The Calgary Flames slowly let the determined Washington Capitals take over the game. Despite their ability to get high quality looks more frequently than the visitors, the Capitals never quit peppering young Wolf with shots.
After a week of beatdowns the Calgary Flames found some flow and were able to take down the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Calgary Flames didn’t play particularly well for two periods of Saturday’s loss to the Florida Panthers. Or in any part of their losses to Carolina or Colorado.
The Calgary Flames played a pretty good game in the first two periods of Thursday’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights, but they couldn’t translate zone time and scoring chances into goals.
The Calgary Flames came out flat footed against one of the most high-octane attacks in the entire league and paid dearly for it. The Hurricanes were too much for the Flames and spent long stretches attacking in prolonged waves.
The Calgary Flames were hoping to shake off a bad outing in Florida when they headed to Raleigh to visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon. It didn’t turn out that way, as the Flames were pretty thoroughly out-played for the first 25-30 minutes and couldn’t put together a comeback in a 7-2 loss to Carolina.
The Calgary Flames played the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday evening, in the aftermath of the Noah Hanifin trade and on the eve of the trade deadline.
On Saturday night, the Calgary Flames a game filled with emotion and managed to battle back from a multi-goal deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Over at The Fourth Period, my old pal Dennis Bernstein does a thing on his social media after every Los Angeles Kings game where he looks at the small, medium and big picture implications of that game’s results.
The Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings played a game on Tuesday night that was a bit of a grind for the first half. Not a ton happened, but both teams sure did try to make things happen.
Russian theatrical legend Konstantin Stanislavski once famously remarked “there are no small parts, only small actors.” In the context of the many complexities of professional sports, on occasion players with seemingly small roles can have large impacts on the course of games.
The Flames came out swinging with a hot start that left the Oilers chasing all night long. There were scrums, scraps, and fisticuffs in what felt like the first revival of a hatred that disappeared when Matthew Tkachuk and Zach Kassian left their respective former teams.
The Calgary Flames hosted the Boston Bruins on Thursday evening. The Flames did their best to push the pace early on and spotted themselves a lead, but the Bruins made a push in the second half and the Flames did their best to hold on.
The Calgary Flames re-found their work boots and put them to the test on a Family Day afternoon against the Winnipeg Jets. Early on it seemed the team
On Thursday night, the Calgary Flames returned home from a long road trip and laid an egg against the San Jose Sharks. It’s not encouraging, but it happens.
The Calgary Flames have activated goaltender Daniel Vladar off injured reserve, and also called up forward Dryden Hunt from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers.
The Calgary Flames made four roster moves on Friday morning in advance of practice. The club announced that they’ve activated goaltender Dan Vladar from the injury reserve list, recalled forward Dryden Hunt from the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers, and assigned goaltender Dustin Wolf and forward Cole Schwindt to the Wranglers.
The Calgary Wranglers started a four-game homestand on Friday afternoon after being on the road for seven straight games. They hosted the San Diego Gulls for the first of two on back-to-back days.
For the time being, the Calgary Flames have trimmed down their active roster to 22 players. Forward Dryden Hunt cleared waivers on Wednesday morning, per a report from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
Jack Campbell wasn't expected to clear waivers given his performance and contract status but that was confirmed on Wednesday when the 2 p.m. ET wire passed and the goaltender passed throught.
In advance of their Tuesday meeting with the Nashville Predators, the Calgary Flames have reportedly placed a player on the waiver wire. Per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the club has placed forward Dryden Hunt on waivers.
The Calgary Flames certainly did not have as busy of a trade deadline this year as other teams in the NHL, as they only made two moves. The first was done
The Maple Leafs made one minor move just an hour before the trade deadline, and the depth looks to have finally been decided. Toronto, earlier on Friday, traded Dryden Hunt to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Radim Zohorna, who’s spent most of this season with Calgary’s AHL team.
As per Shayna Goldman of The Too Many Men podcast, Dryden Hunt is on his way to his fourth team of the season. Hunt had a brief run with the Leafs when he first arrived in Toronto, but wasn’t long for the team and found himself on the Marlies.
Hunt, 27, has one goal in nine games with the Maple Leafs this season. The Maple Leafs originally acquired him from the Avalanche on Dec. 19 in exchange for forward Denis Malgin.
Five of the top six forward positions have been a lock for the Toronto Maple Leafs for most of the 2021-22 and the 2022-23 seasons. Those five spots are taken up by Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, John Tavares, and Michael Bunting.
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Christmas roster freeze and made their first trade of the 2022-23 season. They dealt speedy but small (5-foot-9 and 175
This is a stylistic swap, a straight-up winger-for-winger deal for two players on expiring contracts. Hunt, 27, is two years older than Malgin, who struggled to finish his chances in a Maple Leafs uniform despite being given an opportunity at times in Toronto’s top six.
The New York Rangers are three days into training camp and one thing seems apparent, the extra forward battle is likely to be between Dryden Hunt and Jimmy Vesey.
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