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A Flame from the Past: Steve Bozek
Do you remember Steve Bozek? Every once in a while, we take a look at a player who once played for the Calgary Flames in a series called “A Flame From the Past.” This player has to have played a significant number of games for the Flames. I’ll put every Flames’ season into a Wheel…
The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Ryan Lomberg and Tyler Tucker land signficant blows in spirited tilt
Ryan Lomberg can’t let you get close. Standing at 5’9”, Lomberg is one of the shortest players in the National Hockey League. But despite his stature, he’s one of the toughest players in the league, and pound-for-pound one of the best fighters in the league. The Calgary Flames will sorely miss what Lomberg bring to…
Welcome to our 2026 Flames summer prospect rankings
Friends, welcome to one of our favourite times here at FlamesNation: our annual prospect rankings. It’s an exciting time for the Calgary Flames. Yeah, it probably doesn’t feel like that in terms of the regular season standings, with the 2025-26 campaign representing their fourth without playing in the post-season. But if you look at the…
NHL Notebook: Macklin Celebrini signs five-year extension worth $18.8 million annually
Macklin Celebrini will be a San Jose Shark for at least the next six years. On Wednesday morning, the team announced that the burgeoning superstar agreed to a five-year deal that carries an annual cap hit of $18.8 million. The AAV is the highest for any contract in NHL history, surpassing Leo Carlsson’s AAV of…
The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Zayne Parekh eludes defender and snipes it from a tough angle
The 2025-26 season was Zayne Parekh’s first full season in the National Hockey League. It was a mixed bag, to say the least. Drafted ninth overall in 2024, he was far too good for the Ontario Hockey League, scoring back-to-back 30 goal seasons with the Saginaw Spirit, something no defenceman in the league had done…
Scotia Place: a street-level look at construction progress from late July 2026
The 2026 edition of the Calgary Stampede is over, friends. Scotia Place construction has continued head-long as we’re entering the final year of construction. A lot has been done. But there’s a lot left to do before the keys are handed over to Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation sometime in the summer of 2027 (ahead of…
The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Adam Klapka and Samuel Helenius square up in heavyweight tilt
Long gone are the days of common heavy weight tilts in the National Hockey League. Hockey has changed a lot over the years and fighting in the sport started to decline in the late 1990s. By the early 2010s, the franchises across the league started to construct their roster focusing on skill over toughness. On…
The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Mikael Backlund picks the puck, scores a shorthanded beauty
Despite being on the wrong side of 30, Mikael Backlund continues to be a productive player. Last season, the Flames’ captain played all 82 games, scoring 17 goals and 43 points. Statistically, it was his best season since he scored 19 goals and 56 points in 82 games back in 2022-23. It’s also the seventh…
Which Flames players could be part of the 2028 World Cup of Hockey?
Last month, the entire sporting world came together for the 2026 edition of the FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by Canada, Mexico and the United States. Culminating with a victory by Spain, the tournament was the product of years of planning and hard work by soccer clubs from around the world. The day after Spain…
NHL Notebook: Ducks trade Sasha Pastujov to Canadiens for Sean Farrell
It’s been a busy off-season for the Anaheim Ducks. They were at the centre of attention in early July, as Leo Carlsson received a massive offer sheet which was matched by the California-based team. They also traded for and later signed former Calgary Flame A.J. Greer. Well, they’ve made a handful of moves in the…
The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Ryan Lomberg exacts revenge after high hit on Zayne Parekh
Last season, the Calgary Flames fought 23 times. Ryan Lomberg accounted for five of them. While Lomberg’s tenure as a Flame may have come to an end at the start of the off-season, it’s hard to deny just how valuable of a team player he was. Early in the season, the Flames hosted the Vegas…
FlamesNation Mailbag: Short-term Flames, Connor Zary’s role and Ryan Strome’s future
The summer is flying by, pals. The draft is behind us. Free agency is behind us. The Stampede is behind us. We’ll be back on the ice for training camp before you know it. As we close out July, let’s delve back into the mailbag! Realistic return for Strome? — Blair Strachan (@BlairStrachan1) July 27,…
The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Nazem Kadri roofs it over Yaroslav Askarov
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…
What new potential lines and pairings could the Flames use in 2026-27?
With the recent 2026 NHL Draft and some blockbuster trades made by the Calgary Flames, next season is bound to look a little different than we have seen before. With a whole new team comes new line combinations. Let’s look into some combinations that Flames head coach Ryan Huska should try out next season. First,…
Who should be Flames alternate captains in 2026-27?
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…
When every NHL team plays their final game in the Saddledome
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…
3 Flames prospects named to Canada’s roster for World Junior Summer Showcase
The Calgary Flames will have a trio of their top prospects representing them with Hockey Canada at the upcoming World Junior Summer Showcase. On Friday, Hockey Canada announced the 32 players that will be in attendance for the annual event that pits preliminary World Junior rosters from Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland head-to-head…
The experience of being an NHL fan in Canada is slowly declining
It feels like being an NHL fan in Canada is becoming increasingly more difficult and not as enjoyable as it once was. The days of paying reasonable prices for things like cable packages, streaming services, tickets to watch your favourite team, food and beverage at the arena, and even merchandise is slipping away. The days…
Who could be the next captain of the Wranglers?
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…
NHL Notebook: Jason Robertson signs one-year deal with Stars
One of the top trade candidates this off-season is now off the market. On Tuesday, the Dallas Stars announced that they’ve signed restricted free agent Jason Robertson to a one-year deal worth $12 million. It’s worth noting that Robertson is now slated for free agency next summer. LET’S RUN IT BACK, ROBO ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/MghFwxxoIo —…
The Flames’ goaltending depth chart seems set for 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…
2026 Calgary Wranglers off-season tracker: Who’s leaving the Flames’ AHL affiliate?
The Calgary Wranglers roster as we came to know it in the 2025-26 season, is going through a huge overhaul this summer. Already into the second half of July, many players have found new homes through free agency or opting to take their career oversees. It may be a lot to keep up with so…
Calgary Flames trade tiers: Who Is untouchable in 2026?
Since becoming general manager of the Calgary Flames in the spring of 2023, Craig Conroy made it a priority to get younger and restock the prospect cupboards. And he has done exactly that. Conroy’s ability to stockpile draft picks and prospects has put the Flames in a position where they can do things like acquire…
A Flame from the Past: Jyrki Jokipakka
Do you remember Jyrki Jokipakka? Every once in a while, we take a look at a player who once played for the Calgary Flames in a series called “A Flame From the Past.” This player has to have played a significant number of games for the Flames. I’ll put every Flames’ season into a Wheel…
What could the Flames forward lines look like next season?
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…
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