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Rick Ball won’t be on Flames broadcasts next season, as he moves to Chicago’s booth.



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itwasin

by 04itwasin

38 Comments

  1. anojan12345

    This sucks so much, I loved him on the broadcasts

  2. crossfire999

    The amount of L’s we’ve been taking in these last few years is fucking brutal, holy crap.

  4. hellodankess

    These are dark days. And for the love of god please do not promote Derek Wills to TV or I may have to watch every game on mute.

  6. rye_by_night

    Well that sucks. Good for Rick though, seems like a good opportunity for him.

  12. MisfitFlame

    Ball described leaving Calgary and Flames fans as the hardest part of his decision, but the positives outweighed the negatives in joining the Blackhawks.

    Best of luck Rick! You should have been calling for Bedard in a flames jersey

  15. Kodesii

    Aight fuck it, convince Gary Thorne to come back to broadcasting

  17. foursights

    Just saw someone fall to their knees in a costco, wonder if he’s upset they are currently out of bottled water

  18. yelyahrrek

    What the fuck. What did Flames fans do to deserve this. Fml.

  21. slapmesiIIy

    Just watched a guy watch a guy fall to their knees in a costco

  22. Significant_Loan_596

    Big shoe to fill. He was good, very good with a great sense of humour and the more than occasional jabs at Kelly made it fun.

    Better not be Derek Wills filling the void, he’s terrible.

  23. DebussyEater

    Going out magpie smashing in honour of our boy

  24. shiftywalruseyes

    This is literally the worst hockey news I’ve heard all year and yes I’m aware of the current events. This directly negatively affects my enjoyment of watching the Flames. Legitimately super bummed out. Gonna miss him and Kelly together

  25. EnoughOfYourNonsense

    Well, the hits just keep on coming.

  26. RoboZoninator91

    Why the fuck would anything nice ever happen

  27. ArnieAndTheWaves

    NO! GOD! NO, GOD, PLEASE, NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO!

  28. Hungry-Raisin-5328

    Sometimes, it takes Rick to get you through a rough game. I don’t know how we’ll get through a few tanking seasons now… They better find someone fantastic.

  29. AwareTheLegend

    My GF’s response to this. “Did we just become Hawks fans?”

  30. canadad

    Some poor bastard just got carried out of Costco muttering “Not Rick Ball, NOOOOOO!”

  31. Apeman711

    This hurts me more than any of the players who have left over the last few years. As rough as the team was to watch at points, at least I had Rick and Kelly to keep me entertained.

    I’m happy for Rick, but I thought if anything he’d be moving up within sportsnet, getting some National games maybe. This sucks man 🙁

  33. Shodspartan100

    I’m actually kinda tearing up about this… what a fucking punch to the gut.

  34. Used_Locksmith4838

    This is just getting stupid we have been through enough being a flames fan show us the arena renderings already for god sakes or something positive

  36. CorrosionRF

    Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Lindholm, Toffoli, Zadorov, Hanifin, (probably some others I’m forgetting) and now RICK BALL. WHY HOCKEY GODS WHY

  37. buchsy45

    This team actually is so fucking shit to be a fan of 

  38. dtrabs

    Well, this has officially ruined my day next to not being allowed to drink water.

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