Anders Eriksson News

Hey Curtis: Or should we say Ya-Hooo! Just heard about you inking a deal to polish the end of the bench for the rest of the season with the Flames.

The acquisition and subsequent signing of Jay Bouwmeester meant happy days for Flames fans.

If those hockey gods you keep hearing about actually exist, their names are probably Larry, Moe and Curly.

Jay Bouwmeester was ready to be a piece of the Calgary Flames puzzle instead of carrying the load for an NHL team.

Michael Cammalleri led the Calgary Flames with 39 goals last season. The wee winger placed second, behind only Jarome Iginla, in team scoring with 89 points.

Todd Bertuzzi is beginning to wonder if no news is bad news when it comes to the Calgary Flames.

Brad Farynuk may be wearing a Kelly Cup championship T-shirt when he comes home to Enderby June 24.

Calgary Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf wasn't around for Sunday afternoon's team-mandated meetings and off-ice workouts at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

The sign held aloft, a clever play on the familiar Obama presidential posters, had one face, one word, one concept: HOPE.

Anybody thinking Calgary Flames GM Darryl Sutter is on thin ice shouldn't bother giving it a second moment's thought according to president Ken King.

Scruffy, beady-eyed, forever watchful, the media vultures are already circling overhead, ready to pick at the dead, fly-infested, bloated carcass of yet another Stanley Cup playoffs gone to seed.