3 Takeaways From Flames’ 5-2 Loss to Blue Jackets

The Calgary Flames were far from their best on Friday afternoon, and paid for it, suffering a 5-2 loss at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Suddenly, the red-hot…

Published: 1 month ago

Flames recall Devin Cooley on emergency basis; Dan Vladar day-to-day with lower-body injury

Devin Cooley leads all AHL goaltenders this season in wins, goals-against average, and save percentage.

Published: 3 weeks ago

Flames recall goalie Devin Cooley from the AHL’s Wranglers on an emergency basis, Dan Vladar out day-to-day

A day after a one-sided loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Calgary Flames have announced an injury and the recall of some reinforcements. The club announced on Friday morning that they’ve called up goaltender Devin Cooley from the American Hockey

Published: 3 weeks ago

Flames’ Vladar day-to-day with lower-body injury, Cooley recalled from AHL

Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar is out day-to-day due to a lower-body injury, the team announced Friday.

Published: 3 weeks ago

Former NHL star Thornton back as co-GM of Canada's Spengler Cup team

Former NHL star Joe Thornton and Calgary Flames front office executive Brad Pascall are heading the management team for Canada's Spengler Cup squad for a second straight year.

Published: 3 weeks ago

The Flames have a big incentive to sign prospect Luke Misa before the end of December

Folks, we’re probably not telling tales out of school when we say that the Calgary Flames are really happy with their 2024 NHL Draft class. They selected 10 players in Vegas back in June, and a lot of them are having great seasons. Among their impr

Published: 3 weeks ago

Evaluating Ryan Huska’s system and player deployment

This season, the Calgary Flames certainly are not the most fun team to watch on a nightly basis. They do not have a skater anywhere near a point-per-game pace, any kind of high-end skill is non-existent on the team, and they play an extremely boring

Published: 3 weeks ago

The Calgary Flames need to give Jakob Pelletier more opportunities in the top six

The Calgary Flames had to make some tough decisions during training camp, and it was definitely a shock when the team decided to put former first-round pick Jakob Pelletier on waivers. Luckily the 23-year-old cleared waivers successfully and started

Published: 3 weeks ago

Beyond the Boxscore: Nikita Kucherov puts up six points against Flames in 8-3 blowout loss.

Nikita Kucherov and the Tampa Bay Lightning walked over top of the Calgary Flames, defeating them 8-3. CF% – 44.71%|| SCF% – 30.19%|| HDCF% – 34.6%|| xGF% – 31.88% It’s a Team Game – It did not completely fall apart until the third period

Published: 3 weeks ago

Three takeaways as Flames get blown out by Lightning in tough night at the Dome

MacKenzie Weegar did his best to take responsibility for the Calgary Flames’ abysmal performance. Anyone who watched Thursday night’s 8-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, though, knew that this defeat didn’t lie at the feet of one player. There

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‘We just gave them everything’: Flames’ defensive woes on display in loss to Lightning

The Calgary Flames opened the scoring 4:42 into Thursday night’s game with the Tampa Bay Lightning. They led for the next 14 minutes of the first period, when Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway to tie the game at 1-1. The Flames never had a lead

Published: 3 weeks ago

Lightning Pull Away Late to Take Down Flames 8-3

The Tampa Bay Lightning (14-10-2) took down the Calgary Flames (14-10-5) by a score of 8-3 to get back in the win column on Thursday night. While the Flames attempted…

Published: 3 weeks ago

Flames assess performance in blowout loss: ‘Wasn’t good’

Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska and players discuss the team’s 8-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, saying the effort wasn’t good enough and that the blowout could serve as a wake-up call for the group.

Published: 3 weeks ago