GAMEDAY: Flames look to bounce back in Detroit against Red Wings

Calgary Flames (12-7-3) at Detroit Red Wings (9-10-2) When: Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. MT, Little Caesars Arena TV: Sportsnet 360 Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan Odds: Flames -102, Red Wings -118 The buzz The Flames took way too many penalties in Monday night

Published: 2 weeks ago

Flames announce leadership group for 2023-24 season

The Calgary Flames have officially named forwards Jonathan Huberdeau, Elias Lindholm and defenceman Rasmus Andersson and Chris Tanev alternate captains for the 2023-24 season.

Published: 1 year ago

Taranjot Vining kicks off Flames TV Punjabi with Nazem Kadri

Taranjot Vining is a contributing writer here at Flame For Thought, but he’s also the new host of Flames TV Punjabi, an initiative started by Harnarayan Singh 12 years ago. Given the passionate and large Punjabi contingent within the C of Red, Flam

Published: 1 year ago

The Flames will wear three jerseys at home in 2023-24

The Calgary Flames announced their home jersey schedule on Saturday. The club will wear three jerseys over their 41 home dates at the Saddledome: their traditional classic red jersey, their black “Blasty” alternate jersey, and their Heritage Clas

Published: 1 year ago

Calgary Flames assign three players to AHL’s Calgary Wranglers

The Calgary Flames have made some roster reductions in advance of Monday’s roster deadline. The club announced on Saturday that they’ve sent defender Nick DeSimone and forwards Emilio Pettersen and Martin Pospisil to the American Hockey League’

Published: 1 year ago

What moves do the Calgary Flames have left to make before opening night?

As of Saturday morning, the Calgary Flames had 30 players on their roster. By Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. MT, they have to be down to a cap compliant 20-to-23-man roster. So what moves do they have available to make to get there? (And what moves will

Published: 1 year ago

Soucy Injured In Canucks Final Preseason Game

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Carson Soucy left Friday night’s preseason game against the Calgary Flames with an apparent injury. The team tweeted out the news late last night and haven’t released much information about the undisclosed ailment. Th

Published: 1 year ago

Could Alexis Lafreniere be a trade target for the Calgary Flames

We are just a few days away from the Calgary Flames’ season opener and with final cuts to the roster still being made, there are some clear holes that the Flames will eventually have to fill. Whether that is through internal promotion or the trade

Published: 1 year ago

Flames Visual Recap: Calgary ends preseason on a low in setback to Canucks

The Calgary Flames capped off their preseason with a visit to Vancouver to face the Canucks. In the previous meeting, the Flames blew out the Canucks with a 10–0 shutout. This time around, the Canucks got their revenge. Vancouver got off ahead earl

Published: 1 year ago

NHL coaching hot seat: Who's under the most pressure entering 2023-24?

The difference a year can make as an NHL head coach is incredible. In 2022, Darryl Sutter won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year after leading the Calgary Flames to a 111-point campaign. A year later, he was fired after his club missed the pos

Published: 1 year ago

Canucks show key improvements in pre-season finale win

With teams dressing close to full-strength lineups on Friday night, the Canucks handily beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 at Rogers Arena. The win was irrelevant, the process paramount.

Published: 1 year ago

Phil Di Giuseppe leads Canucks past Flames in pre-season play

Phil Di Giuseppe scored and added an assist as the Vancouver Canucks topped the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Friday in NHL pre-season action.

Published: 1 year ago

Calgary Flames Post-Game: Flames have flat finish to pre-season in loss to Vancouver

Brought to you by odds site Betway! There are games where things flow nicely, and games where a team just doesn’t seem to have it. Friday night’s pre-season finale for the Calgary Flames against Vancouver Canucks was just one of those nights. T

Published: 1 year ago