TSR has Moved!

The Sports Roundup has officially moved!

First, we want to thank you for your loyalty. It's been a lot of fun and it will continue to be a lot of fun, just at a different address.

We made the decision to grow our blog and readership by merging with one of the most talked about and established hockey blogs on the web - The Checking Line.

More specifically with help of bloggers from the other western teams in Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg we have formed "The Checking Line - West", which will focus on blogs on each of those four western based Canadian hockey teams.

We are very excited to be joining forces with TCL! So click the link below and check us out!

Also, for any further Jersey Foul submissions we will be continuing the tradition over at TCL so either send me an email at d.newman65@gmail.com or Bryan revbwright@shaw.ca with any Fouls that you see!

TCL - WEST 

Sincerely, 



Derrick Newman and Bryan Wright

Where do we put the dynamite?

by Bryan Wright

Following every Flames loss, the cries come on twitter, on radio call in shows and in newspaper columns, that it's time to 'blow it up.'  Never have the cries been louder than after last night's 9-0 loss to the Boston Bruins; a humiliating defeat that was the team's fifth in a row and ended a dismal seven game road trip.  My question is, what prey tell, is there to blow up?

In idea behind the 'blow it up' philosophy is that the current assets could be shed for some solid returns that would help the team improve in the future.  The only assets the Flames have right now, are Miikka Kiprusoff and Jarome Iginla.  If the Flames traded Iginla, they'd have a crappy team without any leader, without any heart and without any identity.  If the Flames traded Kiprusoff, they'd be a crappy team without a goalie.  So, the return needs to be a substantial one.

The Calgary Flames: Mid Season Report

By Derrick Newman

40 games into the 2011-12 season the Calgary Flames are hovering in 12^th place in the Western Conference two points back of the Dallas Stars and nine points back of the Vancouver Canucks for first place in the Northwest division.

Now, the idea of winning the division at the beginning of the season was a pipe dream with the likes of defending Western Conference champion Vancouver being in the mix, and truth be told it’s about as likely to happen as Mission Impossible winning Best Picture at the Oscars.

But, the idea of the Flames making the playoffs has always been a point of contention. Will they or won’t they?

Well, if the playoffs started today, they would be on the outside looking in for the third straight season.

The good news is that the playoffs do not start today and the Flames have just over half a season to make the ascent up the standings into the top eight in the soon to be transformed Western Conference.

The bad news, as of right now, the Flames have played more games than every team they are chasing, including six more than 9^th place San Jose and three more than 8^th place Dallas – meaning that the Flames most likely sit a little further back than the current standings suggest.

But isn’t this sort of what everyone expected?