How many countries have a better goalie option than Canada?

While Team Canada has a stacked roster heading into the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, goaltending could prove to be their Achilles’ heel. Canada has yet to announce their goaltenders for the tournament, though based on a report this morning, it s

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The Flames and Islanders are expansion siblings with plenty of history between them

The histories of the Calgary Flames and New York Islanders are very intertwined. The Islanders were originally granted an NHL franchise in an effort to block the World Hockey Association out of the New York market by dropping into the brand-new Nassa

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Flames recall Adam Klapka from AHL’s Wranglers

Guess who’s back? On Saturday, following the Calgary Flames’ win over the Nashville Predators, the hockey club sent forward Adam Klapka down to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers. On Tuesday, in advance of their next game with the N

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Flames' Pelletier re-establishing himself as legitimate NHL prospect

The last year has been anything but smooth sailing for Calgary Flames prospect Jakob Pelletier. The 23-year-old was forced to miss a good portion of the 2023-24 campaigns due to two separate shoulder injuries, having played in just 34 combined regul

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Boston Bruins fans haven’t been impressed with Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov so far

Last year the Flames were faced with turmoil surrounding a bunch of soon-to-be free agents. The Flames made contract offers to a number of them, but they ultimately chose to play elsewhere. None was bigger than Elias Lindholm. Lindholm reportedly rej

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5 Flames Players Not Named Kuzmenko Who Could Be Traded

In rather surprising fashion, the Calgary Flames sit in a playoff spot nearly 20 games into the 2024-25 season. It’s been a promising start for a team many projected to…

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The Calgary Flames need to get more out of Martin Pospisil

The Calgary Flames have been going through a massive youth movement this season. Connor Zary has had a great season so far, and while the point totals haven’t been there, the looks he keeps getting show that they will come in time. Dustin Wolf has

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GAMEDAY: Flames aim to stay how against Islanders at the Saddledome

New York Islanders (7-7-4) at Calgary Flames (9-6-3) When: Tuesday, 7 p.m. MT, Scotiabank Saddledome TV: Sportsnet One. Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan Odds: Islanders -111, Flames -108 The buzz The Flames were awfully impressive in dispatching the N

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Flames head coach Ryan Huska on Dustin Wolf’s early Calder buzz: ‘It’s November’

If you’ve been following the National Hockey League this season, one of the bigger surprises in the league has been the Calgary Flames. Expected to be a pretty rough team – oddsmakers had them listed sixth-from-last in points in pre-season over/u

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Episode 370: Give Wolf The Calder Trophy?

This week we're joined by Kevin Olenick of the Shifts and Pucks podcast as we talk a lot about the Calgary Flames goaltenders. Should Dustin Wolf be in the conversation for the Calder Trophy (rookie of the year)? With Dustin Wolf's play so far, shoul

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Yan Kuznetsov is quietly building toward another call-up with the Flames

The Calgary Flames have a lot of flashy and exciting defensive prospects, but Yan Kuznetsov isn’t one of them. Since selecting the 6’5″, 220-pound Russian in the second round of the 2020 NHL Draft, the Flames have stocked their cupboards with s

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NHL Rumors: Anaheim Ducks, and the Calgary Flames

Trevor Zegras could use a change of scenery but options may be limited. The Calgary Flames are not alone in their search for a right-handed center.

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How MacKenzie Weegar’s versatility could set him apart in 4 Nations chase

Given the handful of locks on the Canadian blue line, Weegar is in tough, battling with a handful of others to be the team’s sixth or seventh defencemen. But what could set him apart from the rest is his adaptability and versatility, Eric Francis w

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