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Nazem Kadri scored the best goal of the 2024-25 season for the Flames. In a blowout loss in the middle of December, he jumped over a Tampa Bay Lightning player, regained his footing, and powered the puck home. It was the 63rd goal he scored in a Flames uniform. Before the 2026 trade deadline, the…
Somebody has to have the worst contract in the NHL, and heading into next season, Calgary Flames forward Jonathan Huberdeau has been named . The 33-year-old winger has fallen from grace since being included in the Matthew Tkachuk trade with the Florida Panthers, and hasn't been able to consistently produce as a Flame. Huberdeau's owed $10.5 million AAV for five more seasons, and owns a full no-movement clause. Last season in 50 games, Huberdeau posted just 25 points. The year prior, he recorde...
When the puck drops for the 2026-27 season, the Calgary Flames will look much different than they did to start the 2025-26 campaign. Eight players that were on the 2025-26 opening night roster are now elsewhere, including a good chunk of the leadership group. Which begs the question: who’s left in terms of the club’s…
There are 10 NHL teams that currently don't have a captain thanks to trades from this past season or off-season moves, including departures in free agency. Here are some candidates for each team to have as their next captain.
Calgary's rebuild is in full swing, with three cornerstones traded away and a loaded prospect pool exciting fans—just don't expect much winning in the meantime.
The 2026-27 season represents the final 42 games for the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome before they pack up their stuff and move a block and a half north to Scotia Place for the 2027-28 season. That means that for die-had fans of the Flames, and the many hockey fans living in Calgary who…
The Calgary Flames joined the NHL as the Atlanta Flames in 1972 before moving to Alberta for the start of the 1980 season, becoming the seventh team located north of…
Big changes have hit the Calgary Wranglers, including the departure of their latest captain, Clark Bishop. With Bishop moving on to play with the Syracuse Crunch, the Flames’ AHL affiliate will be looking to name their third captain in team history this fall. There are multiple possibilities for this position, but the challenging part is…
After a busy summer around the NHL, these five players could be poised for big years in 2026-27.
Former Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving used to snark that the goaltending position was so important, the whole sport might as well be called goaltending. He’s not wrong, as good goaltending can paper over a lot of roster construction issues for a hockey club. The Flames had some challenges in 2025-26, but for the…
Yesterday, we looked at some of the younger Calgary Flames’ players who are primed to take a step forward during the 2026-27 season. But for every breakout candidate, there’s usually…
Another NHL season is just around the corner, which is always an exciting time for hockey fans. Not only do they get to watch some great action they were missing…
When you take a look at the Calgary Flames lineup, the goaltending and the defence are pretty solid for the most part. Yes, there are a couple young defencemen in Simon Nemec and Zayne Parekh who need to continue to grow and develop as players before reaching their ceiling. But the intrigue is high for…
The New Jersey Devils have been busy this offseason, but that doesn't mean Sunny Mehta's job is done. The Devils' GM recently signed free-agent forward Anthony Mantha, made a big trade to move Simon Nemec to Calgary, and now, all the attention goes to New Jersey's crease. According to multiple reports, the Devils are interested in acquiring a starting goaltender, and two names to keep an eye on include, Connor Hellebuyck and Jordan Binnington. The Hockey News' Adam Proteau feels the Devils are...
I know people in Calgary who seem to know more about every move the Edmonton Oilers make, on or off the ice, than some Oilers fans do. Meanwhile, I would…
The Calgary Flames aren’t a team that has to worry about their salary cap situation just yet. Still in the early stages of a rebuild, they have intentionally kept plenty…
Heading into the 2026-27 Calgary Flames season, the one part of the team that is going to have the most intrigue is the defence core. As of July 20, the Flames have nine NHL defencemen on their NHL roster. Left handed defencemen: Kevin Bahl, Jake Middleton, Yan Kuznetsov, Joel Hanley. Right handed defencemen: Simon Nemec,…
We’re into the meat of the off-season, folks, with most of the major hockey news having already unfolded. We’re all now biding our time until the ice returns to the Scotiabank Saddledome and preparations begin for the 2026-27 campaign. As we count down the many days left in the off-season, let’s check in with the…
There were a lot of interesting questions for the Calgary Flames coming out of the 2026 NHL Draft. Among them: man, why did the Flames select goaltender Tobias Trejbal in the second round when they already have Dustin Wolf? It’s a pretty loaded question, and it’s worth unpacking a bit. Okay, first things first: Dustin…
Gang, the run-up to any NHL entry draft is a bit of a frenzy. No matter how well-prepared you are, unless your name is Steven Ellis, Scott Wheeler or Corey Pronman, there will be players selected that you’re not as well-acquainted with than you would like to be. Heck, truth be told, when Lanny McDonald…
Folks, we’re headed into the quieter part of the hockey summer. The NHL Draft is behind us, free agency is behind us, and we’ve seen several big trades. As many of the NHL’s general managers head to the lake for a little bit of a recharge, we thought we would update our tracker of the…
A quick run-through of the Edmonton Oilers schedule and you’ll notice the usual at first glance. The heavy divisional start to the season, a long November road trip through the Eastern Conference, and some long homestands in January and February. Yup, looks similar…wait a minute. When do we see the Flames? Oh, that one’s mid-week…oh…
Pals, it’s the summer, which means the hockey season is over… and so is the school year for many of hockey’s collegiate players. With the easing up of the NCAA’s restrictions on who was eligible to play college hockey, there’s been a surge of players from Canadian major junior into the NCAA. Between the academic…
Earlier this week, we looked at NHL teams that have taken a step back this offseason. Today, we’ll look at six teams that have improved their stock heading into the…
The Calgary Flames’ 2026-27 season begins with a traditional 7 p.m. weeknight game at the Saddledome. Their season ends with a traditional 8 p.m. Saturday night game at the Saddledome, currently the final hockey game of any sort slated for that historic establishment of sport. In-between, though, the Flames’ schedule has a few oddities and…