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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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Published: 3 weeks ago

Episode 334: The Underdog Advantage?

Due to some technical issues, the audio file for some people wasn't working earlier this week. This has now been corrected. The Calgary Flames end the first week of the season 1-1. Dan and Matt recap the two games this week, including how Jakob Mark

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Published: 1 year ago

Grand Ole Draisaitl: Oilers star steals show in Nashville again

No player has dominated another NHL team in recent history the way Draisaitl has dismantled the Preds. Not Connor McDavid versus the Calgary Flames, Auston Matthews over Montreal or David Pastrnak against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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Published: 1 year ago

‘It’s fun to win’: Kadri excited for Flames new and refreshing offensive look

Flames forward Nazem Kadri discusses the team’s excitement heading into this season, with a new coaching staff, and a refreshing new look offensively.

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Published: 1 year ago

Flames have been in trade talks involving Dan Vladar: report

The Calgary Flames may soon be trading goaltender Dan Vladar. Rumours circulated during the offseason that the Flames were looking to move Vladar, but nothing came to fruition. The 26-year-old has been relatively solid behind Jacob Markstrom during

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Published: 1 year ago

Flames' Mangiapane launches community program to help underserved youth

The Calgary Flames announced on Tuesday afternoon that forward Andrew Mangiapane and his wife, Claudia, have launched a new community program named Mange’s Breadsticks. The program is aimed to support the Youth Centres of Calgary in Ogden and will

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Published: 1 year ago

Goal scoring continues to be an issue for the Calgary Flames

We are three games into the 2023-24 season, and we are already starting to see some similarities between lasts year’s Calgary Flames team and this year’s team. Both are playing well and carrying the play for the most part at 5-on-5 but are lackin

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Published: 1 year ago

Early-season Flames fan overreactions in full swing, Huberdeau and Kadri taking heat

In yesterday’s article on the importance of finding a lineup fit for Yegor Sharangovich, I referenced the fact that we’re in the midst of overreaction season. Three games into the Flames’ 2023-24 campaign and the pendulum is swinging violently,

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Published: 1 year ago

Flames fans are getting bad flashbacks over last night's shootout loss

Blowing a two-goal lead in what ended as a 3-2 loss wasn’t the biggest concern among Calgary Flames fans last night. The Flames appeared to be in line to win their second game of the season last night, but Matthew Phillips and the Washington Capit

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Published: 1 year ago

Jonathan Huberdeau and Matt Coronato power play connection could be lethal

A veteran playmaker and a rookie goal-scorer. A player that distributes and a player that makes the distribution worthwhile. What’s not to like? That makes for an exciting brand of hockey, and that’s what we get to see watching the Calgary Flames

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Published: 1 year ago

Matthew Phillips makes the Flames pay for giving up on him

The Calgary Flames paid the price for giving up on Matthew Phillips last night. Phillips, who was taken in the sixth round of the 2016 draft by the Flames, had several incredible AHL seasons in the organization but was never given much of a shot at

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Published: 1 year ago

The Calgary Flames are alarmingly playing like they did last year to start this new season

We’re three games deep on the NHL season and the Calgary Flames are 1–1–1, a perfect .500. It’s been three games with three unique performances, to say the least. It’s early, but for many reasons the 2023–24 Flames have many similarities

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Published: 1 year ago

Beyond the Boxscore: Flames fall at the mighty hands of Matthew Phillips and the Washington Capitals

A scorching hot start end up cooling into a burnt-out ember as the Calgary Flames dropped a game in Washington. At one point they held a 14-2 shot advantage and had complete control over the other team – dictating everything that happened on the ic

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Published: 1 year ago