Vladar proud of Flames' success: 'We're a bunch of hungry bastards'

Nobody expected the Calgary Flames to compete for a playoff spot this year, but goaltender Dan Vladar offered a simple reason why the club holds a wild-card spot through 20 games."We're a bunch of hungry bastards in here," Vladar said Friday. "We all

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Flames cut three more players from roster as regular season nears

The Calgary Flames’ NHL roster is coming into view after the team announced another round of cuts this afternoon. Following a 4-3 OT victory over the Seattle Kraken on Monday night, improving their preseason record to a gaudy 5-0-1, the Flames hav

Published: 3 months ago

Flames assign two defencemen, one goalie to AHL’s Wranglers

The Calgary Flames continued their training-camp cuts, with Artem Grushnikov, Waltteri Ignatjew and Yan Kuznetsov headed to the minors

Published: 3 months ago

The Flames have assigned three more players to the Wranglers and placed Ilya Solovyov on waivers

The Calgary Flames have announced more cuts to their roster as training camp continues to dwindle down. In a harsh defence battle, the Flames have cut three prospects, including Artem Grushnikov, whom they acquired via trade last year. Assignments an

Published: 3 months ago

Flames assign Waltteri Ignatjew, Yan Kuznetsov and Artem Grushnikov to the AHL’s Wranglers, camp roster down to 35

The Calgary Flames have made some roster moves on Tuesday afternoon to reduce their training camp roster. The club announced that they’ve assigned goaltender Waltteri Ignatjew and defencemen Yan Kuznetsov and Artem Grushnikov to the American Hockey

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NHL Rumors: Los Angeles Kings, and the Calgary Flames

Do the LA Kings look at free agency to fill the void left by Drew Doughty or do they go internally? What Calgary Flames could be moved and who is likely staying.

Published: 3 months ago

Report: Flames place blueliner Ilya Solovyov on waivers

As training camp rolls along and rosters get trimmed down, we’re seeing more players hit the waiver wire. Per PuckPedia, the Calgary Flames placed blueline Ilya Solovyov on waivers on Tuesday. Waivers today: BUF: DunneVAN: Di Giuseppe, Patera, Smit

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Vote: Who will have the better season for the Calgary Flames?

The 2024–25 season is about to get underway. For the Calgary Flames, it’s a bit of a proving ground year. While the sentiment around the team is that they’re rebuilding, the expectations around how they’ll perform aren’t exactly quite align

Published: 3 months ago

Would the Calgary Flames lose Jakob Pelletier or Devin Cooley on waivers?

This article is brought to you by bet365. We’re in the final week of training camps across the National Hockey League, and clubs are working hard on making their final roster decisions to trim down their rosters to the league-mandated 23-man maximu

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2024–25 NHL centre depth rankings

It’s time for the newest addition of our league-wide positional rankings just in time for the 2024–25 season. Kicking us off we’ll be looking at arguably the most important position in hockey: the centremen. Centre depth is crucial to short-ter

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Samuel Honzek’s pre-season has been a pleasant surprise and a showcase of his abilities when healthy

There’s always plenty of questions at this time of year about young players, who they’re going to be as they develop, and where they stand within the organization given their prior production at certain levels or in other training camps. If there

Published: 3 months ago

Three takeaways from Flames’ pre-season victory against Kraken

There was cause for celebration, and cause for concern. Sam Honzek buried a beauty for the Calgary Flames in Monday’s 4-3 overtime victory in exhibition action against the Seattle Kraken, another statement moment as the 19-year-old winger aims to b

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The DFO Rundown dished on Tyson Barrie and goalies in their Calgary Flames season preview

The 2024-25 National Hockey League season begins in a week, and over at Daily Faceoff, Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor have been previewing every single division on the DFO Rundown podcast! On Monday, Seravalli and Gregor previewed the Pacific Divis

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