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The Flames need to be consistent with Connor Zary’s development

Many questions surround the Calgary Flames’ roster next season. Will they be looking to add? Subtract? Run it back? Lots of uncertainty is present, but what the Flames need to prioritize is further development of their young players.

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2025 NHL Draft Rankings: Final Top 120

We’re just days away from the big show in Los Angeles. The 2025 NHL Draft is scheduled to take place from June 27 to 28 at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, with the NHL adopting a decentralized draft format featuring approximately 100 players in attendance.

Nikolaj Ehlers News / The Win Column / June 18

Flames free agency target: Nikolaj Ehlers

With the Stanley Cup playoffs reaching their end, the offseason is now in full swing. Besides the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, free agency will be another anticipated event.

NHL News / Flamesnation / June 18

The Flames will draft at 32nd overall in the 2025 NHL Draft (with Florida’s pick)

Friends, for the first time in several years, the Calgary Flames have no conditional draft selections left outstanding. On Tuesday evening, the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final to capture the NHL’s league championship.

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The 'Most goals in a Stanley Cup Playoffs' quiz

How many of the 18 NHL players since the 2000 Stanley Cup Playoffs to score 10 goals in multiple postseason runs can you name in five minutes?

The 'NHL Maurice Richard Trophy winners' quiz

The 'Multiple 50-goal seasons in NHL history' quiz

The 'NHL Hart Trophy winners since 1983' quiz

Mikael Backlund News / Flamesnation / June 17

Top 20 draft picks in Flames history: #9 – Mikael Backlund

The 10th-best draft selection in Calgary Flames franchise history, Matthew Tkachuk, was here for a good time, but not a long time, as the kids say. The ninth-best selection on our list is the personification of a long-time Flame.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / June 17

Ethan Czata could be the Flames’ third-line centre of the future

The 2025 National Hockey League draft is nearly here. Offensively, the Calgary Flames need some centre prospects in their prospect cupboards, as they are full of interesting wingers.

Calgary Flames News / The Hockey Writers / June 17

Flames News & Rumors: Wolf, Andersson, Pospisil & More

In this week’s edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, Dustin Wolf was recognized for his outstanding season by not only finishing second in Calder Trophy voting but being named to the All-Rookie Team.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / June 17

Ranking the Calgary Flames roster on how untouchable they should be in trade talks

Back in January, we took a look at which players on the Calgary Flames roster are untouchable and which the team should be open to moving. Although that was just five months ago, a lot has changed since then.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / June 17

The Flames have 20 pending free agents of various kinds

Friends, while much of the attention for Calgary Flames fans is squarely upon the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft, another important date looms a few days after the draft concludes: free agency.

Calgary Flames News / Daily Faceoff / June 17

Why Michael Misa is a future NHL superstar

The amount of pressure that gets placed on teenagers can be quite insane at times. Like, take Michael Misa, for example. At 15, the Oakville, Ontario native became the most recent OHLer to earn exceptional status following his record-breaking run at the 2022 OHL Cup.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / June 16

Flames name long-time communications VP Peter Hanlon as assistant general manager

One of the Calgary Flames’ longest-serving employees will have a new job title on July 1. The club announced on Monday that vice-president communications Peter Hanlon will shift to the hockey operations side of things next month, becoming an assistant general manager.

Calgary Flames News / Daily Faceoff / June 16

Flames name Peter Hanlon assistant general manager

The Calgary Flames announced Monday that Peter Hanlon, former vice-president of Communications, has been named the team’s newest assistant general manager.

Calgary Flames News / Pro Hockey Rumors / June 16

Flames promote Peter Hanlon to assistant general manager

The Flames are promoting Peter Hanlon to an assistant general manager role, the club announced Monday. He isn’t replacing an existing AGM, instead, he’s augmenting Craig Conroy’s current AGMs in Dave Nonis and Brad Pascall.

NHL News / Flamesnation / June 16

Top 20 draft picks in Flames history: #10 – Matthew Tkachuk

As we delve into the top 10 of our t0p 20 Calgary Flames draft picks countdown, it’s rather appropriate that the #10 pick is still active in the Stanley Cup playoffs, albeit for a different team.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / June 16

The Calgary Flames fanbase is tired of leaning towards nostalgia

Nostalgia is a powerful feeling. Virtually every fan has the best moments of their team that they lock into their minds to re-live over and over again.

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The 'Most points with zero assists in the NBA Finals' quiz

The '5+ goals in one Stanley Cup Final in the Modern Era' quiz

The 'Most points in a quarter of an NBA Finals game' quiz

The 'U.S. Open host golf courses' quiz

Martin Pospisil News / Flamesnation / June 16

Flames forward Martin Pospisil named to Slovakian national team for 2026 Olympics

The Calgary Flames will have representation at the 2026 Winter Olympics in February. On Monday morning, as part of announcements revealing the first six members of all 12 participating men’s national teams, Slovakia announced Flames forward Martin Pospisil as one of the first six players named to their Olympic roster.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / June 16

6 centre options for the Flames at 31st or 32nd overall at the 2025 NHL Draft

The Calgary Flames, for the second year in a row, have multiple first-round picks in the NHL Draft. We’ve already delved into a few potential centres that could be available with their first pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, 18th overall.

NHL News / The Win Column / June 16

Martin Pospisil named to Slovakia’s Olympic roster

The 2026 Winter Olympics kick off in under eight months in Italy. Today, international ice hockey federations released the “Olympic Six” for each of their teams, the first six members of their men’s Olympic hockey rosters.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / June 15

Top 20 draft picks in Flames history: counting down their 15th to 11th-best selections ever

The 2025 NHL Draft is a couple weeks away, and we’re taking a trip down memory lane as we count down the 20 best draft selections in Calgary Flames history.

Sam Morton News / Flamesnation / June 15

Sam Morton had an unforgettable rookie season with the Wranglers

Sam Morton came to the Calgary Wranglers late in the 2023-24 season and made an immediate impact. The college product who came to Calgary late in the season suddenly turned into a core piece of the Wranglers’ lineup.

Adam Klapka News / The Hockey Writers / June 14

Grading the Flames’ 2-Year Extension for Adam Klapka

On Tuesday, June 10, the Calgary Flames announced the re-signing of 24-year-old forward Adam Klapka to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $1.25 million.

Dan Vladar News / The Hockey Writers / June 11

Flames’ Vladar Would Be Foolish to Test Free Agency

The Calgary Flames were pleased enough with Dan Vladar over the second half of the 2024-25 season to reportedly offer him a contract extension. In fact, it sounds as though they have put more than one offer on the table for the 27-year-old goaltender, but at this point, he has yet to agree to any deal.