Ron Francis’ 5 Best & Worst Moves as Hurricanes General Manager Daniel Blanda | September 1, 2025 The Seattle Kraken‘s first general manager was Ron Francis, who guided the franchise from its start until April 2025, when he was “promoted” to president of hockey operations. The hall…
Flames News & Rumors: Valimaki, Wolf, Ruzicka & More Colton Pankiw | December 7, 2021 In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors: Juuso Valimaki was recently assigned to the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League (AHL) as management tries to find him more playing…
6 Blowout Losses in 6 Weeks… Flames Have a History of Losing BIG Greg Tysowski | March 19, 2021 After the Calgary Flames had the doors blown off them (again) on Wednesday night by the Edmonton Oilers, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had seen this movie before.…
Flames 12 Days of Hockeymas: 11 Coaches in 20 Years Colton Pankiw | December 14, 2020 The ’12 Days of Christmas’ is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as…
Calgary Flames News & Rumors: Peters, Aliu, Lucic, Brodie & Hamonic The Old Prof | April 22, 2020 Although the NHL’s regular season has been suspended in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, there is news emerging from each NHL organization. In this News & Rumors post, I…
NHL Rumors: Williams, Hall, Peters, Free Agency, More Jim Parsons | April 16, 2020 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, Donald Trump held a call with the NHL, Justin Williams talked about possibly retiring and Bill Peters’ new KHL team is already having drama. Plus,…
NHL Commissioner: We Will Not Tolerate Abusive Behaviour The Canadian Press | December 9, 2019 MONTEREY, Calif. — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday that the league will work swiftly to make changes to better deal with personnel conduct issues in the wake of incidents that surfaced in recent weeks. Speaking at the end of the first day of …
NHL Notebook: Load Management, Peters’ Last Win, Pastrnak’s Pedigree The Canadian Press | December 4, 2019 A relaxed Frederik Andersen was fielding questions from reporters at a charity event in July when one of the topics that seems to annoy the Toronto Maple Leafs’ goalie more than most —…
Bill Peters Resigns as Flames Head Coach Jim Parsons | November 29, 2019 On Friday, it was announced during a press conference that the Calgary Flames have accepted the resignation of Bill Peters. Geoff Ward will serve as interim head coach and Peters…
Flames Trying to Focus on Hockey Amidst Bill Peters’ Uncertain Future The Canadian Press | November 27, 2019 BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Calgary Flames are doing their best to focus on hockey with the future of head coach Bill Peters still up in air amidst allegations he directed racist comments at…
NHL Rumors: Fleury, Avalanche, Bruins, Oilers, More Jim Parsons | November 27, 2019 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, why did Marc-Andre Fleury leave the Vegas Golden Knights so suddenly? We have the details. There is news on whether or not Mikko Rantanen is…
Calgary Flames’ Bill Peters Caught in a Firestorm Bryan Wilson | November 27, 2019 It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire for Calgary Flames head coach, Bill Peters, after it was alleged he made racist remarks to a former player while…