The Calgary Flames‘ 2025-26 season has gotten off to nearly as bad a start as possible, as they have lost five straight and are dead last in the NHL with a 1-5-0 record.
Things are not going according to plan for the Calgary Flames. A year ago, the Flames entered the 2024-25 season after a chaotic 2023-24 curious about their team and willing to do nothing and see what the team was capable of.
The Calgary Flames’ 2025–26 campaign so far has been far from ideal. The team is now 1–5–0, as it seems like this may be another season where the Flames dominate news headlines.
Things continued to go bad for the Calgary Flames as they got thoroughly defeated 6-1 at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights. CF% – 50.38%|| SCF% – 45.62%|| HDCF% – 36.06%|| xGF% – 40.31% It’s a Team Game – There’s two things going on with Calgary right now.
The Calgary Flames are going to be sticking around at the bottom of the standings for the foreseeable future. Heading into Saturday evening, the Flames were last in the entire NHL, and that won’t change heading into Sunday.
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Is GM Craig Conroy secretly tanking for Gavin McKenna? If so, he’s doing a great job. We’re 10 days into the 2025-26 NHL season, and the Calgary Flames are in last place.
The Calgary Flames currently sit 32nd in the NHL—dead last heading into their sixth game of the season. There’s still plenty of hockey to be played, but the playoffs can certainly slip out of reach well before game 82.
The Calgary Flames acquired forward Blake Coleman in the summer of 2021. It was a fantastic add by General Manager Brad Treliving, who had some questionable free agency decisions in the past.
The Calgary Flames have assigned winger Matvei Gridin to the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers to make room to activate Jonathan Huberdeau off of injured reserve.
The Calgary Flames have had a long-lasting reputation of going with veteran players rather than giving an opportunity to some of their younger talent in the pipeline.
Dustin Wolf’s first full season with the Calgary Flames was one to remember, posting a 29-16-8 record with a .910 save percentage (SV%) and 2.64 goals against average (GAA) in 53 games.
The Calgary Flames appear to be taking a cautious approach to their backup goaltending situation. While they didn’t claim any netminders off waivers this fall, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on the 32 Thoughts podcast that the team has been in contact with other clubs to explore potential options.
In this week’s edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumours, Jonathan Huberdeau was noticeably absent during player intros in the home opener this past week, fueling some speculation that he may be out of the lineup for some time.