When it rains, it pours.
Right now, all of the rain in the world is falling on the Calgary Flames organization. The NHL club has lost three games in a row, with the latest coming against the Edmonton Oilers by an embarrassing 7-1 score. Sean Monahan and Derek Ryan are injured and Matthew Tkachuk hasn’t scored a goal in nine games.
The day after their blowout defeat to the Oilers, the Flames and their fans had a new reason to be optimistic: the team’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Stockton Heat, made its season debut on Sunday against the Toronto Marlies at 2:00 p.