Welcome to Peters Drive In, How can I help you?

Sure, I'll have the last Forward roster spot on The Calgary Flames, thanks!

Also, do me a solid and send Dustin Boyd, Grant Stevenson, Carsen Germyn, and D Adam Pardy to Quad City.

Earlier today Jean Lefevbre broke the news Officially Unofficially that Warren Peters, was the last remaining forward on the team. This is a bit of a shock to me. I guess he simply had more drive this preseason and guys like Boyd, Germyn who should've stepped up their game simply didn't provide it to the Staff in Calgary.

So who is this Warren Peters they speak of?

Birthdate: July 10, 1982
Age: 25
Birthplace: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Height: 6'0
Weight: 199 lbs.
Shoots: Left
Salary: $450,000

Aug 5, 2005: Signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames

I think it'll only be a matter of time until Boyd get's the call as injuries do happen, but it is still disappointing that he didn't do enough to make the big team.

Congrats to Warren Peters

Warren Peters Career Stats
J.F. Article

-Flames Ronin
flamesdailyblog@gmail.com

0-2-1-1 - Means No Worries

This pre-season is different. Sure while it would be nice for The Flames to get a W on the board right now, any adversity you can face while the games mean absolutely nothing is a valuable experience. I'd rather start up slow, and gain some steam up to October 4th where the Regular Season begins.

Not only that, but we've seen some great young players step up, look at Matt Keetley's game against Florida, he played fantastic... I personally wouldn't have thought he'd look so sharp. The most recent examples are Adam Pardy who IMO is well on his way to unseating David Hale and Brett Sutter, a guy who CLEARLY isn't around just because he's the GM's son. This kid has what it takes to play on this team, he tries like hell and is all effort and you know he has the right attitude.

We've seen our Powerplay click last night, and an emerging line of Tanguay-Langkow-Iginla. These are all positive steps to a good start of the regular season.

Miikka Kiprusoff albeit allowing a couple of softies last night shook off some rust and played a solid 2 periods in Vancouver. The extra ice time he's going to get along with Curtis "The Tobasco Kid" McElhinney will work wonders.

Dustin Boyd has performed well effort wise but nil on the scoresheet... I'm not too worried about it. But I think he may lose his spot to Grant Stevenson in the end.

The Defense is still going through a development phase but they're getting better, and the team as a whole is still adjusting to new Coach Mike Keenan.

If I could pick one guy who simple does not belong on this team it's Eric Godard... He's been horrendous.

4 games done with, we've got points in half of those games, 4 games left. I don't think The Flames will run the table in those 4 games but in the grand scheme of things it really doesn't matter... I just want to see more guys like Boyd take advantage of this opportunity and to hope for the least amount of injuries possible.

The way it's going now, The Oilers are well on their way to win the Stanley Cup... *tsssk*

Until next time:
Go Flames Go!

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Flames Ronin (Formerly ConroyToIginla)
flamesdailyblog@gmail.com

Time for a Line up projection!

Back in July I posted these lines:

Tanguay-Lombardi-Iginla
Huselius-Langkow-Nolan
Primeau-Conroy-Moss
Taratukhin-Yelle-Nilson

Phaneuf-Sarich
Regehr-Aucoin
Eriksson-Giordano*

As you all know, Giordano and Taratukhin will not be Calgary Flames this season... so it's time to change it up and also i've changed my mind on who'll be the top Center to start off the season. I'll take another swing at this stuff after the preseason. But for now....

Forwards

Tanguay-Conroy-Iginla
Huselius-Langkow-Nolan
Boyd-Lombardi-Moss
Primeau-Yelle-Nilson

Press Box: Godard, Stevenson
First Call Up: Nystrom

Defensemen

Aucoin-Phaneuf
Sarich-Regehr
Warrener-Eriksson

Press Box: Hale

First Call up: Ramholt

Goalies:

Kiprusoff
Krahn

My Thoughts: I think The Flames will run 3 lines deep of a balanced scoring threat

The 1st line is money to me. Conroy will start there... Mark my words. The Iginla/Conroy chemistry hasn't gone anywhere (Outside of last years playoffs... where nobody really showed up)

The 2nd line add's Nolan's powerful slapshot on the wing and I can imagine many goals being scored via a pass to Nolan across the ice from Huselius with Langkow creating traffic in front and getting the tip or just a nice screen.

The 3rd line is a kid line of sorts and will feature a very quick attack, great forecheckers, pressure and creativity. With Moss's big body in front of the net I can see this line producing alot of points with the ice time they'll recieve.

The 4th line will be the good ol' shut em down line and will chip in their points with Primeau getting the majority for that line.

On D

The 1st pairing, I see Aucoin with Phaneuf. Both players have lethal point shots and have opposite handedness. Beware shot blockers!

The 2nd pairing I see Sarich with Regehr. From watching Tampa games over the summer, Sarich is a grittier Jordan Leopold when it comes to moving the puck, although he doesn't have as much natural skating ability as Leo, he can still move up the ice quickly and get the puck up to the forwards, Sarich will surprise many Flames fans this season.

The 3rd pairing will hopefully feature a healthy Rhett Warrener, he's been working his his skating this summer so hopefully it pays off. He was absolutely terrible last year and will rebound, Eriksson will be a surprise to many as well, He is a very steady player and will fit in well with the team and the style we should play.

Kiprusoff will get around 55-60 games and i'm sure will see more bench than usual if he or the team comes out slow... That's just the way it is. Kipper will be Kipper but he'll need more help this year then he got last season. Hopefully the effort Keenan wants from the team shows through. Kipper deserves it.

I pick Krahn as backup, he has more experience than Curtis McElhinney career wise and should be given a chance to prove himself... His career rides on this season. It should be interesting. If Krahn doesn't perform, McElhinney will get his chance and if that falls through, Hello UFA Veteran Goaltender... Robert Esche, Curtis Joseph? I don't think it'll come to that however.

-ConroyToIginla
flamesdailyblog@gmail.com

My Jersey Speculation

So now that we've had a day to think on the new jersey's.. The goods, The bads... ect Something occurred to me regarding the Shoulder patches.

While they aren't my favorite, the jersey would look just fine without them... They have grown on me and while it seems that they will be a one year deal as per Ken King's comments on TSN, It leads me to believe we will see a 3rd jersey next season that will include a brand new Alternate logo which will end up being the shoulder patches on the Red and White jerseys next season... It makes perfect sense from a marketing perspective for The Flames, Sell a bunch of these national pride jerseys this year, get superfans like me to buy a new 3rd jersey next year, plus a new regular jersey with the new shoulder logos, and use the $$$$$ to pay Miikka Kiprusoff's long term salary! I've got no problems with that!

So make sure you buy your Limited Edition "Calgary, Alberta, Canada" Flames jerseys because we may very well see something along the lines of my Mockup next season as a 3rd jersey with a new alternate mark.

NOTE: This is by no means anything more than a Fan Mockup design, from the Colors, and the Logo..

Dasvidania Mr. Taratukhin...

According to the Calgary Sun and some blunt comments from Flames GM Darryl Sutter it appears that Andrei Taratukhin is gone to Russia... Why? Who knows... The kid would've made the team in my opinion and had him penciled in more than a month ago.

It's obvious he doesn't dream of a NHL career after all... It's understandable from a personal standpoint, his family... but even so. It's not a move I respect as a fan of this team...

It really makes me wonder what the point of drafting Russian players is at all now... unless they are top flight prospects ala Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, and Ilya Kovalchuk.

You can Read The Sun's article HERE, Including comments from Darryl Sutter himself and his thoughts on the Taratukhin fiasco and Giordano.

New Jerseys!

Conroy with Jersey (Red)
Conroy with Jersey (White)
Canada Flag patch close up
Alberta Patch Close up

My Thoughts: While The Alberta and Canada Flags were totally out of left field, and after an original W-T-F... As I think about it and look at these I love the new approach. I think it's obvious the city and team are leaving the Hick, Cowboy, Yee-Haw attitude behind as this city matures... But then again i'm a born and raised Calgarian who hasn't been to the Stampede in 3 years....

I'm sure fans from around the country of other teams will not enjoy us putting our National Flag right on the jersey but why the heck not? We are a Canadian team here... We're all Canadian teams, I'd have no problem if all Canadian teams had that logo on their jersey.

Imagine The Flames going to Florida... Would most people in attendance or watching on TV know where Calgary even is? Is it a town somewhere in Maine?? With these shoulder patches it shows #1 this team is from Canada, and specifically The Province of Alberta.

On the overall design, I love them. Especially The Whites, as they seem to have the most dramatic changes, a Black collar, Red Laces, Nice Black striping down the sides providing a great contrast on the jersey itself.

The Patches visually will take some getting used to, no doubt but I am happy with the design and the approach on these and can't wait to wear them.

-ConroyToIginla

Taratukhin staying in Russia? Not so fast... - Updated

We've got conflicting reports of Taratukhin staying in Russia... I'll let you decide:

http://www.hcsalavat.ru/

"Had offer from Salavat, but I dream of Calgary"
http://www.russianprospects.com/public/article.php?article_id=530

I believe the latter, I know some of you don't know what he brings to the table but trust me. He will make the team opening night barring injury. He has all the intangibles.

Time will tell... he may very well have signed with Salavat but I'd be shocked if he wasn't in Calgary in a couple weeks for Camp.

Update: It seems that Andrei will be here but may have a deal in Russia as well if he has to play in the minors, which is understandable... With the chaos with his family last year, and being able to make more money in Russia than the AHL... However if he makes The Flames and is here for the majority of the year and is a key member of the team he should be in Calgary.

UPDATE:

Andrei is listed as a participant in this years Camp as seen HERE this was posted September 1st, just two days ago.