This week’s EF Hour, which would normally have been underway right now, will instead be celebrated with rum in hand, reflecting silently on all the in-depth Flames chats I always enjoyed with my pal @Fan960Steinberg.
Here’s to the hope of working together again soon my friend. 🍻
Rambled so much I needed a Word document. Perhaps through some blurry eyes.
The support this week has been overwhelming.
Thanks for everything, friends. 🖤🩶❤️
A massive thank you to everyone who reached out over the last 24 hours. It’s not the end I know that.
If you want to talk #Flames or anything else you know where to find me. ❤️
Much love to @Fan960Steinberg.
This man has been the staple of the Flames media in this city. His dedication to covering the team, and giving fans a voice, was so very much appreciated.
We love you Pat, and we will follow whatever is next for you!
@ABDanielleSmith So, you'll call for consultations between Calgary council and business owners over... noise levels?
But you won't consult with First Nations chiefs over your separatist agenda.
Maybe you should check yourself...
If the Oilers plan all along was to let Knoblauch go, then their handling of this has been horrendous.
If they wanted to explore Cassidy as an option, and if it didn’t work out retain Kris, then it was risky - if it got out, they’d be scuttling a coach they just re-signed and were considering keeping.
The fact it got out made a return for Knoblauch impossible.
Arguably the most important off season in 30 years for this franchise gets off to a rough start.
Have to think Bowman and Jackson are very much on the clock as well. Fatigue and injuries only go so far in masking a body of work with some massive mistakes at critical junctures.
Brett Kulak with a series winner last night puts an exclamation point on mishandled assets and mis-reads on players.
Will be an interesting few months for the organization.
Congrats to Kris Versteeg and Lethbridge’s own Wacey Rabbit on their induction into the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame 👏🏒
Well deserved honour for two Southern Alberta hockey names ❤️💛
Edmonton Oilers in the first round:
2021 — don’t face Kings, eliminated
2022 — face Kings, advance
2023 — face Kings, advance
2024 — face Kings, advance
2025 — face Kings, advance
2026 — don’t face Kings, eliminated
Los Angeles merchants?
Here’s the problem.
The second you start calling your own team “Average” with high expectations, you’ve already lost the room.
That’s not leadership—that’s distance.
You never heard
Wayne Gretzky do that. Or Mario Lemieux. Or Michael Jordan. Or Tom Brady.
Those guys didn’t separate themselves from the team—they dragged the team up with them. And there’s a reason they all have rings. Multiple.
People forget something real quick. When Gretzky left Edmonton, the Oilers won the Cup second season after. Let that sink in.
Right now, Connor McDavid is the best player in the league.
No debate.
But if the mindset doesn’t shift, he risks becoming something nobody wants to be—
The most talented player of his era with a highlight reel full of magic… and nothing to show for it when it matters most.
Someone had to say it.
🏒 #LetGoOilers