[News] UPD: Flames announce 2022/23 Preseason and regular season schedule

[DionTheDman]

Hasn't it been close to a decade since Calgary started the season at home?

[Ashasx]

you can comfortably pencil in a 0-3 start

[topfiverecords]

you can comfortably pencil in a 0-82 start

[bcneil]

Originally Posted by CMPunk

Intresting....playing San Jose twice in San Jose Dec 18-20 and the twice in St Louis January 10-12.....don't think I've seen that done before, let alone twice.

Only three games against Edmonton?

I had to double check, yep looks like 3 games vs the Oilers for some reason.

[Jethro Choicebro]

Avs will be on the 2nd half of a B2B for our Game 1 - so maaaybe not a complete write off

[Jethro Choicebro]

Oilers start with a 6 game home stand

No good

[Nammer403]

Holy whats with the early saturday games

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Jethro Choicebro

Avs will be on the 2nd half of a B2B for our Game 1 - so maaaybe not a complete write off

No game in the NHL is a write off.

The avalanche lost 26 games last season. We could maybe let the season start before we start penciling in losses… what joy. Can’t wait…

[tvp2003]

We will pound the tar out of the defending Stanley Cup champs in game 1, and then lay an egg in game 2 against the Oilers. Book it.

[getbak]

Every year, there will be one team in your Division that you only play at home once and one team that you only play on the road once (last year, LA came here once and the Flames went to Vegas once). So, about every 4 years, they'll only have 3 games against the Oilers.

What's really weird about it is they only play the Oilers 3 times, and all of them are before the New Year.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

No game in the NHL is a write off.

The avalanche lost 26 games last season. We could maybe let the season start before we start penciling in losses… what joy. Can’t wait…

It's also not horrible to play a good team early in the season, especially when they've had less rest than everyone else.

[Scary Eloranta]

Originally Posted by bcneil

I had to double check, yep looks like 3 games vs the Oilers for some reason.

Thank God!

[Toonage]

NYE on a Saturday night against the Canucks? That would be fun!

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Jethro Choicebro

Oilers start with a 6 game home stand

No good

And we play 9 of our first 10 at home including an 8 game home stand. What’s your point?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by getbak

Every year, there will be one team in your Division that you only play at home once and one team that you only play on the road once (last year, LA came here once and the Flames went to Vegas once). So, about every 4 years, they'll only have 3 games against the Oilers.

What's really weird about it is they only play the Oilers 3 times, and all of them are before the New Year.

League wants them to get 2/3 in before the annual post American Thanksgiving slide.

[Jethro Choicebro]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

And we play 9 of our first 10 at home including an 8 game home stand. What’s your point?

Point was Oil always seem to get a "soft" schedule to start. Of course i hadn't noticed our own home stand which makes that point less valid

[Southside]

One trip to each of San Jose and St Louis for 2 games with a day in between. WTF is that?

[bcneil]

Originally Posted by Southside

One trip to each of San Jose and St Louis for 2 games with a day in between. WTF is that?

Jet fuel

[Southside]

Originally Posted by bcneil

Jet fuel

In both cases they could at least circle back for the second. The SJ games are start of a 4 game California trip. The StL ones sandwiched in a Midwest trip. It's stupid.

[calgarygeologist]

Schedule looks awfully blocky (home stretches/road stretches.) I wonder what season ticket holders think of that? It seems somewhat unfavorable from a ticket holder perspective.