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

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Calgary Flames prospect Martin Pospisil has size, skill and horrible injury luck

In hockey, as in the rest of life, sometimes there are individuals who have everything on their side on paper… but just have the worst luck imaginable. The Calgary Flames drafted big-bodied Slovakian forward Martin Pospisil in 2018. Pospisil has a

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The Calgary Flames should sign John Farinacci

Tomorrow on August 15, fifteen college players’ NHL rights are set to expire and they will become free agents if not signed. Of those players, they are some pretty interesting names. Those names include the Philadelphia Flyers’ 19th overall pick

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FlamesNation Mailbag: Discussing training camp, goaltending and more!

Folks, it’s mid-August. If you look at the calendar, the Calgary Flames will assemble in a month for prospect training camp and a trip to Penticton, BC for the Young Stars Classic tournament. Enjoy your remaining weeks of summer, because things wil

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Gaudreau hoping teams will 'keep sleeping on' Blue Jackets in 2023-24

Johnny Gaudreau is hoping his Columbus Blue Jackets can take some teams by surprise in 2023-24. "The amount of skill we have on our team with some of the young guys, it's pretty fun to watch every day in practice and in games," he said in a recent in

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Calgary Flames prospect Axel Hurtig is a fascinating project in the pipeline

When teams reach the later rounds of the NHL Draft, each draft class is a little lean and the more developed, polished players have already been selected. It’s been said that in the late rounds teams are looking for players that are the proverbial

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NHL Rumors: New York Islanders, and the Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames will need to come up to get Elias Lindholm signed. The New York Islanders could look to move Ross Johnston.

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Flames Sunday Census: Calgary’s top priorities before opening night

It feels like we all blinked and now it’s August! This summer has flown by, and despite adding a new head coach in Ryan Huska, a new general manager in Craig Conroy, trading for Yegor Sharangovich, and some smaller moves, the Flames have been eeril

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Off-season Calgary Flames betting odds outline external expectations

Brought to you by odds site Betway! It’s August, folks, and we’re still over a month away from the start of the National Hockey League’s exhibition calendar. But if you’re somebody who’s chomping at the bit for Calgary Flames action to re

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NHL Rumors: New York Islanders, and the Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames will need to come up to get Elias Lindholm signed. The New York Islanders could look to move Ross Johnston.

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3 Calgary Flames featured on NHL Network’s top 50 prospects list

Summertime is a great time to pour over prospects throughout the NHL. Over at the NHL Network, they unveiled their top 50 NHL prospects list on Friday evening. Among the 50 players listed were a trio of Calgary Flames prospects: goaltender Dustin Wol

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Where are they now? Taking a look back at the 2012–13 Calgary Flames

We continue our offseason series taking a look back at past Calgary Flames rosters with the lockout shortened 2012–13 squad. The 2012–13 season would end up being the end of an era in Calgary, with multiple major players being shipped out as the

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College-bound Cade Littler has an enticing combination of size and skill

Every year, National Hockey League clubs roll the dice on players in the later rounds of the NHL Draft that, for various reasons, have fallen through the cracks a bit. Over the past decade or so, the Calgary Flames have done a pretty savvy job of fin

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