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Flames prospect round-up: Andrew Basha moves on to the WHL Eastern Conference Finals

At least one Calgary Flame prospect is a champion in 2025-26. This is the Apr. 15-20 edition of the Calgary Flames prospect round-up, where we look at how Flames prospects have done every week.

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3 Reasons Flames Fans Should Look Forward to Next Season

For Calgary Flames fans, the last few seasons have been tough. Three straight seasons out of the playoffs, a lot of rebuild talk, and a locker room that felt like it was running on fumes.

Calgary Flames News / NHL on ClutchPoints / April 21

3 early Flames trade candidates after missing 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Calgary Flames came nowhere close to making the Stanley Cup Playoffs this year, finishing with 77 points. They made plenty of trades in the regular season, parting with Nazem Kadri and Rasmus Andersson.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 21

5 Flames who aren’t likely to return next season

Friends, we’ve concluded the 2025-26 Calgary Flames season, and we’re both looking back at the season that was and looking ahead to the future. And if

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The 'Last 40-goal season by NHL team' quiz

How many of the most recent players to score at least 40 goals in one season for each NHL franchise can you name in five minutes?

The 'NHL hat-trick leaders since 2000-01' quiz

The 'Most goals in a Stanley Cup Playoffs' quiz

The 'Most 5-point NHL games' quiz

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 21

Wranglers reflect on a disappointing season in team exit meetings

The Calgary Wranglers wrapped up their season on Saturday night with a win against the Colorado Eagles. On Monday, April 20, the team did their exit meetings and took some time with the media to reflect on their season.

NHL News / Yardbarker

The 25 greatest rookie seasons in NHL history

There have been successful rookie seasons in NHL history, and there have been superior efforts worth celebrating time and time again. Here's our list of the 25 notable seasons from those with official rookie status, as deemed by the NHL, in reverse chronological order.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 21

FN Draft Profiles: Ryan Lin is a defence prospect who could be available if the Flames trade up

The Calgary Flames are going to finish with a top six selection in the 2026 draft, hopefully even higher. That said, there are still two ways that the Flames could acquire a pick around where today’s prospect, Ryan Lin, is projected to be selected.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 20

The Flames’ penalty killing was quietly quite good in 2025-26

The Calgary Flames did not have a good power play in 2025-26. But man, after a bit of a lull in 2024-25, they returned to being a team with a reliably effective penalty kill in 2025-26.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 20

FN Draft Profiles: Keaton Verhoeff can take the Flames’ defence core to the next level

It’s guaranteed that the Calgary Flames will have a top six pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They’ve finished with the fourth-lowest record in the league’s overall standings, meaning pretty solid odds to land their highest-overall pick in franchise history.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / April 20

Grading the 2025-26 Calgary Flames defencemen and goaltenders

The time has now come for the second part of grading the Calgary Flames season. Today, we will move to the backend of the team and look at the defencemen and the goaltenders for this season.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 19

The Flames’ power play struggled to produce in 2025-26

Pals, it’s not a secret that the 2025-26 edition of the Calgary Flames lacked high-end, elite offensive skill. That’s not meant as a slight or an insult.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 19

FN Draft Profiles: Liam Ruck’s hockey IQ could help a young Flames team

Liam Ruck is projected to be drafted in the late first-round or early second-round in the 2026 NHL Draft. Ruck is a right-handed forward with a remarkable hockey IQ.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 19

Recap: Wranglers sweep Eagles in season closing series

The Calgary Wranglers played their final game of the season on Saturday night against the Colorado Eagles. They had a commanding 5-2 win on Friday and looked to continue this high into the back to back.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 18

Devin Cooley and Martin Pospisil are headed to the World Championships

A pair of Calgary Flames players will be continuing on playing hockey into the spring. During Friday’s exit interviews, it was announced that goaltender Devin Cooley and forward Martin Pospisil will be representing their countries at the upcoming 2026 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Switzerland in May.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 18

3 recent Flames first-rounders made strides in 2025-26

Friends, Craig Conroy was promoted to general manager of the Calgary Flames in May 2023. In three years as GM so far, the team has made 24 draft selections – including five first-round selections.

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The 'Playoff debut scoring-record by team' quiz

The 'NBA minutes-per-game leaders' quiz

The 'Stanley Cup Playoff hat-tricks' quiz

The 'Most NBA-debut points by NBA team' quiz

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / April 18

FN Draft Profiles: Tynan Lawrence could be the perfect draft pick if the Flames don’t pick in the top four

The Calgary Flames need to hit a home run at the upcoming draft if they want to bring their rebuild to a close. While you’d ideally like to be picking in the top three, a pick that high is no guarantee at this point.

Jonathan Huberdeau News / NHL on ClutchPoints / April 18

Flames’ Jonathan Huberdeau provides positive injury update following hip surgery

The Calgary Flames endured another tough 2025-26 campaign as the rebuild continues, and things only got more difficult after top forward Jonathan Huberdeau suffered a season-ending in March.

Calgary Flames News / Professor Press Box / April 18

Frustration to Focus: The Flames’ Rebuild Begins

This season was a tough one for the Calgary Flames. The goals just weren’t there when they needed them, injuries kept popping up, and the team never really got into a groove.

Zayne Parekh News / The Hockey Writers / April 17

Flames Fans Don’t Need to Be Concerned by Zayne Parekh’s Rookie Season

There may not have been high expectations for the Calgary Flames for the 2025-26 season. However, there were pretty high expectations for their 2024 ninth-overall pick, Zayne Parekh.

Arsenii Sergeev News / Field Level Media / April 17

Flames' Arsenii Sergeev shines in NHL debut; Kings get 2nd wild card

Arsenii Sergeev made 27 saves, several of the spectacular variety, in his NHL debut to backstop the host Calgary Flames to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night in the teams' final game of the regular season.

Connor Zary News / The Hockey Writers / April 16

Connor Zary Should No Longer Be Part of the Flames’ Long-Term Plans

In many ways, it feels like it was just yesterday that Calgary Flames fans were doing what they could to get some attention on Connor Zary when it came to Calder Trophy recognition.

Arsenii Sergeev News / Daily Faceoff / April 16

Flames recall Arsenii Sergeev, will make first NHL start against Kings

The Calgary Flames have recalled goaltender Arsenii Sergeev from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers on an emergency basis ahead of their 2025-26 season finale against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

Rory Kerins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / April 14

Flames Recall Rory Kerins

The Flames announced Tuesday that they’ve recalled forward Rory Kerins from AHL Calgary. In doing so, they’ve used up the last of the five standard recalls available after the trade deadline, so they won’t be able to make any non-emergency moves before Thursday’s season finale against the Kings.