All this talk about Sam's stunted development is getting crazy! That effing GG never put the kid in a position to succeed at the beginning of the year, talked about sending him to the A. Come playoffs Bennett was one of our top forwards. The guys a gamer! How long is it going to take these genuises to move him to right wing on the top line?
Don't get me wrong, Ferlands done a good job there, but Sam could truly break out playing 1st line minutes.
Sometimes it seams so simple, hard to believe Gg and company haven't tried this!
- K-man25

You got that right, give the guy a chance to succeed. Bennett needs that chance to thrive with good players.

You got that right, give the guy a chance to succeed. Bennett needs that chance to thrive with good players.
- FlamesFan1230

Trade him to us....

Todd Cordell: On the Calgary Flames and their window to win
- ToddCordellCGY

The window slammed shut right on Fry's one eyed gila monster... it explains why he's so salty.

You guys will be fine just so long as you get league average goaltending. If Smith has a poop year then not so much. I have (frank) all for faith in Lack.

Is this team really any better then the team that was here after we signed J-BO?

I don't think we are really a threat to come out of the west,

Is this team really any better then the team that was here after we signed J-BO?

I don't think we are really a threat to come out of the west,
- DinoRondelly

Anything can happen once the playoffs begin. Just got to make the show.

Is this team really any better then the team that was here after we signed J-BO?

I don't think we are really a threat to come out of the west,
- DinoRondelly

Just gotta hope Mike Smith doesn't fall apart. Dude is 35 years old already.

Just gotta hope Mike Smith doesn't fall apart. Dude is 35 years old already.
- BINGO!

I have 0 faith in him and don't see him as much of an upgrade of Elliott,

Lack seems like a head case too,

I have 0 faith in him and don't see him as much of an upgrade of Elliott,

Lack seems like a head case too,
- DinoRondelly

Eddie's a tremendous character guy. He had Kipper's old goalie coach last couple years, though, who was trying to make him play a style different to what he was doing in Vancouver. I think Marcoux broke him.

How can a window be closed before it was even opened. Every team's window is not entirely open...including Toronto and Edmonton (thankfully). Once the lineup is fully set, and the games count, we will see how wide open the Flame window is. Until then, EVERY team is a contender and a Stanley Cup hopeful...even the Canucks....
- jbclark

Thx but once they drop the puck my Canucks will be planning for the TDL 😂😂
GL this season & i'm not sold on Smith btw.

The thing with Lack is that you guys are paying a chunk of his salary. If he sucks, 1.0 mill is easy to waive & bury in Stockton, flip side is hopefully one of Riitch or Gilles is ready for NHL starts & we bring them up. Lack will be fighting for his job at camp.
- Kevin R

The door is wide open for Gillies/Rittich or even Parsons to steal an NHL job. Any $1million player can easily by sent packing at any time.

Todd, Lambert used to write pieces on Flames Nation & to put it quite mildly, he is a useless piece of crap whose perception of how to build hockey teams is to lose continually & poorly until you get lucky with drafting a generational player. Needless to say he was an Oiler advocate to rebuild, felt tanking was required & when you were tanking, do not play your good players at critical times of the game because it could mess up your lottery & tanking odds. He wrote that the Flames making the playoffs in 2015 was the worst thing the franchise could have done. He is a clown & should be ignored by the hockey blog community. How could the Flames window be closing when it really hasn't opened yet? That doesn't even make sense. I know you politely refuted some of his conclusions but I have the luxury of calling him a complete dumba$$.
He makes Cloutier look intelligent.
- Kevin R

This.

Lambert can't manage to hide his bias when he writes. Sadly, the only time Puck Daddy writes anything on the Flames: it's Ryan "loves the Oilers" Lambert trying to make a case against them. The guy is a hack.

Is this team really any better then the team that was here after we signed J-BO?

I don't think we are really a threat to come out of the west,
- DinoRondelly

Yes. We are better that team by a country mile.

That team didn't even have a #1 centre for christ sakes . It was propped up by vezina calibre goaltending, solid shut down defence and Jarome Iginla in his prime.

This is the best the Flames have been since the 80's.

Is this team really any better then the team that was here after we signed J-BO?

I don't think we are really a threat to come out of the west,
- DinoRondelly

LOL, that was the year Darryl went bat poop crazy. Phanuef for Stajan, Kotalik, etc.. He actually lucked out and got Anton Stralman only to trade him away a week later for nothing. What a crazy year that was !

Yes. We are better that team by a country mile.

That team didn't even have a #1 centre for christ sakes . It was propped up by vezina calibre goaltending, solid shut down defence and Jarome Iginla in his prime.

This is the best the Flames have been since the 80's.
- Saskabush

Exactly, haven't been this excited about the Flames since the 80's! The 04 robbery i must admit was pretty exciting!

LOL, that was the year Darryl went bat poop crazy. Phanuef for Stajan, Kotalik, etc.. He actually lucked out and got Anton Stralman only to trade him away a week later for nothing. What a crazy year that was !
- tincup

Sutter had no problem trading picks or prospects for junk! He really put this team back with some of his later moves.

LOL, that was the year Darryl went bat poop crazy. Phanuef for Stajan, Kotalik, etc.. He actually lucked out and got Anton Stralman only to trade him away a week later for nothing. What a crazy year that was !
- tincup

To be fair; Stralman was a Swiss cheese defenseman at the time.

Anders Eriksson on Phaneuf's pairing was Swiss cheese too.

Bennett will be fine... just gotta keep his chin up.

I for one enjoy watching all you flames fans pretend your window is open. That poop closed the day you picked up mike smith as your goalie, how many more are you gonna put your hope and faith in. The bottom line is that even when the goalies falter for you guys it all comes from within the team, the forwards the defense, they all simultaneously suck and that's why your window is closed. Leafs will be the far better team for the next decade. Also Treleving is terrible.

Also big LOLS to the guys spouting off about all the a+ this and a+ that. Your defense is good thats it. Johnny hockey is Mitch Marner Lite. Monahan is not really that good. Tkachuk and Bennett will never touch the totals put but by Toronto's rookies. I could go on. A + me arse.

Also big LOLS to the guys spouting off about all the a+ this and a+ that. Your defense is good thats it. Johnny hockey is Mitch Marner Lite. Monahan is not really that good. Tkachuk and Bennett will never touch the totals put but by Toronto's rookies. I could go on. A + me arse.
- Mq3030

Wow. What a pathetic Leafs fan. Your Leafs boner is small, but rock hard. Youre so caught up in the prospects of your young team possibly being great that you actually believe that they already are. They are merely good, at the moment.

You are so excited by your rookies that you think all other teams pale in comparison. This is nothing new. Every so often Leafs fans get excited and think the Leafs are the best team in hockey. We heard it with MacDonald and Sittler. We heard it during the Gilmore years. We heard it when you had Sundin and Cujo. And every time your team failed to even make the finals. Why should we believe you Ding dongs this time? You were wrong every time before.

With the exception of Columbus, Winnipeg and Phoenix every single current NHL city hosted at least a couple games in the Stanley Cup finals in the last 50 years. Every one but the cities I listed and , oh yeah, Toronto.

Let's hear from you once the leafs have done more than squeak into the playoffs only to get bounced in the first round. Until then, (frank) off.

Wow. What a pathetic Leafs fan. Your Leafs boner is small, but rock hard. Youre so caught up in the prospects of your young team possibly being great that you actually believe that they already are. They are merely good, at the moment.

You are so excited by your rookies that you think all other teams pale in comparison. This is nothing new. Every so often Leafs fans get excited and think the Leafs are the best team in hockey. We heard it with MacDonald and Sittler. We heard it during the Gilmore years. We heard it when you had Sundin and Cujo. And every time your team failed to even make the finals. Why should we believe you Ding dongs this time? You were wrong every time before.

With the exception of Columbus, Winnipeg and Phoenix every single current NHL city hosted at least a couple games in the Stanley Cup finals in the last 50 years. Every one but the cities I listed and , oh yeah, Toronto.

Let's hear from you once the leafs have done more than squeak into the playoffs only to get bounced in the first round. Until then, (frank) off.
- Larsson_fan

Just 5 cups?

I for one enjoy watching all you flames fans pretend your window is open. That poop closed the day you picked up mike smith as your goalie, how many more are you gonna put your hope and faith in. The bottom line is that even when the goalies falter for you guys it all comes from within the team, the forwards the defense, they all simultaneously suck and that's why your window is closed. Leafs will be the far better team for the next decade. Also Treleving is terrible.
- Mq3030

Are you so insecure that you need to offer out unsolicited comparisons to your favourite team?

Or is mom's new boyfriend a Flames fan?

Are you so insecure that you need to offer out unsolicited comparisons to your favourite team?

Or is mom's new boyfriend a Flames fan?
- fry

No I just don't think you have much of a foundation to stand on to be chucking insults at our franchise. Shes been a long time coming and an eternity since we've seen greatness don't get me wrong but we are still the more decorated franchise and our future is certainly brighter. I can understand where your jack offedness comes from though, your team has been the butthole of hockey related jokes for the past decade. so sour.

Are you so insecure that you need to offer out unsolicited comparisons to your favourite team?

Or is mom's new boyfriend a Flames fan?
- fry

Alas, it appears there are more than one distrubed by my late night Trolling.