Flames’ drop third straight in chippy loss against Blue Jackets

Adam Fantilli scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their points streak to five games with a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames in a chippy game that included six fighting majors.

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The Calgary Flames’ development apparatus continues to grow

Back in the day, hockey had a pretty narrow view of drafting and development. Players were selected in the entry draft and, once they were signed, they were sent to the minor league team. Maybe they’d progress between being drafted and going joinin

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Elias Lindholm Offers Contract Update: “Willing to Stay” with Flames

The post Elias Lindholm Offers Contract Update: “Willing to Stay” with Flames appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. Elias Lindholm spoke with a Swedish media outlet about his future with the Flames and offered up some good news for Calgary fans. The

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CapFriendly Friday: Proposals for preseason trades

Welcome back to another edition of CapFriendly Friday! If you are unfamiliar with CapFriendly Friday, it involves looking at trade proposals submitted on CapFriendly.com‘s Armchair GM feature. The Armchair GM&

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3 Flames Who Need to Step Up in 2023-24

After a hectic offseason, the Calgary Flames are just over a month away from kicking off their 2023-24 campaign. The new-look team is hoping to bounce back after a letdown…

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Flames' Mangiapane '100% fully healthy' after shoulder surgery

Calgary Flames forward Andrew Mangiapane is expected to be ready for training camp after undergoing shoulder surgery in April."I have to get cleared for kind of the physical contact and doing all that stuff, but as far as on the ice, I'm shooting, pa

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Flames' pending UFAs: Who stays and who goes

If you had asked Calgary Flames fans back in June, they would have thought that Craig Conroy would have done more at this point as the team’s general manager. Heading into the offseason with eight pending UFAs, the expectation was that the majorit

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Diving into potential Calgary Flames line combinations for 2023-24

The Calgary Flames will soon assemble for training camp to kick off the 2023-24 hockey season. Through a few subtractions and a few additions, the Flames will have a forward group next season that’s both familiar and quite a bit different from what

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Where will the goals come from for the Calgary Flames in 2023-24?

Heading into the 2022-23 season, after the departures of Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk, the question on everybody’s minds was ‘Where will the goals come from for the Calgary Flames!?‘ A year later, following a season without

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The case for Matt Coronato to make the Flames opening night roster

Matt Coronato might be the most exciting Calgary Flames skater prospect currently in the pipeline. The 20-year-old was drafted 13th overall by the Flames in the 2021 NHL Draft and is now eyeing a spot on the Flames 2023–24 opening night roster. And

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Predicting how accurate ESPN’s 2023–24 Calgary Flames point projections will be

With training camp coming up in a couple weeks and preseason games starting soon after, the 2023–24 NHL season is on the horizon. With that comes the yearly slate of season predictions and projections. One of the first major projections to go publi

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2023 FlamesNation prospect rankings: #10 Topi Rönni

Some of the best players are the ones that don’t do a ton of fancy stuff with the puck, and if there’s one player to fit that archetype, it’s Topi Rönni. He was the Calgary Flames’ top selection in the 2022 NHL Draft (even though he was draf

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5 Flames who are likely to set new career highs this season

The Calgary Flames are ready to flip the script on what was an ugly 2022-23 season. Many Flames have already arrived back in Calgary in anticipation of what they believe will be a better year ahead. Several have expressed optimism surrounding the fu

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