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The 2007–08 Calgary Flames season was the 28th season for the Calgary Flames and 36th season for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). In a surprise move, the Flames announced on June 14 that Jim Playfair would be replaced by "Iron" Mike Keenan as the team's head coach. Playfair remains with the Flames as an associate coach. Keenan entered the season 6th all-time in the NHL in wins. The trend of spending too much money on defencemen begins, with Sutter overpaying for Cory Sarich in free agency and picking up Adrian Aucoin and his $4 million annual salary, in a trade.〔(Flames' fall from glory | Hockey | Sports | London Free Press )〕 Owen Nolan,〔(Owen Nolan - Notes - NHL.com - Players )〕 Anders Eriksson,〔(Anders Eriksson - Notes - NHL.com - Players )〕 and Mark Smith.〔(Mark Smith - Notes - NHL.com - Players )〕 are all brought in as GM Sutter's free-agent reclamation projects,〔The Calgary Sun, April 11, 2007, Sports Pullout p. 9〕 but these aging veterans do little and nothing for the team.〔 Sutter is unable to come to terms with Mark Giordano, and the highly rated prospect heads to the Dynamo Moscow in Russia instead of the NHL.〔(Mark Giordano, Flames - Notes - NHL.com - Players )〕 Sports writer Steve MacFarlane observes that ''"The team looks like it has no direction — and no confidence in an unpredictable coach".''〔 At the end of the regular season, Miikka Kiprusoff's goals against average of 2.69 is his worst ever as a Flame .〔(Miikka Kiprusoff, Flames - Stats - NHL.com - Players )〕 In the playoffs, the team falls to the Sharks in seven games in the first round. ==Team notes== On December 16, Keenan recorded his 600th career win as a head coach in a 5–3 victory over one of his former teams, the St. Louis Blues.〔Board, Mike, (Keenan joins elite 600–win club ), Calgary Flames Hockey Club, December 16, 2007.〕 Al MacInnis was among four players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2007. MacInnis spent 13 years in Calgary, and captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP when the Flames won the Stanley Cup in 1989.〔Board, Mike, (Interview with Hall-of-Fame inductee Al MacInnis ), calgaryflames.com, June 29, 2007.〕 On November 29, captain Jarome Iginla played in his 804th game, setting a new franchise record for games played in a Flames uniform, surpassing Al MacInnis' mark. Two nights later, Iginla registered his 700th career point in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. On March 10, Iginla scored his 365th goal, surpassing Theoren Fleury's mark of 364 to become the Flames' all-time goal scoring leader.〔(Iginla passes Fleury in Flames' win ), tsn.ca, March 11, 2008.〕 In December, the Flames became the third team in NHL history to win all six games of a six-game road trip, a feat previously accomplished by the 1971–72 Bruins and 1982–83 Flyers.〔(Keenan rediscovers passion for coaching ), tsn.ca, December 19, 2007.〕〔McFarlane, Steve, (Road warriors complete sweep ), Calgary Sun, December 19, 2007. 〕 The 2001–02 Red Wings also won six consecutive road games, though that trip was broken in half by the 2002 Winter Olympics. Two Flames players were voted to start for the Western Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game. Defenceman Dion Phaneuf joined Iginla for the game, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia.〔Rosen, Dan, (NHL tabs All-Star starters ), nhl.com, January 8, 2008. 〕 On February 18, Flames' prospect Mickey Renaud, a fifth round pick in the 2007 draft, collapsed and died at the age of 19 at his home in Tecumseh, Ontario. Renaud had been playing for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, and was the team's captain.〔(Windsor Spitfires captain Renaud dies ), tsn.ca, February 18, 2008.〕 The cause of death was not immediately known. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007–08 Calgary Flames season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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