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With apologies to Ms Teeks, here are some current stories on our favorite hockey team.

The Calgary Flames are deep, talented and worthy of some hype

Sportsnet

All three Flames forwards on the ice – Mark Jankowski, Garnet Hathaway and Andrew Mangiapane – had started the season as a line in the AHL. On the blue line was another Flames farmhand – Brett Kulak – who’d played just 30 games over the last three years with the Flames.

As a group, they dominated the shift.

Flames players dominate NHL '3 Stars of the Week' honours
Daily Hive

I guess the stick toss worked? Ten days after head coach Glen Gulutzan flipped out on his team at practice, things are looking pretty good for the Calgary Flames.

How Mark Jankowski Fixed the Flames
The Hockey Writers

Flames began turning their season around at the end of October, as some roster moves resulted in some lineup shuffling that more adequately slotted players in their appropriate positions. While it’s a bit of a stretch to say he saved their season, the October recall of prospect Mark Jankowski went a long way towards fixing the Flames.

The Calgary Flames are quietly surging up the NHL’s Western Conference standings
SBNATION

So far this season, no one has been able to take the Pacific Division crown from the Vegas Golden Knights. The NHL’s newest franchise took the league by storm and has been sitting untouched at the top of the Pacific for most of the season. However, if the Calgary Flames have any say in the matter, it might not be for much longer.

Francis: Sean Burke not surprised Mike Smith's fortunes have turned ... again
Francis/Sun

“Smitty was almost out of the league,” said the retired netminder-turned Team Canada GM who spent a handful of years as Smith’s goalie coach in Arizona.

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SN Exclusive: One-on-one with Flames GM Brad Treliving
Sporting News

Treliving: A lot gets made of it, those types of things don’t happen often but they happen a lot more frequently than you think, usually they’re just behind closed doors. Our team was a little loose in practice, he wanted to get their attention and it really wasn’t that big of a deal. I know it’s been made a big deal of in the media because it was sort of out in front of everybody. Those aren’t things you’re going to do every day or every week, but you’ve got to get the attention of the team sometimes and he did. Having said that, I don’t think it’s the reason we’ve won (five) in a row, but he wanted to get their attention and I had no issue with it at all, none. I also didn’t really think a whole lot about it. The guys had a lot of jump right after that for the rest of practice and then we moved on. I know the theatre of it all is fun for some to watch but I haven’t really given it a lot of thought.