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Flames News & Rumors: Marner, Klapka, Backlund & More

Rupert McDonald | May 18, 2025

In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, the Flames are rumoured to be targeting a big free agent this offseason, and Mitch Marner may be the guy. In…

Categories Calgary Flames, Column, News and Rumors

Flames News & Rumors: Zary, Farabee, Backlund & More

Rupert McDonald | March 28, 2025

In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, we’re waiting for updates after Connor Zary appeared to have suffered another serious knee injury versus the Dallas Stars on Thursday…

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Flames News & Rumours: Wolf, Backlund, Pospisil & More

Rupert McDonald | March 18, 2025

In this edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumours, Dustin Wolf was pulled for the first time this season in an ugly 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on…

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Calgary Flames’ Best Swedish Players of All-Time

Derek Olsen | February 25, 2025

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced last February that NHL players will once again be allowed to participate in the Winter Olympics and that the league would be putting together best-on-best…

Categories Archives, Calgary Flames, Flames History, Hockey History

3 Takeaways From Flames’ 3-0 Win Over the Blue Jackets

Rupert McDonald | December 4, 2024

It wasn’t the most exciting of games, but those tend to bode well for the Calgary Flames, and that was the case on Tuesday night as they were able to…

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Flames’ Captain Mikael Backlund Appears in 1,000th Career Game

Brian Finlayson | November 1, 2024

Long-time Calgary Flames forward Mikael Backlund reached a significant milestone on Friday night (Nov. 1) against the New Jersey Devils, suiting up for his 1000th career NHL game. The C…

Categories Calgary Flames, NHL News

Calgary Flames’ Worst Contracts for the 2024-25 Season

Rupert McDonald | August 5, 2024

Recently, my colleague Derek Olsen put together a fantastic article that looked at the Calgary Flames’ best contracts this season. I thought it would be interesting to do the opposite,…

Categories Calgary Flames, Season Previews

Calgary Flames’ Player Milestones for the 2024-25 Season

Derek Olsen | July 30, 2024

As the NHL’s offseason tolls on, fans are stuck daydreaming of what the upcoming 2024-25 season will have to offer them. The Calgary Flames have given their faithful “C of…

Categories Calgary Flames, Flames History, Season Previews

Flames Players’ Optimism Much Higher Than a Season Ago

Rupert McDonald | April 20, 2024

From a record standpoint, the Calgary Flames were a worse team in 2023-24 than a season ago. Last season, they finished with a 38-27-17 record for 93 points, which was…

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3 Reasons the Calgary Flames Have Won 5 Straight Road Games

Gary Pearson | February 11, 2024

Don’t look now, but the scorching-hot Calgary Flames, after beating the New York Islanders 5-2, have won five on the bounce in enemy environs. A plethora of factors have contributed…

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Calgary Flames History at the Heritage Classic

Ryan Gagne | October 29, 2023

As many hockey fans remember, on a blistering cold late November day in 2003, the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens took part in the first-ever Heritage Classic at Commonwealth Stadium…

Categories Flames History, Hockey History

Breaking Down the Calgary Flames’ 2023-24 Roster

Ryan Gagne | October 11, 2023

As the Calgary Flames begin their 51st season of operations, the franchise has one of the best lineups in the league with All-Stars like Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri, and Jacob…

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