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.

Really, you didn't think the Flames could win a game with a lineup that was part hockey team, part Gray's Anatomy? With a power play that has scored just twice in the Obama Administration, or with Anders Eriksson and Adam Pardy holding down the back end? You didn't envision an emotional comeback in Game 6 with Todd Bertuzzi taking another ...

Let's face it, part of the NHL playoffs, a big part, is the injury factor. Certainly, the Flames wrote their demise in their six-game loss in the best-of-seven playoff series, but their shorthanded situation played a part.

Flames fan, Tyler Kinnon,13, was showing his colors during the tailgate party before the Flames game at the Saddledome... DARREN MAKOWICHUK/SUN MEDIA 27th April 2009, 9:23pm Flames fans bro and sis, , Kevin and Lindsay Danforth, was showing his colors during the tailgate party before the Flames game at the Saddledome.

Jarome Iginla and Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames during game six of the NHL Western Conference quarterfinal, Monday April 27, 2009 in Calgary.

Whoa s to blame for a team not being prepared? Is it the coach? Is it the players? After the Calgary Flames were plastered 5-1 Saturday night in Chicago to fall behind three games to two, both sides were pinning it on themselves.

The Flames didn't skate today because The Killers have taken over the Saddledome .

Duncan Keith, Brian Campbell, where are you? Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane, Martin Havlat, it's time to pick it up.

Judging from the morning skate, it appears that the Calgary Flames will unveil four new lines tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Cory Sarich might as well serve as the poster boy for the battered blueline of the Calgary Flames.