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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Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund is approaching some interesting milestones

In case you haven’t read FlamesNation before, since the site launched in 2009 we’ve been using video, basic statistics, advanced statistics and interviews with folks from around the hockey world to extol the virtues of Calgary Flames forward Mika

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Connor Zary’s NHL arrival is a key success story for the Calgary Flames’ development team

This has been a down season for the Calgary Flames, with few steady success stories to point to for their veteran players. However, the team’s young stars have been an enormous success for the team. Martin Pospisil has looked like an NHLer, seventh

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Nikita Zadorov talks about his departure from the Calgary Flames

On Tuesday, former Calgary Flames defenceman Nikita Zadorov joined John Scott on the Dropping the Gloves podcast to talk about his career up this point with his former teammate in Scott. Through the interview, he spoke about his time in Calgary and w

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Unique Trade Scenario Surrounds Talk About Flames’ Chris Tanev

The post Unique Trade Scenario Surrounds Talk About Flames’ Chris Tanev appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. If the Calgary Flames are going to trade defenseman Chris Tanev, it might be a unique trade with long-term implications. The post Unique Trad

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NHL Rumors: Everyone wondering what the Colorado Avalanche will do now

The Colorado Avalanche cleared Tomas Tatar and his salary to Seattle. What will the Avalanche's next move be? Elias Lindholm?

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Jaromir Jagr makes season debut in Czech league, pushing back Hall of Fame eligibility

Jaromir Jagr has made his ice hockey season debut at age 51 for his hometown Kladno Knights in the Czech league.

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Flames Should Be Gauging Trade Interest for Markstrom

Calgary Flames management would never come out and say it, but they are well aware that this current roster is not good enough to compete for a Stanley Cup. Frankly,…

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More than half of the Calgary Flames’ players are on expiring contracts

Since Craig Conroy became the general manager of the Calgary Flames back in May, he’s been busy. He’s hired a new head coach. He’s navigated his first NHL Draft as a GM. He’s dealt with a round of free agency. And, as we’ve discussed here f

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Flames have potential Calder Trophy finalist in Connor Zary

Connor Zary is giving the Calgary Flames more than anybody could have imagined this season. The 2020 first-round pick has been one of the Flames’ top prospects in recent years, though it remained to be seen how he would fare at the NHL level. If t

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5 Calgary Flames players featured on ESPN’s trade tiers

We’re in the National Hockey League’s annual holiday trade freeze, friends, designed so that players’ Christmas dinners aren’t interrupted by them getting traded to Buffalo or Winnipeg. The freeze offers a bit of time to ruminate on potential

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‘I wanted to stay there, but I did not get an offer’: Nikita Zadorov on his exit from the Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames began the 2023 off-season with seven major pending unrestricted free agents. Since then, a few names have been crossed off that list by general manager Craig Conroy. Tyler Toffoli was traded to New Jersey. Mikael Backlund was signe

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Ex-Flames forward Sean Monahan having impressive season with Canadiens

Ex-Calgary Flames forward Sean Monahan may never get back to the player he was in his prime, but he can still be effective. Through the first six seasons of his career, Monahan was a player the Flames could rely upon to produce plenty of offence. He

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