How should the Calgary Flames set up their defensive pairings in 2023-24?

Things didn’t unfold in an ideal manner for the Calgary Flames during the 2022-23 season. Several players missed time due to injuries. Several players had to deal with changing roles and new expectations. Oliver Kylington missed the whole season de

Published: 1 year ago

Tanev, Markstrom return to practice with Flames

Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom and defenceman Chris Tanev were both on the ice for the team’s morning skate Saturday, a positive sign for their respective recoveries from injury.

Published: 9 months ago

Assessing timelines for injured Calgary Flames players to return to action

The Calgary Flames returned home Friday after a tough road trip that saw the team play three games in four days. Unfortunately, the Flames lost all three one-goal games, with two decided in overtime. Returning home with only two of a possible six poi

Published: 9 months ago

Flames Notes: Tanev, DeSimone, Dube

Notes from Calgary including the Flames' preference to re-sign Chris Tanev, a waiver note for Nick DeSimone, and more.

Published: 9 months ago

Grading Yegor Sharangovich’s early performances with the Calgary Flames

The past couple of off-seasons have been rough for the Calgary Flames, and after losing both Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk during the summer of 2022 they lost another key player the following summer.  Last summer Tyler Toffoli made it clear th

Published: 9 months ago

Joe Iginla, Jarome’s youngest son, made his WHL debut on Friday night

A bit of Western Hockey League history was made on Friday night. Joe Iginla, the 15-year-old, younger son of Calgary Flames legend (and special assistant to the general manager) Jarome Iginla, made his WHL debut for the Edmonton Oil Kings. The younge

Published: 9 months ago

Kraken acquire Tatar from Avalanche for 5th-round pick

The Seattle Kraken acquired forward Tomas Tatar from the Colorado Avalanche for a 2024 fifth-round pick, the teams announced Friday.Tatar, 33, scored one goal and nine points in 27 games with the Avalanche. He signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 mi

Published: 9 months ago

Breaking down the Flames' play through the first 30 games of the season

Those who predicted the Calgary Flames to be a mediocre team in the 2023-24 season look like they were correct in their assessment. The Flames have been average at best through the first 30 games of the season. Their 11-14-5 record has them 25th in

Published: 9 months ago

NHL, NHLPA investigating mistreatment of Coyotes' Valimaki

The NHL and NHLPA are looking into how Arizona Coyotes defenseman Juuso Valimaki was left without care at a Dallas hospital for several hours after taking a slap shot to the mouth in November, according to Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli.Valimaki and

Published: 9 months ago

Is it time to healthy scratch Jonathan Huberdeau?

I’ll be short. I’ll be blunt. Jonathan Huberdeau is MIA for the Calgary Flames. We’ve reached the point where, as fans, our hands are in the air and any hope for a resurgence from the former 115-point scorer has all but evaporated entirely. My

Published: 9 months ago

Calgary Flames blueliner MacKenzie Weegar has been great since the All-Star Break

If you watched the Calgary Flames during the 2023 calendar year and somehow entered the year with zero knowledge of the players on the team, one of the things you would probably remark upon – aside from confusion about your sudden amnesia – is th

Published: 9 months ago

Explanation given as to why Zuccarello's shootout goal versus Flames counted

The Calgary Flames’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night didn’t come without some controversy. The Flames battled hard versus the Wild all night long in a back-and-forth affair that could have gone either way. In the end, it

Published: 9 months ago

Anthem singer butchers "O Canada" at Flames game in Minnesota

Is the Canadian national anthem really that difficult of a song to memorize the words to? It certainly appears that way, as there have been several butchered renditions of “O Canada” as of late at NHL games. The Calgary Flames were the latest Ca

Published: 9 months ago