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Flames to open final season at the Scotiabank Saddledome on October 1 against Seattle
Mark your calendars, Calgary Flames fans: the long goodbye begins on Oct. 1. On Wednesday morning, the National Hockey League announced the fall home openers for its 32 member clubs as part of its two-part schedule reveal – the full schedule comes out on Thursday morning. As part of that announcement, they revealed that the…
FN AHL Report Cards: Alex Gallant was among the AHL’s penalty minutes leaders in 2025-26
Alex Gallant is a well-known enforcer for the Calgary Wranglers with over 12 years of professional hockey experience. Gallant is the longest standing member of the Flames’ AHL affiliation with game experience dating back to the 2019-20 season with the Stockton Heat. He came along for the ride for the relocation and creation of the…
Zayne Parekh and Carson Carels headline 7 Flames on The Athletic’s top 100 prospects ranking
On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler released his annual tiered ranking of the top 100 drafted NHL prospects. In the midst of a full rebuild, this year’s list includes seven members of the Calgary Flames drafted over the past few years. Headlining that prospect pool for Calgary are defencemen Zayne Parekh and Carson Carels, who…
Scotia Place: a street-level look at construction progress from Stampede Week 2026
We just completed the 2026 edition of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, folks. And everyone who wandered down to the Stampede grounds over the 10 days of Stampede – and Sneak-A-Peek, which doesn’t count – got a chance to take a look-see at the construction progress for the future home of the Calgary Flames,…
What will the Flames’ power play look like in 2026-27?
A lot didn’t go well for the Calgary Flames in 2025-26. They didn’t score very much. They were prone to defensive lapses at key points in games, occasionally leaving their goaltenders out to dry. Their power play, in particular, was a disappointment, ranking second-worst in the league with a 16.2% success rate. If the Flames…
Why Flames prospect Simon Katolicky could be the 2026 draft’s hidden gem
Every year, teams go into the National Hockey League’s annual entry draft looking for value above all else. Now, for teams with a lot of early picks, value basically centres around selecting the best available players early on. But as the draft gets into the mid-to-late rounds, NHL clubs make some calculated gambles. A year ago,…
FN AHL Report Cards: Connor Murphy brought consistency and composure when called upon
Connor Murphy has been in the Calgary Flames’ system since he graduated from Union College of the NCAA in the 2022-23 season. He has been primarily an ECHL netminder who can easily be called upon in the AHL when needed. This year, he had to make a quick same day trip to be available to…
FlamesNation Mailbag: Settling into the dog days of summer
Folks, we’re getting into a quieter period of the hockey calendar. The draft is done. Development camp is done. The Calgary Flames have completed most of their meaningful off-season business. The hockey operations group gets a chance to relax a bit before things start ramping up later in July with the World Junior Summer Showcase…
Carson Carels tops Daily Faceoff’s Flames top 10 prospects countdown
Since Craig Conroy took the helm of the Calgary Flames back in May 2023, the hockey club has very much leaned into their youth movement. Call it a retool or a rebuild or a re-whatever, but the long and the short of it is that the Flames have traded a lot of established NHL players…
FN AHL Report Cards: Andrew Basha’s split AHL and WHL season was the right call
Andrew Basha was a 2024 second round draft pick for the Calgary Flames who faced some injury setback last season but felt ready to try pro with the Wranglers in 2025-26. The left winger is a Calgary kid who played the last four seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers and served as an alternate captain…
Can history repeat itself with Flames first-round picks forming a core blueline group?
The Calgary Flames made some franchise history a couple weeks back at the 2026 NHL Draft. When they selected Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels at sixth overall, it represented the highest pick they’ve used on a defenceman in franchise history. It’s also the 13th time the Flames have used a first-round pick to select…
Additional moves have made the Matthew Tkachuk trade tree really complicated
Way, way back in July 2022, restricted free agent forward Matthew Tkachuk informed the Calgary Flames that he wouldn’t be signing a long-term deal with the Flames. Tkachuk’s decision, undertaken after speaking with other teams after receiving his qualifying offer – a right afforded to him under the collective bargaining agreement – led to a…
Should the Flames trade for Shane Wright?
What type of player is the most difficult to acquire in today’s NHL? Young, right shot centres. That’s why the name Shane Wright has been discussed as a trade option for the Calgary Flames in recent weeks. Earlier this month, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported the Seattle Kraken have been working with Wright’s agent, Kurt Overhardt,…
How the groups of 7 are defining Craig Conroy’s Flames rebuild
Numbers can be weird, folks. Sometimes numbers recur in your life to the point where it becomes almost spooky. Maybe the recurring numbers mean something. Maybe it’s just a coincidence. Just over three years into Craig Conroy’s tenure as general manager of the Calgary Flames, the number seven sure does seem to be coming up…
A statistical look at the Flames’ 2026 NHL Draft class
The Calgary Flames made nine selections at last weekend’s 2026 NHL Draft. It was the fourth draft with Craig Conroy as general manager, and the additions he made were a mixture of some of the best draft-eligible players in their respective leagues… and a few bets made on players with oodles of potential that were…
Calgary Wranglers announce their 2026-27 season schedule
Start filling out your calendars, folks. On Thursday, the American Hockey League released the schedule for its 2026-27 regular season. As part of that release they announced the fixtures for the fifth season for the Calgary Flames’ AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers. Like all other AHL clubs, the Wranglers will play 72 games: 36 in…
How long do the Flames have to sign their prospects?
Pals, one of the most frustrating things with the old collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League and its players was that the rules governing how long a team holds a players rights after they were drafted was very, very complex. In the 2013 CBA, which was largely in force until recently, the portion…
What Simon Nemec’s new contract means for Zayne Parekh
On Monday, the Calgary Flames concluded an important bit of business, signing 2022 second-overall selection Simon Nemec to a five year contract that will keep him with the hockey club through the conclusion of the 2030-31 season. A 22-year-old right shot defenceman, Nemec just concluded his entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils before being…
What should the Flames do with Hunter Brzustewicz?
Craig Conroy and the Calgary Flames have been busy this off-season adding to their blueline both now and in the future. First, Conroy acquired 22 year old, right shot Simon Nemec from the New Jersey Devils for three draft picks and Etienne Morin. With the sixth overall pick the Flames selected Carson Carels who is…
Where Flames prospects will play in the 2026-27 season
Folks, the Calgary Flames have made a lot of draft selections in the past few years. And as a result of making a lot of draft selections, they have a lot of prospects within their system. With so many prospects playing in so many different leagues, ranging from North America to Europe and junior and…
Rogers shuts down Sportsnet 960 The Fan as part of radio station closures
It’s an end of an era for Calgary Flames fans. On Tuesday, Rogers Sports and Media ceased operations of Sportsnet 960 The Fan, Calgary’s all-sports radio station (960 AM), as part of a swath of radio station closures that also included Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver. The Canadian Press was first to report via its newswire….
Is Simon Nemec’s new Flames contract a good deal?
The Calgary Flames got a significant piece of off-season business completed on Monday, announcing a five year deal for newly acquired defenceman Simon Nemec that will keep him wearing a snazzy red jersey through the 2030-31 season. Nemec’s deal comes during a pretty interesting off-season for defencemen exiting their entry-level years. The Los Angeles Kings…
The Flames have all sorts of flexibility after signing Simon Nemec
The Calgary Flames took care of a big piece of short and long-term business on Monday, locking up defenceman Simon Nemec to a five year deal carrying a $7.25 million cap hit. The deal locks up a talented young blueliner through the 2030-31 season, and allows the Flames to maintain flexibility in a few key…
Flames sign defenceman Simon Nemec to five year contract ($7.25 million AAV)
Craig Conroy’s off-season to-do list just had a major item crossed off. On Monday, the Calgary Flames announced they’ve signed restricted free agent defenceman Simon Nemec to a five year contract with a $7.25 million average annual value. He’ll be eligible to become an unrestricted free agent when the contract expires after the 2030-31 season….
Welcome to the audition phase of Flames hockey
Folks, if you’ve been following the Calgary Flames over the past three or four years, you’ve seen a ton of changes. Key players have departed. A slew of draft selections have been made. And slowly but surely, a ton of young players have been accumulating in the organization’s cupboards. This past week’s edition of Flames…
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