In a lot of industries, it’s considered an advantage to be following in the footsteps of one of your parents. After all, if you’ve had exposure to that industry growing up, odds are you’ll be better prepared for the day-to-day grind of that industry.
The 2024 National Hockey League draft is just over two months away! With that being said, the Calgary Flames have a 5% chance of moving into the top spot, and a 10.4% chance of moving into the top three.
It would be an understatement to say that the 2023-24 Calgary Flames were a mixed bag of results. The standings were not good (unless you were rooting for the highest place the team could find in the draft lottery), but plenty of individual performances were encouraging for fans, teammates, coaches, and management.
Before the season began, I made plenty of predictions about the 2023-24 Calgary Flames team. Some of them were very bold, and others were a bit more tame.
The Tucson Roadrunners came into the playoffs on a high note, finishing second in the Pacific Division with one of their best records in franchise history.
You could be forgiven if the Calgary Wranglers were in the forefront of your mind during much of the month of April. After all, many of their best and brightest were playing in the National Hockey League.
Mikael Backlund just finished his 16th season with the Calgary Flames, and his first as the captain of the team. It was another strong campaign from Backlund who once again was a defensive force, shutting down opponents top lines and also helped with a little bit of offence as well.
The 2023-24 season has officially wrapped up for the Calgary Flames, with their 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks serving as their final game. Overall, it was a disappointing year for this group, who some believed may be able to rebound and get back into the playoffs.
The Calgary Wranglers and the Tucson Roadrunners kicked off their best-of-three playoff series on Wednesday night. Tucson ended the year as the higher seed and gets home ice advantage for this entire series.
With the 2023-24 season over and the post-season underway, there is plenty to reminisce about and plenty to look forward to for the Calgary Flames. In this article, we will be doing a little bit of both as we look back at the trade deadline and what brought the Flames for the present and future.
Folks, we’re about two months away from the 2024 NHL Draft. It’s the very first draft of the Calgary Flames’ re-tooling process – or whatever you prefer to call it – and it goes without saying that it’s quite an important occasion for the hockey club.
The Calgary Flames entered the 2023-24 with three goalies they felt pretty good about: incumbent starter Jacob Markstrom, backup Dan Vladar and AHL starter Dustin Wolf.
Folks, the National Hockey League’s waiver wire is one of their many instruments aimed at creating competitive balance across the league. Specifically, the waiver wire aims to prevent NHL clubs from hoarding talent in the minors that otherwise could be good enough for a spot on another team’s roster.
Top 2024 NHL Draft prospect Tij Iginla has been added to Team Canada’s roster for the upcoming 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship in Finland, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday morning.
The 2023-24 campaign was the second hockey season where the Scotiabank Saddledome juggled hosting three different high-end clubs from three different leagues.
If the Calgary Flames were going to succeed in the 2023-24 regular season, it was going to be because the big-name, big-money players stepped up their respective games.
The 2023-24 season for the Calgary Flames is officially over. Playoff hockey is on, but the Sea of Red will not be participating in the festivities for the second season in a row and the third time in the last four years.
The Calgary Flames have assigned defence prospect Hunter Brzustewicz to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers, the club announced Monday morning.
Salim Nadim Valji, a reporter for TSN and the Calgary Flames, posted a video recently saying he’s hearing there could be a big on-ice reunion next season that would make Flames fans extremely happy.
It’s safe to say that Craig Conroy’s first off-season as general manager of the Calgary Flames was pretty hectic. In addition to prepping for the draft and hiring a brand-new coaching staff, he had to deal with juggling seven prominent pending 2024 unrestricted free agents.
One of the highlights for the Calgary Flames in an otherwise low season was the play of defenseman MacKenzie Weegar. In his second season with the team, he took a huge step forward, playing like the star the Flames thought they were getting from the Florida Panthers.
Danny Austin of the Calgary Herald: Both Calgary Flames GM Craig Conroy and goaltender Jacob Markstrom were ‘non-committal’ when talking about Markstrom’s future with the team at their media availability.
When asked about his future with the Calgary Flames, goaltender Jacob Markstrom says “I don’t know.” It shouldn’t come as a big surprise that Markstrom wasn’t keen to commit to anything given the way trade talk surrounded the veteran at this past deadline.
So much for a bounce-back season. When Jonathan Huberdeau first arrived in Calgary after an offseason trade with the Florida Panthers, fans believed that the team was in as good of shape if not better to contend for a Stanley Cup.
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