Calgary Flames

October 29, 2025

The Kadri Conundrum: A Contract Clause Changes Everything for the Flames

In the NHL, bad starts force hard questions. For the Calgary Flames, currently languishing in last place, those questions are becoming existential. When a team built to compete finds itself at the bottom of the standings this early, the focus inevitably shifts from the ice to the executive suites. General Manager Craig Conroy is facing the unenviable task of evaluating a roster that isn’t working, and all indications are that major changes are being considered. At the center of that speculation is veteran center Nazem Kadri. He’s a productive, high-profile player on a long-term, big-money deal. Typically, such players are

October 25, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Calgary Flames

9 Games and 1 Single Win: The Anatomy of the Calgary Flames’ Calamitous Start

The Calgary Flames are only nine games into the 2025-26 NHL season, and for all intents and purposes, it’s already over. That isn’t hyperbole; it’s simple math. A 1-7-1 record, cemented by a eight-game losing streak, isn’t just a “clunky start”—a benchmark this team already matched from the 1997-98 and 2015-16 campaigns. This is a systemic failure, a complete collapse of every facet of the game that has placed the team in the Pacific Division basement. Head Coach Ryan Huska has pointed to “poor individual mistakes,” but the tape and the data show something far more profound. This team is

October 11, 2025

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3rd Period Tsunami: Canucks Drown Flames 5-1 in Season Opener

It was a tale of two games wrapped into one. For 40 minutes, the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames engaged in a tense, low-event chess match to open the 2025-26 NHL season. Then, the third period happened. The Canucks unleashed a four-goal deluge, turning a scoreless nail-biter into a 5-1 rout and leaving the Flames reeling from a decisive loss fueled by fatigue, questionable coaching, and familiar offensive woes. For Vancouver, it was the perfect start. For Calgary, a team playing the second half of a back-to-back after a shootout win in Edmonton the night before, it was a harsh

October 9, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames at a Crossroads: Navigating a Season of Contradictions

The Calgary Flames enter the 2025-26 season as one of the NHL’s great enigmas. Fresh off a campaign where they defied expectations only to fall short of the playoffs on a tiebreaker, the team presents a fascinating case study in contrasts. They boast a Vezina-caliber goaltender and a rock-solid blue line, yet are saddled with an offense that struggled to find the back of the net. They have a potential superstar defenseman in the pipeline, but face the imminent departure of a veteran stalwart. Internally, the goal is the postseason. Externally, projections range from a respectable middle-of-the-pack finish to a

October 6, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Calgary Flames

Matvei Gridin’s Preseason Puts the Calgary Flames in a Bind

Every NHL preseason, narratives emerge from the fog of exhibition hockey. Most are fleeting—a veteran finding his legs, a journeyman trying to hang on. But every so often, a prospect doesn’t just knock on the door; he tries to kick it down. For the Calgary Flames, prospect Matvei Gridin’s preseason performance has created the best kind of problem for management: a genuine, difficult decision. The 2024 first-round pick has been so dynamic, so undeniably effective, that he has forced his way from “one to watch” to “what do we do with him?” Letting the Puck Do the Talking When it

September 24, 2025

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Can the Calgary Flames Turn Last Season’s Momentum into This Season’s Mandate?

In the world of professional sports, narratives are currency. There’s the Cinderella story, the dynasty, the rebuild, and the perennially-overlooked underdog. For the past few seasons, the Calgary Flames have been firmly entrenched in that last category. They’ve been the team circled on the calendar as a potential trap game, the scrappy bunch you can’t sleep on, but never the one circled as a legitimate threat. After a 2024-25 campaign that saw them in the playoff hunt until the penultimate game, shattering all external predictions, that narrative is facing a seismic shift. The Flames are no longer the league’s plucky

September 19, 2025

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Calgary Flames

Mikael Backlund’s Extension with the Calgary Flames is About More Than Just a Contract

In an NHL era defined by salary cap gymnastics and player transience, loyalty can feel like an antiquated concept. For fans in Calgary, who have watched franchise cornerstones pack their bags for greener pastures with painful regularity, the idea of a player committing for the long haul has become a scarce commodity. That’s what makes the recent announcement of Mikael Backlund’s two-year, $6.5 million contract extension so significant. Also on the EDGE – Flames Training Camp: Can Youth and a Star Goalie Navigate a Season of Uncertainty? On the surface, it’s a smart, team-friendly deal ($3.25 million AAV) for a

September 9, 2025

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Calgary Flames Bet Big on Dustin Wolf With Long-Term Contract

The Calgary Flames have officially pushed all their chips to the middle of the table, and they’re betting on Dustin Wolf. In a move that signals a definitive end to their transitional phase and a firm commitment to their future, the Flames have locked up their star netminder to a massive seven-year, $52.5 million contract extension. For a franchise that has seen its share of stars head for the exit in recent years, this deal is more than just a contract; it’s a statement. Wolf is their guy, the cornerstone of the franchise for the better part of the next

September 6, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Calgary Flames

Flames Training Camp: Can Youth and a Star Goalie Navigate a Season of Uncertainty?

As training camps open across the league, no team embodies the intersection of promise and peril quite like the Calgary Flames. The mandate from GM Craig Conroy’s office is unequivocal: the future is now. The organization is aggressively pivoting towards a younger, more dynamic core, creating a landscape ripe with opportunity for some and immense pressure for others. The 2025-26 season for the Flames isn’t just about wins and losses; it’s about defining an identity. Will the team’s burgeoning superstar goaltender be enough to propel them into the playoff picture? Can a heralded rookie class make an immediate impact? And

September 4, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

Calgary Flames

Can Calgary’s Kids Drag the Flames Back to the Playoffs?

For three long seasons, the C of Red has gone dark in April. Three years without playoff hockey is an eternity in a city that breathes the sport, and after missing the postseason by a single, agonizing point in 2024-25, the pressure is mounting. Yet, as the hockey world turned its eyes to the frenzy of free agency and the blockbuster trade market, the Calgary Flames front office, armed with a reported $15 million in cap space, remained conspicuously quiet. There were no seismic trades, no splashy UFA signings. Instead, General Manager Craig Conroy has pushed all his chips to