Martin Pospisil plays on the edge — he has to. But just 56 games into his NHL career, he's still got plenty to figure out in terms of respecting the safety of his peers.

Although the results don’t exactly matter this late in the game, the team’s wild swings in structure and execution are what define the 2023-24 campaign.

The knock on Andrei Kuzmenko revolved around engagement. That wasn't an issue Thursday night, when the 28-year-old winger showed the Flames just how effective he can be when he's fully involved.

As one of the biggest names ever traded at the deadline, Ray Bourque serves as a perfect example of just how hard it is to make a late-season swap that puts a team over the top that spring.

The Flames’ 30th-ranked power play is one of the biggest reasons the team is now all but officially playing out the string. It remained a problem in a loss to the Canucks on Saturday.

It would be a tad overdramatic to declare that the Dustin Wolf era has officially begun with the Calgary Flames but it’s tough to imagine a scenario in which he isn’t one of the two starters moving forward for years to come.