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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'A lack of execution': Fixing penalty-kill is top priority for Flames

The Calgary Flames have every reason to believe they can fix their leaky penalty-kill. It wasn’t all that long ago, after all, that it seemed like they were facing daily questions about a power-play that couldn’t find the back of the net. Now, a

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Flames prospect Matvei Gridin just keeps improving in his first QMJHL season

After a slow start to his first major junior season, Calgary Flames prospect Matvei Gridin has settled into a very nice rhythm over the last few weeks. Gridin, who the Flames selected with the No. 28 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, has at least o

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Greatest Calgary Flame to Wear No. 10

*This was originally published in Aug. 2022 In case you missed one of the most significant transactions of the NHL offseason, former Florida Panthers’ all-time leading scorer Jonathan Huberdeau was…

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Digging into the building plans for Scotia Place, the Flames’ soon-to-be home arena

The Calgary Flames are getting a new home. We’ve known that the new arena has been coming for awhile. But we didn’t know its name (Scotia Place) or what it would look like until late July at the groundbreaking. And even then, potentially because

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The Flames’ new arena faces its final administrative hurdle on Thursday

This coming Thursday, the Calgary Planning Commission meets for its regularly scheduled biweekly meeting. This week’s agenda has something Calgary Flames fans are likely very excited for: the review of the development permit application for Scotia

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Here's a Team Canada roster filled entirely with 4 Nations snubs

To the surprise of nobody, there were plenty of players snubbed following the reveal of Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off roster. The international tournament, which begins February 8, features four countries in Canada, USA, Sweden, and Finland. All fou

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Trade Pitch Sees Red Wings Acquiring Former 39-Goal Scorer to Bolster Offense

A trade pitch has the Detroit Red Wings acquiring Andrei Kuzmenko from the Calgary Flames in a deal to bolster its offense. The post Trade Pitch Sees Red Wings Acquiring Former 39-Goal Scorer to Bolster Offense appeared first on Heavy Sports.

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A piece of Calgary Flames history is up for grabs and it's a $9.5M penthouse

A piece of Calgary Flames history is up for grabs, as a penthouse owned by Harley and Rebecca Hotchkiss has hit the market for $9,500,000. The penthouse, located at 1201, 690 Princeton Way SW, is owned by the Hotchkiss Family Estate and has never be

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Flames Mailbag: Will Calgary choose to sign or trade Rasmus Andersson?

With a payday looming this summer and a bevy of callers likely making the rounds, could the Calgary Flames opt to sell star defenceman Rasmus Andersson, or will they hold onto their foundational piece? Pat Steinberg answers that question and more in

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Calgary Flames are off to solid start despite this scary stat

This would be a franchise first … and not in a good way. The Calgary Flames have now skated through one-third of their regular-season schedule and don’t have a single player on pace to put up 50-plus points. The Flames have never wrapped an unabb

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Mark Scheifele, Zach Hyman, Mackenzie Weegar among potential injury replacements for Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off team

Multiple players were left off the Canadian roster for the tournament in February.

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Flames’ MacKenzie Weegar one of the last players cut from Team Canada: report

On Wednesday, the National Hockey League unveiled the rosters for the participating teams in the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. The Calgary Flames were represented by blueliner Rasmus Andersson on Team Sweden, but teammate MacKenzie Weegar was conspicu

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