Is Father Time finally catching up to Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund?

Mikael Backlund is the longest-tenured player currently on the Calgary Flames by a solid margin. He has been a pillar of consistency in the middle six of the Flames for nearly 15 years. In his prime, he was often a shoo-in for 15 to 20 goals and 40 p

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Flames Open to Kadri Trade, But Only After Milestone Reached

The post Flames Open to Kadri Trade, But Only After Milestone Reached appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. As Nazem Kadri hits 1,000 NHL games, the Flames remain open to trade talks, with Vancouver and Montreal emerging as potential destinations. The po

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Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri set for 1,000th career NHL game

Locker-room leader will reach milestone on Wednesday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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Flames’ Kadri: 1000-game milestone ‘at the very top’ of achievements

Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri reflects on playing in his 1000th career NHL game, including how he plans to celebrate and how meaningful the milestone is for him.

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Milan Lucic is back playing pro hockey but not in the NHL

Milan Lucic is not giving up on his NHL comeback. The 37-year-old power forward looked like he was going to get a chance to return to the league this year after inking a PTO with the St. Louis Blues in August, and he looked decent in training camp.

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Flames weekly notebook: Ryan Huska is over-coaching

In my 20 years of following the Calgary Flames, I have never seen them in such disarray to start a season. Everything that could go wrong is going wrong through the first 14 games of the season. Let’s start with the on ice product where the Flames

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Competitive fire carried Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri to 1,000 games

Calgary centre is set to reach milestone on Wednesday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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Flames recall defenceman Yan Kuznetsov from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers

The Calgary Flames had an open roster spot and it sounds like they’re going to be using it to evaluate one of their more promising defensive prospects. As announced by the club, the Flames have recalled defenceman Yan Kuznetsov from the American Ho

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Flames 7 game check in: Couple wins followed by more struggles

Welcome back to our series as we check in on the Calgary Flames every seven games. This will run throughout the entire 2025-26 season, as we reflect on the team’s high and low points during that time. While the Flames did manage to notch two wins,

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Dustin Wolf is struggling, and help isn’t coming

We are now a month into the season, and the Calgary Flames are still stuck in last place. With every game, we seem to get closer to management accepting what appears to be inevitably another losing season. Plenty of the C of Red seem to be pretty hap

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How the World Juniors could impact Zayne Parekh’s future UFA status

On Sunday, Calgary Flames top prospect Zayne Parekh hit a significant contractual milestone, playing in his 10th game of the 2025-26 season. By doing so, Parekh’s three year entry level contract began to run. But a second, arguably larger, contract

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Flames News & Rumours: Parekh, Kadri, Coleman & More

In this week’s edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumours, the organization seemingly answered what appeared to be a dilemma in the immediate future of Zayne Parekh. In other news,…

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Introducing Playing With Fire, our new Calgary Flames newsletter

Newsletter is the latest addition to the in-depth coverage you've come to expect from our team

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