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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A Calgary Flames retool can be successful, but their scouts will need to find stars in the draft

The Calgary Flames should look quite a bit different next season. Heck, given the hockey club has four prominent pending unrestricted free agents that they would likely rather not lose for nothing, they should look quite a bit different by the time t

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How will Flames’ GM Conroy handle Zadorov’s trade request?

Eric Francis joins Jeff Marek to discuss Calgary Flames defenceman Nikita Zadorov requesting a trade and dive into how Flames GM Craig Conroy will likely handle the situation moving forward.

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Flames' Weegar throws stick in attempt to break up Predators scoring chance

Calgary Flames defenceman MacKenzie Weegar attempted something last night that hockey fans don’t see all too often. After a giveaway from Weegar near centre ice, Nashville Predators forwards Liam Foudy and Kiefer Sherwood found themselves coming i

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Flames get raw end of deal on blatant missed call versus Predators

The Calgary Flames weren’t deserving of two points in last night’s loss to the Nashville Predators, but that doesn’t make up for a blatantly missed call in the third period. With just over eight minutes remaining in the third period, Filip For

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Calgary Flames not in playoff spot on American Thanksgiving, face uphill climb

It’s not a perfect science, but in the salary cap era (save for the shortened seasons), teams that have been in a playoff spot the morning of American Thanksgiving have wound up making the playoffs by an overwhelming margin. Since the 2005-06 seaso

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Flames’ Early Season Woes Re-Appear in Ugly Loss to Predators

The Calgary Flames appeared to have a good thing going as of late. They entered Wednesday night’s game versus the Nashville Predators with seven points over their past four games,…

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What Johnny Gaudreau’s career could have looked like had he remained a Calgary Flame

It has been a relatively quiet week in terms of Flames happenings this week, but one team that has been making a ton of noise has been the Columbus Blue Jackets (for all the wrong reasons), most notably about former Flame, Johnny Gaudreau and his inc

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Beyond the Boxscore: Calgary Flames appear to check out early against Nashville Predators

The Calgary Flames served up a game with a lack of hustle and a side dish smothered in disappointment as the Nashville Predators walked all over them on Wednesday night. Before an absolute gauntlet against the top teams in the NHL the expectation was

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Flames Visual Recap 19: Calgary unravels in Nashville to see point streak snapped

In a tough bout against the Nashville Predators, the Calgary Flames ended up heading into American Thanksgiving a 4–2 defeat, halting their four-game point streak. Despite a strong effort from Jacob Markstrom, the Flames were not the better team on

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Injury Updates: Zary, Martinez, Avalanche

Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury, according to a team announcement. He did not dress for the Flames’ loss to the Nashville Predators, though the day-to-day nature of the absence does leave a chance for h

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It’s American Thanksgiving: Can the Calgary Flames beat the odds and make the playoffs?

It’s Thanksgiving Day for our neighbours south of the border. While our American friends are eating turkey, drinking beer, and watching football all day, us Canadians are stuck at work streaming said football games on our computers with a soggy ham

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After Burner: Flames leave Music City singing the blues

The Calgary Flames had a decent enough first period, but just weren’t all that good the rest of the way when they met the Nashville Predators. Ultimately, some rough special teams play led to a 4-2 loss in Nashville. Dean “Boomer” Molberg and R

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