2009-nhl-free-agency Stories - SB Nation
The ever growing myth of "Big Body Presence"
I don't know when this cliche was birthed (probably Pierre McGuire dreamed it up in the bath one day and began hammering it home on air every chance he got), but it's time it was euthanized. Having a ...
Kris Chucko's dwindling opportunity
With Flames prospect camp opening this weekend, there's plenty of narratives to focus on. One minor, potentially overlooked issue, is the ever shrinking window of opportunity for former first rounder ...
Musings of interest: Dustin Boyd
It's been a tough apprenticeship over the last couple of years for Dustin Boyd. More often than not the kid has been stuck with the pluggers or on ill-fated "kid line" experiments (anyone remem...
Pick your powerplay
The man advantage was one of the Flames weaknesses last year. Calgary's 17% success rate was good for 21st in the league. A median rate of 19% would have gotten the club 7 more goals for, probably one...
QC Flames Quality of Competition
Gabe Desjardins recently created a Quality of Competition stat for last year's AHL season, similar to the one he employs for the NHL over at behindthenet. It's not quite the same, because the quality ...
Rival Canucks add 3 defensemen
Not sure what Gillis is up to, but he added 3 NHL defenders to an already complete blueline. Must have been possessed by some kind of Sutter-like mentality. Mathieu Schneider, Christian Ehrhoff and Br...
Backlund and Nemisz ES and PP scoring
As promised in the comments of the previous post, I went back and looked at the scoring totals of Mikael Backlund and Greg Nemisz at even strength and power play last year. First, Backlund, who played...
Your Flames prospect sleeper - Mitch Wahl
I've been pretty big on Mitch Wahl for awhile now and every time I look at something else about him, I get a little more excited. Be it this Hockeys Future article that states "because of his special ...
Top 10 Favorite Flames Memories of 08-09
With the new season a short 3 weeks away and nothing much else to think about, my thoughts have gone back to some of the best parts of the previous season. Sure, the team fell apart down the stretch a...
Making a case for Blocking Shots
I made a case a long time ago for the Flames blocking more shots (the link to which I sadly can't find at the current time). The team under Keenan had an explicit stated strategy of clearing traffic a...
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