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Flames announce four hockey operations staff additions ahead of 2026-27 season

The Labour Day weekend is behind us and the hockey world is starting to ramp up for training camps and the upcoming season. Ahead of prospects training camp kicking off later this week, the Calgary Flames announced four new hockey operations hires on Tuesday morning.

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20 Days, 20 Questions: Can the Flames figure out Morgan Frost?

At the end of January 2024, Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy pulled the trigger on a trade. Headed to the Philadelphia Flyers were pending free agent Andrei Kuzmenko, bubble forward Jakob Pelletier, a second-round pick and a seventh-round pick.

Jonathan Huberdeau News / Flame for Thought / September 8

What Would the Calgary Flames Top-Nine Look Like Without Jonathan Huberdeau?

The Calgary Flames 2026/27 regular season is less than a month away from beginning, and from all accounts, it's set to be a tough season with a lack of elite level players leading this roster into the final campaign at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Craig Conroy News / Flamesnation / September 8

Grading every trade Craig Conroy has made with the Flames: part 1

I hope Craig Conroy knew what he was getting himself into when he took on the job as General Manager of the Calgary Flames in May of 2023 because his predecessor, Brad Treliving, left behind an organization in a state of disarray.

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The ''EA NHL,'' covers since 2000' quiz

How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"

The 'First-overall NHL Draft picks' quiz

The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The 'Most NHL goals all-time' quiz

Matvei Gridin News / Flame for Thought / September 8

2026/27 Calgary Flames Player Preview: Matvei Gridin

The 2026 off-season has come and gone, and while the Calgary Flames weren't the most active team in the NHL, the organization as a whole still managed to improve for the future, although 2026/27 is expected to be yet another year of struggle.

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The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000

The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / September 8

Could a shortened pre-season actually benefit the Flames rookies?

The 2026-27 NHL season is the first year of the new collective bargaining agreement, and the pre-season schedule has been cut down from the traditional six to eight games to only four, with veteran NHL players who have appeared in over 100 NHL games can only dress for two of these.

Calgary Flames News / Flame for Thought / September 7

Five Questions the Calgary Flames Need to Answer at Training Camp

The Calgary Flames upcoming season could end up being one of the worst in franchise history, but with some exciting players in the NHL as well as the junior level, there's some real excitement building around this franchise.

Matvei Gridin News / Flamesnation / September 7

20 Days, 20 Questions: What can Matvei Gridin do over a full NHL season?

The Calgary Flames started the 2025-26 regular season with a pair of teenagers on their roster for the first time since 1997-98. One of them, top prospect

Zayne Parekh News / Flamesnation / September 6

20 Days, 20 Questions: What does Zayne Parekh’s sophomore season look like?

Man, Zayne Parekh had a really, really weird first professional season, didn’t he? The ninth overall selection by the Calgary Flames in the 2024 NHL Draft, Parekh joined the club in 2025-26 on the heels of one of the most impressive couple seasons an Ontario junior defenceman has ever had.

Jonathan Huberdeau News / Professor Press Box / September 5

Jonathan Huberdeau Is Feeling Better. Now's the Harder Part

There’s a funny thing about hockey injuries. Sometimes the best news isn't that a player is ready to play. Sometimes it's simply that he isn't hurting anymore.

NHL News / Yardbarker

The defining figure for every NHL franchise

People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.

Yegor Sharangovich News / Flamesnation / September 5

20 Days, 20 Questions: Can Yegor Sharangovich re-discover his offensive swagger?

The very first trade that Craig Conroy made as general manager of the Calgary Flames had extremely promising early returns. On June 27, 2023, the Flames

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / September 5

Candidates for the Calgary Flames 2026-27 leadership group

The Calgary Flames locker room is going to look a lot different heading into the 2026–27 season. After last season’s veteran clean-out, the Flames leadership group needs some new faces.

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The '2026 NFL Week 1 starting QBs' quiz

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The 'NCAA football national champions' quiz

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Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / September 5

Meet the new EBUG, same as the old EBUG: Dusty Nickel to be named Flames full-time emergency backup

When the National Hockey League’s collective bargaining agreement was extended for four years in July 2025 – a year before its expiry – one of the interesting wrinkles was the introduction of full-time emergency backup goaltenders (or EBUG) for every team starting with the 2026-27 season.

Calgary Flames News / Daily Faceoff / September 4