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As the Calgary Flames keep pushing to make the playoffs down the stretch, I thought it be a good time to take a look back at some great individual performances over the years come postseason play. While Calgary has been decent in their past 11 games, going 7-4, it is going to take a little luck for them to earn the last playoff spot in the Western Conference, namely having the ...

It has truly been a painful season for any fan of the Calgary Flames as they have been more on again-off again than Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer. For whatever the reason, Darryl Sutter has had a hard time finding the right chemistry in Cowtown, ever since their run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2003-04. The result? It looks as though the Flames will be on the outside looking in when it ...

When it comes to finding talent in the late rounds of the NHL Entry Draft, no team has done it better than the Detroit Red Wings over the years. It is why they are consistently a threat year-after-year, and always seem to be rich with high caliber talent. Not too many teams could find 6'5", 220 lbs Jonathan Ericsson in the 9th round, 291st overall then let him season in the ...

It is rare in the NHL playoffs that we get to see the top seeds from the Western and Eastern Conference square off in the finals. In fact, the last time it happened was in the 2000-01 season, when the Colorado Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils in a classic seven game series to hoist the Cup. There always seems to be a sleeper cindarella club that comes out of nowhere ...

His uncle Danny was a 50-goal man in the NHL. His father Ernie still holds the record for most assists during a game in the BCHL with 9. Yet Leath Gare, with all his skill and bloodlines, keeps having to carve out his own path in hockey. Something he has been successful in doing so far despite being told time and time again that he was too small. While playing minor hockey in Vernon, B.C., he watched ...

They are on and off again like Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. More up and down then a song by Great Big Sea. Which is why the Calgary Flames find themselves on the outside looking in, when it comes to the Western Conference playoff race. Something that will take more of what we saw in the Flames last two games, along with a little help from the hockey gods, to alter. And it ...

The New York Islanders John Tavares has completely disappeared over his past 32 games, scoring only 2 goals and 6 assists in that time. That may be a reflection on just how bad the Islanders are more than anything else however, as Tavares still sits third overall in points on the club with 35, and trails the leader Kyle Okposo by just 5. Yes, it has been an up and down season ...

He isn't Sidney Crosby, but he may be the next best thing for Jarome Iginla, which is why Darryl Sutter has inked Matt Stajan to a four-year contract extension worth $3.5 million per year. For a 26-year-old who can pass the puck and boarders around the 20 goal mark perennially, itáseems like a good deal for the Flames. Especially when you consider in the final two years of the contract ...

Unless the Calgary Flames hit a speed bump of epic proportions after the Olympic break, chances are they will sneak into the playoffs at the eighth or seventh spot in the Western Conference. It is what we have come to expect over the past five seasons. That would mean the club would most likely be selecting anywhere from the 19th pick to the 24th come the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los ...

If, God forbid, the Calgary Flames don't qualify for the postseason or are once again eliminated in the first round for the fifth consecutive time, the writing is on the wall. There will be a massive rebuild in Calgary. With three out of the six players that general manager Darryl Sutter acquired in the Dion Phaneuf and Olli Jokinen deals headed for free agency, coming July 1 (Matt Stajan, Chris Higgins, and ...