Flames’ Veteran Free-Agent Signings Shut Door on Prospect Opportunities Greg Tysowski | September 12, 2021 I always get super excited to see the young prospects get a shot playing in the big leagues. At various points of the truncated 2020-21 season, fans in the C…
Flames’ Goaltending Stable for First Time in Decades Brett Krauss | September 9, 2021 The Calgary Flames have used 15 goalies in the span of seven seasons since Miikka Kiprusoff retired. Since his retirement, the team has been unable to find a comparable replacement…
Flames Could Shake Up Their Roster Core With Hertl Trade Colton Pankiw | September 9, 2021 For a number of years now, certain Calgary Flames fans have thought that the team should shake up their core due to a lack of playoff success. That crowd has…
Flames’ Harvey the Hound Has Beef After Being Ranked 2nd-Worst Mascot Greg Tysowski | September 8, 2021 When I saw the headline, I almost spit out my morning coffee. A new poll from Play Canada released last month inexplicably ranked the longest-serving mascot in NHL history as…
Meet the Seattle Kraken: Defenseman Mark Giordano Jake Zrihen | September 7, 2021 In anticipation of the Seattle Kraken‘s inaugural season, we at The Hockey Writers will be doing a deep dive on each player. This installment of the series focuses on defenseman Mark Giordano,…
Calgary Flames: 3 Players to Consider Signing to PTOs Colton Pankiw | September 7, 2021 As we continue to get through summer, and inch closer to training camps, many players are still without contracts for the 2021-22 season. Given that it is now September, it…
Flames News & Rumors: Monahan, Gaudreau, Muller & More Colton Pankiw | September 6, 2021 In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, Elliotte Friedman is on record saying he believes the Montreal Canadiens reached out about acquiring Sean Monahan before they made a…
Calgary Flames News & Rumors: Sutter, Tkachuk, Dube & More Colton Pankiw | August 30, 2021 In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, we will discuss the chatter surrounding head coach Darryl Sutter’s future with the team after Adam Proteau of The Hockey News…
NHL Rumors: Bruins, Stars, Maple Leafs, Flames, More Jim Parsons | August 28, 2021 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, does Jack Eichel changing agents alter the odds the Boston Bruins might be in the discussion to land the unhappy center from the Sabres? Meanwhile,…
Flames Coach Darryl Sutter Reportedly on the Hot Seat Colton Pankiw | August 28, 2021 When the Calgary Flames fired Geoff Ward early in the 2020-21 season and chose to bring in Darryl Sutter, the hope was he could turn things around immediately and get…
Flames’ Valimaki Hoping to Step Up in Giordano’s Absence Greg Tysowski | August 25, 2021 You don’t have to tell Juuso Välimäki that his shortened 2020-21 campaign with the Calgary Flames was a bust. It seems everyone had sky-high expectations for the 22-year-old Finn, with…
Flames News & Rumors: Giordano, Zadorov, Valimaki & More Colton Pankiw | August 23, 2021 In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, former team captain Mark Giordano opened up about being selected by the Seattle Kraken in the expansion draft. To minimize the…