Calgary Flames forward Ryan Lomberg didn't mince words when asked about his thoughts on the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Earlier this winter, during a break in the action at the Calgary Flames charity poker tournament, the conversation turned from hold ’em to chucking ’em. A few of the card sharks had gathered around retired enforcer Tim Hunter and current fan favourite Ryan Lomberg.

Ryan Lomberg returned to the Calgary Flames, where he spent the first two seasons of his career, last offseason after four seasons with the Florida Panthers that ended with a Stanley Cup. Florida was where Lomberg grew to become an NHL mainstay as a bottom-six,

Ryan Lomberg spent the last four seasons with the Florida Panthers before returning to the Calgary Flames, his original team, as a free agent last summer. Lomberg and the Flames were in Tampa Bay to play the Lightning on Thursday. It was the team's first trip to Florida this season so Lomberg was asked about about his return before the game.

The Flames hold an all-time 26-12-3-3 record against the Panthers. When playing them in Florida, Calgary has a 12-6-2-2 record. Yegor Sharangovich is five goals away from 100 and eight assists away from 100 in his career. The Flames have opened the scoring in 32 games this season.

Ryan Lomberg was doing the usual pregame television hit on Thursday night when the Calgary Flames sparkplug was asked what he recalled about playing in Tampa and facing the Lightning. Obviously, Lomberg had a lot of memories of playing the Tampa Bay Lightning — some good and some,

Saturday afternoon promises to be an emotional day in Sunrise as the Calgary Flames visit the Florida Panthers.

A good NHL coach knows how to get his team prepared for games, and Ryan Huska has certainly been able to do that for the Calgary Flames.

Florida will look to make it three straight wins overall when they host the Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. This will be the second meeting of the season between the Panthers and Flames.

The Flames got a stellar effort from Dustin Wolf, but fell to 1-1-0 on their season-long, six-game road swing after being defeated 3-0 by the Lightning in Tampa Bay. Nikita Kucherov's powerplay marker stood up as the game-winner, while Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for the Lightning.

(Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Calgary Flames’ Kevin Rooney, center, celebrates after his goal with teammates Brayden Pachal, left, and Ryan Lomberg, right, during second-period NHL hockey game action against the San Jose Sharks in Calgary ...

The Calgary Flames (27-21-8) returned to action on Sunday night, hosting the San Jose Sharks for their final home game before the NHL Trade Deadline. Although it wasn't pretty, the Flames rallied for a 3-2 victory thanks to some unlikely heroes.