Former Calgary Flames are having a tough start to the 2024–25 season

Over the past two years, the Calgary Flames have experienced a mass exodus of talent, with numerous high-profile players leaving the organization through free agency or trade to go on to green pastures. Or so they thought. Currently a month and a hal

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Flames have placed two players on waivers

The Calgary Flames announced this afternoon that Adam Ruzicka and Nick DeSimone have been placed on waivers. Both players have been out of the lineup as healthy scratches recently, so neither transaction comes as a major surprise. It is quite disapp

Published: 11 months ago

Calgary Flames place Nick DeSimone and Adam Ruzicka on waivers

The Calgary Flames have played a couple of players on the waiver wire, per multiple reports. Via The Athletic’s Chris Johnston, among others, the Flames have placed forward Adam Ruzicka and defenceman Nick DeSimone on waivers. Placed on NHL waivers

Published: 11 months ago

What could an Elias Lindholm trade return look like for the Calgary Flames?

We are 44 days away from the trade deadline. The Calgary Flames are going to be one of the busiest teams in the NHL over that time period with the potential trades of Elias Lindholm, Chris Tanev, Noah Hanifin and others. Last week we took at look at

Published: 11 months ago

Burning Questions: Flames burn themselves during latest losing streak

On the latest episode of Burning Questions, Postmedia’s Rob Wong chats with Postmedia Calgary Flames Writers Wes Gilbertson and Danny Austin about the Flames’ latest losing streak, the rookies that have made an impact this season and when we may

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The Wranglers are feeling the call-up pinch: a Calgary Flames prospect update

When he was hired as Calgary Flames general manager, Craig Conroy pledged to give young players a chance. And if you look at the Flames’ current roster, that’s happening. If you look at FlamesNation‘s summer top 20 prospect rankings, five of th

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"That's a bullsh*t play": Weegar takes accountability after Flames' latest loss

Calgary Flames defenceman MacKenzie Weegar didn’t mince words when discussing his performance last night against the St. Louis Blues. The Flames appeared to be in a great position to snap a brief two-game losing streak, as they went up 3-1 on the

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Calgary Flames Prospect Roundup: Wranglers go winless, Arseni Sergeev shines in NCAA

Many of the Calgary Flames’ prospects either did not play or did not find the scoresheet this week. The best performances came from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers, where William Stromgren erupted for four points, Cole Schwindt had a pair of assists,

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Five World Juniors players told to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges: report

Five players of the 2018 Canadian World Juniors roster have reportedly been called to London, Ontario, police headquarters in order to surrender in connection to potential charges. London police have reportedly called the five players to “face cha

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2023–24 Calgary Flames mid-season awards

As we are now officially past the midway mark of the Calgary Flames’ 2023–24 season, it’s time to hand out some midseason Calgary Flames awards. As always in Calgary, this season has been quite the roller coaster as the Flames went from talks o

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Beyond the Boxscore: Immaculate highs and valley lows in Calgary Flames loss to St. Louis

An electric tilt at the Saddledome against the St. Louis Blues ended in heartbreak fashion as the Calgary Flames lose their third straight. For much of the night the game appeared to be in the Flames control – dominating the second period to a leve

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Flames Visual Recap 47: Calgary gives up late goal to extend losing streak to three

The Calgary Flames continued their six-game homestand and were looking to get back into the win column after dropping their last two contests. The St. Louis Blues were their opponent, and everything was looking good until, well, it didn’t. A goal i

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With losing streak at three, Flames need to win now

Jacob Markstrom and MacKenzie Weegar didn’t agree on who was at fault for the St. Louis Blues’ goal that seemed to flip momentum in Tuesday night’s game. Both Calgary Flames players wanted to take the blame at the Saddledome. What everybody see

Published: 11 months ago