Flames lead NHL in this one very interesting stat

The Calgary Flames have impressed through their first 22 games of the season, and their strong third periods are a big reason why. As recently mentioned, the Flames have had trouble playing with the lead this season. They often seem to find themselv

Published: 2 weeks ago

The Calgary Flames training camp groups provide early insights into Ryan Huska’s plans

The Calgary Flames 2023–24 training camp opens this morning to welcome 64 players onto Saddledome ice. It’s officially camping season.  With only one PTO attending camp in defenceman Jonathan Aspirot, this opens the gates wide for the team’s y

Published: 1 year ago

Flames Should Look Into Signing Paul Stastny to Inexpensive Deal

With the Brad Treliving/Darryl Sutter regime out, the Calgary Flames appear to be committed to giving young players a real chance to earn an NHL spot of out training camp.…

Published: 1 year ago

Breaking down the Calgary Flames’ initial 2023-24 training camp groupings

The Calgary Flames unveiled their training camp roster on Wednesday, and the on-ice portion of things get going on Thursday. 64 players have been divided up into three on-ice groupings, at least to start, and eventually we’ll see some mixing and ma

Published: 1 year ago

The Calgary Flames have a single ‘true’ PTO in camp: blueliner Jonathan Aspirot

When new Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy spoke to the media for the first time in his new gig, he spoke at length about leaving roster spots open for youngsters. But it’s one thing to say it, it’s another to stick with it. So you coul

Published: 1 year ago

Episode 329: Huska, Iginla & The Entry Draft

Ryan Huska was named the Calgary Flames Head Coach on June 12 and shortly after Jarome Iginla was named as Special Advisor to the General Manager to round out the Flames Hockey Operations team. The guys discuss these moves and look ahead to the 2023

Published: 1 year ago

Flames’ Lindholm ready to put family scare, hockey drama behind him

It was mid-February when Elias Lindholm’s son decided to come five weeks early. The turmoil and losses at the rink, compounded by the two-week scare with is son wasn’t easy to deal with. But with his son healthy and a new season here, Lindholm is

Published: 1 year ago

Calgary Flames Sign Jonathan Aspirot To PTO

The Calgary Flames will have career AHLer Jonathan Aspirot in training camp on a professional tryout, according to their training camp roster released Wednesday. If signed to an NHL or AHL deal, it’ll be his second pro organization after spending

Published: 1 year ago

Colorado Avalanche Explored Trade for Flames’ Mikael Backlund

The post Colorado Avalanche Explored Trade for Flames’ Mikael Backlund appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. The Colorado Avalanche explored trading for Mikael Backlund before securing center depth through other acquisitions this summer. The post Color

Published: 1 year ago

Calgary Flames officially announce 2023–24 training camp roster

The Calgary Flames are going camping! The team officially announced the complete training camp roster and schedule for the next few weeks as they prepare for the 2023–24 NHL season. Calgary will be bringing a total of 64 players to camp including 3

Published: 1 year ago

Calgary Flames announce 2023-24 training camp roster

The Calgary Flames have announced their main training camp roster for the upcoming 2023-24 season. The Flames have invited 64 players to camp – 7 goalies, 22 defencemen and 35 forwards. On-ice sessions begin on Thursday at the Scotiabank Saddledome

Published: 1 year ago

The Calgary Flames need to be good in four key areas to make the playoffs

Folks, almost nobody is all good or all bad. For all his faults, former Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter was a pretty astute thinking, and he was quite good at bench-marking what his hockey clubs needed to do in order to make the post-season.

Published: 1 year ago

Flames Still Better Off to Move Hanifin Despite Recent Comments

All summer long, it felt like only a matter of time before the Calgary Flames traded Noah Hanifin. The 26-year-old has just one year remaining on his contract which carries…

Published: 1 year ago