With most prospects almost done for the holiday break, it was a bit quieter a week for North American Calgary Flames prospects. The Calgary Wranglers remain highly competitive in the AHL’s Pacific Division, and with a minor league strike looming, ECHL hockey might have played its final games of 2025.
Calgary Wranglers forward Parker Bell enters the last season of his entry-level contract with the Calgary Flames this year and is going to want to play in a way to earn his next one.
Parker Bell played his first professional season with the Calgary Wranglers last season and as time went on, the growth in his game was starting to show.
During Saturday night's Young Stars Classic, Oilers prospect Connor Clattenburg dropped the gloves with the Flames' Parker Bell for electric fight. The two young kids were clearly trying to make an impression on their general managers by showing their physicality by squaring up to fight within the first 5 minutes.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
The rookie games are all about showcasing your abilities. Parker Bell and Connor Clattenberg certainly did that when they dropped the gloves. The Battle of Alberta was reignited last night, albeit, at a rookie tournament when prospects for both teams are given the opportunity to stand out and make a name for themselves within their organization.
We’ve reached the final day of our pre-prospect rankings miniseries here at FlamesNation. The real countdown will begin on Thursday, but we still have two honourable mentions to get through before that can happen.
Welcome back to our pre-prospect rankings miniseries here at FlamesNation! Over the next three days, we’ll be taking a closer look at the six players who just missed out on earning a spot on our main list despite receiving top-20 votes from our panel.
When FlamesNation head honcho Ryan Pike published the full list of 10 players who did not receive any top-20 votes for this year’s edition of our prospect rankings, those of you in the comments section expressed a fair amount of concern.
Back in September, the Calgary Flames sent prospect Parker Bell back to the junior, as he rejoined the Western Hockey League’s Tri-City Americans for his overage season – despite being on the first season of his entry-level deal.
Folks, we’re obviously all a bit caught up in the 2024 trade deadline pandemonium. But once March 1 hit the calendar, another important period began: the opening of the window for teams to sign players to entry-level deals that begin next season.
The National Hockey League’s trade deadline is pure, unbridled chaos, friends. But the looming trade deadlines in Canada’s three major junior leagues are arguably even wilder.
The Calgary Flames entered the 2023-24 season with a pair of 20-year-old prospects under big-league contracts and some choices to make regarding what to do with them.