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What the Calgary Flames have shown is a consistent inconsistency, so much so that head coach Darryl Sutter punctuated Wednesday's 4-1 beatdown by the ...

“At the end of the day, I want to get him in, but you know what? That’s the way it works. “As he gets a little stronger and gets a little more weight, then he’s going to have a better opportunity.” “The good news is Tampa’s coming in a couple days and I look at that game the same way, and I look for us to have a better response.” “I think we had a pretty good idea where our team is at — we’re in the middle of the pack, and we’re not in their class,” said the Flames coach, who insisted the three-goal hole his team dug in the first period had nothing to do with effort. “We played 46 games now and we’re still looking for a really good game,” said Lindholm in a room quieted by a 4-1 beatdown by the Colorado Avalanche Wednesday.

The Calgary Flames are the only Canadian team in the NHL that doesn't include an Indigenous land acknowledgement at their home games before play starts.

"The youth really need that sense of pride. they'd gain my respect," he said Tuesday on the "To me, respect is earned.

WATCH: The Calgary Flames are the only Canadian NHL team that does not do a land acknowledgement prior to games. As Craig Momney reports, one member of the ...

I’m only two generations from the signing of Treaty 7, so this is something that is still real. “I think Canadians are being reminded that our treaties were signed before and after Canada was a country… But the Flames has to do more than just acknowledge the land to reconcile with Indigenous peoples. “This is not centuries ago. “I’ve always seen ex-Chief Willie Littlechild acknowledge the (Treaty 6) tribes. “Land acknowledgments are part of those discussions. 16 and the Roughnecks’ Every Child Matters Game on Jan. This includes the Flames’ Indigenous Celebration Game on Feb. Once you create that sacred agreement, you protect each other,” Houle told QR Calgary. Read next: Read more:

Having to fend off the Oilers was enough of an ordeal, but now the Avs, Predators and Blues are lurking in the playoff picture.

[Seattle](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/kraken/), [Columbus](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/blue-jackets/) and [Chicago](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/blackhawks/) are next up, and the Flames have dropped points against each of these teams. 6 against the [New York Islanders](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/islanders/). Superstar [Nathan MacKinnon](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/nathan-mackinnon-B7ZhabkPk8EZMJkj/) and teammates Martin Kaut, [Pavel Francouz](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/pavel-francouz-mp3uFNuTBYUKBtzy/) and [Valeri Nichushkin](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/valeri-nichushkin-MktVDkgkYbYiHsPc/) have also missed time this year. [Nazem Kadri](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/nazem-kadri-RwZ8XzcIvjkqKAVq/) had a poor night in the faceoff circle and had moments when he couldn’t track the puck and lost focus. [Jacob Markstrom](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/jacob-markstrom-ysUSN5FrGMszsQUK/) can’t be completely faulted for the goals he allowed, but he once again couldn’t pick up a win. [Tampa Bay Lightning](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/lightning/) in a matinee Saturday afternoon. [Andrew Cogliano](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/andrew-cogliano-M5hdDWKwtdbXBBjy/) said following his team’s morning skate. [Avalanche](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/avalanche/) in [their season opener](https://theathletic.com/3691804/2022/10/14/flames-second-line-avalanche/). [Rasmus Andersson](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/rasmus-andersson-EWMgTZOd9ty8hh1S/) was caught out of position a couple of times and didn’t look like a player deserving of being sent to an All-Star Game. [Jonathan Huberdeau](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/jonathan-huberdeau-3dNoP24c2zFvJxub/) was moved to the top line as a result of the line changes, but his performance wasn’t stellar on any line. The effort to fight back was there, but at this point we’re not looking for an effort to fight back.” Yes, we’re going to constantly track the Flames’ level of play and compare it to other teams in their conference and around the league.

The Calgary Flames are still scrapping and fighting in the middle of the Western Conference to stay in a playoff spot. Despite winning the Stanley Cup last ...

The Flames looked slow, unmotivated, and disengaged for the first 40 minutes, finally showing some life in the third period when Darryl Sutter begrudgingly shuffled the lines to try and ignite a spark. The Avalanche scored three goals in the first period to go up 3-0 and never looked back. Despite winning the Stanley Cup last season, the Colorado Avalanche entered this game in a similar position, both teams needing wins as the second half of the season wears on.

It's a list that is just three names long: Drew Doughty, Erik Karlsson, and Cale Makar. Those are the skaters you can find around the National Hockey League ...

If the team at any point has to consider moving Andersson via trade over the next few seasons, he is the type of player who can return a bunch of assets. Andersson, just 26, is signed on a $4.5-million dollar cap hit through the 2025-26 season, and only carries a low-impact no-trade clause on the final two years of his deal. That’s two seasons of sustained advantage play for Calgary with Andersson on the ice. Andersson is also building an impressive track record of year-over-year performance, the type of performance you want to continuously bet on. Fighting for ice time on a deep unit like this is quite the challenge and generally requires significant outperformance and a lot of trust from the head coach. But it’s Andersson’s play that appears to be standing out to his head coach – look at his career usage, and look how much it’s exploded to the upside under Sutter’s tenure:

We've played 46 games now and we're still looking for a really good game,” said Flames alternate captain Elias Lindholm.

“It was a measuring-stick game, and we didn’t have it,” Coleman assessed after Wednesday’s loss, already looking ahead to a tangle with his former team. “It almost feels like every time we kind of get on a roll, we do something like this and try to find our game back.” You don’t expect that sort of unpredictability from a Sutter-coached crew. MT, Sportsnet/Sportsnet 960 The Fan). “Yeah, it’s concerning.” Maybe 60 Minutes is the answer.

In those 21 games, Ruzicka scored 6 goals and 11 assists, good for 17 points which put him second on the Flames in scoring only behind Elias Lindholm. He was ...

[January 18, 2023](https://twitter.com/a_barkingcat/status/1615855092107968512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) While I am impressed at how quickly he adjusted and adapted to LW, I am even happier seeing the coaches invest the time into developing him at centre as well. [January 18, 2023](https://twitter.com/JonnEngstrom/status/1615852069524754432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [January 18, 2023](https://twitter.com/weskrentz/status/1615846335554404357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) He isn't a fourth line player. [January 18, 2023](https://twitter.com/iiAaRaVsInGhii/status/1615846726644174857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [January 19, 2023](https://twitter.com/DinoPrimo/status/1615879757564084224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) He definitely needs to player higher in the lineup but it won't happen until Lucic is gone. [January 18, 2023](https://twitter.com/MGolupski/status/1615846842377605123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [January 19, 2023](https://twitter.com/scribeskapin/status/1615887251598356480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Tyler Toffoli scores on a gorgeous shot. [#Flames](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flames?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/46UtOwNHTn](https://t.co/46UtOwNHTn)