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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Where are Calgary Flames prospects playing in 2023–24?

The Calgary Flames’ training camp will begin in just over a month on September 20. Many prospects will participate alongside roster players and try to impress for a spot on the team. Some will slot in to the roster, most will be cut, and others are

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New Flames coach says team will name captain "sooner than later"

One member of the Calgary Flames will wear two C’s on his jersey this season when the team’s new captain is announced. In a Tuesday interview on The Rod Pedersen Show, newly appointed head coach Ryan Huska touched on who will lead the roster goi

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Exploring whether the NHL should implement a luxury tax as opposed to a hard salary cap

The NHL offseason can be a long and uneventful wait for fans, especially after the draft and free agency. That being said, we’re going to take a look at how to bolster more interest in the game with rule changes. With more and more star-studded pla

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Flames Are Better Off Extending Rather Than Trading Lindholm

After months of speculation that he would likely be traded, it appears that the Calgary Flames and Elias Lindholm are inching toward a contract extension. The 28-year-old, who expressed hesitancy…

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2023 FlamesNation prospect rankings: Missed the cut

Every year, the FlamesNation writing team compiles our top 20 lists of Calgary Flames prospects. We aggregate our individual lists into our overall top 20 ranking. But a few prospects get votes on a few ballots, but fail to crack the top 20. This yea

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Lindholm’s Contract Ask & Bruins’ Center Hunt Equal Trade Match

The post Lindholm’s Contract Ask & Bruins’ Center Hunt Equal Trade Match appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. As the Flames discuss Elias Lindholm's deal, the Bruins navigate center vacuum post-Bergeron and Krejci exits. The post Lindholm’s Co

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2023 FlamesNation prospect rankings: The no-votes

Welcome to the 2023 edition of FlamesNation’s annual prospect rankings! Earlier this month, seven members of our writing team crafted lists ranking the Calgary Flames’ top 20 prospects. Our final list aggregates the votes submitted by the followi

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Where are they now? Taking a look back at the 2013–14 Calgary Flames

We continue our offseason series taking a look back at past Calgary Flames rosters with the rebuilding 2013–14 squad. The 2013–14 season would be the first year of a multi-year rebuild for the Flames with a plethora of youth joining the lineup. T

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Flames News & Rumors: Hanifin, Lindholm, Kadri & More

In this latest edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, Noah Hanifin may be a bigger trade target than ever before now with Erik Karlsson off of the board. In…

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MacKenzie Weegar has become an underrated commodity to the hockey world

It’s been a year since the Calgary Flames made the hockey world explode when they traded Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers in return for Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar. And while Huberdeau saw his struggles with the Flames this past

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How do the Calgary Flames look a month before prospect camp opens?

Brought to you by odds site Betway! The Calgary Flames held their year-end press conferences back in mid-April. We’re four months removed from those proceedings and a lot has happened. With a month left before the club reconvenes for their prospe

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Be like Patrice: Sizing up the Selke race after Bergeron's retirement

Patrice Bergeron's departure from the NHL not only leaves quite the power vacuum in the Boston Bruins' roster, but it also creates a massive void in the race for the Frank J. Selke Trophy.Let's be honest: Few would object if the league renamed the aw

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