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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Flames' Mangiapane '100% fully healthy' after shoulder surgery

Calgary Flames forward Andrew Mangiapane is expected to be ready for training camp after undergoing shoulder surgery in April."I have to get cleared for kind of the physical contact and doing all that stuff, but as far as on the ice, I'm shooting, pa

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Flames' pending UFAs: Who stays and who goes

If you had asked Calgary Flames fans back in June, they would have thought that Craig Conroy would have done more at this point as the team’s general manager. Heading into the offseason with eight pending UFAs, the expectation was that the majorit

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Diving into potential Calgary Flames line combinations for 2023-24

The Calgary Flames will soon assemble for training camp to kick off the 2023-24 hockey season. Through a few subtractions and a few additions, the Flames will have a forward group next season that’s both familiar and quite a bit different from what

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Where will the goals come from for the Calgary Flames in 2023-24?

Heading into the 2022-23 season, after the departures of Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk, the question on everybody’s minds was ‘Where will the goals come from for the Calgary Flames!?‘ A year later, following a season without

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The case for Matt Coronato to make the Flames opening night roster

Matt Coronato might be the most exciting Calgary Flames skater prospect currently in the pipeline. The 20-year-old was drafted 13th overall by the Flames in the 2021 NHL Draft and is now eyeing a spot on the Flames 2023–24 opening night roster. And

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Predicting how accurate ESPN’s 2023–24 Calgary Flames point projections will be

With training camp coming up in a couple weeks and preseason games starting soon after, the 2023–24 NHL season is on the horizon. With that comes the yearly slate of season predictions and projections. One of the first major projections to go publi

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2023 FlamesNation prospect rankings: #10 Topi Rönni

Some of the best players are the ones that don’t do a ton of fancy stuff with the puck, and if there’s one player to fit that archetype, it’s Topi Rönni. He was the Calgary Flames’ top selection in the 2022 NHL Draft (even though he was draf

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5 Flames who are likely to set new career highs this season

The Calgary Flames are ready to flip the script on what was an ugly 2022-23 season. Many Flames have already arrived back in Calgary in anticipation of what they believe will be a better year ahead. Several have expressed optimism surrounding the fu

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2023-24 Calgary Flames predictions: Walker Duehr plays full season in NHL and hits 40 points

There were very few things that gave fans of the Calgary Flames hope last season. When the defence had a good game, the goaltending didn’t; when the offence had a good game, the defence lacked; and most importantly, the team’s highest-paid player

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WHL's Lethbridge Hurricanes hire ex-Flames coach Bill Peters

Warning: Story contains offensive languageThe WHL's Lethbridge Hurricanes hired former Calgary Flames bench boss Bill Peters as their new head coach, the team announced Wednesday.Peters resigned as head coach of the Flames in November 2019 d

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Maple Leafs extend coach Sheldon Keefe on multiyear deal: Does he have long-term job security?

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed coach Sheldon Keefe to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know: Keefe has led the Maple Leafs since 2019-20, accumulating a 166-71-30 record with four postseason tri

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Former Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters hired by the WHL’s Lethbridge Hurricanes

For the first time since his dramatic exit from the Calgary Flames organization amidst allegations of past racial abuse by former player Akim Aliu, Bill Peters will be behind the bench in North America in 2023-24. Peters was announced as the new head

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