Paul Quinney 
Flames Weekly is our new series on how the Calgary Flames performed the previous week. Be sure to check in every Monday for our take on the week that was and …
Read moreFlames Weekly: 4 of 5 Games Dropped & Postseason Already in Jeopardy
Whether they are buying, selling, or just kicking tires, NHL general managers will be spending a lot more time in the coming weeks pondering how to approach in-season trades. That’s …
Read morePandemic Trades No Easy Task for NHL General Managers
Flames Weekly is our new series on how the Calgary Flames performed the previous week. Be sure to check in every Monday for our take on the week that was …
Read moreFlames Weekly: Bounceback Against Canadiens After Tough Week
Those players whom hockey writers think have a shot at winning the Calder Memorial Trophy usually face enough pressure without putting more of it on themselves. Yet Calgary Flames’ defenseman …
Pests have always been a fixture in the NHL. Akin to a bad fungal infection, their outrageous antics and relentless harassment drives opposing players mad and often into the penalty …
Read moreTkachuk Brothers Vie to Be Biggest Pest in the North Division
Outside of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the NHL Entry Draft is the most exciting time of the year on the hockey calendar. In the lead up to the traditional June …
Read moreCalgary Flames Have Never Been Good at Building Through the Draft
At the end of the 2005-06 season, the NHL awarded the Calgary Flames’ Miikka Kiprusoff the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender. The 30-year-old Finn topped that off by …
Read moreOne for the Ages: Miikka Kiprusoff’s 2005-06 Season
The Calgary Flames’ first-round draft pick in 1984, Gary Roberts, played 10 memorable seasons in the Stampede City. He finished his career with the Tampa Bay Lightning over two decades …
Jeremy Roenick was asked on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast whether he thought men like Darryl Sutter and Mike Keenan, both former Calgary Flames coaches, could be behind the bench in …
Read moreFlames Old-School Coaches Couldn’t Handle Today’s Players
In the upcoming 2020-21 season, the Calgary Flames must show that they are on track to contend for a Stanley Cup in the next few years. That means making it …
Dion Phaneuf was a great hockey player, but at one time he had a bad ‘reputation’ (from ‘Sleepy PEI town braces for celebrity storm as Toronto Maple Leafs Captain Dion …
The ancient Aztecs of Mexico played a ball game called Pok-ta-Tok. Crazed fans of the sport gathered in arenas across the Aztec empire to watch their heroes compete for glory. …
Read moreFlames Have it Rough, But Better Than Most Hockey Markets