Jeff Friesen News

Reclamation projects are a thing of the past. For the Calgary Flames, the future is in its youth.

NBC is finally ready for the Calgary Flames and the Detroit Red Wings and Game 2 of their first-round National Hockey League series, which is nice because patience on both sides is as thin as the Columbus Blue Jackets' playoff guide and record book.

Joe Nieuwendyk and Jarome Iginla. Jarome Iginla and Joe Nieuwendyk. Names destined to be forever remain linked in the hearts and minds of Calgary Flames rooters.

For a few parity-perfect minutes, as the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks readied for an overtime period Wednesday night at The Garage, all five Northwest Division teams were shoehorned in at 38 points apiece.

For the first time in 16 memorable days, Theoren Fleury had nothing to say. ``You know, I just really don't know how I'm feeling right now,'' he begged off politely.

Darryl Sutter believes Theo Fleury will get a tryout if cleared by the NHL. However, the odds of it coming courtesy of the Calgary Flames are longer than Fleury's comeback attempt.

"Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.'' -- Shakespeare, Richard II Once more, our land was plunged into shadow.