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

Published: 2 weeks 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

Why Ottawa Senator Shane Pinto could be a trade target for the Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames’ offseason has officially come to an end with training camp kicking off. While it has been an uneventful summer for the boys in red, there could be one move the Flames could look into before the season opener against the Winnipeg

Published: 1 year ago

5 storylines to watch as the Calgary Flames begin training camp

The Calgary Flames are set to begin the main portion of training camp on Wednesday, with on-ice starting on Thursday. As the curtain slowly rises on the 2023-24 campaign, here are four key storylines to keep your eye on as the Flames begin camp. Wher

Published: 1 year ago

Calgary Flames’ 3 Reasons for Fans to Be Optimistic for 2023-24

The Flames had high hopes going into the 2022-23 season. The departures of Matthew Tkachuk and Johnny Gaudreau were countered by acquiring Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar. The team had…

Published: 1 year ago

The vibe may have already started to change in Calgary

As we’ve discussed here quite a bit, things didn’t go all that well for the Calgary Flames in 2022-23. After getting great results under Darryl Sutter intense scrutiny in 2021-22, the group saw diminishing returns last season and the vibe around

Published: 1 year ago