary, to face a numbers-defying Calgary Flames team who already took a bonus point away from the Hawks last month on United Center ice.

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  • A Lion Doesn't Concern Himself With The Opinions Of Sheep – Flames vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Tae Bo Session

    flames scorch vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00 PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, SportsNet, WGN-AM 720
    Burkie’s Fightin’ Barn: Flames Nation

    For the first time in like 58 meetings or some unholy number, the Flames actually marched into the United Center last November and emerged with two points thanks to Kris Russel’s seeing-eye overtime point shot that eluded Corey Crawford, one too many points left on the table by last year’s Hawks team. Both teams are in similar positions nearly a year later, with the Hawks maintaining championship aspirations, and the Flames still figuring out how to be competitive in the post Iginla era.

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  • A Lion Doesn’t Concern Himself With The Opinions Of Sheep – Flames vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Tae Bo Session

    flames scorch vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00 PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, SportsNet, WGN-AM 720
    Burkie’s Fightin’ Barn: Flames Nation

    For the first time in like 58 meetings or some unholy number, the Flames actually marched into the United Center last November and emerged with two points thanks to Kris Russel’s seeing-eye overtime point shot that eluded Corey Crawford, one too many points left on the table by last year’s Hawks team. Both teams are in similar positions nearly a year later, with the Hawks maintaining championship aspirations, and the Flames still figuring out how to be competitive in the post Iginla era.

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  • Yukon Ho! – Hawks at Flames Preview, Pregame Thread, Storyboarding Session

    AltLogo at flames atlanta

    Game Time: 8:30PM CDT
    TV/Radio: CSN, TSN, WGN-AM 720
    Lanny McDonald’s Mustache: Flames Nation, Matchsticks and Gasoline

    For those taking solace in the fact that at least the Hawks were being jettisoned somewhere even colder as a reward for their performance in the third period on Sunday against the Jets, there’s bound to be a more than a little disappointment in the fact that it’s a full 40 degrees warmer in Calgary than in Chicago at press time. The line to put one’s head in a microwave forms to the left.

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  • Fire Water Burn – Flames vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Chili Cook Off

    The Flame vs AltLogo_medium

    Game Time: 6:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Obey The Cow God: Flames Nation

    For what seems like the fiftieth time already in this young season, the Hawks will turn right back around after a routine affair in The Peg yesterday afternoon to take on the Flames on West Madison. Calgary hasn’t won in their last 10 trips to the UC,, and tonight certainly shouldn’t be an opportunity for them to break that streak.

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