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Joel Hanley May Still Have a Useful Role in Calgary

Nothing particularly exciting is happening here, right? Just a 35-year-old defenseman is cleared for training camp. Nobody will mistake Joel Hanley for the next great Calgary Flames blueliner.

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Predicting the Calgary Flames lineup: Defence

The Calgary Flames enter the 2026–27 season with a defence corps that looks dramatically different from the group that began last season. After trading

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / August 28

20 Days, 20 Questions: Where do Joel Hanley and Brayden Pachal fit on the Flames blueline?

During the 2023-24 season, the Calgary Flames went through a ton of changes. They ended up shedding several prominent players during that campaign, including Nikita Zadorov, Elias Lindholm, Chris Tanev and Noah Hanifin.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 31

The Flames’ best fights of 2025-26: Joel Hanley and Ty Emberson put on a classic

There are times when a fight is so damn good that the only winners are the fans. That’s exactly what happened in the final Battle of Alberta this past season, days before the beginning of the Olympic break.

Macklin Celebrini News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The ''EA NHL,'' covers since 2000' quiz

How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"

The 'First-overall NHL Draft picks' quiz

The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The 'Most NHL goals all-time' quiz

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / July 30

Ty Emberson vs. Joel Hanley: Top Oilers fights of 2025-26

This summer, Oilersnation will recap the top five Edmonton Oilers goals, the top five fights, and the top five overall moments from the up-and-down 2025-26 season.

NHL News / Yardbarker

The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000

The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / May 13

FN Report Cards: Joel Hanley was valuable veteran depth in 2025-26

Every National Hockey League team has a veteran or two who don’t get a ton of fanfare, but are quietly hugely important to making that team tick. The best teams have a bunch of them.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / March 28

Flames injury news: Joel Hanley out for remainder of season

Ahead of the Calgary Flames’ final clash of the season with the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, they announced some injury news. Blueliner Joel Hanley was absent from morning skate and did not have a stall in the locker room.

Calgary Flames News / Daily Faceoff / March 28

Flames’ Joel Hanley to miss rest of 2025-26 season

A premature end of the year for a veteran blueliner out west. When speaking to the media on Saturday, Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska revealed that defenseman Joely Hanley will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.

Calgary Flames News / The Win Column / November 17

Quarter-season report cards: grading the Calgary Flames’ blueline

The quarter mark of the 2025-26 season is mercifully here, and boy was it a rough one for the Calgary Flames. In fact it was the worst first quarter in Flames franchise history, as the team hit the 20 game mark with a record of 5-13-2 and sitting last in the NHL.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 18, 2025

The Flames’ best fights of 2024-25: Joel Hanley and Andrei Svechnikov fight because of a misunderstanding

By March, the Calgary Flames were in the thick of a playoff race. Heading Mar. 2, the Flames sat a point out of a playoff spot while going 4-5-1 in their last 10 games.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 17, 2025

The Flames’ best fights of 2024-25: Martin Pospíšil sticks up for Joel Hanley

Of the 23 fights the Calgary Flames had during the 2024-25 regular season, three of them were in the same game. On a Friday afternoon in late November, a game between the Flames and the Columbus Blue Jackets got chippy.

NHL News / Yardbarker

The defining figure for every NHL franchise

People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 2, 2025

8 Flames thoughts on day one of NHL free agency

The Calgary Flames were very quiet on the first day of NHL free agency. They brought back beloved teammate Joel Hanley on a two year contract. Signed a depth defenceman in Nick Cicek.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / July 1, 2025

Flames re-sign blueliner Joel Hanley to two year contract ($1.75 million AAV)

Well, the Calgary Flames are going back for a second helping of “Nacho.” On Tuesday morning, in advance of the official opening of free agency, the club announced that they’ve re-signed defenceman Joel Hanley to a two year contract with a $1.75 million average annual value.