Darryl Sutter and the Calgary Flames

2003-2004

Free Agents Signed : Krzysztof Oliwa Josh Green Jesse Wallin Matt Davidson

Players Lost: Scott Nichol Mike Mottau

Chris Drury - July 3, 2003: Traded to Buffalo by Calgary with Steve Begin for Steve Reinprecht and Rhett Warrener

Bob Boughner - July 16, 2003: Traded to Carolina by Calgary for New Jersey's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Calgary selected Kristopher Hogg) in 2004 Entry Draft and Carolina's 5th round choice (Kevin Lalande) in 2005 Entry Draft

Mikka Kiprusoff - November 16, 2003: Traded to Calgary by San Jose for Calgary's 2nd round choice (Marc-Edouard Vlasic) in 2005 Entry Draft

Lynn Loyns - January 9, 2004: Traded to Calgary by San Jose for Calgary's 5th round choice (later traded to Florida - Florida selected Bret Nasby) in 2004 Entry Draft

Ville Nieminen - February 24, 2004: Traded to Calgary by Chicago for Jason Morgan and Calgary's 6th round choice (Joseph Fallon) in 2005 Entry Draft

Chris Simon - March 6, 2004: Traded to Calgary by NY Rangers with NY Rangers' 7th round choice (Matt Schneider) in 2004 Entry Draft for Jamie McLennan, Blair Betts and Greg Moore,

Marcus Nilson - March 8, 2004: Traded to Calgary by Florida for Calgary's 2nd round choice (David Booth) in 2004 Entry Draft

2004-2005 - Lockout

Free Agents Signed: F Jason Wiemer F Byron Ritchie

Players Lost : F Craig Conroy D Toni Lydman F Krzysztof Oliwa G Roman Turek

Daymond Langkow - August 26, 2004: Traded to Calgary by Phoenix for Denis Gauthier and Oleg Saprykin

2005-2006

Signed Free Agents: F Tony Amonte D Roman Hamrlik D Bryan Marchment F Darren McCarty

Player lost

F Dean McAmmond F Martin Gelinas F Ville Nieminen

Chris Clark - August 4, 2005: Traded to Washington by Calgary with Calgary's 7th round choice (Andrew Glass) in 2007 Entry Draft for Washington's 7th round choice (Devin Didiomete) in 2006 Entry Draft and Washington's 6th round choice (later traded to Colorado - Colorado selected Jens Hellgren) in 2007 Entry Draft,

Philippe Sauve - August 9, 2005: Traded to Calgary by Colorado for future considerations,

Toni Lydman - August 25, 2005: Traded to Buffalo by Calgary for Buffalo's 3rd round choice (John Armstrong) in 2006 Entry Draft,

Kristian Huselius - December 2, 2005: Traded to Calgary by Florida for Steve Montador and Dustin Johner

Steve Reinprecht - February 2, 2006: Traded to Phoenix by Calgary with Philippe Sauve for Brian Boucher and Mike Leclerc,

Cale Hulse - March 14, 2000: Traded to Nashville by Calgary with Calgary's 3rd round choice (Denis Platonov) in 2001 Entry Draft for Sergei Krivokrasov,

Jamie Lundmark - March 9, 2006: Traded to Calgary by Phoenix for Calgary's 4th round choice (later traded to NY Islanders - NY Islanders selected Doug Rogers) in 2006 Entry Draft

Jason Wiemer - March 9, 2006: Traded to New Jersey by Calgary for New Jersey's 4th round choice (Hugo Carpentier) in 2006 Entry Draft,

2006-2007

Signed Free Agents - D Andrei Zyuzin F Jeff Friesen G Jamie McLennan D Brad Ference F Eric Godard

Players Lost - F Shean Donovan F Chris Simon F Craig MacDonald G Brian Boucher

Alex Tanguay - June 24, 2006: Traded to Calgary by Colorado for Jordan Leopold, Calgary's 2nd round choice (Codey Burki) in 2006 Entry Draft and Calgary's 2nd round choice (Trevor Cann) in 2007 Entry Draft

Craig Conroy - January 29, 2007: Traded to Calgary by Los Angeles for Jamie Lundmark, Calgary's 4th round choice (Dwight King) in 2007 Entry Draft and Calgary's 2nd round choice (later traded back to Calgary - Calgary selected Mitch Wahl) in 2008 Entry Draft

Brad Stuart - February 10, 2007: Traded to Calgary by Boston with Wayne Primeau and Washington's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Calgary selected T.J. Brodie) in 2008 Entry Draft for Andrew Ference and Chuck Kobasew,

David Hale - February 27, 2007: Traded to Calgary by New Jersey with New Jersey's 5th round choice (later traded to Buffalo - Buffalo selected Jean-Simon Allard) in 2007 Entry Draft for Calgary's 3rd round choice (Nick Palmieri) in 2007 Entry Draft

2007-2008

Free Agent Signings - Cory Sarich Owen Nolan Anders Eriksson Grant Stevenson Mark Smith Curtis Joseph

Players Lost - Roman Hamrlik Byron Ritchie Brad Stuart Brad Ference Jamie McLennan

Andrei Zyuzin - June 22, 2007: Traded to Chicago by Calgary with Steve Marr for Adrian Aucoin and Chicago's 7th round choice (C. J. Severyn) in 2007 Entry Draft

Mikael Backlund - June 22, 2007: 18th Overall pick to St Louis (Ian Cole) for 24th Pick (Backlund) and a Third Round pick in 2007 (John Negrin)

Jim Vandemeer - February 20, 2008: Traded to Calgary by Philadelphia for Calgary's 3rd round choice (Adam Morrison) in 2009 Entry Draft

2008-2009

Free Agents Signed - Curtis Glencross Todd Bertuzzi Jamie Lundmark Andre Roy Lawrence Nycholat

Players Lost - Eric Godard Curtis Joseph Kristian Huselius Owen Nolan David Hale

Michael Cammalleri - June 20, 2008: Traded to Calgary by Los Angeles with Calgary's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Calgary selected Mitch Wahl) in 2008 Entry Draft for Calgary's 1st round choice (later traded to Anaheim - Anaheim selected Jake Gardiner) in 2008 Entry Draft and Calgary's 2nd round choice (later traded to Carolina - Carolina selected Brian Dumoulin) in 2009 Entry Draft

Alex Tanguay - June 20, 2008: Traded to Montreal by Calgary with Calgary's 5th round choice (Maxim Trunev) in 2008 Entry Draft for Montreal's 1st round choice (Greg Nemisz) in 2008 Entry Draft and Montreal's 2nd round choice (later traded to Colorado - Colorado selected Stefan Elliott) in 2009 Entry Draft

Kyle Greentree - June 30, 2008: Traded to Calgary by Philadelphia for Tim Ramholt

Rene Bourque - July 1, 2008: Traded to Calgary by Chicago for Calgary's 2nd round choice (later traded to Toronto - Toronto selected Brad Ross) in 2010 Entry Draft

Jordan Leopold - March 4, 2009: Traded to Calgary by Colorado for Ryan Wilson, Lawrence Nycholat and Montreal's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Colorado selected Stefan Elliott) in 2009 Entry Draft

Olli Jokinen - March 4, 2009: Traded to Calgary by Phoenix with Phoenix's 3rd round choice (later traded to Florida - Florida selected Josh Birkholz) in 2009 Entry Draft for Matthew Lombardi, Brandon Prust and Calgary's 1st round choice (Brandon Gormley) in 2010 Entry Draft

2009-2010

Free Agents Signed - Fredrik Sjostrom Garth Murray Riley Armstrong Staffan Kronwall Jason Jaffray Brian McGrattan Nigel Dawes

Players Lost - Mike Cammalleri Adrian Aucoin Warren Peters Todd Bertuzzi Andre Roy Rhett Warrener Jamie Lundmark

Tim Erixon - June 26, 2009 Traded to Calgary (23rd Overall Pick) with 3rd Round Choice (Nicolas Deslauriers) for 20th Overall Pick Jacob Josefson New Jersey Devils

Jay Bouwmeester - June 27, 2009: Traded to Calgary by Florida for Jordan Leopold and Phoenix's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Florida selected Josh Birkholz) in 2009 Entry Draft, June 27, 2009.

Ryan Howse - June 27, 2009: (74th Overall Pick) Traded to Calgary for Draft Pick 84 (3rd Round) Nicolas Deslauriers (Acquired in previous trade) and Fourth Round Pick (Garrett Wilson)

Brandon Prust - June 27, 2009: Traded to Calgary by Phoenix for Jim Vandermeer

Ketih Seabrook - July 17, 2009 : Traded to Calgary by Washington for Future Considerations

Anton Stralman - July 27, 2009: Traded to Calgary by Toronto with Colin Stuart and Toronto's 7th round choice in 2012 Entry Draft for Wayne Primeau and Calgary's 2nd round choice in 2011 Entry Draft,

Anton Stralman -September 29, 2009: Traded to Columbus by Calgary for Columbus' 3rd round choice (Max Reinhart) in 2010 Entry Draft

Kyle Greentree - October 7, 2009: Traded to Chicago by Calgary for Aaron Johnson

Dion Phaneuf - January 31, 2010: Traded to Toronto by Calgary with Fredrik Sjostrom and Keith Aulie for Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and Ian White

Olli Jokinen - February 2, 2010: Traded to NY Rangers by Calgary with Brandon Prust for Christopher Higgins and Ales Kotalik

Vesa Toskala - March 3, 2010: Traded to Calgary by Anaheim for Curtis McElhinney

Dustin Boyd - March 3, 2010: Traded to Nashville by Calgary for Nashville's 4th round choice (Bill Arnold) in 2010 Entry Draft,

Steve Staios - March 3, 2010: Traded to Calgary by Edmonton for Aaron Johnson and Calgary's 3rd round choice in 2011 Entry Draft

2010-2011

Free Agent Signings: Alex Tanguay Olli Jokinen Raitis Ivanans Tim Jackman Ryan Stone Stefan Meyer Brendan Morrison Brendan Mikkelson

Players Lost: Eric Nystrom Nigel Dawes Christopher Higgins David Van der Gulik Brett Palin Jamal Mayers

Hendrik Karlsson - June 26, 2010 Traded to Calgary for 6th Round Draft Pick in 2010 (Konrad Abeltshauser)

Jason Jaffray - June 30, 2010: Traded to Anaheim by Calgary with future considerations for Logan MacMillan and future considerations

Ian White - November 17, 2010: Traded to Carolina with Brett Sutter for Anton Babchuck and Tom Kostopoulos

Revisit After Game One Stats - Current Standings

So just to refresh our minds on the different possibilities a team could have going into game one of the year.

There were 8 different scenarios.

1. Previous Playoff Team who Won vs Previous Playoff Team

2. Previous Playoff Team who Lost vs Previous Playoff Team

3. Previous Playoff Team who Won vs Previous Lottery Team

4. Previous Playoff Team who Lost vs Previous Lottery Team

5. Previous Lottery Team who Won vs Previous Playoff Team

6. Previous Lottery Team who Lost vs Previous Playoff Team

7. Previous Lottery Team who Lost vs Previous Lottery Team

8. Previous Lottery Team who lost vs Previous Lottery Team

I thought I would look at the current standings to see how they compare to the stats over the last 4 years.

Since you cannot have a half of a team, I either round up or round down the category.

1. 61% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (3.05 Teams)

Colorado

Phoenix

Los Angeles

Buffalo

Philadelphia

Currently there are 3 teams in a playoff position.

2. 47% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (2.35 Teams)

Chicago

Ottawa

Pittsburgh

Boston

Vancouver

Currently there are 4 teams in playoff position.

3. 88% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (2.64 Teams)

Detroit

San Jose

Nashville

Currently there are 2 teams in playoff position.

4. 77% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (2.31 Teams)

Montreal

New Jersey

Washington

Currently there are 2 teams in playoff position.

5. 51% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (2.55 Teams)

St Louis

New York Rangers

Atlanta

Dallas

Toronto

Currently there are 3 teams in playoff positions.

6. 29% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (.58 Teams)

Anaheim

Columbus

Currently there is 1 team in playoff position.

7. 42% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (1.26 Teams)

Tampa Bay

Edmonton

Carolina

Currently there is 1 team in playoff position.

8. 33% of these teams in the past 4 years have made the playoffs (1.32 Teams)

Calgary

Florida

Minnesota

New York Islanders

Currently none of these teams are in a playoff position.

After rounding up or down I can match all but one team of the 16 currently holding down a playoff position.

West 8/8

East 7/8

Does the first game really matter to the final standings? It might