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The Calgary Flames week ahead: Finally a clash with Connor Bedard before facing the Blues and Kings
The games must go on, even when the inevitable is coming. The Calgary Flames (33-32-5, 71 points) awoke one week ago six points out of a playoff spot. Now, thanks to their three-game losing streak, capped by Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the gulf between themselves and the Vegas Golden Knights for the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot is 12 points with one dozen games remaining on the slate.
FlamesNation Mailbag: Closing out March’s mailbags with a look towards the off-season
In terms of Wranglers additions: In addition to Joni Jurmo, who’s joining the Wranglers on Tuesday (via Postmedia’s Danny Austin), I would expect to see WHL forward Parker Bell (who’s already on an NHL deal) to join the Wranglers this coming week as his Tri-City Americans have finished their WHL campaign.
Barn Burner: What should the Calgary Flames do with Andrew Mangiapane for the rest of the season?
Mangiapane, 27 years old, has seen a solid decline in production since his spectacular 2021-22 campaign that saw him score 35 goals and 55 points. Through 68 games played this season, the winger has 13 goals and 25 assists.
Boomer: “It feels like the top speed is coming down a little bit. The effectiveness is coming down. We’re not seeing the #### disturber level that we used to see. He looks like a slowing winger to me.”