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 recall winger Adam Klapka from AHL’s Calgary Wranglers

The Calgary Flames have recalled right wing Adam Klapka from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers, the club announced Monday morning. Klapka, 24, has three goals and five points in five games with the Wranglers thus far in the 2024-25 AHL regular season. Th

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Report: MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri being considered for Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off

The Calgary Flames season has been filled with surprises thus far. The team is overperforming against expectations, they are coming back in nearly every game they play, and some of their players are starting to truly shine through as star contributor

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How to watch tonight's Flames-Kings game that's not on TV

If you find yourself flipping through channels in search of the Calgary Flames game this evening, you won’t find it on traditional television. That’s because the only place to watch the team’s Monday night matchup against the Los Angeles Kings

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Flames Sunday Census: Predicting where the Calgary Flames finish this season

The Calgary Flames have played 15 games so far this season, and for the most part, the team has exceeded expectations. Now they haven’t been looking like Stanley Cup contenders by any means, however, they have not looked like one of the worst teams

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Flames assign Dryden Hunt to the AHL’s Wranglers

In the aftermath of the Calgary Flames’ road game with the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, they announced a roster move. Forward Dryden Hunt, who was called up by the team prior to Thursday’s game in Boston, was re-assigned to the American Hockey Lea

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The Yegor Sharangovich extension could be the first miss of Craig Conroy’s GM tenure

Conroy hasn’t had many bad moves since being hired as general manager of the Calgary Flames last summer. He did luck out with Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin, and Chris Tanev rejecting his contract offers. Still, he had a great 2024 NHL Draft and this

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Islanders’ Holmstrom dekes out Markstrom with slick stickwork

Watch as New York Islanders’ Simon Holmstrom puts the moves on Jacob Markstrom to score the opening goal against the Devils.

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Three takeaways as Flames start slow — again — and fall in shootout to Sabres

The good news is the Calgary Flames know they can come back from any deficits. They don’t give up, that’s for sure. It would probably be nice if they didn’t need to do it quite so often, though. On Saturday, the Flames fell behind by two goals

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Flames Takeaways: Comebacks are nice, but Calgary must find a way to start strong

The momentum the Calgary Flames built in the late stages of all three games of their eastern roadie was undeniable. But the message on the flight home following Saturday’s 3-2 shootout loss in Buffalo has to revolve around the Flames’ penchant fo

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NHL Highlights: Sabres 3, Flames 2 (SO)

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 shots, and turned aside all three shootout attempts to help the Buffalo Sabres win three straight with a 3-2 victory against the Calgary Flames.

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3 Takeaways From Flames’ 3-2 Shootout Loss to the Sabres

The Calgary Flames, as they often do, made things interesting on Saturday afternoon versus the Buffalo Sabres. While they fought hard over the second half of the game, it wasn’t…

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Flames Post-Game: Flames pick up a point in Buffalo

This article is brought to you by bet365. There’s no quit in the 2024-25 Calgary Flames! On Saturday afternoon, they played their third and final game on the Eastern Conference road trip, falling 3-2 in a shootout to the Buffalo Sabres. The rundown

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