Welcome back to one of our newest features here at FlamesNation: Five Flames Takes. After digging into a main topic, Mike will weigh in on five more popular discussion topics involving the Flames and their prospects.
Ever since Craig Conroy was brought in as GM of the Calgary Flames, questions have always come up about his vision on building the team back up. It’s been known for a while that the Flames weren’t exactly going to do a full-on teardown; rather, they would be looking to slowly implement more youth into their lineup alongside their veteran players.
Gang, get ready to feel very conflicted for the next couple of weeks. The 2025 Stanley Cup Final kicks off on Wednesday evening, pitting the Edmonton Oilers against the Florida Panthers in a rematch of the 2024 final series.
Now, five years on, it’s been long enough to start to make some final conclusions about the 2020 draft. The Calgary Flames went into the draft with six picks.
When it comes to the Calgary Flames and the 2025 NHL Draft, a lot of the discourse has revolved around centres. The Flames’ NHL centres are on the wrong side of 30 and their current reserve list is chock full of good wingers, but few centres.
In this week’s edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, Connor Zary is still looking for a contract extension. Meanwhile, Dan Vladar’s future with the Flames continues to remain unclear as the organization reportedly has their eyes on another goaltender.
Gang, the recent changes to the NCAA’s eligibility rules, opening up college hockey as an option for Canadian major junior players, have obviously had a ripple effect of confusion and uncertainty for the NHL’s community of contract and CBA aficionados.
On Monday, the National Hockey League revealed its first award winners of the 2024-25 campaign, unveiling the player that won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and the Frank Selke Trophy.
While all eyes turn to the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers as they prepare for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday in Edmonton, it’s also a moment to reflect on past playoff greatness.
The NHL Draft is less than a month away. Craig Conroy must create a sense of direction to go in at this year’s draft. Looking at the current prospect pool of the Calgary Flames, they seriously lack some talent at centre.
When the Calgary Flames hit the free agent market in the summer of 2024, arguably the only “big” move they made was signing winger Anthony Mantha. On paper, the signing made a lot of sense.
When it comes to the Calgary Flames, after the 2024-25 season we know one thing for sure: Dustin Wolf is going to be between the pipes for the foreseeable future in pretty much every important game.
The Calgary Flames barely missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the 2024-2025 season. Now, they have choices to make, especially regarding one of their better defenseman.
In the history of the Calgary Flames franchise, they have a lot of success drafting players out of the Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League.
Free agency is just over a month away, and teams are looking ahead to when it opens. There will be several impact players set to hit the open market in July, while many teams also have key restricted free agents to re-sign.
If you watched Dustin Wolf closely in his draft year, you knew he’d be one of the smaller goalies to figure it out. He had one of the best seasons by a draft-eligible goaltender in more than a decade, going 41-15-4 with seven shutouts and a whopping .936 save percentage with the Everett Silvertips.
The Calgary Flames and Rasmus Andersson are going to be parting ways. It may not come right away, but all signs are pointing towards the 28-year-old being traded by the only NHL organization he’s known to this point in his career.
This story appeared on hockeysverige.se this week and has been translated from Swedish to English. Despite suffering a fractured fibula at the end of the NHL regular season, Rasmus Andersson traveled to Stockholm to represent Sweden at the World Championships.
The offseason has arrived for half of the league’s teams that aren’t taking part in the playoffs plus those already eliminated through the first couple of rounds. Accordingly, it’s time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Calgary.