NHL players and staff remaining healthy with no positive COVID tests in the bubbles
Great news for the remaining NHL teams and their staffs as there have been no positive COVID-19 tests in the league’s Edmonton and Toronto bubbles.
August 2020
‘Shaking up the core’ isn’t as cut and dried as it sounds
Another first round exit. Another disappointing playoff performance from some of Calgary’s highest profile and highest paid players. Another off-season of calls for the Flames to make significant changes to their. That’s where we find ourselves right now, and those clamouring for a shakeup are perfectly justified.
FlamesNation Mailbag: Another week into the off-season
It’s the end of August and the Calgary Flames have completed an eventful, draining month. They beat the Jets! They lost to Dallas! Matthew Tkachuk suffered from a concussion! Cam Talbot was great! A lot happened and now, we wait for an autumn of potential changes. Onto the mailbag!
How the Coyotes draft sanctions impact the Flames
Last week, the National Hockey League laid down some pretty big sanctions on the Arizona Coyotes in the culmination of a fairly hefty investigation into Arizona fitness testing several draft prospects.
2020 Flames First Round Targets: Seth Jarvis
The 2020 NHL Draft will be October 6 & 7, conducted remotely. The Calgary Flames have a first round selection and will pick 19th overall. In advance of the draft, we’ll be looking at some contenders to be selected at 19th. Next up on our rundown? Perhaps the ideal first round pick for the Flames,…
Friedman: Flames to decide Geoff Ward’s fate in ‘next week or two’
Good news, everybody! The ever-looming question of who is going to coach the Calgary Flames in 2020-21 – whenever that season begins – won’t be looming for too much longer. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman updated the situation on Saturday night’s edition of Headlines.
What could a Johnny Gaudreau trade look like?
Depending on who you ask, the Calgary Flames should definitely trade Johnny Gaudreau or they shouldn’t think about it at all. A lot of the skepticism around a potential trade comes from the prospect of a shoddy return, ala the Jarome Iginla or Jay Bouwmeester trades. So we took a look at trades since the…
The (asset) chain is broken: Andrew Nielsen signs in Austria
Way, way back in 1976, the Atlanta Flames drafted Kent Nilsson. For over four decades, the Flames managed to keep turning over that asset – like the proverbial pizza Lunchables – for futures. This week, it appears the asset chain has finally been broken as defenseman Andrew Nielsen signed with EHC Linz in Austria’s ICE…
2020 Flames Second Round Targets: Joni Jurmo
Moving onto our second draft target in the second round of the 2020 NHL Draft, we have Joni Jurmo; a big puck rushing defencemen from Espoo, Finland.
Which Flames defensemen and goalies will be back next season?
It looks to be a big summer of changes for the Calgary Flames, especially on the back-end. Previously, we broke down the likelihood of each member of the Flames’ forward corps returning to the team in the 2020–21 season. But while the majority of the Flames’ forwards remain under contract or RFA control through future…
Throwback Thursday: This week in 1987, Calgary Flames acquire Brad McCrimmon
Welcome back to another edition of Throwback Thursday!
Which Flames forwards will return to Calgary next season?
The 2019–20 Calgary Flames outlasted their predecessors from last year by one playoff game, jumping out to a 2–1 series lead in the first round against the Dallas Stars before losing three straight games to end their season. Sure, they beat the Winnipeg Jets in the newfangled play-in series, but, at the end of the…