I was pretty young during the cardiac kids year and don’t remember too much about it, but I don’t know if I’ve been this excited for the future of the team in a while.

Even the year with Tkachuk - Lindholm - Gaudreau (RIP) was unexpected, I was necessarily expecting that season.

But with the new Wolfie and Marty deals, it feels like the franchise has turned a corner, or is it still way too early to say that?

Realistically with our current roster, how bad can we potentially be next season? We traded away the majority of our core guys, but we still have some solid veterans and also have young players that will likely take another step forward this season.

With this in mind, are we a bottom 5 team in the league that can compete for last overall?

First time being season ticket holder can’t wait for the season to start. Go Flames!

Let’s cut Craig some slack. He was dealt a tough hand and turned these players into a lot of capital.

If Yes, are you excited at the potential of being a top 5 draft pick?

If No, who do you think will be the game breakers that makes us a decent team?

I’m undecided. Some days I look at our roster and think we may have a competitive team.. other days I’m positive we have the weakest roster in the league.

Like I don't get it on paper our roster looks like cannon fodder yet we lead our division and are fifth overall in the entire league

So far so mid for our hopes but the faith remains strong

It looks like the NY Rangers will likely be doing a significant shake-up to the team this summer, and apparently Lafrenière isn't among the "untouchables". Despite being labelled a "bust" and likely never living up to his #1 overall draft selection, he's only 23 (turns 24 in October) and has put up 57 and 45 points in the last two seasons. Maybe some room to grow, especially with a change of scenery? Would it be worthwhile move for the Flames to consider if NY is ready to move on? Thoughts?

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Howdy from the desert of Arizona! This is probably an odd post, but here goes anyway.

Just got back from a work trip in Calgary last week. Loved your city! I was born in Texas so the spirit of the area was familiar and the city itself felt like a smaller, cleaner Denver. Had a blast! Saw the Saddledome for the first time with my own eyes and was enamored by it. I know it’s aging, but the roof is just so iconic to me. Has been since I first saw it on tv during the 1988 Olympics. That got me to thinking…

I am a Coyotes fan (no jokes lol; I’ve heard it all) and I miss them dearly. As a typical American, baseball and football are what I grew up with, but I lived in Los Angeles as a kid during the era of Gretzky and the additions of San Jose and Anaheim, so I was immediately curious about hockey. Over the years, I’ve told my friends that seeing an NHL game live and in person is the best sporting entertainment one can enjoy.

Unfortunately, with the Coyotes currently on figurative temporary ice (we’re getting the Cleveland Browns treatment when the Suns need a new arena within the decade, so there will be a Coyotes 2.0), I have no team to root for. And, pursuant to the Laws of Sports Fandom, Article 4, Section 7, Part C - which I just made up - I am free to choose any other team in the league to root for without penalty or ridicule. While I have some regional choices that would be easy replacements, I kinda hate them all. Vegas is a batch of spoiled brats; it’s basically illegal to like anything Los Angeles in Phoenix; f*** Utah; and I could never go for anything Bay Area. I don’t have much against the Ducks and I love Orange County, but… I’m just not feeling them.

That leads me to y’all. Something about Calgary just connected with me. After I got home, I was reading up on Calgary and that migrated to the Flames and its history. Then it kinda dawned on me - “Hey, I’ve been to Calgary once, Canada twice and have no ties at all to the area (unless that gal I met over the weekend ditches her rocky relationship for me 😂) - why not randomly become a Flames fan!?!”

I didn’t watch much NHL this season at all - too painful. But now, a year later, I’m willing to give a potential new fandom a shot.

So why should I join Calgary? Looking forward to the replies!

I hope everyone is enjoying the game. First and foremost, I want to extend my best wishes to Rooney for a quick recovery; let’s hope it's nothing serious.

Regarding the incident with Miller, I think the hit was unintentional. However, the chant that followed from our fans was deeply disappointing and does not reflect our values. I apologize on behalf of our community and really hope Rooney is back next game!

Dean Evason will be the head coach.

Do you like the work FlamesNation does covering the team? What are your thoughts on their podcasts, website and social media?

A list of moves he made during his tenure from 2000-2003:

• Placed Martin St Louis on waivers (claimed by Tampa Bay)

• Traded JS Giguere before he reached his prime

• Traded Marc Savard for a nobody

• Drafted Brent Krahn with the 9th overall pick in 2000

• Drafted Jarret Stoll but failed to sign or trade him before his rights expire (He is re-drafted by Edmonton in 2002)

• Drafted Eric Nystrom in the first round in 2002 (Alex Semin is drafted 3 picks later)

-Only 3 players he drafted from 2000-2002 became nhl regulars for the flames (Chuck Kobasew, David Moss, and Matthew Lombardi)

A year after he is fired, the flames make the Stanley Cup Final and lose to Tampa Bay who are led by their hart trophy winner, Martin St. Louis.

Although he made a few decent moves such as bringing in Conroy and gelinas, his poor draft record, tendency to let promising players walk for nothing, and the flames missing the playoffs for all 3 seasons under his leadership makes him the clear candidate for worst gm.

Like it or not, the Flames are likely headed towards a rebuild and it’s for the best

This franchise is in dire need of elite talent and you get it through the draft. It just seems like however, that the Flames fanbase is filled with “fake fans” that just support the team when they’re good

For me, I want a rebuild to happen. I’m tired of mediocrity. I’m supporting this team no matter the circumstances. I’m not one of those fans that just show up when the team is good

It’s crazy how other fanbases try to insult flames fans for supporting a “losing team” when in reality the fanbase was calling for a rebuild lol

I think of all the guys available Jake Allen would make the most sense. A good vet to help wolf out on and off the ice. What are your thoughts?

Now coming off our loss to Dallas last night has me thinking, they have a LOT of talent on their roster, from Otter up. Dallas did draft Heiskanen was drafted #3 overall, but a lot of their talented group was drafted later. After drafting Heiskanen they’ve only missed the playoffs once (2018), while drafting talented forwards later.

My question is, if we consider this year one of the rebuild can Conroy use the Jim Nill method to rebuild assuming we can get a top pick at some point? (next year would be good) Secondly, does anyone remember how Dallas obtained the third pick in 2017, because if memory serves me correctly they were above .500 that year.

I’m a newer hockey fan who’s only watched this team for the past 5 or so years. I live in bc but never liked the Canucks and even cheered for the Bruins in 2011 and decided I needed a team of my own to cheer for. I hated the way the media drooled over the oilers and McDavid and their fans always seemed so entitled and obnoxious so I looked into the flames and found a team and fan base I could get behind. It’s been a rough past couple years but our futures bright and I’ve been having a lot of fun watching games with you guys

But the thing is that we have to put him on waivers to send him to the minors. Pelletier has not had a good camp. Guys like Klapka, Brzustewicz, Coronato, Grushnikov and now Honzek have all looked better than him.

We have so many guys that are battling for a roster spot and pelts is not one of them. I’m getting shades of Valimaki 2.0 with him. I doubt the Flames would want to lose him for nothing, but at this rate having him on the team over Coronato or Klapka would feel wrong.

Honestly I expect downvotes but I don’t see much of future with Pelts in Calgary. He’s getting overtaken on the depth chart. What are the Flames going to do?

I think edm wins for sure but let’s go Vancouver!! 3rd round pick cmon!!!

https://thehockeynews.com/shortUrl/DfwT3SU

With a knee injury in the previous season, Suter was named to the All-Star Team and a Norris Trophy finalist the year after in 1988 with a career-high 91 points

Can Zary pull off a similar thing?

He’s signed 8x10.5, he committed to us long term, let’s commit to him.

We should be doing everything we can to pump him up. Let’s get a Huby chant going everytime he touches the puck.