After facing backlash, Flames ownership group announces compensation program for employees

Source: Carly Stagg, calgary.ctvnews.ca. March 16, 2020 The program will top up employees with or without EI. CALGARY — After considerable backlash from Calgarians and city councillors, the Flames ownership group amended its recent decision to not pay hourly and event employees for cancelled shifts after the NHL season was paused due to the COVID-19 outbreak.… Continue reading After facing backlash, Flames ownership group announces compensation program for employees

Suddenly hot Flames have their blue-line to thank

There is an ongoing discussion in some National Hockey League circles, and it concerns that rare, most valuable roster commodity: The No. 1 defenceman. Consensus has somewhere between 15 and 20 true No. 1 defencemen peppered across the 30-team NHL; that 24-minute player who can run a power play, kill penalties, and is deployed in… Continue reading Suddenly hot Flames have their blue-line to thank