The Flames’ fourth line is actually pretty good

It’s been a while since the Calgary Flames had a fourth line that could hold its own at both ends of the ice. Whether by coaching preference or organizational design, the Flames have often trotted out an old, slow quaternary unit that has struggled

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Calgary Flames release 2024-25 regular season schedule

This article is brought to you by bet365. The Calgary Flames unveiled their 2024-25 regular season schedule on Tuesday as part of the league-wide announcement. The Flames, as per usual, will play 82 games – 41 at the Saddledome and 41 in other aren

Published: 6 months ago

FlamesNation Mailbag: Decompressing from the draft and free agency

Friends, the 2024 NHL Draft and the opening of free agency have come and gone! And the Calgary Flames have been busy: trading Andrew Mangiapane to Washington, making 10 draft selections, and signing seven players to new contracts and one to a contrac

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Breaking down where former Calgary Flames signed on Day One of NHL Free Agency

The Calgary Flames were very busy on the first day of NHL Free Agency, signing three players to one-way contracts and four players to two-way deals as well as renewing Yegor Sharangovich for five more years. Elsewhere across the league, a number of f

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Recapping 2024 NHL Free Agency For The Calgary Flames

The post Recapping 2024 NHL Free Agency For The Calgary Flames appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. The Flames were relatively active in free agency as they looked to make moves that would complement their ongoing rebuild. The post Recapping 2024 NHL Fr

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Free agent signings that fell through for the Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames took a very pragmatic approach to the free agent frenzy on July 1, 2024.  Often a team spends a lot on free agents that they shouldn’t—Craig Conroy’s approach was to ink players to shorter team deals to take a bigger picture

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The Calgary Flames found fantastic value in their selection of Luke Misa

This article is brought to you by bet365. It very rare that a group of fans is as happy with their favourite team’s draft picks as Calgary Flames fans were with the selections that general manager Craig Conroy and his staff made on day one and day

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The Calgary Flames opted for depth moves on busy opening day of free agency

The Calgary Flames celebrated Canada Day – and Jarome Iginla’s birthday – in the customary way the hockey world does so: the opening of free agency. When the dust settled, the Flames signed seven players to new contracts and also threw in a maj

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Episode 360: 2024 Entry Draft

This week's show was recorded live on June 28, 2024 during the first round of the 2024 Entry Draft.We disucss not only the draft but the Mangiapane and Markstrom trades, Brad Larsen being hired as a coach and more. This show will sound different than

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Winners and losers from Day 1 of NHL free agency

Day 1 of free agency, after the salary cap made its first significant jump since the pandemic, didn't disappoint. A staggering 185 signings were made for a grand total of more than $1.2 billion as of Monday night, per CapFriendly.While there's still

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Conroy strikes different tone as Flames' focus shifts towards adding, not subtracting

So many times during his first year as GM of the Calgary Flames, Craig Conroy has had to speak to the media about making a subtraction to his team. Maybe he’s acquired some young players or draft assets in return, but much of his first 12 months in

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Calgary Flames sign Martin Frk to one-year contract

The 30-year-old has tallied 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists) and a minus-32 rating in 124 NHL games.

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Calgary Flames sign Martin Frk to one year, two-way contract ($775,000)

The Calgary Flames have added some forward depth in free agency. Per multiple reports, and subsequently announced by the club, they’ve signed forward Martin Frk to a one year, two-way deal worth $775,000 at the NHL level. Martin Frk is joining the

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