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Grading every trade Craig Conroy has made with the Flames: part 4

Nine trades down, six more to go! In part three we looked back on some great trades made by Craig Conroy including the grand slam Jacob Markstrom deal.

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Flames goalie Devin Cooley is learning linear algebra in his spare time

Friends, at this point, very little you could tell us about Calgary Flames goaltender Devin Cooley would surprise us. A product of Los Gatos, California, hardly a hockey hotbed, Cooley has worked himself into a steady job as Dustin Wolf’s understudy in the Flames’ net through a lot of hard work and determination.

Calgary Flames News / NHL Trade Talk / September 10

Simon Nemec Is Trying to Become More Like Zdeno Chara

Simon Nemec rolled into Calgary a couple of weeks back, found a place with his fiancée, and got right down to business. That’s probably the smartest way to handle it.

Calgary Flames News / Flame for Thought / September 10

Five Players That Could Push for a Calgary Flames Roster Spot in Training Camp

Heading into the 2026/27 regular season, the expectations around the Calgary Flames are known around the league, with the team likely to be among the three worst squads in the National Hockey League given their lack of elite level talent.

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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?"

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Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / September 10

20 Days, 20 Questions: Can Matt Coronato lead the Flames in scoring again?

The 2025-26 season was a weird one for the Calgary Flames in several ways. The Flames registered just 2.54 goals-per-game, the ninth-lowest tally in franchise history, and the lowest per-game output they’ve had since 2013-14 – appropriately, the last time the franchise embraced a youth movement.

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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 / Professor Press Box / September 10

Can the Flames Have a Great Season Without Winning?

There’s a funny thing about rebuilding an NHL team. Everybody says they want to see progress, but then the season starts, and everybody starts counting wins.

Craig Conroy News / Flamesnation / September 10

Grading every trade Craig Conroy has made with the Flames: part 3

Six trades down, nine more to go. Let’s dive into trades 7-9. As always, I am going to hand out letter grades (A, B, C, or D) for each trade. For the sake of efficiency, I am only going to grade the 15 NHL trades Conroy has made.

Jonathan Huberdeau News / Flamesnation / September 10

Flames injury news: Jonathan Huberdeau won’t be ready to start the regular season after hip surgery

Folks, if there’s been one lingering question for the Calgary Flames throughout their 2026 off-season, it’s been some version of “Hey, I wonder how Jonathan

Jonathan Huberdeau News / Pro Hockey Rumors / September 10

Jonathan Huberdeau To Miss Start Of Flames Season

Calgary Flames forward Jonathan Huberdeau will miss the start of the 2026-27 season as he continues to recover from a hip resurfacing surgery performed in the Spring, general manager Craig Conroy told Pat Steinberg of Flames Now 770.

Morgan Frost News / Flame for Thought / September 10

2026/27 Calgary Flames Player Preview: Morgan Frost

The Calgary Flames have made some very interesting moves in recent years, but perhaps the most intriguing of all was the one to acquire Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee in a deal with the Philadelphia Flyers that saw the team give up intriguing prospect Jakob Pelletier.

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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.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / September 10

Calgary Flames trade clauses: A refresher on the roster’s 2026-27 trade protections

Perhaps no team across the entire NHL has been more active on the trade market in recent years than the Calgary Flames. While the 2026-27 season will likely be slower in that regard, the team still has some big pieces it could move before the 2027 trade deadline.

Calgary Flames News / Professor Press Box / September 9

The Flames Might Have a More Valuable Trade Chip Than They Think

There’s an interesting little hockey lesson hiding in the Calgary Flames’ projections for Yegor Sharangovich this season. At first glance, there isn't much to get excited about.

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Jonathan Huberdeau News / Professor Press Box / September 9

Jonathan Huberdeau Is More Important to the Flames’ Rebuild Than Anyone Realizes

It feels like everybody has decided what Jonathan Huberdeau is at this point. He's the guy with the enormous contract. He's the former superstar who didn't live up to the deal.

Simon Nemec News / Flamesnation / September 9

20 Days, 20 Questions: What does Simon Nemec’s first season in Calgary look like?

When it comes to the Calgary Flames and their rebuild process, general manager Craig Conroy seems like he’s working from the net out. He was an assistant

Calgary Flames News / Flame for Thought / September 9

Three Roster Spot Battles to Watch at Calgary Flames Training Camp

Last season, there was some optimism that the Calgary Flames could shock the NHL world, but with the team dealing three of their most important veterans, they finished 29th in the NHL standings, and this season, many expect things to get worse.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / September 9

What does success look like for the 2026–27 Calgary Flames?

The new NHL season is upon us, and the Calgary Flames feature at the bottom of a lot of pre-season predictions. After securing a lot of draft picks in recent years, the rebuild is well and truly underway.

Craig Conroy News / Flamesnation / September 9

Grading every trade Craig Conroy has made with the Flames: part 2

In part one of grading Craig Conroy trades we broke down his first three deals as GM of the Flames: Tyler Toffoli, Nikita Zadorov, and Elias Lindholm. Today, we will look at his next three trades.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / September 8

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.

Morgan Frost News / Flamesnation / September 8

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.

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.

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 / 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.

Calgary Flames News / Daily Faceoff / September 4

Flames name Dusty Nickel emergency backup goaltender

We don’t know exactly how far and wide the Calgary Flames searched, but in the end, they reached into their proverbial couch cushions to find their emergency backup goaltender (EBUG).