If you’ve heard news about the Calgary Flames’ prospects lately, it’s probably been about one of their young defencemen. On the “bad news” side of the spectrum, Henry Mews’ freshman season at the University of Michigan has ended prematurely due to a lower-body injury suffered this past weekend.
Michigan Wolverines defenceman and Calgary Flames prospect Henry Mews will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season after sustaining an injury in Saturday’s game against Notre Dame.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The National Hockey League season is just around the corner, but many Calgary Flames’ prospects’ seasons are in full swing. This is the Sept. 29- Oct. 6 edition of the Flames prospect round-up, where we look at how Flames prospects have done on a weekly basis.
Dan Rosen of NHL.com: Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel is entering the final year of his eight-year, $80 million contract. Both sides are hoping an extension can get worked out.
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.
Welcome back to The Win Column Calgary Flames Prospect Rankings. We begin the countdown with right-shot defenceman Henry Mews. The 19-year-old was drafted 74th overall by the Flames in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
For a lot of young hockey players, they have an idea of how they want their progression to go. Sure, life throws you curve balls, but a lot of youngsters sort of plot out the steps they want to take as they hopefully work towards becoming pro hockey players and, eventually, National Hockey League players.
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.
A Calgary Flames prospect is making the jump from Canadian major junior hockey to the NCAA for next season. After weeks (and weeks) of chatter, blueliner Henry Mews has officially committed to the University of Michigan for the 2025-26 season.
We’re running out of ways to convey how exciting the Calgary Flames’ current crop of prospects are. The fact of the matter is that it’s been decades since Calgary has had this much talent at the junior level.
In what was considered an exceptional draft by Calgary Flames GM Craig Conroy last summer, one player who could end up being one of the biggest steals of the draft was the Flames’ third-round pick, Henry Mews.
The Ottawa 67’s have traded Calgary Flames defence prospect Henry Mews to the Sudbury Wolves ahead of the 2025 Ontario Hockey League trade deadline. Mews, 18, leads all OHL rearguards with 50 points (11 goals, 39 assists) in 38 games with the 67’s this season.
On the same day that the Canadian national junior team bowed out of the World Juniors in the quarterfinal round, one of the Calgary Flames’ most promising junior prospects received an honour from his home league.
My colleague Paige Siewert said it best in the last edition of the prospect rankings here at FlamesNation: General manager Craig Conroy and his Calgary Flames staff have made it a priority to focus on the squad’s future defense.
Welcome to the 2024 edition of FlamesNation’s annual prospect rankings! Earlier this month, 10 members of our staff crafted lists ranking the Calgary Flames’ top 20 prospects.