Forget the mounting evidence that this season is going to require a healthy supply of patience. For a few minutes Thursday, the story belonged to Jonathan Castagna.

In the end, it proved to be an exercise in message-sending — Connor Zary needs to be better and do things differently. As do the rest of the Flames. Eric Francis has the story.

Thanks to a humbling start for both Connor Zary and the Flames, the relationship between team and player degenerated to the point where the 25-year-old was placed on waivers.

After Liam Öhgren's third-period goal was initially waived off on the ice, the white webbing in Flames goalie Devin Cooley's glove helped show the puck across the line in replays. Eric Francis explains how the ruling turned the tide in Calgary's loss.

Plenty were prepared for multi-goal blowouts, rookie mistakes and losses in bunches during a tear-it-down rebuild in Calgary.

When Kevin Sawyer makes his Sportsnet debut as a Flames analyst Thursday, he'll be in an unfamiliar position — across from the penalty boxes. Because in a career spent in the sin bin, perhaps Sawyer's most memorable night came at the Saddledome itself. Eric Francis has the story.