Calgary Flames’ 5 Worst Contracts Heading Into 2026-27
The Calgary Flames aren’t a team that has to worry about their salary cap situation just yet. Still in the early stages of a rebuild, they have intentionally kept plenty…
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What could the Flames defence pairs look like next season?
Heading into the 2026-27 Calgary Flames season, the one part of the team that is going to have the most intrigue is the defence core. As of July 20, the Flames have nine NHL defencemen on their NHL roster. Left handed defencemen: Kevin Bahl, Jake Middleton, Yan Kuznetsov, Joel Hanley. Right handed defencemen: Simon Nemec,…
FlamesNation Mailbag: Talking offer sheets, prospects and the upcoming schedule
We’re into the meat of the off-season, folks, with most of the major hockey news having already unfolded. We’re all now biding our time until the ice returns to the Scotiabank Saddledome and preparations begin for the 2026-27 campaign. As we count down the many days left in the off-season, let’s check in with the…
The Flames have plenty of time to let toolsy Czech goalie Tobias Trejbal develop
There were a lot of interesting questions for the Calgary Flames coming out of the 2026 NHL Draft. Among them: man, why did the Flames select goaltender Tobias Trejbal in the second round when they already have Dustin Wolf? It’s a pretty loaded question, and it’s worth unpacking a bit. Okay, first things first: Dustin…
Flames prospect Jack Hextall may be exactly what the organization needs
Gang, the run-up to any NHL entry draft is a bit of a frenzy. No matter how well-prepared you are, unless your name is Steven Ellis, Scott Wheeler or Corey Pronman, there will be players selected that you’re not as well-acquainted with than you would like to be. Heck, truth be told, when Lanny McDonald…
The last trade the Flames made with every other NHL team
Folks, we’re headed into the quieter part of the hockey summer. The NHL Draft is behind us, free agency is behind us, and we’ve seen several big trades. As many of the NHL’s general managers head to the lake for a little bit of a recharge, we thought we would update our tracker of the…
NHL schedule ignores Battle of Alberta in Saddledome’s final season
A quick run-through of the Edmonton Oilers schedule and you’ll notice the usual at first glance. The heavy divisional start to the season, a long November road trip through the Eastern Conference, and some long homestands in January and February. Yup, looks similar…wait a minute. When do we see the Flames? Oh, that one’s mid-week…oh…
11 Flames prospects earned collegiate academic honours in 2025-26
Pals, it’s the summer, which means the hockey season is over… and so is the school year for many of hockey’s collegiate players. With the easing up of the NCAA’s restrictions on who was eligible to play college hockey, there’s been a surge of players from Canadian major junior into the NCAA. Between the academic…
6 NHL Teams That Have Improved the Most This Offseason
Earlier this week, we looked at NHL teams that have taken a step back this offseason. Today, we’ll look at six teams that have improved their stock heading into the…
Breaking down the 2026-27 Flames schedule
The Calgary Flames’ 2026-27 season begins with a traditional 7 p.m. weeknight game at the Saddledome. Their season ends with a traditional 8 p.m. Saturday night game at the Saddledome, currently the final hockey game of any sort slated for that historic establishment of sport. In-between, though, the Flames’ schedule has a few oddities and…
Calgary Flames Still Fielding Trade Calls On Two Players
The Calgary Flames have slowed down since their busy stretch of roster moves, but the phone is still ringing. Per David Pagnotta , the Flames continue to take trade calls on players, with center Morgan Frost and defenseman Zach Whitecloud among those still generating interest around the league. "Morgan Frost's name still out there," the report noted. "They have others they're willing to listen on. There are teams interested in Whitecloud still, and so on and so on. So this is going to be an in...
Flames announce 2026-27 regular season schedule
The National Hockey League announced the full schedule for the 2026-27 regular season on Thursday morning, unveiling the largest schedule in the league’s history. It’s a historic season on a few fronts. For the first time since 1993-94, the NHL schedule will be 84 games. For the last time, the Calgary Flames will be playing…
NHL Unveils 2026-27 Schedule: Key Dates You Must Circle On The Calendar
When is Brady Tkachuk's return to Ottawa? What about Quinn Hughes' first game back in Vancouver? Here are a bunch of key dates to watch out for in the NHL's 2026-27 schedule.
A clear trend has emerged through Flames GM Craig Conroy’s 23 trades (so far)
The 2026 NHL Draft was Craig Conroy’s fourth entry draft as general manager of the Calgary Flames. Since ascending to the top hockey operations job in May 2023, Conroy has made a lot of moves – the Blake Coleman swap with Minnesota was his 23rd separate transaction with another club. And taken in the aggregate,…
What will the Flames’ penalty kill look like in 2026-27?
Pals, not a lot went well for the Calgary Flames in 2025-26, and that trend contributed to the club finishing in 29th place overall – fourth from the bottom – last season. One thing that worked for the majority of the season, though, and worked quite well when it did work, was the penalty kill….
Every NHL Team's Greatest Draft Pick of All Time - One Pick for All 32 Teams
With the 2026 NHL Draft behind us, let's take a look back at some of the greatest selections in NHL history. In this piece, we will name the greatest draft pick of all time from each of the 32 NHL teams. However, to make this a bit more difficult, we will only include names who […]
Zayne Parekh and Carson Carels headline 7 Flames on The Athletic’s top 100 prospects ranking
On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler released his annual tiered ranking of the top 100 drafted NHL prospects. In the midst of a full rebuild, this year’s list includes seven members of the Calgary Flames drafted over the past few years. Headlining that prospect pool for Calgary are defencemen Zayne Parekh and Carson Carels, who…
Flames’ Conroy Has Become NHL’s Most Underrated General Manager
If you were to look at the Calgary Flames’ record since Craig Conroy took over, you would think he was struggling in his general manager (GM) position. In the three…
What will the Flames’ power play look like in 2026-27?
A lot didn’t go well for the Calgary Flames in 2025-26. They didn’t score very much. They were prone to defensive lapses at key points in games, occasionally leaving their goaltenders out to dry. Their power play, in particular, was a disappointment, ranking second-worst in the league with a 16.2% success rate. If the Flames…
Why Flames prospect Simon Katolicky could be the 2026 draft’s hidden gem
Every year, teams go into the National Hockey League’s annual entry draft looking for value above all else. Now, for teams with a lot of early picks, value basically centres around selecting the best available players early on. But as the draft gets into the mid-to-late rounds, NHL clubs make some calculated gambles. A year ago,…
FlamesNation Mailbag: Settling into the dog days of summer
Folks, we’re getting into a quieter period of the hockey calendar. The draft is done. Development camp is done. The Calgary Flames have completed most of their meaningful off-season business. The hockey operations group gets a chance to relax a bit before things start ramping up later in July with the World Junior Summer Showcase…
Sunday Scramble: There’s nothing wrong starting Isaac Howard in the Oilers top-six next season
My colleague Tyler Yaremchuk wrote a column this week arguing the Edmonton Oilers must use their current cap space to acquire a top-six winger. I don’t feel that way, given some of the names suggested. If you’re calling Vancouver, you’re calling about Brock Boeser, not about Jake DeBrusk. If you’re calling Detroit, you’re asking about…
Carson Carels tops Daily Faceoff’s Flames top 10 prospects countdown
Since Craig Conroy took the helm of the Calgary Flames back in May 2023, the hockey club has very much leaned into their youth movement. Call it a retool or a rebuild or a re-whatever, but the long and the short of it is that the Flames have traded a lot of established NHL players…
Wild 2025-26 Report Cards: Michael McCarron
Summer is in full swing, and that means the NHL is in full offseason mode. Of course, there will be moves and signings, but again, everything has calmed down for…
Can history repeat itself with Flames first-round picks forming a core blueline group?
The Calgary Flames made some franchise history a couple weeks back at the 2026 NHL Draft. When they selected Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels at sixth overall, it represented the highest pick they’ve used on a defenceman in franchise history. It’s also the 13th time the Flames have used a first-round pick to select…
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