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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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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There is growing interest in Calgary Flames’ goalie Dan Vladar

The Calgary Flames have been the Cinderella Story of the NHL this season. Initially expected to be a team mired in a rebuild, the Flames are second in the Pacific Division with a 12–7–3 record. Through the season, the Flames have played their goa

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3 Takeaways From Flames’ 2-1 Overtime Loss to the Red Wings

The Calgary Flames put forth a valiant effort last night versus the Detroit Red Wings, but it wasn’t quite enough as they fell by a 2-1 final in overtime. Nonetheless,…

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Beyond the Boxscore: Dan Vladar, Connor Zary shine in overtime loss to Red Wings

The Calgary Flames found some third period magic once again, but It was not enough to propel them past the Detroit Red Wings in a 2-1 overtime loss. CF% – 45.58% || SCF% – 35.45% || HDCF% – 36.13% || xGF% – 30.08% It’s a Team Game – The o

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