The Flames’ record shines but underlying numbers reveal a team living on borrowed time

Surprising is probably the best word to describe the Calgary Flames’ 2024-25 campaign thus far. Through 22 games the Flames have gone 12-7-3 and sit in second place in the Pacific Division, just three points back of the division-leading Vegas Golde

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Flames Place Ilya Nikolaev On Unconditional Waivers

The Calgary Flames have placed forward Ilya Nikolaev on unconditional waivers.

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‘He’ll be looking down’: Gaudreau’s former teams meet in Columbus

Flames forward Blake Coleman: ‘It’s just kind of surreal. It still kind of feels like he’s going to be there tomorrow’

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Friday's Calgary Flames game is starting at an unusual time

Due to American Thanksgiving, the Calgary Flames will be in action much earlier tomorrow than fans are accustomed to. The Flames are one of several NHL teams that will play tomorrow afternoon, with their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets set to

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Flames place forward Ilya Nikolaev on waivers for mutual contract termination

The Calgary Flames have placed forward Ilya Nikolaev on waivers for the purposes of a mutual contract termination, PuckPedia reported Thursday afternoon. Nikolaev, 23, collected four assists in nine games with the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers to start t

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Dreger: Flames could be more aggressive than expected at trade deadline

Don’t be surprised if the Calgary Flames end up being one of the more aggressive teams in the National Hockey League ahead of this season’s trade deadline. According to TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger on the latest edition of the network’s “

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Flames terminating contract of prospect Ilya Nikolaev

The Calgary Flames appear to be parting ways with one of their young and talented forward prospects. It was announced on X this afternoon by Puckpedia that the Flames have placed Ilya Nikolaev on waivers for mutual contract termination. > The #F

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Calgary Flames place Ilya Nikolaev on unconditional waivers

Minor-league centre Ilya Nikolaev has been placed on unconditional waivers by the Calgary Flames.

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Who is the best option to play on the Flames third defence pairing?

The Calgary Flames top two defence pairings have been pretty consistent for the majority of the season. That group consists of Kevin Ball, Rasmus Andersson, MacKenzie Weegar and Daniil Miromanov. Brayden Pachal has been a mainstay on the right side o

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Flames haven't ruled out adding ahead of trade deadline: "Always looking to improve"

The Calgary Flames’ red-hot start to the season has seemingly caught everyone by surprise, including even general manager (GM) Craig Conroy. After moving out several veterans on expiring deals last season, along with the Jacob Markstrom trade this

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The Flames might not have a ton of World Juniors representation this year

Friends, we have some good news and some bad news when it comes to the Calgary Flames and their many, many prospects. The good news is that several of these players are having strong seasons. We arbitrarily use 30 NHLe – NHL equivalent points, a ro

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Flames’ Wolf Has Calder Trophy Odds Stacked Against Him

The Calgary Flames have surprised many with their start to the 2024-25 NHL season. While the majority of analysts and fans had them pegged as a basement team, they began…

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Trade speculation increasing with Flames goalie Dan Vladar

The Calgary Flames haven’t had nearly as many distractions as they did at this time a year ago. Before the 2023-24 season even began, there was a ton of chatter over the many pending UFAs they had. Eventually, all aside from Mikael Backlund wound

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