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Speaker 1 (00:27):
It is time for Flames Unfilter, hosted by Brad Rude.
Kyle Lewis talking Flames hockey every week. Kyle, good have here.
It's uh, it's done. We're done done playing hockey. It's
weird to look at my weekly schedule and not see,
Okay Tuesday and I'm gonna watch the Flames. It's it's
kind of weird.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Yeah, it's different for sure, despite the fact, you know,
I've been saying I felt this was coming for a while,
Like the finality is still different.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Right. We were, believe me, we were both mentally prepared, right.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
I mean as much as one can be here, right.
I was thinking actually a few times the last week
since it's been over, like just the frustration involved with
becoming it's it's the most Flames thing ever, as several
of us have said, you know, becoming the team, the
distinction of having the most points ever by a non
playoff team, right, ninety six points.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
I know, I'm trying really really hard and like me,
maybe three years ago would have been way more mad
about that. To me, me last year would have been
way more mad about that. I'm actually looking at it
going this year like crap, we like really really over
exceeded all of our expectations, which is a great thing.

(01:44):
But my only fear on the negative side of that
is like, and we'll have plenty of times this summer
to talk about it, but like how and what needs
to happen so that we can replicate that and then
have growth and advancement in our younger players, and then
then that moves us in right. So it's gonna be
interesting to see. I will say this, Kuy, Like now,
the playoffs started on on Saturday night. I watched a

(02:07):
little bit of the winn I watch most of the
Winnipeg game. I guess I could say I've struggled a
little bit, Like yesterday, not one second of the Carolina
Jersey game that I see saw some highlights. I saw
marks from break his own guy's leg. Did you see that?

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (02:26):
What is he doing?

Speaker 2 (02:30):
I don't. I don't have an answer for that.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
That series does not enamor me. But I find myself
when I'm watching these games just a little bit zoned out.
And I think part of that is, like it is
that feeling of like crap, our teams not in this right,
and that I'm used to it, Like we've been going
through it plenty here in Calgary, and I usually snap

(02:55):
out of it in about another week.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Towards it's like mental aution, yeah, like just to be
that Like I keep thinking about this meme when any
office fans can appreciate it, where you know Michael is
role playing having to fire somebody and what his reaction
be and this is like how I think of the flames, like, ah,
I'm gonna kill myself and it's your fault, like like
it's been so frustrating, like because they got so close

(03:21):
right like so you can't get you literally cannot get
closer than that. And then to watch and I understand
what you're saying because like some of these series, you know,
I'm not overly invested in New Jersey Carolina, so I'm
not the least but invested in either team. I am
invested a fair amount in the Winnipeg Jets because you know,
I love that market and the hits in that game,
especially in the first perier. We're just a thing of beauty.

(03:43):
But all told, you know, if you're a real ride
or die fan of any one franchise, you can't tell
me you're as excited about playoff hocking your team's Sunday,
it's not even It's still great. I love playoff hockey.
I'll be watching as much as I can, but it's
still a totally different level when you're not a part
of it.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
It is it is. And if some and says that
they don't feel that way, they're full of it. And
you know not only you know you mentioned that we
broke a record for was it broke or tied a record.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
For the I we smashed it? It's but it is
firmly a Flames record now.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, so for the most points and still missing the playoffs.
Another thing that irritates me is I look on the
other side of the board and this happened last year too,
and last year was a tie. But this year we
have more points than the Devil's Habs and Blue Jackets.
Now the Blue Jacks didn't make the playoffs, but I
mean the Devils and has Habs did and we had
more points than them. And I pull up the standings,

(04:36):
which if you've looked on NHL dot com, like literally
when the playoffs start, they like hide the standings. I
don't know, but I tracked it down. This team finished,
It goes seven to one and two in their last
ten and ties with New y are with Saint Louis
and we lose out on the tiebreaker, and I mean,
that is life. We move on, but gosh, it's disappointed.
As I turned on the Minnesota games and jeez, that

(04:59):
should be a And then when I had the winn
A Pig game on their day, I thought, oh, this
could be us here and it's not. But it is
what it is, right.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
No, it's uh, it sucks, and I mean it it
almost sucks more getting so close. I mean the you know,
the optimist would look at it and say, man, this team,
like you said, over achieved so much. But the pessimist
would say, the team failed in their goal and ultimately
that's they did. And you alluded to it in our
last show about you know that lost to Anaheim being
a shining example, like and you look at the team's
goal differential, like it's incredible that even the playoff conversation

(05:30):
because man, they they suffered that category but.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
Were sooto was a minus eleven. Yeah, yeah, I mean,
I just I look back. I know you've you know,
you've pointed to that was that Saint Louis series and
I and I and I agree with you completely because
that's who we were chasing, right, But I also, I
mean that Anaheim game was right, It's it's so recent

(05:54):
and it's so right there that it's just like I
can't believe that that happened. Right.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
Well, that again, the team, they just just take nothing
away from what they accomplished. They didn't get the job done,
and that's I think that's the way you have to
approach it. Not to be down on yourself and bemoan
your failures, but to say, yeah, we were good enough,
and extually we need to be good enough of one
to make it happen. That includes things like performance system
some of our veterans hopefully, but more importantly, these young
guys take another step. So we get all summer to

(06:22):
talk about that.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
That's right, Let's switch here is just a hairyer and
talk a little bit about the game that was played
since we've last talked. And that's that the makeup game
from the Wildfires in Los Angeles and the Flames go
down to Los Angeles, and I guess the only reason
we're probably gonna talk about this game is simply because
the four rookies get their first game and some guys

(06:46):
that we really like and some guys we were excited
to see, and that being Sam Morton, Zane Perrek, Hunter Ristovitch,
and and there was another one of those games teams,
you know, Calgary gets down and they didn't get down.
They just went right from the get go. Here's Codri scores,

(07:07):
and then Sam Morton gets his first and I bring
that one up because his reaction was was classic. It
was classic.

Speaker 2 (07:15):
His reaction is family's reactions were really cool.

Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, and then Codri gets another one. PreK gets his first.
I cannot remember that when you can. You name me
one defenseman that has scored their first goal on a tip.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
In no, I would do. Take me hours of research
to find that. Crazy so he and level his teammate
in the aftermath he did.

Speaker 1 (07:39):
I thought, I thought Coleman got it. I did. I
thought Coleman got it.

Speaker 2 (07:43):
That's funny, but well, it speaks to it, you know,
to Prex's offensive instincts to be where he was and
to make that place. So it certainly wasn't how I
expected his first inchel goal to look, but I'm sure
he'll take it.

Speaker 1 (07:53):
And LA's only goal side that they scored in the
five to one defeat was from Taylor Ward, who is
a son and I know you're not going to know this,
and I don't expect him the son of Dixon Ward,
who played for the Vancouver Canucks.

Speaker 2 (08:08):
And gosh, I do remember that name.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
Actually he played somewhere else. He played for the University
of North Quota. And that's how I know him, because
he's pretty close in my age. And uh watched him
play in North Dakota a lot, and I got to
meet him a couple of times because he married a
girl from a hometown, a good friend of mine. So
cool fun to see him get out there and get
a goal. He's so funny because when I watch him

(08:31):
and I didn't know, I knew he had a son
that played. I did not follow Taylor Award at all.
But when I saw moned the ice, I had to
laugh because he is a lot bigger than his dad.
His dad was a smaller, faster guy. And Taylor looks our.
Taylor looks like he's our. Tyler looks like he's a
bigger guy. Taylor, I had it right the first time,
much bigger guy.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (08:54):
So that that win gives us two points, it brings
us into that tie and down the stretch you know,
this team went ten two and three, got a twenty
three of a possible thirty points, and I rip on
him for the one they let get away. But it's
still is tough.

Speaker 2 (09:11):
That's an impressive run. I mean, it's just and I
think the bigger thing was losing that game against the
Ducks the way they did. And that's that's the last
thing I'm going to say about it, because it's still bothersome,
still raw.

Speaker 1 (09:22):
Raw, it isn't And then the Ducks are the stupid team.
We let them come back, and then they're the team
that gives up the golden Minnesota with twenty seconds to
go right poetic saltant to the wounds. Talk to me
what you thought, Give me the rundown of your take
on Morton perrekt Berskevitch, and soon you have.

Speaker 2 (09:42):
Uh Bristaevitch was he was good? I mean he was
a little under the radar, which I wasn't really shocked
to see. I thought he played a pretty solid game
park We saw some flashes of his offensive brilliance. For sure.
I'm gonna keep this fairly brief because it's one game.
I want to get too excited any of it.

Speaker 1 (09:58):
I pulled it on last week.

Speaker 2 (10:00):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I thought Sam Morton did a really
good job auditioning for for next season's roster, potentially in
the fourth line. I like that signing right from day one,
and Sitny of I thought, in a way impressed me
the most because he was, you know, the one I
paid the least attention to this season. I would say, so.
I think he gets a long looking camp, He's got

(10:20):
some great offensive ens takes, He's a good skater. Yeah,
I mean I was. I was happy with all four
and I mistakenly questioned I shouldn't say mistakenly but in
a sense, but Dryden Hunt being on it because I
would have liked to see somebody else in. But you know,
they only had four ye for recalls to use, so
all in all, I was, you know, I was happy
with all the games. It's just hard. It's so hard
to judge because the game means nothing. I mean, remember

(10:42):
when I'm gonna dig up some names here from you
know Hatrick, Yeah, a nice from release, curved at a pretty
decent NHL career. But I'm thinking more like Hooper getting
like the Againla trade, like Kenny Augustino and oh Ben
Henowski is the one I was thinking of. It's just like,
there's no real to be excited about this debut because ultimately,

(11:02):
you know, it didn't become anything. Yeah, so so, I mean,
these guys are a lot, a lot more prominent names
in terms of, you know, being high in prospects. So
we'll see how it plays out. But again, where it's
just one game into the season, it's like, you know,
it's it's about what I expected it to be.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
Your thoughts on it, I'm gonna echo what you said.
I take one games with a grain of salt, much
like I took Dustin Wolfe's one game last year with
a grain of salt. Right, I mean, I like what
I like how Morton looked. I love how he went
to the net. I love his grittiness. I just like
I kind of like his style from what I've seen
so far, Right, young Prrec. I'm kind a bit of

(11:37):
critic of Perec because he scares me defensively, but I
wasn't getting that feeling during that game. I love the
way he moves the puck through the neutral zone, and
I and I and we so badly need that. So
very very very impressed there Brustavitch was exactly what I
wanted to see. I didn't worry defensively. I thought he

(11:58):
looked very calm. I thought he looked very composed and
made some very smart plays for a first game. Soon
you have. Yeah, he flew under the radar in the game.
I'm not saying that in a bad way. I think
if this guy gets a year in the AHL next year,
we could see really good things from him. I think
he's progressing just like we wanted. And in one game

(12:20):
I thought he was. I thought he was just fine.
And I think that's probably the term we need to
we need to cheer for his They will all look
just fine, right.

Speaker 2 (12:32):
Yeah, yeah, no, and again, given the situation they were
in it being their first game, that it's good to
get it kind of out of the way, so to speak.
But we'll see what happens in camp next year with
with all four of them, right yeah.

Speaker 1 (12:45):
Now, we have a lot of locker cleanough to talk about.
I do want to touch on one thing before, because
I wanted to get your opinion on this. I meant to,
I meant to text you and figure out what your
thoughts were. But let's just do it. While we're on
the show the penalty kill for this team from October
no and thank you to Trevor Neufeld for the stats
on this, because I did not dig this. Cover's great

(13:07):
he did and he has got his tweets are so good,
so so good. October ninth of January twenty ninth, this
team was Ring twenty ninth seventy one point three in
the penalty killing. We talked about it numerous times on
the show on how it was a thorn on our
side and cost us points right, And from January thirtieth
to April fifteenth, his team was eighty four point six

(13:28):
second in the NHL.

Speaker 2 (13:32):
Do you know why?

Speaker 1 (13:33):
I don't know? And then the fourteen game hot streaked
down down the stretch. We're in ninety two point three percent.
I'm I'm dying for you to tell me why.

Speaker 2 (13:41):
Trent Cole, That's why I don't know the exact time.

Speaker 1 (13:47):
The time frame is pretty dang close.

Speaker 2 (13:50):
Yeah. Well, he he made and I think Flames Nation
to cover this affair. Bit. Actually he made some changes
to their penalty kill that were extremely effective and actually
it's made the situation kind of murk keging next season
because the kit Conroy said of the day, he doesn't
know what the situation is going to be necessarily with
Brad Larson, and may not know for a month or
so yet if he's going to be returning or not.
So Yeah, Trent call did a hell of a job,

(14:14):
a hell of a job. So what that looks like
next season, I don't know, but yeah, he changed your
penalty kill set up altogether and that's where a lot
of that success came from. Now, those dates, they don't
line up perfectly, but as I recall, their damn close.

Speaker 1 (14:27):
No, I think they are pretty close. Now that you
say that, I did not see that. I did not
recognize that, and I'm super glad you brought it up.
So that begs me to ask you this. If a
system change and a non personnel changed moved us from
twenty ninth to what was it second, would an offensive

(14:49):
system change move us from thirtieth and goal scoring to
fifteenth twentieth?

Speaker 2 (14:58):
I think, you know, I'm.

Speaker 1 (15:00):
Just throwing it out there, and I'm not rapping on
Hoskey by saying that, I'm just saying, like so many times,
we say, well, it's just the players, It's just the players,
and god, we know this league is so quick to
fire coaches and that's definitely not what I'm trying to do.

Speaker 2 (15:14):
Here a lot of them in the last week.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
But what I'm saying is we don't have the top
end talent and that is a star circle reason why
we lacked the scoring ability this year. But what I'm
saying is how much was the system that we played

(15:41):
hindering that too? And we'll We'll never know. But and
I don't want I talked so contradictory too, because the
last thing I would want would be this team to
be a high fly and I'm trying to goal teams
out of wins, and like, we're not going to win
that way. So I am slightly contradictory on that. I
just it does get the wheels turning in my head.

(16:02):
If there isn't some maybe small tweaks it can be
made to try to spark a little bit more offense
for this team.

Speaker 2 (16:12):
I don't think there's any question. I mean, the thing
is that superstar players will score despite defensive laden systems.
Right a lot of cases. Colgary has lots of strong
offensive players, and I don't think they're always putting positions
to succeed, right, So there's no question in my mind
that's some tweaking. We would have seen a better year
from guys like Sharon Govic, even hubert O and Kadre

(16:32):
Kaudrey's bestially had a great year. I think, you know,
could have been in the seventy some points area had
he been in the system more conducive offense, which is
you know, it's pretty simple to say that it's a
it's a simple observation. But the reality is is that
we both watched I think every game this year, as
we often attempt to do or watch.

Speaker 1 (16:51):
I missed a couple and rewatched them. So yeah, I
saw every single game this year.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Yeah, it's and same here even if I'm not going
back to watch them, and it's you know, there are
clearly points street you can identify, you know, what some
different strategy would have meant in terms of the team's offense.
But also as players come into their own like Matthew
Cornandoll probably being the best example, we'll obvi to see
next season how those guys perform under what's likely to
be the same system. Because the reality is, despite any

(17:16):
you know, we won't spend too much time on Ryan Husk,
but despite whatever opinions are about him. Obviously. The culture
thing has been repeatedly mentioned, how positive it is, and
the team probably exceeded expectations by a solid twenty points
or more, which is absurd.

Speaker 1 (17:32):
So neat.

Speaker 2 (17:34):
Yeah, he's absolutely the coach of the Kylgary Flames next year.
And I think the teams generally that are going to
fire their coaches, except for those in the playoffs. Of course,
a lot of them have already done that. The Vancouvernuxs
are not exercising their option on Rick Tocket. Anaheim's moved on.
The Rangers have moved on from Pierre la Violette. Greg
Croniner shoud mentioned was the coach in anaheim moves dismissed.

(17:55):
So those those am I missing anybody? It's those three
so far, I believe. Yeah, Plasma and Dan Bowles mind Seattle. Yeah,
after only one year, and I don't know if they're
blaming the regression on him. I shouldn't have blamed on obviously,
the coach is always easy seeming to replace. But that
was kind of interesting to me.

Speaker 1 (18:10):
Oh, that one's stunk to me. The lobby of that
one's stunk too. I thought, I just am like I
don't know.

Speaker 2 (18:16):
Man, Well, the next one, the next one to go
in New York's and be christ Jurie, And that's been
mentioned several times throughout the raging. First could go yeah, well,
I think he's trying to save his job as the
coaching changed. But anyway, they have other they have larger
problems in New York right now that we're not going
to get into. But uh, anyway, are we are we
ready to talk about? Uh?

Speaker 1 (18:39):
You you? You lead the way. I'll throw in comments.
I can't wait to hear what your thoughts are from
all the discussions. I got a bunch of notes on
different things people said that I thought were interesting.

Speaker 2 (18:49):
Yeah, and I mean they weren't all remarkable. A lot
of them were cliche. And it's hard, obviously to go through,
you know, twenty two to twenty three guys and their commentary.
But I want to focus on the highlights of the
most significant ones, of course, So Michael Backlan will start
with the captain. I guess back then spoke at length
about the variety of injuries he was contending with, which
is a good thing to hear in that it certainly

(19:12):
contextualizes a lot of his play down the stretch, which
was spotty at best at times, because I think a
lot of the fears were like, oh, no, he's a
play plays dropped off a cliff, he's getting older, blah
blah blah. I mean, we know he was hurt for
a little while when he missed those games, but ultimately
he had a lot going on the season. We weren't
always privy too so.

Speaker 1 (19:29):
Back ribs, oblique, the obliques, what caused him to miss
some time. Yeah, a whole laden of injuries.

Speaker 2 (19:38):
It was just a slew of injuries.

Speaker 1 (19:39):
It was.

Speaker 2 (19:39):
It was worse to think than any of us had
initially realized. So obviously he's got some recovery to focus
on and hopefully comes back into camp fresh and ready
to go another Well, the obvious standout. And I guess
we'll jump to this one since we're talking about kind
of like I guess I'm kind of starting like the
core core five or six players. I was talking about, Ye,

(20:00):
Rasmuss Anderson, And I know this is the one you
probably want to talk to most about. People want to
probably hear the most about. That sounded very much like
a player who is going to find his way or
be shown his way to the door, given what his
expectations are likely to be. I'm gonna be honest. I didn't.

(20:22):
I didn't dislike some of what he said about, you know,
the fans in Calgary and the way that he they
kind of turned on him because it did happen very quickly.
But in their defense, his drop and play happened very quickly.
The guy fell off a cliff, and he did. And
I erroneously tweeted initially that he should take more responsibility.
But I missed the first piece where he actually did

(20:43):
talk about, you know, he ate a lot of minuses,
but saying that in passing versus reflecting on you know,
I really had a very sub per year by my
own standards. I'm not happy with my season, Like he
really glossed over how bad he really was.

Speaker 1 (20:57):
Sure he's trying to get paid.

Speaker 2 (21:01):
Well, yeah, and so I can see both sides of it.
I do think that some of the stuff on X
from certain flame stands was egregious and over the top.
I was very critical of him too. I don't try
to hide that fact.

Speaker 1 (21:12):
I was too, and I don't try to hide it either.
And I but I thought I was fair about it,
and numbers don't lie right, and.

Speaker 2 (21:20):
Well we said it on the last show. You've you
have got if you're going to command the kind of
money that he's apparently trying to command, if you're going
to be as bad defensively, if you're in the you know,
the minus twenties and thirties as a defenseman, you damn
Albert putting up as a defense of fifty to eighty
points eighty of course being superstar level. Right, Well, he
didn't get We didn't get that.

Speaker 1 (21:41):
Right, and for sure we shouldn't see a minus thirty eight.

Speaker 2 (21:45):
It's a great it's an astounding number. It's a truly
Now I understand, I understand i'd a broken bone, you know,
down the stretch. Okay, this wasn't a down the stretch issue.
This was an all year issue from about November onwards.

Speaker 1 (21:57):
Do you want to talk about the broken bone quick here?
So we don't good? So on March twenty thirty breaks
his fibula blocking a shot, yeah, which I commend him for.
Rasmud Sanderson was completely unbelievable this year at blocking shots
and I and I don't. I will praise him as
much as I criticize him for the things that he

(22:18):
does right, But I'm I'm really puzzled by this. So
he's been battling through a broken fieble a in which
caused him not to play the final game against La
that and they were out of it. But now he's
trying to go play for Team Sweden in the world.
Are you kidding me?

Speaker 2 (22:36):
Yeah, it's a little strange. I thought that too. I
was taken back by that, quite honestly.

Speaker 1 (22:41):
But going back to his his his speech.

Speaker 2 (22:46):
Well, actually I'm gonna jump in just for one seconds.
I think this is really important to point out. Kent
Wilson had a brilliant quote years ago about Chris Russell
at the time about you know, blocking shots is like
killing rats. It's preferable to the alternative, but it suggests
you have a much larger problem. The problem in these
cases being the puck is always coming at you if
you're always blocking shots. That was Chris Russell's problem on

(23:08):
a flame Steam where a guy like you know, Kevin
Rooney is out there given you know, throwing the puck away.
It's not always a defenseman's fault, but the puck typically
moves from the defenseman forward. If the puck is always
coming back at you, it does suggest that you're at
least in part, doing something wrong, and that was larger
the case of the season with him strong point. I
love that quote. I'll never forget it. So but anyway,

(23:30):
back back to the comment you had something you want
to say about his commentary.

Speaker 1 (23:34):
You know, I'm trying to remember where I was going
with it. I'm not. You know, numbers don't lie. But like,
isra Asmus Anderson a good player? Yeah? And would I
be upset if we would? I be upset if we
signed him. No, I wouldn't. But it's gotta be for
a reasonable price tag. And the numbers he's listing or
are rumored to be listing, I have to I have

(23:56):
to say that because I have not heard of him
say a number seemed very inflated to me for a
guy that had had an off year. And we oftentime
in this league overpay for one good season, and we
make that mistake. I just hope this team doesn't overpay
coming off of a bad season. Also, And and and

(24:17):
to me, his speech or call it what you want,
is it a speech? I don't even know what you'd
call it. His interview sounded to me a bit farewellish.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
Well, that's what a lot of people have been saying,
and I agree it was not It was very His
desire to be in Calgary, I think was very understated.
He talked about how much he loved it briefly, but yeah,
just you know what, more than anything, wasn't what he said,
it's how he said it. His tone throughout was indicative

(24:48):
of a guy who was likely to not be returning. Yeah,
this is how I would best phrase that.

Speaker 1 (24:53):
When he made his comment about you can only have
so many right defencemen, well.

Speaker 2 (24:58):
Okay, yeah, that was the least late comment of all.
I'm glad you said that, because that was by far
the most shit this guy's leaving thing that he said.
But it's interesting because if the prevailing sentiment is a
guy's you know, PreK, maybe NHL already, he's gonna need
a lot of defensive seasoning, which a buddy of mine
who wanted to draft him, has long said, we can

(25:19):
teach him defense, which is a good point. But he's
almost implying that management seems to think that he's ready
or ready for the NHLA, and I don't necessarily see
that other than PreK, who's you know, thought to be
a budding superstar, right, So I don't it seems preemptive

(25:39):
to say that. It's very suggestive. It's not like it's
not like we had, you know, two other right hand
defenseman the year to put up forty points or plus
ten on a pretty average, subpar team, right.

Speaker 1 (25:48):
Yeah, I know. It's like he's like.

Speaker 2 (25:49):
He skipped two steps to say like, yeah, we got
all these right, like all of this room. For me,
it's like, no, it's an established NHL or with the Flames,
it's been ten years now, fifteen six or fifteen sixteen
or seventies for sure.

Speaker 1 (26:04):
Yeah goes quick, doesn't it.

Speaker 2 (26:06):
Yeah, we're almost we're talking about basically a decade with
a player who was like, you know, I'm pretty sure
we're going to refer to him to having a roster spot,
I would think.

Speaker 1 (26:16):
But yeah, anyway, I did. I did like the one
quote he had. He said, he said, no player in
the NHL wants to lose a game. Losing is never
an option. If you're cheering for us to lose, I
don't think you're a real fan. I did like that comment.

Speaker 2 (26:31):
Yeah, well, and it caused a lot of people to backpedal.
I think from what I was reading about, you know
what they meant or trying to contextualize our comments. It
was like, oh, we weren't really cheering for them to lose. Yeah, okay,
like I can understand, because so.

Speaker 1 (26:48):
I'm not this is not my X factor. But and
I'm not even gonna say who tweeted this, but as
soon as that La Kings game dropped, I saw a
tweet that said no playoffs, no top ten pick, don't
own their first round pick, no assets for expiring players,
which I'm not sure what he's talking about there, and
a waste of a season. And I just I shook

(27:11):
my head and actually shut my computer that night, because
I'm like, you have to want to win, and we
asked these players to stick their neck out every single
night to win hockey games and to bust your ass.
And I honestly, Kyle and I don't think I'm wrong

(27:31):
on this. I can think of four games and I can't.
Don't no, please don't make me name them, but I've
been kind of keeping Italian in my head. Of four
games were when I turned off the TV that night,
thought that wasn't a great effort. That means seventy eight games.
I shut the TV out thinking, you know, we maybe
didn't win, but it was a good effort.

Speaker 2 (27:51):
Even if you thought that for seventy games, that's still
pretty damn.

Speaker 1 (27:53):
Good, right, That's my point. So these tankers, I'm just
not sure what they're thinking and their head. So they
wanted So if you, if you, if you, if you
hear me out on this, and then we're gonna quit
talking about tankers and get back into this into the
locker Cleano. So if you're a tanker guy, right, that
means you wanted Wolf to not be good this year.

(28:17):
That means you wanted him to not be good. Yeah,
that means you wanted. I mean it's absurd to think
of if that route would have happened and we would
have got a top five pick, that we'd be in
better shape than we are now, knowing that we have
a solid, solid number one goalie. The concept of that

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to me blows my mind.

Speaker 2 (28:41):
Well, I think it's kind of a case of you know,
one to have your kicking into two for for a
lot of fans, right, they want both to be a superstar.
But you know, stop thirty eight of you know, forty
one shots but lose three one, right, like.

Speaker 1 (28:56):
You can't hardly score less goals than we did.

Speaker 2 (28:57):
This year, if you'd be hard pressed to do. So
what if you.

Speaker 1 (29:04):
Think of Jonathan Huberto said, we tried to tank, but
we kept winning. I thought it was great.

Speaker 2 (29:09):
That was funny. Yeah, that was that was really that
was really positive actually speaking of the tank thing. And
then then we will move on because I want to
add something else here. Matthew and Claude too, my buddies
at work. They actually they do the same job that
I do. And Halfew in particular, was was given me
a hard time because of Sean Monahan right and his
career resurrection and how we gave up a first rampick

(29:30):
to get rid of him. And he's absolutely right.

Speaker 1 (29:33):
It was.

Speaker 2 (29:33):
I rank at the top three worst flame trades of
all time with the Gilmour and Sarar trades like it was.
It was awful. But that guy that did that, Brad
Tree Living, is no longer works here. So if you
put in it, we think about it, you put that
in any other context, it's like, well, you know, I
can't believe he fired that guy. He was great. It's like, hey,
I didn't fire him. The guy that fired him doesn't

(29:55):
work here. Anymore, right, Like, think about it. It's a
funny concept, but I mean, ultimately, in a.

Speaker 1 (29:59):
Case like that, if you brought it would yeah.

Speaker 2 (30:03):
Well yeah, which and it's not the real world. I
get that, but it's still funny to compare it a bit.
And as far as true living goes, he was trying
to make room for Nasim Kadri in part because he
was desperately, desperately trying to keep the team competitive when
we were riding one of the franchise's highest points in
twenty twenty two.

Speaker 1 (30:21):
And so honestly, without Nasim Kadri this year, we're really screwed.

Speaker 2 (30:28):
Oh yeah, he is a flair for the dramatic man
he was. You know, he's dynamite, right and actually, no,
come to think of it, his is the only locker
cleano that I didn't see. So I'll get you to
speak on that one.

Speaker 1 (30:37):
I didn't see it either, I did. I did. He
was not listed on the even I did not even
see a locker cleanup for him, did not make an
interview for him.

Speaker 2 (30:46):
Huh Okay, Well we'll keep moving on. Then let's talk
about my favorite one. Let's let's get back on the
positivity train here. Okay, okay, Kevin Ball, Okay. I've never
seen a professional hockey player be so direct and so
pointed in his answers. It was the opposite of a politician.
It was unbelievable. He was fantastic. He was like the asked,

(31:09):
but long term extension, He's like, yeah, that's the plan.

Speaker 1 (31:11):
Yep, okay.

Speaker 2 (31:14):
He talked about his game and what he does well
and what he wants to do better, how he thinks
he has them to the level. He had this intensity
in his eyes as he was addressing questions. I made
a comment that I thought might get a little people,
you know, kind of pissy with me, as if I
was overrating him. But I made I made a comment
that his stick was almost like a Nickolitstrom light, and
I want to emphasize light because he's nowhere near Yeah,

(31:38):
his active stick broke up so many plays this season,
so many potential high quality chances that Wolf and Letter
did not have to stop or even face because of
Ball's play. But I could have listened to that guy
talk all afternoon. I thought it was like, Okay, you
want to give McKenzie Wieger the sea, and I get it.

(31:58):
Get Kevin Ball and a because that's kind of guy
one of my team me too.

Speaker 1 (32:02):
I mean, you just mentioned the leaguer thing. I heard
that he had a three hour long talk. Was they
park about the culture and what the expectations are in Calgary.
That's what leaders do too, right.

Speaker 2 (32:13):
Yeah, absolutely, So let's let's you know, we'll sprinkle in
a few other points. Connor Zari talked about what his
oosations were and what what happened with his knee. It
was a different injury the second time. Apparently he was
very close to return, you know, when the season ended.
So I thought he was very candid and pointed and

(32:34):
obviously I think he feels that had he been able
to play, this team would have made the playoffs. Not
to put word in his mouth, but that's certainly the
vibe I got, and understandably so. Matthew Coronado was just
like a deer in the headlights of the media, but
I liked what he had to say.

Speaker 1 (32:51):
Dustin Wolf, what you say about Dan. Let's talk Dan
Volodar first and we'll get the Wolf. But what was
your thoughts on vlad Our?

Speaker 2 (32:57):
Was great and he made me want him to stay
in Calgary more than I previously.

Speaker 1 (33:02):
I've been pro and I talked about it a few
weeks ago in the show about I really hope this
team figures out a way to keep this tandem together
because I think that they work well together from what
Husker was alluding to also that they Husker would love
to have Dan back too, because of the dynamics this
year and how they work together and fed off of

(33:24):
each other, and all Dan Vladar said was I just
want to stop pucks, and that he that he really
likes being in Calgary, so you know, who knows what
will happen there.

Speaker 2 (33:32):
He also made a comment that you know, it's basically
up to my agent, right yeah.

Speaker 1 (33:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (33:38):
So that said, there's a few things to consider here,
one of which perhaps the biggest of all is Devin
Cooley is going in a one way contract next season.
But Devin Cooley had a major injury this year and
basically fell off a cliff And do you.

Speaker 1 (33:51):
Feel safe putting the ball in as a backup as
with him, I don't, Well, no.

Speaker 2 (33:58):
Because the season get derailed. Now the Wranglers are in
the playoffs against Coachella, so hopefully he gets a chance
to you know, maybe show his stuff, but ultimately, in
any case, I'd be more inclined to try and keep Vatara.
But the problem now is a lot of teams will
take notice of Ladar was excellent in the second half
of the season, and they may you know, if the

(34:18):
Flames are offering I'm gonna guess two million a season,
somebody else may offer three, right.

Speaker 1 (34:24):
Yeah, but here's the situation. Here's the deal. Though I'm
not so sure. I wouldn't say, well, I'll give you
three and match it, because I don't think anybody's taking
him on as a starter. So I don't think he's
getting four or five or six. So they're going to
be taking him on as a as a backup. Two.
And with Wolf's salaries still at one more year at

(34:45):
a low and the cap going up, I don't know
that if you didn't sign him for three, that you're
putting yourself in a difficult situation. Cowboys. Well, and I
think it could be the price tag for a solid backup.

Speaker 2 (34:59):
Oh, I think so. And there's a few other factors too.
He alluded to the fact that the team took a
chance on him. He has a family, and I suspect
his wife likes Calgary, and that's a huge huge factor
that rarely gets talked about in the media unless you're
Chris Palmer leaving Edmonton.

Speaker 1 (35:13):
It's critical.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
There's a lot of things that lead me to believe
he is going to re sign and in an effort
to replicate this past season's success or at least the
things that were successful. Keeping Dan Vladar would be one
of those things, especially given the uncertainty surrounding Devin Cooley,
let alone any other goaltending prospect and in the Flame
system as well as any available goaltenders this summer. Yeah,

(35:35):
Dad Letter understands the assignment. He is no longer I
think I said, this is a loss, but he's no
longer looking to get as many starts as he can.
He's looking to be as good as he can when
he is starting. That's how I interpret his comments and
his play.

Speaker 1 (35:46):
And as much criticism as he got in parts of
the year this year that I thought was kind of unfair.
I think this guy was very good this year and
look at just look at him in the LA game again,
just just dynamic and really good. So I think as
a backup goal I don't I don't think we could
be in better hands than we would be with Dan.

Speaker 2 (36:06):
No, No, absolutely, and but again other teams will see
that there could there could be conceivably a small bidding
war for a player like that. I don't know, but
I suspect he's going to resign if I to put
money on it today. I now, I said very recently,
I didn't think that was the case. Hearing him talk,
thinking a would a bit more. I suspect he's going
to stick around.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
And hearing kind of what Huska said too, Yes, yeah,
you know, before we get to Husky in court and Connor,
let's talk about Handley and this was going to bring
us into our X factor here in just one moment too.
But Joel Hanley was a guy that was a waiver
pick up for this team from Dallas, and uh really

(36:44):
has been good, good player. He's kind of like a
Michael Stone where he can set out a game. We
saw that earlier in this in the season and and
miss six seven games and come in and act like
he didn't miss miss a thing. And now we've got
to talk of a contract extension and where this team
goes with with Joel Hanley, I'll switch gears and bring

(37:07):
it to our X factor. It comes off of Pat Steinberg,
who we all all know with a fan nine sixty
he put down Locker cleanout de Underway at the Dome.
Joel Hanley says, for sure he liked to remain with
Calgary Penning as a as a Penning free agent. Says
great team, great guys, and feels like the group is

(37:27):
ready to take the next step, which is exactly what
all of us want to hear. But I don't know
how you say this, but j I L I L joeyl,
I don't know. His response is our X factor when
he says du Silova off because nets off and Poorier
just not exists anymore. And it does bring us to

(37:48):
a real strong conversation about where does Joel Hanley fit.
Do you want to see Joel Hanley in the mix?
And how you feel on that? And I'm dying to
hear what you what you think about first off, the
X fivector, which thank you very much for tweeting that
out but also spraying on conversation here in Flames unfiltered.

Speaker 2 (38:09):
Yeah, I chose the sex factor because I thought it
was interesting, because it's always that push and pull between
you know, with the old end with the new kind
of thing and I've been clamoring all season to give
some of these guys a chance, and I I don't
feel that they really hadn't even got the chance that
they maybe had earned. But that also is because Hanley

(38:29):
was so much better than any of us anticipate. I'll
tell you one thing right now, especially with the Stars missing, uh,
He's gonna Thomas Harley is going to be eating a
ton of minutes for them, And they would love to
have the twenty four to twenty five edition of Joel
Hanley on that team to help them against the Avalanche
because they are banged up. You know, he'd be relatively inexpensive.

(38:51):
I think I'd like to see him return, but I'm
concerned that if he did, it is going to cause
the issue that Joela just that you know, somebody else
may not get a chance because Hanley is considered to
be a regular. Not that an outstanding season, But I mean,
I'm pretty sure I can play defense in kinds of a weeker,
which is take nothing away from him. He was excellent,
but I just I just worry it's gonna jam up

(39:13):
the guys behind him.

Speaker 1 (39:14):
Right Well, Okay, so let's let's dig deeper though, into
what he said, and who he's talking about. I'm not
I'm not losing any sleep next year if Miromanoff is
not in our roster and I'm not losing any sleep
next year of Jake Bean is not on our roster
and I'm not losing any sleep anymore. I'm Jeremy pure poorer.

(39:37):
I am not sure where he's going to be.

Speaker 2 (39:40):
Well, none of us are sure. That's one of the
reasons this has become such a question, right.

Speaker 1 (39:43):
I don't know that he's on a roster, like I
don't know that he's better than Hanley right now, and
so I'm taking the safe rout right, well, because I
know what I got here. I got a Steven theme
man that can step into my top six. Do I
want him with we? No, I want one of our
young guys that are going to mature into that position. Right,

(40:05):
But is he not like a perfect stop gap for
a year or two, that's.

Speaker 2 (40:09):
What he's supposed to be. This year he end up
playing over his head, right, So yeah, the Jake Bean thing,
we should touch on that quickly because I thought he
might have had the most interesting exit interview because he was,
like you could tell he was really giving a lot
of thought to his answers and was really disappointed and
thinking how his season went. He talked about when he
felt he played a lot better. I didn't necessarily disagree,

(40:29):
but there's a consistency there that he's always struggled to
find at the NHL level, and I agree with you.
I'm not going to be upset if he wasn't to return.

Speaker 1 (40:38):
And I was, I will give him credit. I did
think the last twenty games, fifteen twenty games, he was better.
I will say that, But I know he is under
contract next year, and I also know we have a
lot of young defensive prospects Like I would rather have
a safe handley clog in the gates than than a mediocre, inconsistent.

Speaker 2 (41:00):
Yeah, yeah, exactly, And I get that one hundred percent.
I mean, mind you here, this is perhaps the X
factor of all is what happens if Asmus Anderson has moved,
because that changes everything in the Flames back then, in
terms of deployment, in terms of opportunity, in terms of
players who are likely to emerge given opportunity. It's that

(41:21):
would be a huge, huge game changer, and one that
I think whether we like Anderson or we don't, I
think we all establish what we do would be fascinated
to see it. So that's gonna be the topic I
think all summer. The prior summer was things like goaltending
and how bad the team is going to be. The
composition of this defense corps going in twenty five twenty
six season is gonna be the hot topic now because
we could talk about these things, you know, for the

(41:44):
rest of time we should touch on. I'm gonna throw
it over to you to talk about Dustin Wolf and
his exit interview.

Speaker 1 (41:50):
You know, I thought I thought he spoke candidly. I
said a lot of the things that I thought he
was gonna say. And I mean, he was such a
game changer for this team this year, and you know,
I mean I think he knows that, and I think
he feels a lot more confident now and I'm excited

(42:12):
to see where that brings him into the future.

Speaker 2 (42:14):
Now, the guy is a future Vesnent Trophy winner. There's
no question in my mind about that, provided he has
a team that can prop him out just enough to
you know, edge other goaltenders a better team.

Speaker 1 (42:24):
Why did we make the right decisions this summer defensively.

Speaker 2 (42:28):
Well, that's a big chunk of it. Yeah, right, and
that's not you know, that's not limited to just the defenseman,
and we should emphasize that. I mean four that fourth line.
We talked about Adam Klapka being so much better, and
I loved him and his exit of you by the way,
But more to the point, like yeah, Wolf was He's
the number one thing anybody talking about the Cagrio Flames
needs to talk about.

Speaker 1 (42:48):
What did you think of his comments?

Speaker 2 (42:51):
While I was right on the money, I thought it
was super professional.

Speaker 1 (42:54):
Almost stood out like he didn't make any wild quotes
or anything that stood out to me like that. No, but.

Speaker 2 (43:03):
Yeah, he's got you know, ice in his veins and
super intense focus, especially for such a young kid. And no,
I thought he was just the most business usual, candid
responses you could ask from him. And I can't wait
to see him play next year. And I just I
just I struggle so much to think the biggest disappointment

(43:23):
at all is what this kid could have done in
the playoffs, because I'm telling you right now, he could
have and conceivably would have stolen a series. I firmly
believe that.

Speaker 1 (43:32):
Yeah, totally totally could have. For sure, what before we
go here and we're we're a little long in the
tooth today, but there was a lot to talk about
quick conry. Uh. He reiterated that you know, he's consistent
and sticking to the plan, and that he would acquire
players in the age range, and you know, said the

(43:55):
right things to show that he's stay in the course. Yeah,
but my question is, do you think that there's a
slight fast forward button on the rebuild? Basically because we
got the goaltending. I don't want to say that we
didn't expect, but it was even better than what we expected.

Speaker 2 (44:19):
I don't know how it couldn't because I think there's
that balancing act, right, you're doing the team of disservice
if you don't accept the fact that they have pushed
this rebuild ahead at least one full season. I don't
think there's any question you could even argue two years
if you really want to push it.

Speaker 1 (44:31):
Right.

Speaker 2 (44:34):
That said, he I appreciate the fact he's staying in
the course, but it absolutely changes some of the decision
he's going to be making. I think he's looking at
players in that range he's talking about, but if the
price is an extra piece that he previously would have
moved on to part with. He's going to pull the
trigger every time.

Speaker 1 (44:51):
Now, So let me ask you this, is there an
opportunity with Anderson and a draft deal or whatever where
we can parlay that along with a young prospect into
that dynamics center that we that we need.

Speaker 2 (45:11):
I'm not sure. Well yeah, I mean it could conceivably
be somebody like Trevor Zekerstanaheim just as a name.

Speaker 1 (45:16):
Right to me, he's not the guy, But okay, it.

Speaker 2 (45:20):
Depends what the trade looks like. So I know what
you're saying, the hesitation any case, you know, this always happens.
It's like you know, when somebody gets a filet under
their ass. And if Anderson gets traded somewhere, I think
he's going to go off next year, probably score fifteen
to twenty goals and fifty points, right and be a
plus player and.

Speaker 1 (45:35):
Give all the fans something to complain about more. And
I agree, because that's just the luck of the Flames, right.

Speaker 2 (45:42):
Well, it's just it's what a'm motivated, you know, competitive
strong player does, and a damn good player like Anderson is.
But I'll put it this way, what happens with him
this summer is the most important question facing the Flames,
because you're talking about either a really long term commitment
at way more than they conceivably should be paying, or

(46:02):
you're talking about an acquisition wherein you move a guy
who's considered be a cornerstone of the team and you're
bringing in pieces that conceivably will help you make that
next step. So yeah, very and it could and you
you you just alluded to it perfectly. It could be
as soon as draft day if there's a deal be
made to the floor, especially with the Flames draft position
meaning what it is, maybe it happens then if negotiations

(46:23):
don't go well into the draft, I think he's gone
on that day.

Speaker 1 (46:27):
Too bad, there's not a draft floor.

Speaker 2 (46:30):
Right, yeah, stupid, not this year anyway. Oh that's incredibly stupid.

Speaker 1 (46:34):
So anyway, so let me ask you, and we're going
to move on from this because we got to get going.
I got two more things to touch them before we
get out of here. Do you, let, let's say his
contract expectations are higher than what the Flames want to go,
do you think he's worth more moving him in the
off season here, whether it be draft day or free

(46:55):
agency slash the latter part of this, you know, off
season or is he worth more holding him till deadline
next year.

Speaker 2 (47:03):
There's two answers to that. This is the problem. Okay, well,
I feel like I'm on fire today, No pun intended.
The problem is that if you cannot come to terms
this summer and you hold him into the season, that
will the very even if nobody says anything, that will
inevitably create the rumor that they're not resigning him, he's

(47:24):
gonna be traded in. His value can go down.

Speaker 1 (47:26):
I wanted you to say that because I completely agree,
and then you put yourself in the bind that, oh man,
we're in a playoff spot. We can't afford to get
rid of Anderson. Now we gotta keep him through the
playoffs and hope we can resign him. Oh then it's
winging a prayer. You're doing them, you know, Johnny Gordrol,
Matthew can chuck thing and it's like, oh boy, we

(47:46):
don't want to go down that road again.

Speaker 2 (47:48):
Right, Well, exactly, So if you if you can't sign
him this summer, if he goes into camp without a
contract extension, I think that's the worst case scenario for
the flaws. I shouldn't say it's either contract extension or
he's traded before camp. Yeah, one of those two things
has to happened to create the most positive outcome for
the Flames. So what's what's what's your next? Thing's got?

Speaker 1 (48:07):
The Worlds? We got McKenzie Wieger committed to Canada, Anderson
to Sweden, cornand odum Us voidar to check Ya and
Zayan and correct of the pre tournament for Canada. Do
you want guys doing this or do you want guys
staying home?

Speaker 2 (48:24):
Oh that's a tough one. It's hard not to admire
the competitive spirit, especially if a guy like Mackenzie Wieger,
where it's like, yeah, you're gonna go to the world Yeah,
I'm going. Oh you want to think about it now,
I'm going, okay, all right, cool.

Speaker 1 (48:34):
Like I know what I thought, Yeah you got.

Speaker 2 (48:38):
You gotta love that, right.

Speaker 1 (48:39):
I want the Olympics, Like, I totally understand why guys
I want to go with the Olympics, But gosh, I
don't want my guys going to the Worlds. I just
mean unless they're young guys Like I understand Coronado and
I understand I understand correct and for some maybe I
actually understand Vlidar's point right here too, so but gosh, dang,
I don't want these guys.

Speaker 2 (48:59):
Going well again, I admire their competitive spirit of it,
but you know, they're not playing meaningful hockey when they
should be. So I can understand their motivation, but I
mean a lot of these guys do need to extended
offseason to get you know, get their heads straight with
their bodies. He all up, you know, do what and
for a lot of them, do whatever they got to do.
So on prex case, who, as you just alluded to

(49:20):
by you know, doing the pre tournament games, is not
joining the Calgary Wranglers for their playoff run. He's talking
about how much muscle he's gained, how he has to
gain more. Everybody on that team. They want to get quicker,
they want to get stronger, they want to get something right.
And I as much as playing hockey helps, I find
in some instances like I took a few months off
from playing hockey and hit the gym and put on

(49:41):
probably fifteen pounds and it was noticeable on the ice,
Like I was harder to take off the puck in
the corners, you know, just little things like that. So
they all have a goal, and I think not playing
in the World Championships is more conducive to that goal
than playing in them, in my opinion. But I am,
by no means an expert.

Speaker 1 (49:56):
I agree before we go, I do feel like we
at least need to just mention this. I don't think
we need to dive deep into it, but some pretty
important things, I guess, some awards. Kirkland's been nominated from
The Flames for the Masterton we Here wins the Peter
Maar Award, the Good Guy Award, and hubert al has
been nominated for the King Clancy for the Flames, and uh,

(50:18):
all very honorable things that I that I think we
should at least mention on the show.

Speaker 2 (50:23):
Yeah, one hundred percent. No, that's It's a lot of
strong individual seasons, just not quite enough of them to
put them over the over the top, right, That's right.
So anyway, it'll be next season for you know it.
But in the meantime we should do our best to
enjoy the playoffs and we'll be doing this. We're doing
this all summer. I mean Brad kind of sprung the
summer plan. I mean, last show Live on the Area,

(50:44):
He's like, yeah, We're doing this every week all summer.

Speaker 1 (50:46):
I'm like, what little little does Kyle know that I
that I that I sat down today and made up
the schedule for the summer, and I'll fired over him
later tonight for him to give me the yea or
the nay.

Speaker 2 (50:58):
So uh, A lot of it's going to be ask
me that that week. You know, it could be on
a beach somewhere. I don't know, right, I mean, if
things go the way I hope they go, but if
they rarely do in this thing we call life, so
one never knows. Regardless of any of that, you will
be hearing from us a plenty.

Speaker 1 (51:13):
You will, you will. NHL Draft lottery is May fifth,
NHL drafts of twenty seven to twenty eighth. Kyle as
his benefit of hockey. Don't forget that. If you want
to hop on help out the Hockey Heroes weekend, he's
still raising money for that has met goal one. We
want to get him to goal too, so please take
a look at our social media's for updates on that.

(51:35):
Next week, we're back with a regular episode. We're going
to be doing some player reviews, talking about what kind
of grades we gave the players for this season. That
should be fun, and then we'll move into some offseason
game plans in the coming weeks. It's going to be
a jam pack summer. Talking of Flames hockey, we also
got some special episodes that we're going to do this
this summer that'll be a little more condensed for you.

(51:55):
They're going to give me thirty minute shows about different
things in Flames three or different Flames topics that we'll
fill your Flames hockey talk needs. We hope you enjoy that.
As we leave today. The band that we featured the
first on the show, Moos and Tuna, they're getting ready
for their summer tour. They're going to be in Braddock, Underwood, Carrington,

(52:17):
and Crosby all in June. Get out and see Moos
and Tuna live as we leave. Enjoy this Dowley Cup
playoffs Kyle, I hope your shoulder or heels and we
have a good week.

Speaker 2 (52:30):
He too, Yeah, like best matsho How we.

Speaker 1 (52:32):
Can just watch hockey and Amber will stress free.

Speaker 2 (52:38):
Uh that responded that, I mean in terms are not
stressing over were number in the playoffs or not? Yeah,
there is some belief that comes to that at this point,
it is Yeah, I think use the playoffs to strap
us from stress.

Speaker 1 (52:52):
That's right, all right, Cent, have a good week. We
will talk next week in enjoy the playoffs. Thanks for

(53:24):
listening to Flames Unfiltered with Brad Burud and Kyle Lewis
your source for unfiltered Calgary Flames hockey talk. Keep it
locked on Flames Unfiltered dot c a subscribe where you
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