Darryl Sutter News

Each week, I will present a historical and statistical review of how the Calgary Flames team of 2009-10 was built.

Calgary Flames fans thought it was a coup when GM Darryl Sutter found a way to keep Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr and Miikka Kiprusoff in the fold.

Confidence was once Nigel Dawes' strong suit. Flames assistant coach Ryan McGill remembers their first meeting in Kootenay when Dawes was a 16-year-old Western Hockey League rookie and McGill was in charge of the Ice.

The thoughts that drifted through my head as the tryptophan kicked in: Was it the heavy hand of Darryl Sutter guiding Miikka Kiprusoff when the Calgary stopper announced that he would either start for Team Finland at the Vancouver Olympics or stay home? Seems like a reasonable assumption.

Following the Chicago Blackhawks 7-1 ye ole' fashionedA ass-whoppingA of the Flames last Thursday in Cowtown, Brent Sutter demanded more emotion from his club.

I hate to say it, though I have known it since the beginning of training camp, but without some major changes the Calgary Flames are destined for another first-round exit this season.

The reality facing the Calgary Flames as they woke up yesterday must have been disturbing.

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There is no doubting his skill. There is no doubting his size. But Olli Jokinen has been an enigma in Calgary this season, and one has to wonder how much more the Sutter brother'sA can take before an inevitable trade.

The Calgary Flames make their only appearance of the regular season to HSBC Arena tonight against the Buffalo Sabres.

Darryl Sutter's prime off-season catch makes his official debut tonight as a Flame.

Jake Voracek, who is in his second season with the Blue Jackets, has four goals and six assists.

Tossing the puck towards the faceoff dot like a lion tamer would hurl raw meat, Brent Sutter ordered two of his most ferocious beasts to do battle.

The Detroit Red Wings prepare to battle the Calgary Flames tonight without the services of Jonathan Ericsson and Valtteri Filppula , and the 7-3-and-2 Flames, whose 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche broke a 3-game winning streak, have no qualms about kicking the Wings while they're down, as Jarome Iginla told the Calgary Sun's Wes Gilbertson: ...

Lanny McDonald lifts the Stanley Cup after the Flames' famous win in 1989. Photograph by: Calgary Herald, Archive Three decades is a lot to sift through, particularly for an eyewitness to 26 of them.

Well, well. They crash the party, after all. But only by sneaking in through the servants' entrance.

The livestock comes rumbling through the chutes today. At 9 a.m., the Calgary Flames veterans - a beefy herd - begin to show up for physicals, fitness testing and possibly branding.

In recent years I have come to expect the worse from Calgary Flames clubs whom have been great in the regular season, only to underachieve in the playoffs.

Yes, it's way too early to start talking about the fact the Calgary Flames leading scorer is free to play anywhere he wants next season.

It's said that the Calgary Flames signed Curtis Glencross to a free-agent contract while the Edmonton Oilers were looking the other way.