[Ziggy Lidstrom]

Wow I haven't posted in a while.

Text critic: congratulations on your boys success. And this is a day for winners. Killed in fantasy football. Finished shooting an an amazing film with amazing friends and family. The stamps defense is vindicated by two deserved champions who each had good voodoo on us. Dickenson gets his first grey cup as a pro. Bo goes out a winner. Flames win big today. I have more to say on this however today is a day for winners. Caloo calay. Caloo calgary. Caloo mohkintsiss.

I have witnessed a week where everything is finally going right for the flames as well. That trade I concur as well is "one of the greatest trades in flames history."

This team is flat out the best team I have ever seen to the quarter mark. If smith rebounds and bsd continues his comfort in the blue paint this level we are in for some incredible dynastic hockey.

We have goalies who are lotto tickets steeping in the farm. Mason has looked better Schneider is surprising. Then the two usual high ranking prospects are trying to get their health better and u see a real depth on this team. Smith could rebound too. He has a lot of fire in that belly and dave bsd plays better with him around anyway. And competition is good for all life and especially a deep hockey team. More on bsd later.

Kylljngyon looks fantastic. Valimaki was a great bpa pick and Noah hanifin, who plays defence, is an elite skater in the tj renaissance.

Tj I will get to more soon.

Hanifin is the key to this deal. He is 21. He is signed for 6 years and under 5. He is 63/4. He skates like the wind. Hes a better skater than skates like a deer Doug. Deer in the headlights back in the dzone Doug more like. More on him. Jokes. Back to Noah. He is a generational American defensive talent. Look at his pre draft resume. He played top minutes in bc * as a 17 year old he is 21 to reiterate. He is in the best hockey market for a star to emerge. The offense will come but he is growing by leaps and bounds on defense already. Harmonic and him are true pros. His influence has been huge. More on him later since I will eat some crow. But Noah is the key piece to the 4 th or 5th greatest flames trade all time. This grade is in flux imo. This core is so beautifully set up. Layers of veteran leadership and dynamic young talent at all positions. And if we know anything about goalies 26 is young. More on bsd later. Basically I'm so confident with this 2nd! Pairing of ours and he is a big reason. Zebulon don't get me started because you and your bloom is a big reason for the offensive resurgence this season.

Eliason lindholm is not the best player in the trade but he is special. He is like a mix of hudler and versteeg without the baggage personally and injury wise respectively. He has brought a shot of life into this top line and this team getting out a the gate the way they have. He is versatile. A shrewd pick in my waiver wire claim. He is 24 . He is sound and a 2 way winger and center. He is right handed and skilled driven by a high hockey IQ a tenacious work ethic on the ice and he is named zebulon. Oh yeah bye the way, he was a 5th overall player drafted ahead of some guy named money hands. I imagine if we drafted him and mony how we would have rejoiced that draft day, no need now. We have him signed for 6 years at under 5. That's what we are seeing in asset management from Tree. More on him later. Oh yeah he is signed for 6 years at under 5. Nylander who? This kid is a stud. I remember video on his draft thread that showed him riding a unicycle and stick handling and juggling. Can we say high IQ areobically and sentiently? The fact we swapped 2 assets for 2 assets with far less cost certainty with less pedigree and so far less results we should be thanking our lucky stars for this cap situation.

The depth on this team, especially offensively is the best I have ever seen the flames have since the Gretzky oiler days. 4 lines that can score. That Oilers begrudging praise comment someone sourced is proof. Jay feaster is smiling somewhere and patience is a virtue with Benny and some guy named byng is just a beating heart in this team as a 20 year old kid who 3 teams will regret passing on while he hosts cup after cup. Only because of the defence which I believe hanifin will be a true number one in for years to come eventually. Pronger light perhaps. This team is stacked. Poor oil. Poor superstars that never play in a smart climate. At least pitt has bottomed out right. 2 superstar team after 2 superstar teams. But I digress. Flames have no arguable superstars but salivating levels of depth at all positions. Book it. Rasmus valimaki Oliver TJ. Brad is the oz in this. This team is in real good shape going forward to his stewardship of all things assets.

Brad treliving is a wizard. He is front running for executive of the year. It hurts to lose big mike. But in life to get you must give so as to receive. Thank God glen gulutzan did what he did to tj and built hamiltons value the way he did so we could make the trade. No way wadell makes this trade if zeb and Noah are playing like this there. No way in heck. Wadell was fleeced. Fox even becoming a contributing piece doesn't even come close to tipping the scales when mike is asking for 6 next year. I'd rather have zebs and byng. Plus a guy named Noah over doug anyday. I don't like Hamilton its plain to see. He was a fwd masquerading as a dman but we have him to thank for being the main piece in this amazing trade. Noah is in a perfect place to play behind the captain and beside hammer. It has also allowed tj to remind the world how valuable his elite right side skill sets are in this league. His rush and backhand vision is exemplary from The right side offensively and defensively. He avoids big hits more often as well on the opposing forecheck. Health is a skill. He is skilled at preserving his on the right side to allow his natural abilities to shine offensively and defensively. Brad knew it but let gully build dougie to maximize his value. Well done Brad and now you can have your number one pair back in gio I mean Norris and brodie.

I love tj brodie. He is a great number 2/3 dman. That's why I bought his jersey years ago and wore it with pride while dougie hogged gio and tj looked lost under gilutzan. He is a right side dman he sees the ice better from that side period. He compliments gio perfectly. Look how gio even looks on Norris from. More on him later. Tj I'm so proud for due to all his family troubles with his partners health in question as it was. He toiled while dougie built value and we could pull off the crime of the offseasons. This team could go farther than ever. Byng needs to be paid and we need cheap contracts to reinforce our fantastic deals already dancing away to 1st in the Pacific. He has really returned to form. I'm proud of him. I am now willing to eat crow on hammer.

What he has done playing with hanifin has rendered me a believer. He is a major force in our blue line and a major contributor to this teams depth and ultimate success...
Much like Brodie. These two look rejuvenated this year. Success and confidence are funny bedfellows. I was harsh on harmonic last year. I knew he is a person and was going through struggles with his mom in light of him losing his father tragically so young. The team hasn't won anything vital yet but man is this team going good and is he a big part of it or what? He has been a warrior for us. He is everything we paid top dollar for. Hes more than an f150. He looks like he might be a hemmi. kudos to Brad and travis for stepping up by coming closer to home in Manitoba and seeing so many early positive trends he is directly influencing. Congrats hammer. I'm proud to bestow that to him after Roman. Sorry hammer last year it was tough to see what I thought. You looked pretty mortal but now look like mjolnir. Skol.

I have so much to say about all players but it's late. So on to Bbed but first bsd.

Big Save Dave!. Was and is a beacon to the team firing on all cylinders as it is when we needed traction the most. He is studded tires on the icy roads of life for this team. He is a such a great story. Never drafted. No national shine. Just a crazy lotto ticket goalie who has earned a fantastic name of adoration from our beloved hockey community here. Rittich has given smith the time he needs to get back to high level tending. And this team and us couldn't be happier. Hes found money. Like a lot, like in a wall where a secret compartment opened after a crazy old loon died and no one to give it to then a new family struggling and moved in only to find it when they needed that the most.

Well good to be back CP. I was always reading those of you who know. Bingo all my best. You really have kept this great source of flames pride alive with all your mods. You guys are awesome. All my best with your recovery bingo. And where moon? Who's his new moniker? Lol jks I will play nice.

GFG and Peter's reminds me of badger bob but cooler. And he played for the hobbema hawks. Hes such a g taking that puck off the dome. That woke our boys up and will bond them all even tighter. Peter's looks like night and day to gg. Good game gulutzan you boosted dougie enough to finally help this team. Good luck with that oil spill. What an exon sized Valdez mess. Poor cap strapped teams.

GFG

And gio may win that Norris he should a won before he injured his bicep. But he keeps this up this year and it's a no doubter. Reilly doesn't come close to his wholistic stats. Okay now I'm done. But our paesano number one dman is having a resurgence on a team he deserves to captain and set the standard for.