Gang, it’s summer, and perhaps it’s because of the heat or because people are antsy for something to happen, sometimes weird trade rumours emerge during the dog days of the off-season.
It is somehow August. Free agency opened a month ago, and the Calgary Flames haven’t played a hockey game in almost four months. We’re slowly crawling to the offseason finish line.
This season, the Calgary Flames were among the worst teams in the league when it came to scoring. The Flames finished with a measly 2.68 goals-per-game average, officially being ranked fourth-worst in the NHL.
Ilya Solovyov has been in the Calgary Flames organization since before the Calgary Wranglers were a team. His breakout season was in the 2023-24 season, where he not only made his NHL debut but also managed to stay up at that level for 10 games.
The Calgary Flames have re-signed Martin Pospisil to a three-year $7.5 million extension. This deal comes at an average annual cap hit of $2.5 million for the Flames.
In July 2022, the Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers shocked the hockey world with a blockbuster deal. In the trade, the Flames sent forward Matthew Tkachuk and a 2025 fourth-round pick to the Panthers.
The Calgary Flames had some big news on Wednesday, though it wasn’t what anybody expected. Instead of announcing a Rasmus Andersson trade, a Connor Zary contract extension, or even a Dustin Wolf contract extension, they instead announced an extension for forward Martin Pospisil.
The Calgary Flames will remain linked long-term with . The team has signed the Slovak forward to a three-year contract extension that will begin in the 2026–27 season.
In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumours, Martin Pospisil is locked in for a significant period going forward after agreeing to an extension on Wednesday.
A young center with an edge plans to stay in Alberta for a few more years. On Wednesday, it was announced that the Calgary Flames have signed forward Martin Pospisil to a three-year contract extension.
With his off-season 2025 to-do list whittled down to just a new contract for restricted free agent Connor Zary, Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy has gotten to work on his tasks for next summer.
Following the conclusion of the 2024-25 season, the Calgary Flames announced that Trent Cull had joined their coaching staff. The announcement made perfect sense, as Cull had spent much of the season with the Flames on an interim basis and helped improve the penalty kill during his tenure.
It’s been a very quiet offseason to this point in Calgary. The only trade Calgary Flames General Manager Craig Conroy has made since January 30 was a swap of seventh-round picks on day two of this year’s draft.
Gang, we’re at the point of the off-season were preparations are beginning for the upcoming season. The winter holidays feature the IIHF’s World Junior Championship, featuring the top junior-aged men’s hockey players from throughout the world.
Bad news, everybody! Per an announcement from Hockey Canada on Tuesday morning, Calgary Flames prospect Zayne Parekh will miss the remainder of the World Junior Summer Showcase, hosted by USA Hockey.
Friends, this hopefully won’t be a controversial statement, but Calgary Flames prospect Zayne Parekh is really good at hockey. The Flames selected Parekh in the first round, ninth overall, in the 2024 NHL Draft.
The Calgary Flames have continued down their path of becoming a younger team. There’s a strong want to be competitive by the time the new arena opens in 2027.
With the arrival of several prospects and the potential trade of Rasmus Andersson looming over the Calgary Flames’ defence group, their blue line could undergo any number of changes before NHL opening night.
The Calgary Flames have a problem that involves having too many players on their roster, and Daniil Miromanov could be the one who gets traded due to this.
Nazem Kadri still has more than half of his current contract left to complete and is considered an integral piece of the Calgary Flames, but his name has been in the rumor mill steadily throughout the offseason.
The Flames entered this summer looking to improve upon last season, but haven’t made many player additions. They have been busy thus far, signing several restricted free agents, including Morgan Frost and Kevin Bahl.