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Nikolay Goldobin, Joakim Nordstrom Re-Sign Overseas

It seems like a long time ago that Nikolay Goldobin was in North America, lighting it up for the Utica Comets. In reality, that was just two years ago and Goldobin isn’t even 27 yet. The former Vancouver Canucks forward won’t be coming back just yet though, as he has signed a new one-year contract…

Snapshots: Kaprizov, Elias, Robert Morris

Élias Robert

While no one wants to see dynamic and entertaining talent Kirill Kaprizov leave the NHL after just one year, especially after waiting so long for his arrival, the ongoing negotiations between he, the Minnesota Wild, and allegedly the KHL’s CSKA Moscow has been an intriguing storyline to say the leas...

Alexander Yelesin signs with KHL’s Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Michael Stone

Continuing a bit of a churn of the Calgary Flames’ depth group this off-season, sources have confirmed to FlamesNation that defenseman Alexander Yelesin has signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League. Championat in Russia first reported on Yelesin’s potential move back to his h...

Looking at the Flames’ depth chart and cap situation pre-lottery

Darryl Sutter

After a few weeks sitting idle, the 2021 off-season really kicks off in earnest for the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night with the NHL’s draft lottery festivities. In advance of the occasion, we’ve prepared a quick organizational snapshot of how the Flames look from a depth and salary cap perspectiv...

How did this season go so wrong?

Derek Ryan

It’s not an exaggeration to call the 2021 season for the Flames one of the biggest failures in a long, long time. New coach Darryl Sutter might have been correct on locker clean-out day when he said expectations were miscalculated for this team. Even still, Calgary fell painfully short of the bar. T...

Flames in seven games: a 2020-21 retrospective

Christopher Tanev

The Calgary Flames’ season is over and done with, and now it’s time to poke at the aftermath a bit. We’ve been tracking the Flames season through seven game segments, and on the whole a few interesting trends emerged along the way. Let’s dive in, pals! Underlying numbers via Natural Stat Trick. Segm...

Flames left looking for answers after lacklustre season

Jack Eichel

In three days, the Calgary Flames 2021 campaign comes to an end after a disappointing result and many question marks left to answer. Eric Francis breaks down the biggest questions facing the team moving into the off-season.

FGD 54: Late night hockey in Vancouver (8:30pm MT, SN1/360)

Micheal Ferland

It’s the final road trip of the 2020-21 campaign for the Calgary Flames (24-26-3, 51 points) head to scenic British Columbia for the first of two final road games with the Vancouver Canucks (22-28-3, 47 points). The Canucks played Saturday afternoon in Edmonton and flew home, and this is part of the...

Boston Bruins: Odds That Each Pending UFA Gets a Contract Extension

Brandon Carlo

For the past few seasons, the Boston Bruins have kept their strong core of players.Jack Studnicka is the Bruins’ best center prospect, and he struggled in the first half of the season playing in Boston.Even if the Bruins manage to sign a center in free agency, they can then bump Krejci or the new si...

Don’t expect to see many Flames at the World Championship

Mikael Backlund

Every season, players on teams that don’t qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs head off to Europe to play in the annual IIHF World Hockey Championship. The annual tournament pits international clubs against each other in an event that hands out medals and has immense importance for Olympic qualifica...

Expansion Draft Issues: Several Teams Have Moves To Make Before July 17

Kevin Stenlund

The trade deadline may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean that there won’t be any more trades over the courses of the remainder of the league year. The NHL Expansion Draft is right around the corner, with protection lists due on July 17, ahead of the draft on July 21. By that time,…

Giordano dedicates 500th career point to his son on his birthday

Mark Giordano

Mark Giordano made a promise and he kept it.

Post-Game: The details haunt Flames in loss to Leafs

Sam Bennett

The Calgary Flames played a pretty good game on Sunday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. But as has become the tradition lately, their good play was wiped out by a few mistakes coming back to haunt them. The Flames lost 4-2 to the Leafs in the first of back-to-back games against the (Scotia NHL...

Flames 4, Jets 2: Pressure and traffic punctures Winnipeg’s walls

Nikita Nesterov

The Calgary Flames have routinely struggled to generate chances from the slot in their more tightly contested games this season, and last night’s victory against the Winnipeg Jets was honestly no exception. The Flames haunted the perimeters with the puck for much of the game, notched the brunt of th...

FGD 32: Back to back in Toronto (5pm MT, SN West)

David Rittich

Just 24 hours after picking up a big win, the Calgary Flames (15-13-3, 33 points) remain in Toronto play the Maple Leafs (19-10-2, 40 points) for the second half of a back-to-back in Canada’s largest city. Can the Flames pick up a sweep in the Six? The puck drops just after 5 p.m. MT and...

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