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Welcome to Matchsticks and Gasoline, the new SBN arm featuring Calgary Flames tirades, talk and trade rumors (only e4 or higher!). And yes, I came up with the dreadfully clever site name.

I've been around for years in my own untidy corner of ye olde interweb, scapegoating certain players, elevating others, forever pretending I could do a better job than the current Flames management (which is the inalienable right of every fan, yes?). Most of my previous rants can be found here, although I've been contributing stuff here and there recently as well, so there's ample evidence of my eccentricities scattered to the virtual wind.

I've been blogging for years but this new-fangled gadgetry here at SBN is all still new to me, so hang in there as I find my feet around these parts. In the meantime, I'll try to at least get the content right (if not the lay-out) and I'll be bringing in some support from some of the other great Flames bloggers out there from time to time as well.

Onwards!

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Sweet!

We’re like employees meeting at the New Hire Orientation. On the Forecheck just went live today too!

More fun than a stick to the face!

by Dirk Hoag on Feb 25, 2009 3:40 PM PST reply actions  

new site

new site looks good.

so update my rss feed to this site if i’m interested in your flames posts?

by mubbelbear on Feb 25, 2009 3:52 PM PST reply actions  

Welcome to SBN!

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Because the Broad Street Subway is orange for a reason.

by Travis Hughes on Feb 25, 2009 4:05 PM PST reply actions  

Well well well…look who decided to join the chaos. Welcome find sir. I look forward to relentless anger thrown back and forth between our team for the next several weeks months years forever.

'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.

by Yankee Canuck on Feb 25, 2009 4:10 PM PST reply actions  

And I don’t believe spelling counts…but I meant fine sir.

'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.

by Yankee Canuck on Feb 25, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Welcome.

Yeah. That’s all I got…

Support Your Local Coyotes Blog! -
Five For Howling

by Travis Hair on Feb 25, 2009 4:10 PM PST reply actions  

On the move!

You try to get away, Kent, but we keep finding you (yes, your link on FHF helped!). Now I have two blogs to follow on SB Nation.

by maimster on Feb 25, 2009 4:12 PM PST reply actions  

Good to have you on board Kent.

Fear The Fin: Where The Second Round Is Overrated

by Mr. Plank on Feb 25, 2009 4:17 PM PST reply actions  

Thanks folks.

Im just hoping I don’t screw things up to badly start off. The shiny new apps here at SBN are confusing my blogger-acclimated brain.

by Kent Wilson on Feb 25, 2009 4:27 PM PST reply actions  

Welcome!

Just don’t take it over 60 mph — er, 100 km/h, for the first few thousand miles, and you’ll be fine.

Seriously, very glad you’re on board.

Lighthouse Hockey: SBN's New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Feb 25, 2009 4:40 PM PST reply actions  

Good looking stuff, Kent. Welcome aboard!

Of course you have no outstanding opinions of Mike Keenan, right? Not that those of us in Florida, or Boston, or New York, St. Louis, etc, would care…

Congrats, dood!

by Donny Rivette on Feb 25, 2009 4:41 PM PST reply actions  

Great to have you up and running Kent. Feel free to take the site for a test drive by trying some of the tools out.

by James Mirtle on Feb 25, 2009 4:48 PM PST reply actions  

That is a cool image for your header.

Well, as a Canucks blogger here at SBN, I think we’ll be butting heads quite a bit down the stretch (even though the Canucks and Lames don’t play eachother again until April 7)
Welcome! The Northwest Division representation here is almost complete!
Once you get the hang of the gadgets here you’ll love them. It took me over a week to get used to them and I still don’t have it all perfected yet. You’ll find the support team here very helpful, however.

by Sean Zandberg on Feb 25, 2009 4:57 PM PST reply actions  

Welcome to SBN

Great to have you here. Now stop beating my squad.

-Nathan
Hockey Wilderness

by nathaneide on Feb 25, 2009 4:59 PM PST reply actions  

Wow, people follow hockey in Canada? Learn something new every day, I guess.

Welcome, MG.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Feb 25, 2009 5:11 PM PST reply actions  

Certain parts of the country have a strong hockey following. The majority are CFL fans though.

Follow the Penguins on SBN @ Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Feb 25, 2009 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

you forgot WWE wrestling and curling.

by Sean Zandberg on Feb 25, 2009 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Glad to see you on board here.

Follow the Penguins on SBN @ Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Feb 25, 2009 5:11 PM PST reply actions  

Kent, wouldn’t a Brokeback Mountain logo-theme have been more appropriate for your team? It was filmed in Calgary, right? :)
Alright, I’ve give you some more time to let you settle in before I hack the Lames any further.

by Sean Zandberg on Feb 25, 2009 5:19 PM PST reply actions  

Aren’t the Flames 10 points up on the Canucks right now?

by Kent Wilson on Feb 25, 2009 5:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.

'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.

by Yankee Canuck on Feb 25, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Yay, a Flames blog!

Great to see more hockey blogs up and running on SBN!

Love the name, but with that I have a feeling you’re going to invite references to that episode of Beavis and Butt-Head where Beavis burns down a comedy club.

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!

by R_Adragna on Feb 25, 2009 6:11 PM PST reply actions  

Welcome Kent

Glad to have you at SB Nation…wish you had been here back when the Sabres played in Calgary. Maybe next year because at least one us has no shot at the Cup this year.

D.O.
www.diebytheblade.com - An SB nation destination for Sabres fans everywhere

by David Oleksy on Feb 25, 2009 6:23 PM PST reply actions  

Welcome

I believe it’s Odin’s turn to haze the rookie.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 6:37 PM PST reply actions  

I’ll pick Sean Avery up on Re-Entry waivers to take care of that for me.

Support Your Local Coyotes Blog! -
Five For Howling

by Travis Hair on Feb 25, 2009 7:19 PM PST up reply actions  

welcome aboard man..

very glad to have you on the site. It’s a shame our teams don’t play each other again..

by Matthew Dirt on Feb 25, 2009 6:39 PM PST reply actions  

Not for me. The Hawks beat us every single time.

by Kent Wilson on Feb 25, 2009 6:47 PM PST up reply actions  

exactly – and don’t you forget it!

by Matthew Dirt on Feb 25, 2009 6:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Bad ass. Love it.

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Feb 25, 2009 7:13 PM PST reply actions  

Hola

Welcome aboard Kent. I think you’ll really grow to like the publishing software.

by jamestobrien on Feb 25, 2009 7:30 PM PST reply actions  

Nice digs, Kent. Don’t take too much crap from Leaf or Canuck fans. You have evidence via color photography of the Flames winning a Stanley Cup.

by Robert Cleave on Feb 25, 2009 8:09 PM PST reply actions  

idiot

Spelling colour isn’t that hard, is it?

by Robert Cleave on Feb 25, 2009 8:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Not for Leaf fans but we’ll give you a pass considering your allegiances :)

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Mar 1, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah yeah….heard it before. Bottom line though, it’s great to have the Flames-Canucks rivalry at SBN. There are great times ahead!

by Sean Zandberg on Feb 26, 2009 1:45 AM PST up reply actions  

Congratulations Kent

No doubt this’ll be one of SBN’s biggest hockey blogs in short order. You do good work.

by MattF on Feb 26, 2009 10:34 AM PST reply actions  

Thanks Matt. Considering the bloggers they have on board here, I’d settle for “not the worst” I think.

by Kent Wilson on Feb 26, 2009 10:39 AM PST reply actions  

I thought this blog should have been called “up in flames”.
but “matchsticks and gasoline” is cool too.
welcome to SBN Calgary fans!

by thewild_viking_twins on Feb 26, 2009 12:55 PM PST reply actions  

Seconding my fellow Fin, Mr. Plank

Welcome aboard, sir.

Fear The Fin: Keeping you from your obligations since 2008

by Mr. K. on Feb 26, 2009 4:12 PM PST reply actions  

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