Tag: Calgary Flames

Injuries: Datsyuk, Stepan, Horton, Preds, Pysyk, Stars, etc.

Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk has a 2nd-degree separation of his right shoulder. GM Ken Holland said he's expected to miss about four weeks. "The good news is our home opener is (Oct. 9 vs. Boston), so…

Mark Easson

Top NHL Prospects – Western Conference Teams

Today we are looking at the top 10 prospects for each Western Conference team heading into the 2014-15 season. We included rankings from NHL.com, Corey Pronman of ESPN, Dobber Prospects, The Hockey News and Hockey's Future. Each site uses different…

Mark Easson

Morning Hits: Hurricanes, Isles, Drouin, Fighting, Flames and Sharks

Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos Jr. said he would entertain offers for the majority stake in the team. “I’m 71 years old, and at 71 you start planning stuff like that,” Karmanos said.…

Mark Easson

Morning Hits: Wild, Jackets, Sharks, Leafs, Past RFAs to Miss Camp

Chad Graff: WIld's Josh Harding fractured his right foot. Bob McKenzie: Harding's off-ice injury will likely keep him out for months and not weeks. Michael Russo: Ilya Bryzgalov will attend the Wild's camp on a PTO. Shawn Mitchell: Blue Jackets…

Mark Easson

Calgary Flames 2014-15 Season Primer

The Calgary Flames will once again be in tough this season, and should finish close to the bottom of the Western Conference. Use the below Tabs to view Flames info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Friedman’s Thoughts, Handzus, Nylander, BizNasty and Timonen

Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet: CBA talks between the NHL and the Refs/linesmen are moving well.Will a team offer Mike Babcock a role similar to Patrick Roy's position with personnel control? Roy is also the VP of Hockey Operations. With five…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Boychuk, Staal, Glencross, Ryan and Methot

DJ Bean of WEEI: Bruins Johnny Boychuk knows he's a potential trade candidate due to the Bruins cap situation and unsigned Torey Krug and Reilly Smith, but he's trying to just focus on being on the Bruins blueline to start…

Mark Easson

Rumors and Notes: Malone, Marleau, Gill, Flames and Ward

Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Ryan Malone's agent confirms that Malone will take part in the Rangers informal skates today. There is no contract agreement yet. Source saying that Malone is in Stage Two of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse/Behavioral Health…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Johansen, Wideman, Stars, Semin and Bennett

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Two sources saying that there have been next to no talks for awhile between the Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen. They remain $3 million per season apart on a two-year deal. Johansen could be willing to…

Mark Easson

Morning Hits: Brookbank, Expansion, E. Staal and Official CBA Talk

Chris Kuc: Defenseman Sheldon Brookbank was hoping to re-sign with the Blackhawks, but will be at the Flames training camp on a tryout. He didn't rule out returning to the Blackhawks though: "You never know what could happen from now until…

Mark Easson

News: Devils, Flyers, Flames and the Senators

Tom Gulitti of the Record: Scott Gomez will be attending the Devils training camp on a tryout. Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post: Kimmo Timonen had his no-travel restrictions lifted a few ago and is traveling back to the U.S. to…

Mark Easson

The Top 10 Worst NHL Contracts

Every year teams sign players to contracts that are awful. It’s the nature of the business, sometimes you have to take a gamble to try to improve your team, and sometimes, those gambles backfire drastically. For my list, the likes…

Greg Stamper