Ex-Flames player Dillon Dube signs in Belarus with KHL team

Former Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube will not be playing in the NHL next season after signing a contract with a KHL team in Belarus. The 26-year-old is currently listed on the roster of Dinamo Minsk with a contract that ends on May 31, 2025, w

Published: 1 month ago

Half of the top dozen prospects for the 2024 NHL Draft are blueliners (and they all have their strengths)

Folks, we’re about two months away from the 2024 NHL Draft. It’s the very first draft of the Calgary Flames’ re-tooling process – or whatever you prefer to call it – and it goes without saying that it’s quite an important occasion for the

Published: 5 months ago

Calgary Flames Prospect Roundup: Wranglers stumble to end the regular season

The Calgary Wranglers wrapped up their regular season in the AHL with an uninspiring five-game losing streak, capped off with a 3–2 loss to the Abbotsford Canucks. In fact, four of those five losses were to the Canucks, and the Wranglers scored jus

Published: 5 months ago

NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames – Their Goaltending Situation, and Finding a Winger for Huberdeau

Calgary Flames, Jacob Markstrom and their goaltending situation. They will be looking for a winger for Jonathan Huberdeau.

Published: 5 months ago

How do judge Calgary Flames backup goalie Dan Vladar’s 2023-24 season? (Did he struggle or was he injured?)

The Calgary Flames entered the 2023-24 with three goalies they felt pretty good about: incumbent starter Jacob Markstrom, backup Dan Vladar and AHL starter Dustin Wolf. Two of three goaltenders took steps forward; Markstrom returned to near-Vezina fo

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Flames' Mangiapane is a potential trade candidate this summer

The Calgary Flames didn’t get the bounce-back performance they were hoping to see from Andrew Mangiapane this season. The 28-year-old appeared to be well on his way to establishing himself as a very good NHL goal scorer after finding the back of t

Published: 5 months ago

How Canucks can bounce back to win without Demko

On Feb. 16, the Vancouver Canucks led the NHL standings by a healthy margin as the three-quarter mark of the schedule neared. From that day forward, the Nashville Predators' scalding .768 points percentage topped the league. The Preds earned points i

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Bell: Calgary Flames out in the cold — you can't blame Sutter now

Where are they now? All the big talkers suddenly aren’t talking big now. They’re too busy ignoring the past. The recent past where they got it so very wrong. A year ago, when your scribbler dared to write about Darryl Sutter being pushed out by C

Published: 5 months ago

Verbeek: Ducks targeting top-6 forward, top-4 D-man this summer

Anaheim Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek said Tuesday the team will pursue a top-six right-shot forward and a top-four right-shot defenseman this offseason.Anaheim enters the summer with $33 million in cap space. None of its notable restricted free

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After great 2023-24 season, Nazem Kadri's commitment to Calgary is huge for Flames

'Amazing year from Naz,' said Flames GM Craig Conroy. 'The one thing is whoever we put with him, they played better'

Published: 5 months ago

Report: Demko out for Game 2, questionable for series

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko won't play Game 2 of their first-round series against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night, and he's questionable for the rest of the series, reports Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli.Demko didn't take pa

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Are we getting best 3rd line vibes from Lindholm, Joshua and Garland?

Canucks reporter Iain MacIntyre joins the Jeff Marek Show to discuss how good the Canucks 3rd line of Elias Lindholm, Dakota Joshua and Conor Garland have been, and why they could be difference makers in how far this playoff run goes.

Published: 5 months ago

Flames' Kadri will soon release a book detailing his hockey career

Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri took to Instagram today to announce that he has written a book that will be published later this season. The book Dreamer, My Life on the Edge, appears to be a story that reflects on Kadri’s journey to the NHL, a

Published: 5 months ago