Flames Sunday Census: Should the Flames consider being buyers at the deadline?

The year of the rebuild had finally arrived, or so fans had thought. After Saturday afternoon’s shootout win against the Minnesota Wild, the Calgary Flames became the leaders of the Pacific Division. The team has been scratching and clawing in ever

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Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom shows off vintage Heritage Classic gear

Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom is going to be looking fresh at the 2023 Heritage Classic happening on Sunday. The veteran goaltender was seen showing off his vintage-inspired setup at Flames practice at the Saddledome on Monday morning.

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The Detroit Red Wings re-tool could be a model for the Calgary Flames to follow

The Detroit Red Wings look to have taken a big step forward in their development as a team this season. We saw it last night with their 6-2 win over the Calgary Flames. The Red Wings are fast, skilled, and deep in all three position groups. How did t

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Flames’ Kadri Looks Disinterested Through 6 Games

Aside from Jonathan Huberdeau, there was arguably no skater on the Calgary Flames who needed a bigger bounce-back season than Nazem Kadri. The 33-year-old was expected to be a big…

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FlamesNation Mailbag: Taking your questions during a challenging start to the season

The Calgary Flames have played six games in their 2023-24 regular season thus far. They’ve won twice and posted a .417 points percentage so far, a start to the campaign that we can charitably describe as “challenging.” As we poke around in the

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NHL Prospect Roundup: Calgary Flames’ Connor Zary is electrifying the AHL

Plus: great performances from Jiri Kulich, Jagger Firkus, Jordan Dumais and Rutger McGroarty highlight a high-scoring week across the prospect world.

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Outside-the-box Flames lines: What if Kadri moved to the wing?

It’s no secret that scoring is a huge question mark for this Calgary Flames team. I tried to answer where scoring would come from in my article following the recent road trip, but I landed on a fairly pessimistic outlook: Elias Lindholm will have t

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Episode 335: Six Game Progress Report

The Calgary Flames aren't off to the start many fans hoped they would be, and there is some concern about Jonathan Huberdeau's production. The guys discuss if fans should be worried yet and what we can learn from the Flames' early road losses.

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McDavid could miss Oilers-Flames Heritage Classic with injury

Connor McDavid might miss out on the 2023 Heritage Classic between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames. The Oilers captain suffered an injury during Saturday night’s 3-2 overtime loss against the Winnipeg Jets. The team sent out an update on Su

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Will Rasmus Andersson’s suspension appeal succeed?

On Friday night in Columbus, Calgary Flames defender Rasmus Andersson received a major penalty for elbowing (and a game misconduct) for a hit on Columbus’ Patrik Laine. On Saturday, a four game suspension was announced for Andersson. On Sunday, the

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Beyond the Boxscore: Calgary Flames see almost every defensive mishap end up in their net against Detroit

The Calgary Flames found themselves trailing early after Alex Debrincat scored to put them on their heels and despite the final score they responded quite well. They continually got to dangerous areas of the ice for chances, kept the Detroit Red Wing

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Flames Visual Recap 6: A road trip to forget as Flames play fruitless finale against Red Wings

In a road-weary battle against the Detroit Red Wings, the Calgary Flames suffered a 6–2 loss, capping off a challenging five-game road trip filled with more lowlights than highlights. Calgary’s offence was led by Andrew Mangiapane and Yegor Shara

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Calgary Flames face more questions than answers after disappointing road trip

Following a win over the Winnipeg Jets at home to open up the season, Ryan Huska’s Calgary Flames hit the road for a five-game trip with stops in a total of zero cities that are home to a club that qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season

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