Calgary Flames' playoff chances have plummeted according to analytics

The two-week break for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament couldn’t have come at a better time for the Calgary Flames. The Flames have defied expectations in a big way this season but enter the break having struggled, losing three straight and six o

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What to expect from the Calgary Flames at this season’s trade deadline

The 2025 NHL trade deadline is less than a month away, and there have already been significant trades all around the league. The Calgary Flames were one of the teams that made a splash, acquiring Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee from the Philadelphia Fl

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Throwback Tuesday: The Curtis Glencross trade tree expanded with the Andrei Kuzmenko trade

A couple of weeks ago, the Calgary Flames traded Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, and two picks to the Philadelphia Flyers for Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost. That trade is the topic of today’s Throwback Tuesday. Well, kind of, as we’ll look at h

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Calgary Flames' Andersson appears to be a healthy scratch to begin 4 Nations

The Calgary Flames’ lone representative at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament may not be on the ice in Sweden’s opening game. Team Sweden was able to put together some chemistry with a practice yesterday afternoon, one in which Flames defenceman

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Flames’ Rasmus Andersson skates as Sweden’s seventh defender at Tuesday’s practice

There was good news and bad news at Sweden’s second practice at the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal on Tuesday morning. The good news is that blueliner Gustav Forsling, absent on Monday due to illness, was a full participant on Tuesday. The bad news

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Flames prospects dominate Daily Faceoff’s top drafted OHL player list

The general consensus in the scouting community is that the Calgary Flames had a pretty good performance in the 2024 NHL Draft. As the saying goes, success for draft choices is measured with a calendar, not a stop watch. But the Flames did manage to

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Data Dive: Why the Calgary Flames are Stanley Cup pretenders, not contenders

The Calgary Flames are a bit of an enigma. Each year, it seems like the Flames either make the playoffs—or just miss them—but are never good enough to go on a deep playoff run or not quite bad enough to have a top pick in the NHL entry draft.  T

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Calgary Flames Prospect Roundup: Mews, Parekh, Misa continue tearing up OHL

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Calgary Flames prospects in the OHL are racking up points. Henry Mews picked up another five this week, while Zayne Parekh and Luke Misa each had four. These may just be three of the most exciting prospects weâ€

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Who has the best Stanley Cup odds two months before NHL playoffs?

At this point, the 2024-25 NHL season is over halfway done, and we are finally starting to get an idea of what the playoff picture could look like. With that said, who should you put money on to win the Stanley Cup? With the trade deadline approach

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How Flames netminder Dustin Wolf graduated from top prospect to NHL starter this season

Way, way back in 2019, the Calgary Flames drafted goaltender Dustin Wolf at 214th overall in the NHL Draft. That off-season, the FlamesNation staff put their collective noggins together and rated Wolf 14th in our annual prospect rankings. Here we are

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Flames’ Rasmus Andersson paired with Rasmus Dahlin in Sweden’s first 4 Nations Face-Off practice

While his teammates have jetted off to vacations elsewhere, Calgary Flames blueliner Rasmus Andersson was back on the practice ice in Montreal on Monday, and in a different jersey than usual. Monday was the first on-ice sessions for each of the 4 Nat

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Flames’ Dustin Wolf Showing Clear Signs of Fatigue

The Calgary Flames enter the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament three points outside the playoff picture. It’s disappointing, given how well they were playing heading into February, but a recent skid…

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