Maple Leafs Reportedly Kicking Tires on a Nazem Kadri Return

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in desperate need of another center, and according to former NHL GM Doug Maclean, they have their eyes on one. He took part in his…

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Longtime Canadian hockey journalist Erik Duhatschek announces retirement

Eric Duhatschek, a longtime Canadian sports journalist who mainly covered the NHL, announced his retirement on Friday. Duhatschek, who is based in Calgary, first began working with the Calgary Herald in 1978 before eventually becoming the lead hocke

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4 Flames Exceeding Expectations So Far This Season

If you had polled Calgary Flames fans before the season had started, they would have gladly accepted a 7-5-2 record through the first 14 games. After all, this was a…

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Flames Game Day 15: Brunch in Buffalo (11am MT)

This article is brought to you by bet365. Through two games of their eastern road trip, the Calgary Flames (7-5-2, 16 points) have earned three of a possible four points. They can turn a pretty good road trip into a very good road trip on Saturday af

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Flames shuffle top two forward lines in advance of Buffalo matinee

If there’s one thing you can say for Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska, it’s that he’s not afraid to make changes to his lineup if he’s not seeing what he wants to see from his existing lines or pairings. On Thursday night in Boston, the F

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Nazem Kadri describes the pressure playing in Toronto market

Nazem Kadri joins Kyper and Bourne to talk about the difficulty of playing in Toronto, says it’s the hardest place to play when you are underperforming.

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Flames mic'd up Backlund's daughter and it's the cutest thing ever

Tillie Backlund, the daughter of Mikael Backlund, is capturing the hearts of Calgary Flames fans yet again. Last season, many fans, along with Backlund himself, got emotional after seeing Tillie read out the team’s starting lineup ahead of an outi

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Flames' Coronato and two prospects set for autograph session at CrossIron Mills

Fans interested in meeting some Calgary Flames will have the opportunity to do so in less than a week’s time. The Flames announced this morning that on Thursday, November 14, forward Matt Coronato, along with prospects Jakob Pelletier and Ilya Sol

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Flames have become one of the NHL's most resilient teams

The 2024-25 Calgary Flames are proving that hard work can trump skill. They may not be the most talented of groups, but this Flames team isn’t the bottom feeder many expected it to be this season. Through 14 games, they own a 7-5-2 record, which i

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Looking at whether the Calgary Flames should retire Mikael Backlund’s number at the end of his career

It has been an eventful last week or so for Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund. He played in his 1,000th career NHL game last week and the Flames held an incredible ceremony for him to celebrate this huge accomplishment. Backlund has no doubt bee

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Beyond the Boxscore: Flames never quit attitude earns them overtime loss

Once again, the Calgary Flames kept things close but couldn’t get that last bounce in a 4-3 OT loss to the Boston Bruins. CF% – 50.42 || SCF% – 53.16 || HDCF% – 47.71% || xGF% – 50.75% It’s a Team Game – It was not a quality start for t

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Three takeaways as Flames lose OT thriller in Boston

Calgary Flames fans long ago gained an appreciation for all the little things that Elias Lindholm does well. On Thursday, they were reminded in the rudest way. The former Flames centre made a couple of clutch contributions — one obvious, the other

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NHL Highlights: Bruins 4, Flames 3 (OT)

Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, Brad Marchand scored the overtime winner, and the Boston Bruins survived the Calgary Flames 4-3.

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