Flames Had Opportunity For Rest

The Flames clinched their playoff spot on Thursday night, which made their match against Vancouver meaningless on Saturday. The Flames had been without Craig Conroy (John B.) for the final week and a little bit with a torso injury. On Saturday, the Flames had also rested Adrian Aucoin (Aaron), Rhett Warrener (non-pool) and Miikka Kiprusoff (Ryan) before their first round match-up against a team still unknown.

The Flames have a chance to meet either Minnesota or San Jose in the first round of the playoffs, but it will be Sunday's games that will decide that for them. Before Sunday's action, they are slated to play Minnesota, but if Colorado can beat Minnesota on Sunday, then the Flames will take on San Jose instead.

Jarome Iginla (Aaron) managed to score his 50th goal of the season on Saturday night, which will lead the Calgary offense this Spring. Questions still remain about the consistency of the offense for Calgary as the playoffs present itself, but a good physical presence should be what the Flames are looking for when they start their quest.

Let's have a quick look at their line-up as they have finished their season. Remember, the bold players are on the Playoff Pool Sheet.

Kristian Huselius	Daymond Langkow	Jarome Iginla
Alex Tanguay	Matthew Lombardi	Owen Nolan
Marcus Nilson	Craig Conroy	David Moss
Eric Nystrom	Wayne Primeau	Eric Godard
	Stephane Yelle	Mark Smith

Dion Phaneuf	Adrian Aucoin
Robyn Regehr	Anders Eriksson
Jim Vandermeer	Cory Sarich
Rhett Warrener	David Hale

Miikka Kiprusoff

Curtis Joseph

I'm predicting a lot of Calgary selections in the Playoff Pool, as we're in Calgary. They will be in tough against San Jose, if that's who they face in the first round, but a match-up against Minnesota will be more to their liking.