TV: SN1 - Radio: Sportsnet 960
Odds: Calgary (-120) - Colorado (-102) O/U: 6.5
The Flames are back......and boy do they look different. The Calgary team that was embarrassed by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of last year’s playoffs are a different team to start the 2022-23 season. Gone are the Matthew Tkachuk’s, Johnny Gaudreau’s, Sean Monahan’s, Erik Gudbranson’s and so on. In their place Calgary added Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri. Honestly, the Flames are probably better with the lineup they have now than they were last season. Yes, losing over 200 points between Tkachuk and Gaudreau is tough to swallow/replace, but Huberdeau (100pt player himself), Weegar and Kardi bring toughness and winning experience to a team that needed some of that in past seasons.