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The Calgary Flames have made their second first-round selection of the 2026 NHL Draft. At 30th overall, with the draft choice they acquired in the trade that sent Noah Hanifin to the Vegas Golden Knights back in 2024, the Flames have selected forward Jack Hextall from the United States Hockey League’s Youngstown Phantoms. If the…
Hextall had 20 goals, 38 assists and 58 points in 59 games with the Youngstown Phantoms in the USHL.
The pick is in. The Calgary Flames have made their first selection of the 2026 NHL Draft. At sixth overall, the Flames have selected defenceman Carson Carels from the Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars. Carels was the third-ranked North American skater by the NHL’s Central Scouting Service. He was ranked fourth by Daily Faceoff…
Carels, a strong, physical all-around defenseman, grew up on a family farm.
The most magical two days of the year are now upon us, gang. Welcome to FlamesNation’s continuing coverage of the 2026 NHL Draft! For the second year in a row, the draft will be decentralized. The top prospects and league brass are in Buffalo, New York, with selections being announced at the KeyBank Arena, home…
The New Jersey Devils are looking to make some changes to their team after a disappointing season, and they’ve already done so, trading Simon Nemec to the Calgary Flames. Dougie Hamilton was another name who was involved in trade rumors, but the Devils may be unlikely to trade him now, according to Nick Kypreos of […] The post NHL rumors: Devils unlikely to trade Dougie Hamilton after Simon Nemec move appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The National Hockey League’s annual entry draft is almost upon us, friends, and it’s a time to get excited about the future of your favourite NHL club! And, for those of us who are getting up there in years, it’s time to start feeling a bit old, as the draft commentators tout the youth of…
Friends, it’s time for the craziness. After months and months of scouting one of the most fascinating draft classes in recent memory, and one defined by distinctly disparate opinions of prospects across the board, it’s finally time for the picks to be made at the 2026 NHL Draft. Once again, this year’s draft is set…
The Calgary Flames 10th and final draft pick in the 2026 draft is the 164th overall selection. Despite it firmly being considered a “late round pick”, the 164th overall selection has still produced some notable players. In fact, five players selected at this spot have played 100 or more games, with one of those Flames…
Most players selected in the fifth-round don’t make the National Hockey League, much less make an impact. As it stands, the 132nd overall pick is the Flames’ penultimate pick in the 2026 draft, the second time in franchise history they’ll select at the spot, barring a trade. It’s the first time they’ll select 132nd overall…
Barring a trade, the Calgary Flames will make the first selection beginning with triple digits. The Flames have picked sixth overall on six different occasions, but funnily enough, they’ve made four selections at 100th overall as well. Two of them came while the franchise was located in Atlanta, while only one player selected 100th overall…
The Calgary Flames will be in uncharted territory if they end up selecting 68th overall. As it stands, the Flames have 10 draft picks after trading away the 35th overall pick in Tuesday’s Šimon Nemec trade. The 68th overall pick is their seventh in the first 70 selections, and it’s produced some okay players over…
Friends, a few years ago I had the opportunity to write a book on the drafting history of the Calgary Flames franchise, dating back to their introduction to the National Hockey League in 1972 back in Atlanta. As a history and research nerd, and a draft dork, I had a great time writing the book….
The Calgary Flames are going to add some new faces to their organization over the next couple of days. Heading into the 2026 NHL Draft in Buffalo, the Flames own 10 draft selections in the proceedings. (They used to have more, but they used one of their 2026 picks in the swap with New Jersey…
Carson Carels, who grew up on a farm owned by his family, has been a steady riser on NHL draft boards across the full season.
It has been a wild week in the NHL with multiple blockbuster trades going down as we approach the NHL draft. Craig Conroy got the Flames involved in the action when he acquired 22 year old defenceman Simon Nemec and Maxim Tsyplakov from the New Jersey Devils. Could Conroy make another major splash over the…
One more sleep until the start of the 2026 NHL Draft… got time for another mock draft? On Thursday, Elite Prospects’ Cam Robinson did one final mock of the first two rounds, including Calgary’s five selections in the top 64. Robinson’s last mock draft was done alongside FloHockey‘s Chris Peters earlier in the month. In…
In advance of the frenzy of activity upcoming at the 2026 NHL Draft, the Calgary Flames have taken care of a bit of internal business. On Thursday afternoon, the club announced the re-signings of a pair of pending restricted free agents. Forwards Sam Morton and Rory Kerins have been re-upped on one year, two-way deals…
Kerins and Morton will both be paid $850,000 salaries while in the NHL next season.
With picks after the first round, a team tends to look for projects who could be diamonds in the rough or role players. The good news is for the Calgary Flames is that they can attempt to find both thanks to a glut of top 70 picks. Of their 10 picks in the upcoming draft,…
Justin Kirkland has been around the Calgary Flames organization for two rounds of stints between the AHL and NHL. He first joined the former AHL affiliate of the Flames, the Stockton Heat in the 2019-20 season and played three years with that team. After hopping around the Anaheim Ducks and Arizona Coyotes organizations, he made…
In the midst of making the hockey world stand at attention on what was a legendary Tuesday for roster transactions in this league, the Calgary Flames subtly added to their wing corps. Simon Nemec was the big name in the trade, but the Flames also acquired two-year NHL pro Maxim Tsyplakov. Let’s look at his…
Why we should watch the Western Canadian clubs closely – and what holes they’re looking to fill.
Gang, in last year’s draft, the Calgary Flames made two selections in the seventh round. In the 2026 NHL Draft, though, they don’t own a selection in the final round of the proceedings as the event approaches. Nevertheless, the Flames’ seventh-round history is pretty unique, with some of the most exciting and interesting prospects in…
For just the second time in franchise history, the Calgary Flames will pick 30th overall. Since the turn of the millennium, the pick at one point belonged to a team that at least went to the Conference Finals. Now, contenders move these types of picks all the time, hence how the Flames ended up with…