NHL odds, betting preview (Nov. 29): Flames vs. Blue Jackets predictions

The Calgary Flames’ road woes continued Wednesday night in Detroit, as the Red Wings took advantage of a questionable too many mean penalty in overtime. They are now 3-4-4 on the road this season compared to an elite mark of 9-3-0 on home ice. Stil

Published: 2 months ago

‘At my best ever’: What’s behind Huberdeau’s resurgence for Flames

Jonathan Huberdeau seems to have rediscovered his offensive swagger, but there’s more to his resurgence than that, writes Adam Vingan.

Published: 1 month ago

The All-Nobody Team: 6 NHLers quickly becoming somebodies

Welcome to the fifth edition of the All-Nobody Team!This exercise scans all 32 NHL teams for previously obscure players who've begun to make meaningful names for themselves. With the midway point of the season near, which relative nobodies can we now

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GAME DAY: Can Dustin Wolf continue to put on show for Calgary Flames home crowd?

Dustin Wolf will be in the home crease as the Flames host the Nashville Predators in Saturday’s late date on Hockey Night in Canada

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Barkov, Luongo highlight Panthers’ NHL quarter-century team

Matthew Tkachuk, Jonathan Huberdeau and Pavel Bure are among the names honored.

Published: 1 month ago

Calgary Flames have given Vladar more tough teams than Wolf this season

Dan Vladar is facing quite a bit of criticism from Calgary Flames fans after last night’s 5-3 loss to the Utah Hockey Club. The box score didn’t look great for Vladar, who allowed four goals on 25 shots in the loss. That said, he was beaten by a

Published: 1 month ago

Huska happy with Kadri and Huberdeau embracing Flames’ leadership roles

Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska discusses the relationship between Nazem Kadri and Jonathan Huberdeau and how he is happy with the way they have both embraced leadership roles in a time with a lot of roster turnover.

Published: 1 month ago

The Utah Hockey Club is (probably) the last new NHL team to visit the Saddledome

Thursday evening at the Scotiabank Saddledome featured a bit of history. It was the 1,595th regular season game hosted by the Saddledome, which is kind of fun. But the Utah Hockey Club visited the Calgary Flames for the first time in their history, b

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Connor Zary rediscovers scoring touch for Calgary Flames

'You take them however you can get them and they count all the same'

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Don Cherry offers up a hot take on Canada's World Juniors failure

Like many other Canadians, Don Cherry isn’t all that thrilled with what he saw out of his home country at the World Juniors this year. Canada won just two of five games at the tournament in Ottawa and ended up bowing out last night in a 4-3 quarte

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NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames, and the Vancouver Canucks

Dan Vladar wants to remain in Calgary beyond this season. Vancouver Canucks GM on if an Elias Pettersson trade is possible and pending UFA Brock Boeser.

Published: 1 month ago

Flames prospect Henry Mews named OHL’s top defenceman for December

On the same day that the Canadian national junior team bowed out of the World Juniors in the quarterfinal round, one of the Calgary Flames’ most promising junior prospects received an honour from his home league. Henry Mews was named the Ontario Ho

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Why Flames should invest in Vladar to round out goalie tandem with Wolf

Dan Vladar wants to extend his time in Calgary. And given his formidable work in tandem with emerging star Dustin Wolf, the Flames should want to re-sign Vladar too, writes Sportsnet’s Eric Francis.

Published: 1 month ago