The Flames have tons of flexibility no matter what happens with next year’s salary cap

If you head over to PuckPedia to check on your favourite team’s roster these days, you’ve probably seen their handy rundown of the 32 National Hockey League clubs in order of cap spending. If you scroll way down, you’ll find the Calgary Flames

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Projected Lineups for the Flames vs Blue Jackets – 11/29/24

The Calgary Flames take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. FLAMES (12-7-4) at BLUE JACKETS (9-9-3)…

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Flames Game Day 24: An emotional matinee in Columbus (1pm MT)

This article is brought to you by bet365. Normally, the Calgary Flames (12-7-4, 28 points) play the Columbus Blue Jackets (9-9-3, 21 points) twice during the season and the games aren’t of much consequence to either team – neither is a big rival

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Coleman: Gaudreau will be 'looking down' on Flames-Blue Jackets game

Calgary Flames forward Blake Coleman is bracing for an emotional matinee game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, as the contest will mark the first meeting of Johnny Gaudreau's former teams since his death in August."It's just kind of surre

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Flames Place Ilya Nikolaev On Unconditional Waivers

The Calgary Flames have placed forward Ilya Nikolaev on unconditional waivers.

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‘He’ll be looking down’: Gaudreau’s former teams meet in Columbus

Flames forward Blake Coleman: ‘It’s just kind of surreal. It still kind of feels like he’s going to be there tomorrow’

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Friday's Calgary Flames game is starting at an unusual time

Due to American Thanksgiving, the Calgary Flames will be in action much earlier tomorrow than fans are accustomed to. The Flames are one of several NHL teams that will play tomorrow afternoon, with their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets set to

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Flames place forward Ilya Nikolaev on waivers for mutual contract termination

The Calgary Flames have placed forward Ilya Nikolaev on waivers for the purposes of a mutual contract termination, PuckPedia reported Thursday afternoon. Nikolaev, 23, collected four assists in nine games with the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers to start t

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Dreger: Flames could be more aggressive than expected at trade deadline

Don’t be surprised if the Calgary Flames end up being one of the more aggressive teams in the National Hockey League ahead of this season’s trade deadline. According to TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger on the latest edition of the network’s “

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Flames terminating contract of prospect Ilya Nikolaev

The Calgary Flames appear to be parting ways with one of their young and talented forward prospects. It was announced on X this afternoon by Puckpedia that the Flames have placed Ilya Nikolaev on waivers for mutual contract termination. > The #F

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Calgary Flames place Ilya Nikolaev on unconditional waivers

Minor-league centre Ilya Nikolaev has been placed on unconditional waivers by the Calgary Flames.

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Who is the best option to play on the Flames third defence pairing?

The Calgary Flames top two defence pairings have been pretty consistent for the majority of the season. That group consists of Kevin Ball, Rasmus Andersson, MacKenzie Weegar and Daniil Miromanov. Brayden Pachal has been a mainstay on the right side o

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Flames haven't ruled out adding ahead of trade deadline: "Always looking to improve"

The Calgary Flames’ red-hot start to the season has seemingly caught everyone by surprise, including even general manager (GM) Craig Conroy. After moving out several veterans on expiring deals last season, along with the Jacob Markstrom trade this

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