Dustin Wolf named NHL’s top rookie in Daily Faceoff’s first quarter awards

When the Calgary Flames traded Jacob Markstrom to the New Jersey Devils back in June, two thoughts probably crossed the minds of Flames fans: “It’s time to see what Dustin Wolf can do!” And “Is he ready?” Well, through the first quarter of

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Calgary Flames Prospect Roundup: Coronato and Klapka keep ’em coming

Yet another huge week for the Calgary Flames’ prospects—particularly their top AHL guys. Matt Coronato is almost certainly too good for the AHL, putting up six more points this week. Big man Adam Klapka added four of his own to add to his already

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Blake Coleman in line for career-best season with Flames

It’s flying under the radar, but Blake Coleman has been excellent for the Calgary Flames through the first quarter of the 2023-24 season. Coleman has quietly gone about his business through each of his two full seasons as a Flame, providing solid

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Flames Focused on Playoff Spot Rather Than Selling UFAs

The Calgary Flames recent stretch of improved play has enhanced the morale of not only the players, but management as well. The better play through the month of November not…

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Flames need to get their disastrous power play on track

Though the Calgary Flames have been playing some better hockey as of late, they remain far from perfect. There are always a number of ways in which any team believes they can improve, and for the Flames, their main area to work on is obvious. Anyone

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History shows that a good power play isn’t required to have Stanley Cup Playoffs success

The Calgary Flames are back in the playoff picture after an impressive run in the month of November. The Flames have clawed their way back into a wild card spot after a 7–3–2 run in their past 12 games, almost fully erasing a horrid 2–7–1 sta

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Is Dan Vladar worth keeping around at this point?

The goaltending situation was one of the main points of contention for the Calgary Flames before the season and has still been a central point of contention even throughout the first 22 games, most of which Jacob Markstrom has started. Markstrom has

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NHL trade board 2023-24: The latest on all the top targets from Chris Johnston

From Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm to Patrik Laine, we are starting to see the initial outlines of how the trade market is taking shape.

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Evening Notes: Zadorov, Giordano, Hyman

ESPN’s Kevin Weekes is reporting that there remains a lot of interest in Calgary Flames defenseman Nikita Zadorov. Among the teams interested are the Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, and fresh off their cap-

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Trade proposals between Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs dominating CapFriendly

Trade proposals between the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs are dominating CapFriendly’s Trade Machine. A cocktail fusing potent ingredients such as familiarity between general managers Craig Conroy of the Flames and former Flames GM Brad Tr

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Flames' Weegar surprises fans with signed jersey at Calgary dog park

A lucky couple was able to meet Calgary Flames defenceman MacKenzie Weegar at one of the city’s many dog parks days ago. Weegar, who was filming a content piece with Flames TV host Brendan Parker, went out and about in Calgary to show some of his

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Blake Coleman has been one of the most under-appreciated Calgary Flames forwards

If there’s one thing that pops into my head when looking at the “stats” page for the Calgary Flames on NHL.com, it’s that the team is doing things by committee. Their 9-10-3 record could certainly be better, but as of late, they’ve looked l

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"I've just gotten a bit of an opportunity and taken it": Flames' Kerins developing into a true NHL prospect

The path to becoming a legitimate prospect for the Calgary Flames has been anything but easy for Rory Kerins. The Calgary Wranglers forward has often been overlooked, despite producing at every level he has played. He fell to the fourth round of his

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