As the year went on and the Calgary Flames traded away some of their unrestricted free agents a lot more responsibility was placed on some veteran defencemen.
The Calgary Flames head into the 2024 NHL draft with nine picks total, eight of those being in the first four rounds of the draft. One option for Craig Conroy and his management team is to use some of those draft picks and current NHL players to help them get another pick or two in the top half of the first round.
The 2023-24 season was a weird time for the Calgary Flames’ defensive group. Case in point: of the six defencemen that played in the season-opening game against the Winnipeg Jets on Oct.
The Calgary Flames had a weird season in 2023-24, and there’s no better illustration of that weirdness than their special teams play. The club swapped
The 2023-24 season has been a tough one for the Calgary Flames. They’ve weathered a season of significant locker room change, and their games weren’t always easy as a result.
The Calgary Flames hosted the San Jose Sharks in the 82nd and final game of the season for both teams. And the Flames utterly dominated their opposition for the duration of this hockey game.
I understand you can’t win them all, but the Calgary Flames just handed the Anaheim Ducks just their second win in their last 14 games. The Flames most offensive players disguised how horrendous they were defensively by being opportunistic.
On Saturday night, the Calgary Flames beat the Los Angeles Kings on home ice. In the small picture view of things, the win didn’t do much to improve the Flames’ playoff math or really hurt their draft lottery positioning either.
The Calgary Flames played pretty well in Thursday’s game against the St. Louis Blues. They didn’t run the Blues out of their rink or anything of that sort, but considering the state of the Flames’ lineup at this point of the season, the red team performed admirably.
A game the Calgary Flames certainly deserved a better fate for ended up as a loss Thursday evening against the St. Louis Blues. Calgary had the tying goal before the empty netter to make it 4-4 due to a miss called high stick as well as getting another one called back for being just offside.
The Calgary Flames headed into St. Louis on Thursday evening to conclude their brief two-game road trip, hoping to end their four game skid when they faced the Blues.
The Calgary Flames lost yet another game to the struggling Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, by a score of 3-1. It was a tale of not competing for the full 60 minutes, but the issues began at the beginning of the game instead of the end.
After a week of beatdowns the Calgary Flames found some flow and were able to take down the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Calgary Flames came out flat footed against one of the most high-octane attacks in the entire league and paid dearly for it. The Hurricanes were too much for the Flames and spent long stretches attacking in prolonged waves.
The Calgary Flames were hoping to shake off a bad outing in Florida when they headed to Raleigh to visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon. It didn’t turn out that way, as the Flames were pretty thoroughly out-played for the first 25-30 minutes and couldn’t put together a comeback in a 7-2 loss to Carolina.
As the trade deadline approaches, so does the ramping of rumours and potential names that could be in play. With the Toronto Maple Leafs being in the market
The speculation about the Flames’ blue line changes started with reports about Noah Hanifin and Chris Tanev being potential trade targets, but according to Kevin Weekes, another name has entered the conversation.
It's a packed Thursday night of NHL action with some high-quality games all over the place. We're going to need to load up on a few.
As a result, Andersson will remain ineligible to play for the remainder of the month and, notably, in this weekend’s Heritage Classic.
Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson appealed his four-game suspension for elbowing Patrik Laine in his team’s tilt against the Columbus Blue Jackets last Friday.
Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson has decided to appeal his four-game suspension, a consequence of his hit on Columbus Blue Jackets’ Patrik Laine during the closing moments of their recent game.
It seems Rasmus Andersson’s four-game suspension could have a negative domino effect on the Flames.
Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson had gone eight years in the NHL without being suspended. That changed on Saturday, with Andersson set to serve a four-game suspension for his Friday hit on Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine.
The NHL already banned themed warmup jerseys over the summer, reacting to the controversy that began with Ivan Provorov refusing to wear a Pride jersey during a Philadelphia Flyers warmup last winter.
According to Hockey Reference, Andersson last missed a contest on Nov. 11, 2018.
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