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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 / 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.

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

Macklin Celebrini News / Yardbarker Quizzes

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

Sean Monahan News / Professor Press Box / July 31

Sean Monahan Will Never Really Leave the Calgary Flames

Every NHL team has players who leave but never really leave. They move on to another city. They put on another jersey. But for the fans who watched them grow, they remain part of the story.

NHL News / Yardbarker

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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The 'Active 4th quarter comebacks' quiz

The 'Most playoff games by NBA team' quiz

The '4-TD, 0-INT NFL games' quiz

The 'Most NBA Finals points' quiz

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

2026 Calgary Flames Prospect Rankings: #12 Aydar Suniev

Welcome to The Win Column 2026 Calgary Flames Prospects Rankings. Ranked 12th on our list is the 80th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft: Aydar Suniev.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 29

The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Adam Klapka and Samuel Helenius square up in heavyweight tilt

Long gone are the days of common heavy weight tilts in the National Hockey League. Hockey has changed a lot over the years and fighting in the sport started to decline in the late 1990s.

Calgary Flames News / The Hockey Writers / July 28

Calgary Flames’ 5 Biggest Questions Entering 2026-27

The 2026-27 season could be a difficult one in terms of wins for the Calgary Flames, but that doesn’t mean their fan base has nothing to be excited about.

Mikael Backlund News / Flamesnation / July 28

The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Mikael Backlund picks the puck, scores a shorthanded beauty

Despite being on the wrong side of 30, Mikael Backlund continues to be a productive player. Last season, the Flames’ captain played all 82 games, scoring 17 goals and 43 points.

Henry Mews News / The Win Column / July 28

2026 Calgary Flames Prospect Rankings: #13 Henry Mews

Welcome to The Win Column 2026 Calgary Flames Prospects Rankings. Ranked 13th on our list is the 74th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft: Henry Mews. The Flames drafted Henry Mews in the third round of the 2024 NHL Draft.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 28

Which Flames players could be part of the 2028 World Cup of Hockey?

Last month, the entire sporting world came together for the 2026 edition of the FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 27

The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Ryan Lomberg exacts revenge after high hit on Zayne Parekh

Last season, the Calgary Flames fought 23 times. Ryan Lomberg accounted for five of them. While Lomberg’s tenure as a Flame may have come to an end at the start of the off-season, it’s hard to deny just how valuable of a team player he was.

Nazem Kadri News / Flamesnation / July 26

The Flames’ best goals of 2025-26: Nazem Kadri roofs it over Yaroslav Askarov

Nazem Kadri scored the best goal of the 2024-25 for the Flames. In a blowout loss in the middle of December, he jumped over a Tampa Bay Lightning player, regained his footing, and powered the puck home.

Calgary Flames News / The Hockey Writers / July 23

3 Flames Due to Regress in 2026-27

Yesterday, we looked at some of the younger Calgary Flames’ players who are primed to take a step forward during the 2026-27 season. But for every breakout

NFL News / Yardbarker / July 22

Chiefs' new stadium renderings have striking resemblance to NHL team's arena

The Kansas City Chiefs unveiled some early renderings for their new stadium, which is set to open in 2031, on Wednesday afternoon, and there was something awfully familiar about the look of it.

What key factors could make the Chiefs contenders again?

What could the Flames forward lines look like next season?

The '2022 NFL sack leaders' quiz

Morgan Frost News / NHL Trade Talk / July 20

Timing Critical as Flames Have Morgan Frost’s Name Out There in Trade Talks

The Calgary Flames continue to field trade calls on center Morgan Frost, according to The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta. As the rebuilding club keeps listening on offers heading into the second half of the summer, it’s unclear whether the Flames will wait to finalize a trade at the deadline or prioritize an immediate deal.