This will be fun, I think.

The standard practice for a beat reporter is a morning email to the boss — this is what I’m planning to write about, and this is roughly how many words it will be.

So what am I writing about today? Not really sure.

And how long will it be? I guess we’re about to find out.

The Calgary Flames capped an eight-game pre-season with a seven-round shootout, a long goodbye to the NHL’s last extended exhibition session. Under the new CBA, teams will play only four tuneups per fall.

The good news is that, as the Flames enjoy a weekend off the ice, there are a lot of random quotes, notes and tidbits in this notebook of mine.

So here goes, a recap-of-sorts of what I’ve heard, witnessed and surmised over the past couple of weeks …

Matvei’s road map

Let’s start with

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