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It was shaping up as one of those nights for Rhett Warrener. Late in the first period of Tuesday night's Pengrowth Saddledome clash against the St.

The official start of the NHL free agent season will open at noon Wednesday, but as expected we have already seen our fair share of rumors, trades and agreements go down.

Jay Bouwmeester, who expressed reservations about playing in his hometown, will be playing down the road with the Calgary Flames.

Flames unveil Bouwmeester Jay Bouwmeester. THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY -- Jay Bouwmeester was ready to be a piece of the Calgary Flames puzzle instead of carrying the load for an NHL team.

CALGARYA a ' The good news came by the gallon for the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

With his client's first shot at unrestricted free agency only a couple of sleeps away, Bryon Baltimore won't let it be known where Jay Bouwmeester stands.

Room to add another key player to an already talented Calgary Flames lineup: Priceless.

Maybe it wasn't the game of his life, but it was the game of his season. Sami Salo, with Mattias Ohlund out of the lineup, stepped up and helped shut down Calgary's powerful first line, and scored his first goal of the season on a late first-period power play.

Despite the new coach and the new players, the Calgary Flames marched manfully through October.

Darryl Sutter is convinced the Calgary Flames' roster is not the problem. In fact, the Flames GM is so certain he's assembled the right talent that he'll soon name a another new coach, Calgary's fourth different bench boss since the lockout.

Jarome Iginla doesn't have a wish list. The Calgary Flames captain hasn't been jotting down his suggestions for the team's new head coach to forward to GM Darryl Sutter.

It's amazing Tony Amonte didn't keel over in disbelief. Not even a minute into the third period, the game square at deuces, and Detroit Red Wings veteran Mathieu Schneider abandons the puck at the point.

In TV-land, spring is rerun season, a chance to catch the shows you might have missed over the winter.

The Calgary Flames cowboyed up Thursday night at the Shark Tank. With the coaches and the players looking for -- make that demanding -- an all-out effort in a critical Game 5 clash, the Flames, for the most part, delivered.

Readying to face the media for what is expected to be the last time as a Calgary Flame, Michael Cammalleri sniffled.

Calgary Flames 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 The Herald's Three Stars Calgary Flames left wing Curtis Glencross brings the puck down ice ahead of Minnesota Wild center Eric Belanger during the first period of their NHL hockey game in the Xcel Energy Center in St.

I keep hearing how the Calgary Flames first round loss was a shocker after a great regular season.

If it's Thursday, this must be Detroit. Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr and Co. bunk down at a hotel near the international headquarters for General Motors on this, the sixth pit stop, on a seven-game road swing.

The battered Calgary Flames limped down the home stretch of the regular season and they hobbled out of the post-season Monday night in much the same way.

Shark bait : Remember when you were 18 and you'd see this girl across the bar and as you went to the washroom to get a closer look, you realized she was good from far but far from good? Dan Murphy Musings from Murph : Some tough first-round exits for Jarome Iginla and Joe Thornton.