Friends, there’s a non-zero chance that the Calgary Flames could make a significant trade this off-season. For hockey reasons, for salary cap reasons, and for team composition reasons, the Flames could make a big move involving a big name player. Historically, that hasn’t gone too well. Let’s take a trip down memory lane.
When he was drafted in the sixth round back in 2015 and even upon excelling in a full-time role on the fourth line last season there were plenty of folks outside Flames land uttering “Andrew Mangi-a-who?”. Now, the former Barrie Colt has replied loud and clear: “Andrew Mangiapane, that’s who!”
The Calgary Flames have 22 days left to sign their RFAs to qualifying offers.
For a developing hockey player veering towards the end of his entry-level contract in the NHL, there exist a few possible boosts to his image that he hopes to enjoy. In the case of Rasmus Andersson, these boosts included rising prominence, improved production, and a juicy payday. Whereas many Calgary Flames skidded down a cliff…
On Monday, Geoff Ward was officially anointed as the 20th head coach in Calgary Flames history. He’s actually the third coach hired from a rigorous interview process conducted by Brad Treliving in the 2016 off-season, and arguably the hire that he knows the most about.
Put on your shocked faces, folks, for the Calgary Flames have a new head coach. After a lengthy interim period dating back to last November, Geoff Ward has been given the role on a full-time basis.
The 2020 NHL Draft is three weeks (and one day) away. The opening of free agency is just shy of four weeks away. Things are gonna get busy in a hurry. Into the mailbag!
A fairly newsy tidbit from Saturday night’s Headline segment will be of interest to Calgary Flames fans. In the segment, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on the status of Flames interim coach Geoff Ward. In short? It sounds like Ward’s got the job.
Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano has been named the winner of the 2020 Mark Messier leadership award.
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? A swanky offensive project from the WHL, Prince Albert Raiders winger Ozzy…
When the Calgary Flames acquired Milan Lucic from Edmonton in July 2019 in exchange for James Neal, first reactions ruled near-unanimously in the Oilers’ favour. Yahoo! Sports’ Ryan Lambert called the deal “inexplicable” and “a clear overreaction to the Flames’ first-round loss to the Avalanche.” Over at Deadspin, Barry Petchesky lauded the deal as “miraculous”…
The 2020 NHL Draft is scheduled for October 6 and 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. A guy named Bourque might be on Calgary’s radar? What is this, 2008?…
