Three takeaways: Red-hot Flames down Wild to wrap-up perfect homestand

Perfect. Four wins from four games. Eight points out of eight. As good as it gets. The Calgary Flames’ (12-6-3) four-game homestand couldn’t have gone any better. Not after Saturday’s afternoon’s matinee win against a very good opponent in th

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Should the Calgary Flames consider trading Jacob Markstrom?

Just shy of the midway point of the season, the Calgary Flames sit two points out of a wild card spot. The downside? They are 25th in the NHL and have played four more games than the Edmonton Oilers who currently hold the second wild card spot in the

Published: 1 year ago

Top Trades, Landing Spots for Flames Defenseman Chris Tanev amid NHL Rumors

The Calgary Flames shipping Nikita Zadorov to the Vancouver Canucks on Nov. 30 sparked trade speculation suggesting he might not be the only defenseman they…

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Can the Calgary Flames get away from .500?

The Flames need to go on a run to get back in the mix

Published: 1 year ago

Can the Calgary Flames get away from .500?

It’s commonly said that if you get as many points as games-played on a road-trip, you’re happy. That might not be true for the Calgary Flames, though. Captain Mikael Backlund put that pretty plainly after Sunday’s loss to the Chicago Blackhawks

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FlamesNation Mailbag: The captaincy, Andrew Mangiapane’s future, and the trade deadline

Friends, there are two months remaining until the 2024 trade deadline, and the Calgary Flames aren’t out of the playoff mix. They’re not firmly in the mix, either. They’re wobbling around the .500 mark, something encapsulated by a .500 road tri

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WILSON: The time may be right to trade goalie Markstrom

Jacob Markstrom might be playing himself out of Calgary this year, and that’s a good thing. Fifty-nine games played, 23 wins, and a .892 save percentage. That was Markstrom’s stat line when the lights went out on the Calgary Flames 2022-23 season

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Flames captain Mikael Backlund nears another major milestone

Fifteen years later, the memories remain vivid for Mikael Backlund. The Calgary Flames’ first-rounder had just helped Team Sweden to a silver-medal showing at the world juniors in Ottawa. Then 19, the plan was for Backlund to hang around the Saddle

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Analytics site favours Oilers way more than Flames in playoff odds

A popular analytics website is giving the Edmonton Oilers much better odds at making the playoffs than the Calgary Flames, despite the two teams being close to each other in the standings. MoneyPuck currently gives the 17-18-5 Flames just a 19.2% ch

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Calgary Flames players have shown management that they’re not good enough to win

Calgary Flames president of hockey operations Don Maloney was interviewed during the first intermission of the Sportsnet broadcast of the Flames’ Sunday afternoon game in Chicago. His answer to Ryan Leslie’s question about the direction of the fr

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Calgary Flames officially activate Jakob Pelletier and Kevin Rooney from injured reserve

Great news from the Calgary Flames today as they announced two roster transactions. First, forward Jakob Pelletier has been assigned to the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers. Some positive #Flames news to start the week.Per the AHL website, Jakob Pelletier h

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Flames assign Pelletier to Wranglers, an important step towards a return

Jakob Pelletier is taking a big step towards his return to the ice. Early Monday afternoon, the Calgary Flames announced Pelletier had been assigned to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers. Pelletier was injured during a split-squad pre-

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Calgary Flames place forward Kevin Rooney on waivers

Rooney placed on waivers after being taken off LTIR.

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