Flames president of hockey operations Don Maloney joined Brendan Parker during the first intermission of Calgary’s Wednesday win in Buffalo. On the John Beecher waiver claim: «We need more speed in our lineup. It’s clear from the first 20 games, we need to be quicker.» Overall, Maloney called the season start «terribly disappointing,» adding they weren’t giving up.
«We’re just determined not to throw young players in before they are ready,» he said. «It doesn’t work, it’s not good for your culture. We go into the season, we want to win hockey games. We expect to be a playoff team. That’s how we have to enter in our minds, every season We want a team people will want to watch and be proud of this identity we established (last year) as a hard out, a hard-working team, that’s who we are. When (our young players) are ready, they are going to get a chance.»