Looking Into the Flame

Other than the jersey unveiling for the Flames that will happen on Tuesday, there doesn't seem to be much more potential news coming out of Calgary in the next few weeks. Saying that, I haven't given an update on the Flames since the beginning of July, so I thought I would chime in on them again, just so you don't forget what has gone on.

Alex Tanguay	Craig Conroy	Jarome Iginla
Kristian Huselius	Daymond Langkow	Owen Nolan
Wayne Primeau	Matthew Lombardi	David Moss
Marcus Nilson	Stephane Yelle	Dustin Boyd

Dion Phaneuf	Anders Eriksson
Robyn Regehr	Adrian Aucoin
Cory Sarich	Rhett Warrener

Miikka Kiprusoff

Brent Krahn

The team itself looks to be a pretty solid bunch going into camp. There really isn't a hole that needs filling and the loss of Mark Giordano really isn't going to affect the bottom line of this team, especially since David Hale is a qualified number seven defenseman.

Now that Craig Conroy will have a full season back with Iginla, you may see those sparks return from seasons past. 75 points isn't out of the question for Conroy and in my draft here in Calgary, I expect Conroy to go in the low part of the second round. These crazy Flames fans. In my mock draft, with his 36 points last season, had him in the 8th round.

It's hard to say what Owen Nolan will decide to do this season. He sits in the line-up as a bit of a wildcard. Also only scoring 36 points last season (on a Phoenix team, mind you), you wonder what he has left in the tank. Yes, he'll probably end up playing with a good centre like Conroy or Langkow to start the season... or even mix it all up and have Nolan down with Yelle... it should be interesting what he brings to the table offensively, because there was still a little bit of that scoring touch missing last season, which Nolan will be relied upon to fill.

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