With the first quarter of the season done, we now have the first round of Calgary Flames Player Report Cards. Make sure you read until the end to find out who was voted as the Flames MVP to start the season as well. Which grades were too high? Who was too low? Let us know!

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#10 C Derek Ryan (20 GP, 3 G, 6 A, 9 Pts, +5, 4 PIM)

Grade: C

#11 C Mikael Backlund (20 GP, 3 G, 5 A, 8 Pts, +/- 0, 14 PIM)

Grade: C+

#13 LW Johnny Gaudreau (20 GP, 5 G, 12 A, 17 Pts, -1, 6 PIM)

Grade: C-

#16 RW Tobias Rieder (14 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, -5, 0 PIM)

Grade: D+

#17 LW Milan Lucic (18 GP, 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, -4, 30 PIM)

Grade: D

#19 LW Matthew Tkachuk (20 GP, 10 G, 9 A, 19 Pts, +2, 20 PIM)

Grade: A+

#23 C Sean Monahan (20 GP, 4 G, 12 A, 16 Pts, -4, 6 PIM)

Grade: C

#27 RW Austin Czarnik (8 GP, 2 G, 1 A, 3 Pts, +1, 0 PIM)

Grade: C-

#28 RW Elias Lindholm (20 GP, 10 G, 7 A, 17 Pts, +4, 10 PIM)

Grade: A

#67 RW Michael Frolik (18 GP, 1 G, 2 A, 3 Pts, -10, 16 PIM)

Grade: D-

#77 C Mark Jankowski (17 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -8, 6 PIM)

Grade: F

#88 LW Andrew Mangiapane (18 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 Pts, +3, 8 PIM)

Grade: B

#89 RW Alan Quine (9 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, -1, 4 PIM)

Grade: C-

#93 LW Sam Bennett (18 GP, 3 G, 2 A, 5 Pts, +3, 18 PIM)

Grade: C

Defence

#4 RD Rasmus Andersson (20 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 Pts, +1, 6 PIM)

Grade: B

#5 LD Mark Giordano (20 GP, 4 G, 9 A, 13 Pts, +1, 12 PIM)

Grade: B+

#7 RD T.J. Brodie (20 GP, 0 G, 8 A, 8 Pts, +1, 14 PIM)

Grade: D

#24 RD Travis Hamonic (20 GP, 1 G, 3 A, 4 Pts, -3, 13 PIM)

Grade: B

#26 RD Michael Stone (6 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts, -1, 2 PIM)

Grade: C-

#55 LD Noah Hanifin (20 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 Pts, -6, 2 PIM)

Grade: A-

#58 LD Oliver Kylington (14 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +/- 0, 4 PIM)

Grade: C

Goaltenders

#33 David Rittich (9-4-3, 2.75 GAA, .914 SV%)

Grade: A+

#39 Cam Talbot (1-3-0, 2.84 GAA, .899 SV%)

Grade: C

Calgary Flames First 20 Games MVP

It was a two-horse race at the top but one Flame has been better than the rest this year according to our readers, and that player is...

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Yes, Matthew Tkachuk wins the first quarter MVP with 46.99% of the votes. In a close second place was David Rittich 40.44% of votes, and Elias Lindholm came a distant third place with the 11.75% of votes. Roughly 0.82% of remaining votes were split between numerous other players for some reason.

Thank you once again for your time for those who submitted their grades, and wow the season is already 25% over. Time moves fast when you’re mediocre. Where do you see this team finishing up? Vote in the poll below! Click here if you can’t see it.