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FN’s 2025 Flames summer prospect rankings – #4: Matvei Gridin

Calgary Flames 2025 Prospects Rankings: #5 Matvei Gridin

Welcome back to The Win Column 2025 Calgary Flames Prospects Rankings. Next on the table in our rankings is Matvei Gridin out of the QMJHL. The 19-year-old winger is coming off a season where he won rookie of the year with the Shawinigan Cataractes.

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.

Calgary Flames prospect Matvei Gridin named QMJHL rookie of the year

Matvei Gridin made the switch from the USHL to the QMJHL before the beginning of the 2024–25 season. Despite being drafted first overall by the Val-d’Or Foreurs in the CHL import draft, he was sent over to a much stronger Shawinigan Cataractes.

Current NHL players who have the best chances to reach 500 goals

Getting to 500 NHL goals is not as rare as it used to be, but it certainly still is not commonplace. Heading into the 2025-26 season, 48 players have done it.

Flames prospect Matvei Gridin wins Sidney Crosby Trophy as QMJHL’s top rookie

Calgary Flames 2024 first-round pick Matvei Gridin has captured the Sidney Crosby Trophy as the QMJHL’s top rookie for the 2024-25 season, the league announced Thursday morning.

2025 NHL Draft’s Top 10 Russian Prospects

The 2024 NHL Draft class was a good one for Russians, with four players selected in the first round: Ivan Demidov, Anton Silayev, Yegor Surin, and Matvei Gridin.

Flames prospect Matvei Gridin named QMJHL’s top offensive rookie

Shortly after being named a finalist for a major award, a Calgary Flames prospect has captured it. Matvei Gridin has been named the winner of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s Michel Bergeron Trophy as that league’s top offensive rookie.

Flames prospect Matvei Gridin named finalist for QMJHL’s offensive rookie of year award

One of the Calgary Flames’ top prospects has been named a finalist for a major award. On Thursday, the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League announced several finalists for their league awards.

Flames prospect roundup: Two Flames prospects earn finals trips

There’s a chance that three different Calgary Flames prospects will play in their respective leagues’ finals. This is the Apr. 28 – May 5 edition of the Flames prospect roundup, where we look at how Calgary Flames prospects did this past week, specifically those at the junior and college levels.

Flames prospect roundup: 3 Flames prospects fall in Game 7

A trio of Calgary Flames prospects played in a Game 7 this past week – it didn’t go well. This is the Apr. 21–27 edition of the Flames prospect roundup, where we look at how Calgary Flames prospects did this past week, specifically those at the junior and college levels.

Flames prospect roundup: 3 Flames prospects set to play in Game 7 this week

And then there were six. This is the Apr. 14–20 edition of the Flames prospect roundup, where we look at how Calgary Flames prospects did this past week, specifically those at the junior and college levels.

Flames prospect roundup: Matvei Gridin scored his fifth goal of the post-season

The list of players on the Calgary Flames prospect roundup is only going to get smaller. This is the Apr. 7–13 edition of the Flames prospect roundup, where we look at how Calgary Flames prospects did this past week, specifically those at the junior and college levels.

Flames prospect Matvei Gridin hasn’t missed a step offensively in his transition to the QMJHL

It’d be hard for anybody to stand out in comparison to a prospect like Zayne Parekh, but Matvei Gridin has already demonstrated exactly why the Calgary Flames leapt at the chance to snag him with their other first-round pick at the 2024 NHL Draft.

Flames Prospect’s Quick Hits: Honzek, Gridin & Parekh

In this edition of Calgary Flames Prospect’s Quick Hits, I’ll report the progress of three key Calgary prospects and share how they’re developing. These are Samuel Honzek, Matvei Gridin, and Zayne Parekh.

Flames prospect roundup: Matvei Gridin had a great week

The playoffs are quickly approaching for Calgary Flames prospects. This is the Feb. 1-7 edition of the Flames prospect roundup, where we look at how Flames prospects did this past week, specifically those at the junior and college levels.

Vancouver Canucks' worst completed trades that did more harm than good

The Vancouver Canucks have made their fair share of bad trades in recent years, but here are some of the worst, according to Tyson Cole of Canucks Army.

Flames prospect Matvei Gridin just keeps improving in his first QMJHL season

After a slow start to his first major junior season, Calgary Flames prospect Matvei Gridin has settled into a very nice rhythm over the last few weeks.

Can Flames first-rounder Matvei Gridin continue to adapt and thrive in 2024-25?

When you think about it, Matvei Gridin has gone through a ton of change in his life on and off the ice over the past few years. Since 2020, Gridin has played in three different levels of Russian junior hockey – for two teams in two different cities (St.

Calgary Flames assign Andrew Basha and Matvei Gridin back to their junior clubs

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s exhibition tilt in Abbotsford, the Calgary Flames have sent a pair of their top prospects back to their junior clubs. The

Calgary Flames prospect Matvei Gridin’s junior rights traded to the QMJHL’s Shawinigan Cataractes

One of the worst-kept secrets in major junior hockey has now become official. The Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League have acquired the junior rights to Calgary Flames prospect Matvei Gridin in a trade with the Val-d’Or Foreurs.