For the fourth time in as many seasons, the Calgary Flames have been selected to represent the Canadian Choking Institute at the 2010 International Convention of Choking Associations.

“We are pleased to be back talking to the general public about the hazards of choking. In particular, to watch out for beers being thrown at us as our team leaves the ice under a chorus of boos. We are also very honoured that the CCI has chosen our logo for the new 3 universal signs for choking”, said Daryl Sutter, when asked about the event.

Yeah, yeah, I’m sure by now you’ve heard them all – “The C on the jersey stands for choke or crap”, “done in one”, “one and done”, “Kipper, it’s behind you!”, or the old school “Flames Suck!”

Well, no matter what people call it, the fact remains that the Flames did not make it past the first round yet again. So what gives? I was really hoping that they would beat Chicago (and San Jose would beat the Ducks) so that the Flames would face the Canucks in the second round. Clearly, the Nucks would beat Calgary and that would be a very, very, hard pill for Flames fans to swallow.

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