It's simple, they feel no pressure, nothing matters, they are expected to lose. Huby feels no pressure, he is free, no more having to live up to his contract, he is loose and feels good. Edmonton on the other hand are expected to win, the pressure is ON! They are expected to win, they have to live up to the billing! Pressure is a big deal.........

If the rebuild isn't as long as our veterans think, it might be even more painful for us. I'm concerned that there's still no elite talent on this roster. Where's your legit #1 center or your elite PMD? Can you win a Cup without those? How many Cup winners of this era didn't have top 3 draft picks contributing in major roles? You could maybe make a case for the '19 Blues (Pietrangelo was #4), but is that your model? After that you're looking back to the Dynasty Red Wings to find a winner that didn't... Sure, a rebuild isn't a guarantee of success, but its the most consistent path to a Cup in this era.

Great video Pike!

Before the season started, I told a friend I thought the Flames were gonna win the cup this year, & my friend agreed! There's a number of positive things coming together all at once, but I think the real key is that Connie & Huska are both really great human beings. They clearly care about other people, and that makes all the difference - it makes them better at their jobs and gives them more insight into who should be playing where and when.

Man I absolutely love Pike's breakdowns. Keep rockin it man!

So. Conny. Huska's Hustlers. It starts from the top. Great piece Pike, thanks for the Marky callback because goalies are on everyone's mind. Marky finished #32 out of 64 goalies last year. Be slightly better than 50% and our goaltending has improved lol. Great piece.

You know, with maybe a couple holes on D and goaltending still to be proven, when you look at the Flames vs the cap and what they have in $ to spend they are actually kinda stacked. $17.8mm in space and Sharangovich slotting in might be another point per game. Value for money.

Flames are 4-0 and will be 5-0 after Saturday's game in Seattle . Soon Sharangovich will be back and Honzek will be sent down to the Wranglers!!

With each win, the tension and pressure builds for the team to keep it up. Hopefully they can brush it off and just keep rolling.

All joking aside the vibes are immaculate, the effort is solid, and the kids are playing and learning. That’s all we wanted as fans.

Let’s get after it boys plan the parade! No YOU’RE overreacting!

weird for people that expect them fail. If we look at the rosters. They are solid and the play as a team.

LMFAO. Get ready for an absolute slaughter tonight. 5-1 Vancouver easy win

Can flames leverage cap space and/or Anderson to net a cornerstone young Center? It's the biggest gap in the organization. Outside of the massive question marks in the crease. Eveyone is hopeful wolf or vladdy can step it up this year, but both are pretty unproven in the NHL.

Awesome coverage! Looking forward to this year. Win or lose, it’ll be very interesting to see the direction this team takes both this season and beyond as they rebuild.

This is so great! Thank you. Go Flames!

Great video Ryan. I hope we lose most games 4-3 and pick top 5. I have a feeling we will be better than that, but I'm mainly hoping we don't lose that top 10 pick

GFG!

Excellent segment Ryan. GO FLAMES GO

hard to see Anderson not being moved. great player, Right side. small cap hit. his value is pretty huge.

Good breakdown, I agree with your thinking. Flames fan since the Atlanta days, I appreciate the content & subscribed.

If the team surpasses expectations by a good measure. I'm sure Conroy will upgrade with all the cap space they have. Of course pre season is all sunshine and rainbows anyway. Heres to a Kuzy "Interesting, very interesting" season!

It's great to see your face Ryan. Would absolutely love to have you on our show one day

What great insight on the team. This is coming from a person who constantly looks for Flames news. 🔥

If a waived player gets claimed by another team, does the player get a say in staying with the original team?

Also thank you for this video as I was confused about who was waiver eligible

I asked Elliot Friedman this and didn't get an answer. How typical is it for a player to be claimed off waivers at this time of year? Is there an unspoken agreement to not do so?

Great job Ryan for the latest updates.

Those BMO wooden “benches” look awful. What were they thinking

Jyoti wants 17th replaced with one big bike path

Thank you so much Ryan for doing this.

Pike! Flames fan from Drumheller here. Can you do more frequent updates on the building, please? It’s a little too far and outta the way for me to come and check out progress on my own… I appreciate you! Ya do a bang up job with covering the Flames and everything else as well. I’m still holding out on buying your book, hoping to get ya to mail me a signed copy (I’ll cover the cost, of course!) If your interested, reply to this comment, and I’ll send you my email or phone number

Awkward? I call it warm. Missed that hallway during the cold stretch last season.

Well done Pike, B roll and everything! Fancy!

In recent years, it's just been one season

Love this Ryan, keeping updates for this especially with all the extra information you have regarding the new building/renovations is always welcome. Are the blueprints for Scotia Place public information? If so, where would you find them?

Rip 🪦 Johnny Hockey 🏒 Johnny Gaudreau #13

This one definitely got to me. Never have I been emotional for a person passing in the sports world or entertainment until this happened. Seeing the support Calgarians showed at the dome made me tear up multiple times. I hoped that Johnny would return one day and retire as a Flame, I truly believe he knew how loved he was here. Rest in peace.

Calgarians really are the best we rally like no others

I never thought the death of an athlete could hurt this much. He was a really good guy (Matt too).

Well said Ryan, devastating news.

ethAN

I predict Gavin McKenna will score the first goal at the fire pit!!

Great design. Edmontons looks like a giant bed pan. Thankfully they didn't do anything as ugly as that.

I've nick named Scotia place the *** FIRE PIT ***

I don't find it impressive at all.

Looks horrible. Disgusting, hideous “MoDeRn” architecture. Literally all they had to do was build another Saddledome except 4-5,000 seats bigger. Instead we get some woke monstrosity. I will never set foot in that building. Dome or bust. Bust? So be it. Bust it is.

Does anyone have an opinion on the new arena has 800 seating less than the Saddledome? Doesn't that make it a bit harder to get seats?

when they were talking about the four elements, i thought they were going to shock us all with a opening roof, to represent Air.

Fire Place