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Sorry if we've discussed this already - been super busy & haven't had the time to read through ... but I was driving past McMahon yesterday and they had this massive metal structure in the parking lot. What is that for?

Some Flames updates because I'm getting restless waiting for hockey season to start up haha. It begins September 7th and 10th, a pair of prospect games vs the Oilers. If you're free on the 10th, the game's in Calgary - seats are $5 across the board. We're sitting up right against the glass...

Personally i'd love something like Malmo's Turning Torso, would provide a bunch of uniqueness and constrast in our skyline of mostly dark coloured boxes. I don't have the photoshop skills to see what that'd look like, but it at least looks cool in my head. ?

Excellent re-sigings lately, Bennett 2 years at $2.55M per, Rittich 2 years at $2.75M per. Both deals provide great opportunities for the players to grow and really prove themselves, and they're also relatively low-risk as they're only two years at under $3M each if either player falls off...

I totally get everyone's concerns about the sketchiness of some aspects of the deal, and even the councilors and mayor have admitted the optics of approving funding for a sports facility while cutting funding to key public services is ludicrous. At the same time I'm sure you guys can tell based...

So do I. I think that would make for a super intimate atmosphere and would also give cheapos like me who sit in the nosebleeds a better view of the action. At the same time I worry how much that will reduce seating capacity. At 19,289 seats, the 'dome is one of the bigger arenas, and that helps...

update: the conditional pick is a 3rd rounder, we get it if both of these situations happen: 1) Neal scores more than 21G this season 2) Lucic scores 10+ less goals than Neal My hope is that Neal becomes what Chiasson was for them last season, scores like 25G, 40P, but they're still miles away...

Well, I was not ready for this on an overcast Friday afternoon. The Flames trade James Neal to Edmonton of all places for MILAN LUCIC. Understandably, a lot of Flames fans are groaning at this, and I seem to be in the minority of those who are tentatively pretty pumped about the trade. The...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-flames-new-arena-deal-1.5217783?cmp=rss Looks like the Flames and the city are "close to a deal" on the new arena. Not sure how significant that is, as it seems like we've been 'close to a deal' a few times before. Regardless, the official...

Literally ANYTHING would be better than that ugly grungy parking lot and chainlink fence lmao. ANYTHING.

Indeed you could've. No reason to insult, berate, and blame other people, especially for circumstances largely out of their control. How many live in Ogden? 9000? Don't pretend all 1.3M+ of us Calgarians can afford to live right beside a c-train station or within walking distance to the downtown...

Was reading this article this morning, looking at some possible UFA goaltenders to sign as a backup or 1A/1B with Rittich. As much as Smitty's playoff effort was spectacular, and as much as I like McElhinney, I feel like our best option out of those three would be Talbot. And that's not just...

What you're saying makes sense, I'm pretty sure we all ultimately want better public transportation and more pedestrian prioritization. The fact that people who, by circumstance, are required to use cars are deserving of zero sympathy doesn't make sense. And, in other places, it might add a few...

UrbanWarrior a few pages back: "Yeah, I can't feel at all sorry for people in environmentally destructive, climate controlled boxes when the proposal is about prioritizing pedestrians. All at the same time making Stampede Park much more connected to the urban fabric and the whole immediate area...

We can all say "people should only use public transit, not cars!" and be all Kumbaya about everything, but face it, that's not how this society functions currently. You can say everyone should live in the downtown core and walk everywhere, that's not practical. I live in the NW, a 25 minute walk...

I hope so. The ctrain does cross 25th ave, and runs just east of Mcleod, like they have in that picture. You're right though, it's probably 17th ave. Either way, if they truly want to "connect the Beltline and VP" in the manner they say, through putting everything at ground level, they'd have to...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stampede-station-revamp-1.5141417 Wtf ... this looks like a huge step backwards to me. I thought there was talk of raising Erlton station above ground because the traffic in this area gets so bad. Now they want VP Station entirely at ground level with a...

Agreed ^ Definitely overreacting guys. Not a piece of glass nor spandrel nor anything has even been put up yet and you're all ready to burn Cidex at the stake. Wait and see how it goes.

Yup. Refs are the most inconsistent bunch of bastards i've ever seen. That disallowed Gaudreau goal? The exact same play happened for Toronto today, and it counted. Not only that, Bennett was pulled by the Avs guy into his goalie, his goalie moved towards the net, had some time to get back, the...

The refs that game were absolutely horrible, they've been bad all series and really all season but this game especially. Seems like they were making every soft call they could on the Avs but obvious highsticks, hooks, and trips on Flames players were ignored. I don't like being THAT guy, and...