It started as a rude welcome back from the holiday break. It’s grown into a monumental slump, and an end doesn’t appear in sight.
The Calgary Flames were shut out 5-0 by the visiting (and red-hot) St. Louis Blues on Thursday. That’s the fifth time in the past seven games the Flames have been held off the score sheet. They’ve been outscored 11-0 in the past two games.
And the Battle of Alberta, once one of the storied rivalries in the NHL, has turned into a battle to see who can escape the bottom of the Pacific Division.
“We’re pros and we said right from the start that we’re starting a rebuild. We’re hitting major speed bumps right now,” said Flames head coach Bob Hartley, as per Kristen Odland of the Calgary Herald.
Bob Hartley on Thursday's 5-0 #Flames loss to the #Blues: "The organization will not accept this. (Thursday morning), we had a meeting...."
— Kristen Anderson (@KdotAnderson) January 10, 2014
"exactly on this topic. There’s going to be lots of rumours, there’s going to be lots of speculation around this team in the upcoming wks."
— Kristen Anderson (@KdotAnderson) January 10, 2014