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In the aftermath of Thursday’s pre-season game in Seattle, the Calgary Flames have made major cuts to their training camp roster. Seven players have been sent outright to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers, eight have been placed on waivers for the purposes of going to the Wranglers if/when they clear, and one player has…
Pals, as we approached Calgary Flames training camp ahead of the 2026-27 season, we thought we had a pretty good handle on who would be on the team when the regular season begins on Oct. 1. On paper, the team seemed set. They had two goalies on one-way deals. They had seven defencemen on one-way…
As the sun rises on Friday, the Calgary Flames have a training camp roster of 43 players. By 3 p.m. MT on Monday, they need to have 20 players off that roster, and submit a cap compliant 23-man roster with the league for opening night. Here’s how we think they get there. The expected opening…
The Calgary Flames hit the ice for the third time in this exhibition season on Thursday night, trekking to the Emerald City to visit the Seattle Kraken. The Kraken dressed their opening night NHL roster, more or less. The Flames had far more prospective members of the Calgary Wranglers than NHLers. And yet, it was…
“We had a lot of guys that did a lot of really good things”
“Kudos to them, I had the easy job of tapping it in”
“I’m just trying to use my shot in the best way possible”
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Seattle Kraken forward Matty Beniers meets with the media following his goal in the team’s shootout victory over the Calgary Flames. Subscribe & hit the bell to keep up with all things Kraken → https://bit.ly/KrakenYTSubscribe Download the Kraken App for live game updates, ticketing and parking, and mobile merchandise ordering right from your seat in Climate Pledge Arena → https://bit.ly/KrakenApp2023 Subscribe to The Inside Edge, the official Kraken newsletter to keep up to date with what’s h...
Ville Ottavainen will likely be hearing from NHL Player Safety after losing his cool big time during the Seattle Kraken‘s 4-3 shootout victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. With 12:38 remaining in the second period, Ottavainen, a Finnish defenseman, tackled Brennan Othmann by the throat after the Flames forward delivered what seemed like
The Calgary Flames have one more chance to end the pre-season in the win column. The Flames suffered a 4-3 shootout loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night in their penultimate pre-season game, where they dressed a majority of their AHL squad. Calgary first broke a 1-1 tie in the second period, with goals from Rory Kerins and Aydar Suniev to build a two-goal lead for the visiting squad. Suniev, 21, now has three goals in two pre-season games as the 2023 third-rounder looks to make the big...
Final score notwithstanding, the Seattle Kraken were largely outplayed by the Calgary Flames’ AHL roster in their third preseason game on Thursday night. But a third period comeback allowed the home team to squeak out a 4-3 victory. Even in a win, the Kraken were comfortably outshot 35-26 and had two players ejected. In total, there was 69 penalty minutes assessed in the game, but hockey can be a weird sport and despite the shot discrepancy not going in their favor, they finished on a s...
Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! Back on Sunday night, the Calgary Flames iced an AHL-heavy roster to play a similarly AHL-heavy roster from the Seattle Kraken. The Flames’ group were okay but…
Matvei Gridin is due for his breakout season in the National Hockey League (NHL) as the Calgary Flames continue their rebuild. Gridin, who was drafted 28th overall in the 2024…
The hockey world has received some very sad news out of Russia. Early on Thursday morning, reports circulated that former Calgary Flames forward Andrei Kuzmenko’s father, Alexander, had been killed in a bear attack in Russia. Russian media network REN TV were among the first outlets with the news. In their article, translated from Russian,…
The new, shorter pre-season schedule will conclude for the Calgary Flames on Saturday night in Edmonton. But before the curtain is drawn on their exhibition calendar, it’s time for a rematch with the team that beat them on home ice in their pre-season opener, the Seattle Kraken. The Flames are sending a mostly AHL-bound group to the…
If training camp is any indication, the 2026-27 season could be a breakout year of sorts for Calgary Flames defenceman Zayne Parekh. The 20-year-old remains one of the most exciting…
Friends, hockey season has begun! When it comes to the Calgary Flames, we’re at the point where a good chunk of their system’s prospects have started playing, and a bunch more will get going quite soon. Most notably, four of their prospects made their Canadian Hockey League debuts over the weekend – three in the…
If you’re going through the standouts from Tuesday night’s Vancouver Canucks preseason game, you might get a couple of names in before you reach Aatu Räty. However, arguably no other Canucks skater did more to make their case to the coaching staff that they deserve a spot in the everyday lineup than Räty did….
Man, the summer went by too quickly, didn’t it? The Calgary Flames have already played their final two pre-season games at the Scotiabank Saddledome. They will hit the ice for their final home opener on Oct. 1 – that’s one week away! And as the final 42 regular season dates at the Saddledome tick away,…
On Thursday evening, the Calgary Flames will play the third of their four scheduled exhibition games as part of their 2026-27 pre-season schedule. And when they suit up against the Seattle Kraken, they’ll have a very interesting player in their lineup. 18-year-old winger Chase Harrington. During his media availability following Wednesday’s practice at the Saddledome,…
“We have a lot of players that we believe in”
“We had a good game, just have to build off it”
The Vancouver Canucks’ first preseason game against the Seattle Kraken looked like two teams shaking off more than four months of rust. Their second game against the Calgary Flames looked much different. The Canucks were limited to just nine shots on goal in a 3-1 loss on Tuesday, two fewer than their lowest total…
The Calgary Flames have made a couple roster moves on Wednesday, as they regroup after Tuesday’s pre-season win against Vancouver and prepare for Thursday’s pre-season game in Seattle. Headed to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers are defenceman Abram Wiebe and forward Luke Philp. Wiebe is on an entry-level NHL contract and is waiver exempt…