[AtlanticAvenue]

He almost got his shot too! Vladar took a run and stayed down for a while!

Makes you think if Vegas knew, and were trying to get the EBUG Dustin Nickel to make his debut lol.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Hell of a game last night, and with an emergency call up backing Vladar! The win moves the Flames into a playoff spot now lol.

That's the thing with the Western Conference. Outside of the top three teams in each division, it's kind of wide open with nobody standing out. The Flames have just as much chance as anyone of becoming a wildcard team.

One thing for sure, if the goaltending can remain the way it's been lately, then the Flames have a decent chance.

 

[Mountain Man]

If the goaltending stays solid and Tanev doesn't die blocking shots with his face, then we're good! haha

 

[Beltline_B]

5 on 5 the Flames are one of the best teams. We need to get the power play going and we’d do quite well.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

The flames are still setup to lose half their defense and a top-six centre to free-agency. This changes none of that, unfortunately or fortunately meaning the flames should still be sellers. What this does do is make them look not so desperate as when big Z was saying he wanted out and Hanifin had broken off talks. The goal should be stick to the plan, if things keep going well, great! Maybe you can still trade those guys away and still end up getting in and getting a few playoff dates with a fun group of veterans and kids.

 

[Mountain Man]

Flames traded Zadorov to Vancouver for a 5th round pick in 2024 and a 3rd round pick in 2026. Terrible trade in my mind, I'd be surprised if a 5th round pick ever cracks the lineup, and a 3rd round pick in 3 years from now?! Conroy is failing as GM so far...

 

[AtlanticAvenue]

Zadorov publicly asking for a trade brought his value down dramatically. I do think we could've gotten more though.

 

[Duck Lightning]

Conroy didn't want to retain salary. Vancouver was reportedly the only team willing to make a trade where the Flames wouldn't have to retain salary. This trade opens up 3.75 million in cap space.

 

[Mountain Man]

I've thought about it and I do feel better about it, we got Zadorov for a third originally. I think he's going to do well in Vancouver though, not stoked about bolstering a rival.

How about Connor Zary?!

 

[Beltline_B]

I wasn’t happy with the Zadorov trade at first, but now I’m liking it more.
Let’s face it Conroy didn’t have much of a choice. Vancouvers willingness to take on his cap hit and give picks was as good as we were going to get.

 

[JTron]

Unfortunately, a loss last night but at least they looked like they could skate with the Canucks. If issue this game in the calendar a month ago I would have predicted a blowout by the Canucks.

 

[Beltline_B]

Back when they were 2-7 the season looked like a lost cause. The Stanley cup is a lost cause, but at least they can compete for the rest of the season and maybe even make the playoffs. Re-build is still the goal however.

 

[AtlanticAvenue]

It's a weird sensation when loosing causes physical pain, and winning causes physical pain to the fan base.

Compete and get younger, that's all I can ask if they dont want to tear it down, my fear remains that Conroy decides to go for playoffs just to loose our UFA's in free agency.

 

[Mountain Man]

Markstrom out with a broken finger, Dustin Wolf got called up, hope to see him play tonight!

 

[Duck Lightning]

The Flames picked up a 3-2 comeback win against the Hurricanes after a lackluster first 2 periods. Wolf had an excellent game stopping 28 of 30 shots for a .933 save percentage to pick up his second career win.