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Good news, everybody! The Calgary Flames are mostly back! The hockey club announced their training camp roster on Wednesday, as players went through their entry medicals for the year – fitness testing was abolished in the new collective bargaining agreement – then hit the ice for the first time on Thursday morning. How did the…
Historically, NHL off-seasons don’t provide earth shaking news. NHL GMs tend to avoid league altering moves due to their conservative nature. But that changed this summer thanks to Daniel Brière and the Philadelphia Flyers. They single-handedly changed the economics of player contracts when they signed Anaheim Ducks centre Leo Carlsson to a five year, $90…
Flames GM mic’d up at ‘ice level’ to thank workers as last piece of structural steel is raised into place at new arena
The Calgary Flames will begin the main portion of training camp on Thursday morning, hitting the ice for the first time with the more veteran group. The Flames have 52 players listed on their camp roster, split into two groupings that are pretty close to even in terms of numbers of bodies… but aren’t quite…
The Calgary Flames have announced their training camp roster, and their camp schedule, for the 2026-27’s main camp. The roster includes 40 players under active NHL contracts, 1 professional try-out player (Alex Nylander), 1 unsigned restricted free agent (Brennan Othmann), 1 unsigned junior prospect (Chase Harrington), and 9 players under active AHL contracts. They’ve carved…
One of the most exciting prospects in the Calgary Flames system will be wearing a letter for one of college hockey’s best teams. On Wednesday, the University of North Dakota’s men’s hockey team announced its leadership group for the 2026-27 season. Flames prospect Cole Reschny was named the team’s captain. Proud to introduce our leadership…
Friends, the Calgary Flames hit the ice this past week for prospects training camp, and main camp is right around the corner. But elsewhere, in Soviet Russia, the regular season is already underway. And Sweden and Canadian major junior are about to get underway, so a pretty significant portion of the Flames’ prospect base will…
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Hockey is right around the corner. On Monday, Calgary Flames’ prospects took on the Edmonton Oilers’ prospects in the second annual NextGen game, the first real taste of hockey this fall. Well, that’s the case for the North American based prospects, as several leagues have already started. For parts of the last two seasons, I’ve…
The Calgary Flames have made a significant investment in Simon Nemec, and understandably so. The 22-year-old defenceman was selected second overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2022 NHL…
It’s that time of year when FlamesTV, Sportsnet & more come together at the ‘Dome to capture photos, promos and film for the upcoming season!
Following Monday’s NextGen Showcase and Tuesday’s practice, the Calgary Flames have begun reducing their training camp group, assigning seven players back to their major junior clubs. The try-outs have been ended for forwards Riley Boychuk (Prince Albert, WHL) and Brett Olson (Vancouver, WHL). Meanwhile, five Flames prospects have been returned to their junior teams: defencemen…
The hockey season is nearly upon us friends, and we’re starting to hear more and more from our media pals to start teeing up the coming season. Over on YouTube, the Barn Burner trio of Dean Molberg, Rhett Warrener and Ryan Pinder were joined by a special guest, QR Calgary’s Pat Steinberg, on Tuesday’s show…
CALGARY — Expectations in the marketplace are low, but excitement is sky high in Calgary where the Flames fan base is jacked up about a new arena and the first full rebuild in club history. As a crowd of 9,000 for Monday’s prospects game can attest, the locals are focused on the next generation of Flames who will be pillars of the franchise as it moves across the street to Scotia Place. Main camp will open with all eyes on the size and continued development of prized defenceman Zayne Parekh, w...
Given the current direction of the Calgary Flames, a lot of discussion has recently centred around the club’s drafting and player development. For the club to build themselves up to sustainable contention, they’re going to need to draft well and develop players effectively into NHLers. A player reaching 200 games is generally considered the benchmark…
The Edmonton Oilers have made their first wave of cuts at their training camp. Following Monday evening’s NextGen game against the Calgary Flames, four players were cut from their training camp. Ryan Cameron, a netminder whom the Oilers drafted in the 2026 NHL Draft, was sent back to his United States Hockey League team. Moreover,…
The Edmonton Oilers took on the Calgary Flames in the Next Gen Showcase on Monday in an exhibition game at the Scotiabank Saddledome featuring players attending Rookie Camp. Edmonton won…
After four long months, Edmonton Oilers hockey has returned at long last. The club’s top prospects took down the Calgary Flames 6-1 in their annual NextGen Showcase on Monday, putting a neat bow on this season’s rookie camp. It was a great showing for a number of Oilers prospects. All three goalies looked solid, Tomas…
The Calgary Flames’ prospects hosted the Edmonton Oilers’ prospects at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday night in the NextGen Showcase. The Oilers won by a 6-1 score, but the Flames played decently for big chunks of the game. Here are our assessments of each player who suited up for the Flames against the Oilers on…
“All in all, it’s a good building block for those kids”
“The juices are flowing … just trying to get a spark for the boys”
The Oilers Rookies were down the QE2 in Calgary to take on the Flames Rookies in a Battle of Alberta showdown at the Saddledome.
The first taste of Edmonton Oilers hockey took place on Monday evening. With pre-season just around the corner, the Oilers’ rookies took on the Calgary Flames’ rookies in the second annual NextGen game. Thankfully, the good guys won 6-1, the first of what will hopefully be many wins in 2025-26. Here’s what happened in this…
The Calgary Flames hosted the Edmonton Oilers on Monday evening in a clash of each club’s prospects training camp rosters, dubbed the NextGen Showcase. Effort was on display for the home side, but execution wasn’t quite there, as the Flames’ prospects dropped a 6-1 contest to the Oilers’ prospects at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Flames lines…
By Bradley Keith | at September 14, 2026 7:13 pm Talks are still on hold between Detroit and restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson, Pierre Lebrun of The Athletic reported in today’s edition of NHL rumblings. According to the insider, the hold-up is the Red Wings hiring a new general manager or head of hockey operations. As of today Detroit has $19MM in cap space, but if fans back on July 1st were to know that would be the case here in September, only something wildly unplanned would have to ha...