mid August update

A little mid-August update
First off, CFL
The Stamps have moved into a 3 way first place tie for first with Saskatchewan and Edmonton at 3-3, after beating Winnipeg. The Stamps certainly aren’t on fire and are having some troubles. Edmonton is coming off a loss to Hamilton (who are 4-2, yes!) and is the Stamps next opponent, this Thursday night. The Stamps play the Eskimoes 3 times in their next 4 games, so it is a huge part of the schedule.
Let week 7 begin.
Hamilton has been playing great lately, and it is great to see, they are the second best team in the league right now! The Tiger-Cats play the Roughriders play on Sunday.
Not much new for Flames news, the Oilers might be trying to trade a top D-man (ie. Souray). Oh Edmonton.
Oh and Theo Fleury wants to make a comeback after being out of the NHL for 6 years. Sounds like his concrete company isn’t doing great. He is 41 and still has to serve a 60-game suspension, it would be tough for any team to sign this distraction. I still can’t believe he is serious about coming back. Really?
The NFL begins soon, Team Canada is having their training camp for the Olympics and the Blue Jays still suck. That’s about it.

Until next time

Aug long update

woohoo. what a month for the Flames. ok, it was July, but still, a good month for the Flames. they signed Bouwmeester to a deal worth 6.7mil a year. good signing. this makes the Flames defence ultra deep, also they traded away Vandermeer, which clears up room for more contracts, and traded Primeau to Toronto, for Stralman, who is a defensive prospect. the Flames also picked up Dawes (potential top 6 winger) and Seabrook (bubble player) and resigned key guys like Boyd.
so the Flames dumped some expensive players and picked up several guys in the key 23-27 age range, guys that may or may not hit their peak with the Flames. Sutter you are awesome. with Brent Sutter behind the bench and a stellar Dcore (Regher, Phaneuf, Sarich, Bouwmeester, Pardy, Giordano, with guys like Pelech challenging) and an actual system that requires players like Iginla to get back defensively, and hopefully more use of backup McElhinney, and more young guys challenging for spots on the forward ranks, this training camp and following season will be fun to watch!
Go Flames

as for the Stamps, they have had an off and on start. the first two games were rough, a loss to Montreal was hard to take but not as hard as a loss to bottom feeder Winnipeg. i guess there is alot more parity this season. the Stamps got back on track and beat Toronto and BC by sound margins, but couldn't complete a win over sasky last night, losing by one point on a touchdown with a minute left for the Riders. I should add that Burris was given the ball twice in the last minute with chances to drive the field, and he blew it, bad decision making. it really came down to a missed 49 yard field goal by DeAngelis just before Saskatchewan scored the go ahead touchdown. a field goal would have made it a 9 point lead instead of 6.
so the Stamps fall to 2-3, one win back of Sask and Edmonton (who upset Montreal this week), and one win ahead of the struggling Lions, who have lost twice to the resurgent Ticats (as per my preseason predictions, Tabbies are doing well!).
its a long season, but the Stamps need to turn it around by labour day, as the head to head matchup with the Eskimoes may be the difference between hosting the west final or west semifinal.
Go Stamps Go
(injury note, the Stampeders have lost star reciever, KenYon Rambo, for the season)