Half right on the CFL, right on the NBA, right on MLB (bet on the Yankees, tough guess). So far he’s doing alright with the guesses. Although it is a shame that he decided to use Conroy as an example (I don’t think it was supposed to be crapping all over the guy, just came across badly – Connie has the misfortune of being about the same age and thus ‘comparable’) I can see being a little bitter toward Flames management. He did do very well in the preseason, and to be honest I’m willing to bet he would have made a better top-six player than Dawes, Nystrom, Conroy, whoever else they’ve thrown in there at various times, and possibly even Jokinen (much as he screws up, he still makes a difference on occasion). Aside from what Sutter was saying about his legs not being able to keep up with the youngsters, he’s probably forgotten more about playing good hockey than a few of the guys on the roster will ever know, and he still had good hands. Not like the Flames need anymore goals or anything though, right? Our scoring is good, yes?

Darryl Sutter has made a lot of poor decisions in the past year, and I think deciding not to sign Fleury for at least another year and try him out was one of those poor decisions. And on a final note, the Flames look so fucking slow 90% of the time that I really doubt the whole “young legs” argument would hold any water if we saw him actually playing. He might’ve slowed down considerably since his prime, but I don’t know that we’d notice it on this team.

Well… just because the guy doesn’t live a wasted lifestyle anymore doesn’t mean he’s a completely different person. He and I are of like mind on all the non-hockey stuff. In regards to the hockey stuff I think he’s letting his ego get in the way… if the Flames were going to trade a guy to get some help for Iggy it wouldn’t be Regehr, Craig Conroy is a better bottom six guy then Theo Fluery would have been (guy still had the hands but the legs just couldn’t go), and I think that if the flames can take the NW division (While staying healthy) they’ll get out of the first round.

Comments don’t really bother me though… worse stuff then that get’s said on blogs and fan forums everyday.

I thought Fleury made the team-I watched the stats-I couldn’t believe it when he was shuffled to the sideline-here is a guy who could have been a good coach eventually too. I like his straight talk. Conroy is a good player and a role player-great penalty killer-but I’ll never forget his speech to the fans at Olympic Plaza after Calgary lost to Tampa in the Final-(thanks in part to a last minute penalty call by Kerry Fraser). Conroy said he was going to see the cup come to Calgary-he won’t give up-in for the long hall etc.-paraphrased-but you get the jist. Then he promptly bolted to LA for a bit more money. In for the long haul my eye. Fleury is a guy that gives 110% and is in for the long-haul. It was a bad move letting him slip through again-the fans would be ignited by a guy with his energy out there-they’d come to see him agitate the opposing teams top players-he’s got the tenacity to get under another teams skin-get them in the penalty box and then score a power-play goal himself as the opposing player wonders what happened. He used to jump up to hit the largest players with a screw u attitude-what we need is personality to make the game entertaining for the fans. I think he would have contributed offensively and put a fire under the whole team. Iggy needs a guy like Fleury to help with morale-he needs enthusiasm. Another player I remember that also was let go by Calgary was St. Louis-he was fast like Fleury and a bit shorter than most players but like Fleury solid, solid solid! Ever watch Fleury take a faceoff? He’d get down so low-legs splayed apart and power the puck backwards everytime-we need him! I don’t know if he’s still consider coming back but let him back into the fold-he’s a spirited asset that could be useful beyond the rink. Think about it-PR!