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Flames focused on balancing short-and-long-term in trade market

The Calgary Flames have reached an impasse, stuck between whether to push for contention or rebuild after a few up-and-down seasons. That gap widened on Friday, when team president Don Maloney said that the team shouldn’t blow up to try and build up the future in an interview with Sportsnet’s Eric Francis.

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Comments From Out of Touch Maloney Ignite Flames Fan Outrage

A recent interview has poured gasoline on an already blazing fire in Calgary. The President of Hockey Operations of the Calgary Flames, Don Maloney, said the fans have no appetite for a rebuild and suggested the team won’t be making big trades ahead of this season’s NHL Trade Deadline.

Pavel Mintyukov News / Flamesnation / November 22

Should the Flames target Ducks defensemen Pavel Mintyukov in a trade?

We’re a quarter of the way through the 2025-26 NHL season, and it’s getting to the point where Calgary Flames fans are desperate for the team to start moving forward and make some trades.

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How many of the 21 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?

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Calgary Flames News / NHL on ClutchPoints / November 22

Flames hit with brutal injury blow to ex-1st round pick

The Calgary Flames confirmed Friday that rookie forward Samuel Honzek had surgery to repair an upper-body injury, with a projected recovery of up to six months.

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Who is the winningest coach for every NHL franchise?

NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.

Samuel Honzek News / Field Level Media / November 21

Flames rule out F Samuel Honzek (upper body) for 6 months

Samuel Honzek's season is likely finished after the Calgary Flames announced Friday that the rookie forward would miss up to six months to recover from upper-body surgery.

Samuel Honzek News / Daily Faceoff / November 21

Flames' Sam Honzek to miss up to six months with upper-body injury

Calgary Flames rookie forward Sam Honzek underwent surgery on Thursday to address an upper-body injury and will miss up to six months while recovering, according to multiple reports.

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Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / November 21

Sam Honzek out up to six months following surgery for upper body injury

Calgary Flames forward Sam Honzek is set to miss up to six months after undergoing surgery this week, the team announced on Friday. Honzek sustained an upper-body injury in last Saturday’s contest against the Winnipeg Jets.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / November 21

Sam Honzek had surgery, will miss 6 months and Olympics

Unfortunate news from the Calgary Flames today as forward Sam Honzek underwent surgery and is expected to be out of six months. This means he will also miss the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina, in which he was essentially a lock to play for Slovakia.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / November 21

How can the Flames make 2025-26 a successful ‘failure’?

The Calgary Flames opened the 2025-26 National Hockey League season with a clear goal: to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. 22 games into their schedule, it’s become abundantly clear: they’re going to fail to reach that goal.

Yan Kuznetsov News / Flamesnation / November 21

Yan Kuznetsov is impressing during his Flames audition

Gang, the 2025-26 season hasn’t gone according to plan for the Calgary Flames. Their playoff hopes are faint and dwindling. Top prospect Zayne Parekh struggled at times and then suffered an injury a couple weeks back against Chicago.

Calgary Flames News / NHL Rumors / November 21

NHL Rumors: What is the Direction for the Calgary Flames?

The Calgary Flames are one of the teams near the bottom of the Western Conference standings. They had expectations of being a playoff team this season after finishing with 96 points and missing out on the playoffs because of tiebreakers, with the St.

Ryan Huska News / The Win Column / November 21

Why we shouldn’t expect Ryan Huska to be fired anytime soon

Normally, when a team ranks 32nd in the league and is heading for its worst season ever, management fires the coach. Although when it comes to the Calgary Flames, there isn’t a world where, in the near future, we will see Ryan Huska get the boot.

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Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / November 21

World Junior loans are unfamiliar territory for the Flames

It’s been a while since there’s been genuinely exciting news around the Calgary Flames, but finally, there may be something on the horizon worth looking forward to.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / November 20

Quarter-season report cards: grading the Calgary Flames’ goalies

The quarter mark of the 2025–26 season is mercifully here, and boy, was it a rough one for the Calgary Flames. In fact, it was the worst first quarter in Flames franchise history.

NHL News / Daily Faceoff / November 20