Calgary Flames where an interesting team last season. They made a move that they thought would help them go further into the playoffs. Trading Lombardi for Jokinen and it helped them out in the regular season a bit. Also they had a chance to clinch first place in Northwest division and couldn't capitalize and Vancouver took first place at the end. It just didn't have the impact they where hoping for in the playoffs getting knocked out by Chicago Blackhawks.
Calgary isn't extremely young at forward but not that old either. They have 4 unrestricted free agents in this off season. They biggest names on that list is Michael Cammalleri and Todd Bertuzzi. Jerome Iginla led the team in points at 89. Michael Cammalleri lead the team in goals at 39. Iginla led team in assists also with 54 assists. It will be interesting to see if they Keep Cammalleri or if someone gives him a bigger contract.
Calgary is the same at defense as they are at forward age wise. They have 3 unrestricted free agents coming in the off season. Two really big defensemen for them too in Adrian Aucoin and Jordon Leopold. I definitely see them trying to keep one of these two around for next season if not both.
Calgary has no questions who their net minder is. It's Miikka Kiprusoff who had 45 wins last season. The backup for Calgary is a free agent but I'm sure they can afford to let him go having a goaltender who wins 40 plus games himself. Calgary has the pieces in place to make it the the finals again like they did in the 03-04 season and lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
By:Shane Murray
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