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2026 World Junior Summer Showcase: Wyttenbach, Reschny highlight top standouts from the final day

WINDSOR, Ont. – And that’s that. The 2026 World Junior Summer Showcase is complete. No medals are awarded at the end of the event, but the Swedes will be happy after winning three straight games to close out the tournament.

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FN’s 2026 Flames summer prospect rankings – HM: Lane, Laylin and Katolicky

We’re in the midst of our annual prospect rankings and profiles here at FlamesNation, and this was the toughest year ever when it came to balloting. With 38 players eligible for the rankings, some really good players didn’t crack our top 20 that probably would have had prime spots in previous years.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / August 1

What went wrong with the Wranglers last season?

As we’re in the dog days of summer and most of the business around sorting out the NHL and AHL rosters has died down for now, I wanted to take a little time to reflect on the Calgary Wranglers’ 2025-26 season as a whole.

Calgary Flames News / Professor Press Box / August 1

Could the Flames Have Found Their Next Superstar?

For years, NHL teams have searched for star players in the obvious places. High draft picks. Top prospects. Lottery selections. The players everyone knows about long before they even reach the NHL.

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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

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The 'Most NHL goals all-time' quiz

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / August 1

FN’s 2026 Flames summer prospect rankings – HM: Misa, Matveiko and Leander

The Calgary Flames have added a bevy of talented young hockey players to their prospect base over the past few years. With all these additions, we had 38 players eligible for consideration in FlamesNation’s yearly summer prospect rankings.

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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 / The Hockey Writers / July 31

Flames Have a Potential Superstar Prospect Nobody Saw Coming

It’s been some time since the Calgary Flames have had legitimate star talent on their roster. We all know that Jonathan Huberdeau hasn’t been anywhere

Mikael Backlund News / Flamesnation / July 31

The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Blake Coleman sets up Mikael Backlund for breakaway goal

There weren’t a lot of positives from this past Calgary Flames’ season, but there were a handful of great goals scored. The best of the 208 goals the Flames scored, the lowest of any team, came courtesy of the longest-tenured player.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 31

The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Joel Hanley and Ty Emberson put on a classic

There are times when a fight is so damn good that the only winners are the fans. That’s exactly what happened in the final Battle of Alberta this past season, days before the beginning of the Olympic break.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 31

FN’s 2026 Flames summer prospect rankings – HM: Chechelev, Benning, Littler and Lipinski

The Calgary Flames have a pretty deep prospect base. After adding nine new faces at the 2026 NHL Draft, the depth chart features 38 players eligible for the Calder Trophy – the basis we use for considering a player a prospect.

Blake Coleman News / Flamesnation / July 31

The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Blake Coleman deflects it past Avalanche netminder while falling

There were a handful of nice goals that the Calgary Flames scored towards the end of the season. We’ve already looked at one. The third-best goal came courtesy of Zayne Parekh, who lost his defender twice and sniped it from a terrible angle.

Ryan Lomberg News / Flamesnation / July 30

The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Ryan Lomberg fights Cole Smith in final tilt as a Flame

With five of the Calgary Flames’ 23 fights this past season, it’s no surprise that Ryan Lomberg appears on this list once again. This is the third and final time we’ll cover him in the top Flames’ fights of 2025-26.

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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 / Flamesnation / July 30

A Flame from the Past: Steve Bozek

Do you remember Steve Bozek? Every once in a while, we take a look at a player who once played for the Calgary Flames in a series called “A Flame From the Past.” This player has to have played a significant number of games for the Flames.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / July 30

Building the Calgary Flames’ projected opening night lineup for Scotia Place

We are now just one year away from the opening of Scotia Place. As we enter the final season of hockey at the Saddledome, the Flames’ roster outlook is becoming clearer for the 2027-28 season.

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Carter King News / Flamesnation / July 30

Welcome to our 2026 Flames summer prospect rankings

Friends, welcome to one of our favourite times here at FlamesNation: our annual prospect rankings. It’s an exciting time for the Calgary Flames. Yeah, it probably doesn’t feel like that in terms of the regular season standings, with the 2025-26 campaign representing their fourth without playing in the post-season.

Zayne Parekh News / Flamesnation / July 29

The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Zayne Parekh alludes defender and snipes it from a tough angle

The 2025-26 season was Zayne Parekh’s first full season in the National Hockey League. It was a mixed bag, to say the least. Drafted ninth overall in 2024, he was far too good for the Ontario Hockey League, scoring back-to-back 30 goal seasons with the Saginaw Spirit, something no defenceman in the league had done since Bobby Orr.

Aydar Suniev News / The Win Column / July 29