Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Are The Calgary Flames The WORST Team In The NHL?? | BB Clips

Episode Date: September 23, 2026

Vide Link: https://youtu.be/rpux_PUF1yYBoomer, Pinder and Rhett preview the Calgary Flames heading into a season where expectations are LOW — and that might be putting it nicely. The guys break down a forward group that could legitimately be the worst in the NHL, a roster built around giving young players opportunities and what success should actually look like in a rebuilding year. There are some exciting pieces to watch, but when you look at this lineup from top to bottom, it’s hard to see Calgary winning many hockey games. Are the Flames destined to finish last or second-last in the NHL — and honestly, is that exactly what this team needs right now? #nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #calgaryflames CHECK OUT OUR STUFF ⬇️ BARN BURNER MERCH https://nationgear.ca/collections/shirts/Flamesnation BARN BURNER SHORTS https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_bcGtvvo-cW2DHEDZ6dEO5ePDmlhZc9&si=jo8iNGxT4ImhS2Y8 📲 Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fnbarnburner/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/barnburnerfn?lang=en 🎧 Listen on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/barn-burner-boomer-pinder-with-rhett-warrener/id1648562889 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mc6Qd5U22R2zbMlQ7RxIi Producer: Jack Haverstock Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

old friend Blake Coleman's off to Minnesota. He and only Matta went in the deal that brought back Middleton and three picks. Other than that, I think one of the more interesting topics this year is like, what is Simone Nemich? Let's figure it out. Play the piss out of him is what we talked about with Pat a week ago. That'll be a fascinating story to watch. What is he?

Because there's all kinds of tools enough to get him drafted second overall. But the team that took him also said, we're good. We'll take some picks. instead. So that one will unfold this year. That'll be probably one of the more interesting cases on the whole roster of what are you? He wasn't very good last year. Team won't be very good this year. Although there is sort of that whole, if there's one thing that can really be the fly in the ointment, good or bad, it's goaltending. It can sink a really good team and it can make a bad team look mediocre. Cooley was a sieve the other day. So that's good. Keep him, uh, settle them down for after last. Jack not running there, put that on.

You know what's funny? We talked with Conroy yesterday, and I did have it on my nose, but it was so far down, is Igor Sharon Govich. He's, guy scored 30. He's consistently inconsistent, isn't he? Every year you see flashes and dead zones. There were times where it was like, you're not even trying.

Just go sit in the stand. Yeah. Like, if you're not interested, it's fine. Go. He's doing cardio. He's doing, yes, you see him out there. Tony Snell. Is that what Kuch is talking about?

Is that kind of that IQ thing? I don't know that you're not trying. Just you're very rarely around it. Move him to center, move him to wing, power. You guys got the tools. And again, he always gets to close to 20 and you're like, you see him shoot it on the power player.

Like, huh. Then he's gone for two weeks. The only reason that's even remotely acceptable is because we're in Calgary, no good score. Any other team are like, oh, you got close to 20. You're the shits. You got lots of guys that can score 20.

We need something else. We need more than that. How about 40? Is anyone going to score 40? Yeah. And was it 15 last year? In fairness, 15 is a ways away from 20. I don't know.

There were times. By the way. So insignificant, it was tough. And if that's a story where you're like, geez, I don't know that he's earning all his money. What do you do here long term? Let me show you their cap structure, and we'll give you a bigger example of that.

There's Jonathan Huberto, friends, the highest paid player in the Calgary Flames 10 and a half billion. He'll start the season on IR, and he has looked like half of the player he was in Florida, where he played four years ago before arriving in the trade for Matthew Kachuk. Yeah, my Yegor had 15 last year. That's not 20. And 17 the year before, which again.

And what did he get in his contract year? 31. Oh. Genius. It's the Alex Semin theory. Just keep them on one year deals. So 16 as a rookie. Good job.

That's that's up and comer. Yeah, it's good. 24. So, hallelujah. Ooh, 13. 31. Yeah, we got something. 17.

15. No, that's the wrong direction. Other way. Think up. He's got 100 goals in his career, Dean. United of I am 12 hundred more than me me and jack combined let's look at the decor shall we all right this is where there's probably a little more hope for this team you look at the age of these guys it's uh all right 26 year old Kevin ball 22 year old

simone nemich you've got perak at 20 because netsov's 24 not on the list is bristovitch who I believe will be a big part of this group moving forward although it might take a few months to get them there and then yeah you're comfy with the goal. The crease for the next two years, you're paying under $9 million bucks for a tandem that gets a lot of work

and frankly are quite good. We'll see. We'll see. These poor bastards watch the canes to play in the playoffs. They had how many shots? 13 shots? Like, why?

I get that every period. Don't feel bad. You're a goalie dad, eh? That's why you're all the poor goalies. Goalies like shots. You want to stand in net and be cold all night? That's terrible.

It's not why you sign up to be a goalie. I want to make the big say. Stop the puck. I don't know to feel it. Anything else of the flames you want to touch Jack or is that pretty much yet? I mean, it's... Look, we're up to every GD day. You should be more invested in our home team.

The GM's on the hot seat. But aside from that, I had a real problem with some of his answers yesterday. Is your... Inifidence waning? Are we... Oh, yeah, it's... Yeah, leaking.

Leaking con-efinance for sure. You said we had it on really good authority that they're going to be competitive this year, Rhett? Was that what the GM was saying? Yeah. What did I say about noodles? Last week, remember I had him rattled? Oh, yeah.

You had him, he was on the record. On the record, yes. As saying that Quinn Hughes was going to be traded in Minnesota. So, yeah, he didn't like that. I think probably what we're all realizing in our lack of enthusiasm, excitement, passion, and coverage is that this is what we asked for. This is what we asked for. So now we just got to just kind of like a cold bath, a cold tub.

You just got to sit in it. It's good for you. You got to pee into water. It'll warm it up just to make it. Yeah. That is, of course, what you do in a cold plunge. How else are you going to warm up? You got a heater?

No. No. Warner on the 20. 26, 27 flames. You got to pee in the water. Jack? Jack, don't do that. Just make it look easy.