- Flames can distance themselves from the charging Canucks tonight, but they'll have to do it against what will no doubt be a very pissed off Red Wings team tonight. Holmstrom is out but Hossa is back. With Calgary's goaltending and PK faltering, this is obviously not an ideal opponent.
- I have a piece up about the Vandermeer vs. Pardy thing over at Flamesnation. Here's my SBN gamethread as well.
- If you aren't reading Copper & Blue and Gospel of Hockey...you should be.
- It looks more and more like the Flames will be facing the BJ's in the first round. That sucks. Since calling up Steve Mason on Nov. 5, they've gone 34-22-4. That's about a 46 win season over a full year. Since adding Antoine Vermette at the trade deadline they've lost just twice. This is not a team I want to face right off the bat.
