Calgary Flames

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The best NHL starting lineup of Calgary born players - The Win ... (The Win Column)

Canada produces a lot of hockey talent; there is no doubt about it. In basically every hockey tournament in the world, we see Canada perform as one of the ...

It will be very interesting to see if any new names make a case for themselves to be joining team Calgary in the near future, but right now, it’s easy to see that Calgary has produced some very strong NHL talent. He is a generational talent, and is one of the leagues best players. The talent is hard to describe, but I think it is fair to say that a starting lineup like the above would be the best in the NHL. He is the best defenceman in the game, a Stanley Cup Champion, and at only 24 years old, Makar’s play is honestly hard to put into words. Morrissey is a contender for the Norris Trophy this year, as he is on pace for almost 90 points, as a defenceman no less. This got me thinking: what would a lineup of the best players from the city of Calgary look like?

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Ping! The Calgary Flames are among the league-leaders in shots off ... (The Win Column)

The Flames have felt like one of the most snakebitten teams in the league this year. They have regularly put up 30 shots per game, and sometimes hit over 40 ...

[Vincent Trocheck](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/trochvi01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hockey-reference.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-16_hr) leads the league with a combined 11 posts and crossbars this season, the Flames [Tyler Toffoli](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/toffoty01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hockey-reference.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-16_hr) is not far behind. [Troy Terry](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/terrytr01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hockey-reference.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-16_hr) and Elias Pettersson are the only other players with four this season. The Flames have beat the goalie but not the bars 49 times this season, and even if you say very conservatively that 10% or five (4.8 rounded up) of those went in, how differently this season could have gone. Right behind them are Mangiapane and [Dillon Dube](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/dubedi01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hockey-reference.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-16_hr) who have four apiece. The good news is that these things are bound to change. Putting together their combined missed shots, those that have gone wide, over the net, or hit iron, Nazem Kadri leads the way with 65 so far this season. The latter two make sense, with Lewis sitting 13th and Ruzicka sitting 15th in shot attempts this season, but Zadorov is tenth with 140 shot attempts, so to see how rarely he misses the net is a good sign for the team. The Flames sit first in the entire league in terms of shots off the bar this season. While the the Flames lead the league, the New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, and Washington Capitals are all not far behind at this point. Only five teams in the league have hit the bar 40 or more times so far this season, averaging over one ping per game. The Flames have felt like one of the most snakebitten teams in the league this year. Call it bad luck, shooting from the wrong parts of the ice, not enough bodies in front, or puck luck, the long and the short of it is the Flames simply have not been able to put the puck in the back of the net reliably this season.

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Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter on playing Jakob Pelletier ... (Flames Nation)

11 days later, the Flames are back home and Pelletier has yet to make his NHL debut. Speaking to the assembled media on Tuesday afternoon, Sutter discussed what ...

The Flames begin a home-stand on Wednesday against the Colorado Avalanche. But we’re not 10 up and we’re not 10 out. Ad Advertisement “The game is about motion. 11 days later, the Flames are back home and Pelletier has yet to make his NHL debut.

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Flames staying patient with top prospect Pelletier (TSN)

With Calgary Flames fans clamouring to see 2019 first-round pick Jakob Pelletier take his solo rookie lap, head coach Darryl Sutter is taking a more patient ...

“We haven’t talked too much to be honest,” he said of his interactions with the coaching staff. That’s the way it works…He’s got energy for it and a passion for it and a work ethic for it. “Just to be a pro guy, I think you have to bring it each day…each guy [on the Flames] has been good to me.” Pelletier joked that he now has someone to speak with in his mother tongue. The lessons are sure to benefit Pelletier when he does eventually make his NHL debut. “You bring them on trips, and they have to watch how guys, before you play in the NHL or before you’re successful in the NHL, you have to be around those guys and see what it’s like,” Sutter said on Tuesday.

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