Tagline: “No one returns alive!”
For those who aren’t in the know, we do one (or two) trips each season to tropical Abbotsford to cheer on our Flames prospects in person and attempt to drink the city dry. In holding with the great tradition of earlier Abbots-trips, this year’s promises to be just as beer-y, just as hockey-y, and perhaps even more pancake-y. A brief summary of the illustrious history of Abbots-events:
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If only it were not NHL 12 and instead, just somehow, real life.
But alas, the starting lineup below is just for the opening Round of an NHL 12 season where the Flames managed to finish a top the league. Their opponent for the first round: Rene Bourque and the Dallas Stars.
One in which our Flames are still an elite team, and where other franchises actively covet our players (regardless of their age)…
a.k.a my Xbox, and NHL 12:
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2011-2012 Maple Leafs vs. Calgary Flames. Bets are:
Prizes for each bet are dinner and accompanying beverages.
*If teams are tied in points for either of these bets we will use the NHL tie-breaking rules.
Good luck Gary. Sucker.
Maple Leaf fan, circa. every single year
it is late so I’ll keep this short… do any of us care without the Flames in the playoffs? do you think the Pens can repeat? what are the Canadiens chances vs the caps in round 1?
and more importantly, does anyone beyond the spambots actually read this anymore? 
I know it’s not as much fun to predict when our team is out but anyone got some predictions for Round 2?
Uh yea… that’d be an error.
April 4, 2009: David Moss signs a 3-yr contract with the Calgary Flames. TSN has this:
Correct!
April 29, 2009: Flames players clean out their stalls and the everyone contemplates who will be back next year. TSN notes some of the “key forwards headed for free agency” and who’s that listed after Cammalleri and Bertuzzi?
Incorrect
and then I joined a playoff pool and made predictions to show just how much I knew.
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feces. turd. b.m. crap. shit.
and the heart, and the clutch players, and the fan support.
After the first two games in Chicago in the Hawks vs. Flames series it didn’t look like we were going to be in for a very long playoff season. We couldn’t hold a lead, we couldn’t play for 60 minutes, we didn’t seem to have everyone on the same page. Apparently all the Flames were needing was some good home cookin’.
With another 2 games in the bag the Bulin wall has definitely been showing signs of weakness, and the Hawks as a whole can’t seem to do much to slow the Flames down once they get rolling. Jokinen (finally!) had a monster of a game, and Iginla definitely stepped up to answer some of the yapping from the Hawks big talkers. Nystrom’s goal in the 3rd was absolutely huge, and emphasizes the importance of the secondary scoring the Flames have been getting so far in this series. Nystrom, Glencross and Moss have all been very noticeable when they are on the ice (in a good way), and it is paying off on the scoreboard.
The biggest enemy of the Flames? complacency. Don’t stop hitting, don’t stop the pressure, don’t stop shooting every chance you get. You’ve already seen what happens if you take your foot off the gas… a 4-1 lead evaporates in a very short period of time.
I’m not saying the rest of this series is going to be easy, but it is now a best of 3 and the Flames would appear to have all the momentum. Yes the Hawks managed to come back last night and tie the game with 3 straight goals, but to me that was more us breaking down than them being better than us and asserting dominance.
The best sign of the night made it on to TSN’s highlights, with Jarome’s head pasted on the incredible hulk’s body and “don’t make me angry, you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry” written on it. classic.
“It’s always a good thing for us when Jarome gets that fired up. When he’s on that edge, that’s when he’s playing his best hockey.”
– Craig Conroy on Jarome Iginla
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