2007 – 08 Calgary Flames season The 2007 – 08 Calgary Flames season began October 4 , 2007 . It was the franchise ' s 35th season in the National Hockey League , 27th season as the Calgary Flames . In a surprise move , the Flames announced on June 14 that Jim Playfair would be replaced by " Iron " Mike Keenan as the team ' s head coach . Playfair remains with the Flames as an associate coach . Keenan entered the season 6th all - time in the NHL in wins . Keenan also captured the Jack Adams Award as the NHL ' s coach of the year in 1984 – 85 with the Philadelphia Flyers . On December 16 , Keenan recorded his 600th career win as a head coach in a 5 – 3 victory over one of his former teams , the St . Louis Blues . Al MacInnis was among four players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12 , 2007 . MacInnis spent 13 years in Calgary , and captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP when the Flames won the Stanley Cup in 1989 . On November 29 , captain Jarome Iginla played in his 804th game , setting a new franchise record for games played in a Flames uniform , surpassing Al MacInnis ' mark . Two nights later , Iginla registered his 700th career point in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets . On March 10 , Iginla scored his 365th goal , surpassing Theoren Fleury ' s mark of 364 to become the Flames ' all - time goal scoring leader . In December , the Flames became the third team in NHL history to win all six games of a six - game road trip , a feat previously accomplished by the 1971 – 72 Bruins and 1982 – 83 Flyers . The 2001 – 02 Red Wings also won six consecutive road games , though that trip was broken in half by the 2002 Winter Olympics . Two Flames players were voted to start for the Western Conference at the 2008 All - Star Game . Defenceman Dion Phaneuf joined Iginla for the game , which was held in Atlanta , Georgia . On February 18 , Flames ' prospect Mickey Renaud , a fifth round pick in the 2007 draft , collapsed and died at the age of 19 at his home in Tecumseh , Ontario . Renaud had been playing for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League , and was the team ' s captain . The cause of death was not immediately known . Playoffs . The Flames finished 7th in the Western Conference with 94 points , earning a first round match - up against the Pacific Division champion San Jose Sharks . It is the third time the two teams have met in the playoffs , with the Sharks defeating the Flames in seven games in the first round of the 1995 playoffs , while the Flames defeated San Jose in six games in the 2004 Western Conference final . After splitting the first two games in San Jose , the Flames gave up three goals to the Sharks in the first 3 1 / 2 minutes of the game , but came back to win 4 – 3 . In doing so , the Flames became only the second team in NHL history , after the 1985 Minnesota North Stars to come back from a 3 – 0 deficit in the first ten minutes of a playoff game . During Game 6 , in which the Flames faced elimination , they scored once in the first and second period each to shutout the Sharks 2 – 0 , as the Sharks did during Game 2 . Nolan and Langkow scored both goals respectively and Kiprusoff made 21 saves for his 6th postseason shutout . Player stats . Skaters . " Note : GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; PIM = Penalty minutes ; + / - = Plus / minus " Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary . Stats reflect time with the Flames only . Goaltenders . " Note : GP = Games played ; TOI = Time on ice ( minutes ) ; W = Wins ; L = Losses ; OT = Overtime / shootout losses ; GA = Goals against ; SO = Shutouts ; SV % = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average " Transactions . The Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007 – 08 season . Draft picks . The Flames made five selections at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus , Ohio . Calgary selected Swedish forward Mikael Backlund with their first selection , 24th overall . Heading into the draft , Backlund was the second highest ranked European prospect , and 10th overall , by International Scouting Services . Backlund joined third round selection John Negrin in making their NHL debuts with the Flames in the 2008 – 09 season . The Flames tragically lost their fifth round draft pick , Mickey Renaud , when the 19 - year - old captain of the Windsor Spitfires collapsed and died in his home late in the 2007 – 08 OHL season . The Ontario Hockey League created a new trophy in his honour , the Mickey Renaud Captain ' s Trophy in 2009 . Farm teams . Quad City Flames . After two seasons in Omaha , Nebraska , and over $ 4 million in operating losses , the Calgary Flames chose to relocate their American Hockey League affiliate to the Quad Cities . The new team , known as the Quad City Flames , will play in the West Division of the Western Conference . Las Vegas Wranglers . Led by team scoring leader Chris Ferraro , the Las Vegas Wranglers reached the ECHL ' s Kelly Cup Finals in 2007 – 08 where they fell to the Cincinnati Cyclones four games to two . Head Coach Glen Gulutzan expressed the team ' s disappointment in losing the championship . " It ' s an empty feeling , and I certainly don ' t like to talk about it , but the only way around it for me now is to try to move forward and start looking at next year , " said Gulutzan . The playoff disappointment represented a bitter end to a successful season , as the Wranglers finished first in the Pacific Division for the second consecutive season . Their 47 – 13 – 5 – 7 record was the best in the National Conference , and their 106 points was good enough to finish third overall in the ECHL .