Calgary Flames News

Tyson Barrie announces retirement from NHL

Veteran NHL defenseman Tyson Barrie is hanging up his skates, announcing his retirement from the NHL after 14 seasons.  The 34-year-old unveiled the news

A look at how Zayne Parekh may place in the Calder Trophy race this upcoming season

The start of the 2025–26 season is right around the corner with training camp. As the Calgary Flames continue to push their youth movement, many prospects will attempt to push for roster spots.

FN’s 2025 Flames summer prospect rankings – #3: Hunter Brzustewicz

Hunter Brzustewicz proved in his rookie pro season that his talents transfer to the AHL and above. He earned and kept a spot on the blue line among some of the Calgary Wranglers’ best and was trusted on the ice in big game moments.

Tyson Barrie announces retirement

Amid his participation in yesterday’s Avalanche alumni game, defenseman Tyson Barrie confirmed to Nathan Rudolph of the DNVR Avalanche podcast that he’s retired.

Mikael Backlund wants to be a lifetime Calgary Flame: Friedman

The National Hockey League recently held their annual European Player Media Tour in scenic Milan, Italy – coincidentally the host of the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics.

Asking AI to predict how the Calgary Flames will look in five years

What better time is there than the dog days of the offseason to try looking into the Calgary Flames’ future? That’s exactly what I decided to do by asking Perplexity AI to give us an idea of what the Flames will look like five years down the road.

FN’s 2025 Flames summer prospect rankings – #4: Matvei Gridin

Examining Craig Conroy’s best and worst moves as Flames GM so far

It’s been two years since Craig Conroy was named the GM of the Calgary Flames. His time with the team has certainly been filled with ups and downs, as he’s made his fair share of strong and questionable moves so far.

FN’s 2025 Flames summer prospect rankings – #5: Cullen Potter

Prior to 2024, the Calgary Flames had made multiple first-round picks in the same draft just once in their history. Now, they’ve done it the last two years in a row, and with the Vegas Golden Knights’ 2026 first-rounder also in their possession, they’re on track to make at least six top-32 picks in a three-year span.

Hunter Brzustewicz made an outstanding transition to pro hockey in his rookie season

Hunter Brzustewicz is one of the best prospect trade pieces the Calgary Flames have gotten in recent years. As part of the trade that sent Elias Lindholm to Vancouver and brought Andrei Kuzmenko and Joni Jurmo to the Flames in 2024, Brzustewicz remains the last player in that group still in the organization.

The worst draft picks in Calgary Flames history

Last week, I went over the Calgary Flames’ top five best draft picks in franchise history. This week, we’re flipping the script and looking at the five worst draft picks.

Breaking down offseason Armchair GM trade proposals

We’re finally in the homestretch of the NHL offseason. We’re no closer to a Rasmus Andersson trade or Connor Zary extension than we were last week. While we wait for the players to trickle back into Calgary, we continue to play Armchair GM.  My initial reaction to this was an audible groan.

FN’s 2025 Flames summer prospect rankings – #6: Henry Mews

The Calgary Flames’ prospect pool is in a very encouraging place. There are exciting talents across all positions, spanning different levels of junior and pro hockey.

Flames ranked 10th in Daily Faceoff’s prospect pool rankings

The summertime means that, for a lot of websites, it’s prospects season! While we’re in the midst of our annual summer prospect rankings here at FlamesNation, over at Daily Faceoff our colleague Steven Ellis has been digging into the prospect bases of all 32 NHL clubs.

Calgary Flames’ 3 Best-Case Scenarios for 2025-26

The Calgary Flames are in a difficult spot as a team – they’re in the mushy middle, neither rebuilding nor tearing it all down, and waiting to see where the next season takes them.

Surprisingly quiet offseason for Calgary Flames

Curiously boring summer for Canadian team

A very early look ahead at the Flames’ cap space for the 2026 off-season

It’s been a pretty quiet 2025 off-season for the Calgary Flames, gang. General manager Craig Conroy got most of his work done early, signing restricted free agents like Matt Coronato, Kevin Bahl and Morgan Frost to new deals.

4 Way-Too-Early Predictions for Calgary Flames in 2025-26

The Calgary Flames are one of the more interesting teams heading into the 2025-26 season that seemingly nobody is talking about. Even after a 2024-25 season in which they massively exceeded expectations, the general consensus amongst the hockey world seems to suggest they will miss the playoffs again this coming season.

Flames Goalie Wants Playoff Shot

For a team with next to no expectations, the Calgary Flames did pretty well for themselves last season, finishing with 96 points and only missing the playoffs due to tiebreakers.

Flames News & Rumours: Wolf, Kadri, & Parekh

In this week’s edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumours, Dustin Wolf continues to fly under the radar as he was left off USA’s 2026 Winter Olympic orientation camp roster.

NHL Rumours: Update on Contract for Calgary Flames Goalie

It’s time for another round of NHL rumours. We’re counting down the days until the start of training camp. However, there’s still plenty of things going on behind the scene.

Kadri’s Olympic Dreams Could Hinge on a Trade Out of Calgary

Nazem Kadri made it clear this week that he wasn’t thrilled with Team Canada’s decision not to include him on a long list of several names invited to Hockey Canada’s Olympic orientation camp.