The Calgary Flames will be selecting at ninth overall when the 2024 NHL Draft rolls around in just under eight weeks. The Flames’ first-round fate was sealed during Tuesday’s draft lottery.
The Calgary Flames were involved in the 2024 National Hockey League draft lottery on Tuesday evening. They did not win the two drawings to determine the first and second overall selections in the 2024 NHL Draft.
The National Hockey League introduced the draft lottery in 1995. Since the lottery system began, the Flames have participated in 16 lotteries of the 29 that have been held so far.
A Calgary Flames defensive prospect will be playing closer to the franchise’s home base in 2024-25. A lot closer. Swedish blueline prospect Axel Hurtig, a seventh-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft, has signed with the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen, the junior club announced on Tuesday morning.
Every National Hockey League season, 31 teams fail to win the Stanley Cup. For one of those teams, there’s a consolation prize: the first overall selection in the annual NHL Draft.
Round two of the 2024 NHL Playoffs begins this week, and with the Flames sitting this year out, there may be a little less to cheer for in Calgary, Alberta.
The 2023-24 season was a weird time for the Calgary Flames’ defensive group. Case in point: of the six defencemen that played in the season-opening game against the Winnipeg Jets on Oct.
The Wranglers were back in action on Sunday afternoon to continue their playoff series against the Coachella Valley Firebirds. They took game one by a 4-1 decision and looked to put their opponents on the brink of elimination if they wrapped up the week with a win.
As the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs make a rolling transition between round one and two over this weekend, fans out of Calgary now have one more Flames connection to follow.
When Brad Treliving was general manager of the Calgary Flames he was a self-avowed proponent of building through the middle, focusing on centres and defencemen when it came to developing a hockey club.
After a disappointing 2023-24 NHL season, the Calgary Flames and their fanbase are licking their wounds. This was the second consecutive season in which they missed the playoffs.
Folks, the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Service released their final rankings for the 2024 NHL Draft a few weeks ago. Two Calgary Hitmen players were featured pretty prominently, with blueliner Carter Yakemchuk listed at 11th among North American skaters and forward Carson Wetsch ranked at 50th.
The Calgary Flames spent much of the 2023–24 season adding bodies to their blue line. In many ways, they had to. From early on in the year, all signs pointed to Chris Tanev, Nikita Zadorov, and Noah Hanifin eventually leaving the team ahead of the trade deadline.
The Calgary Wranglers and the Coachella Valley Firebirds kicked off their 2024 version of their playoff series on Friday night. Last season, they met in the second round and it went the Firebirds’ way.
Gentle giant Adam Klapka put his deceptively soft hands on display to score the opening goal in the Calgary Wranglers’ Game 1 win over the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Friday.
The Calgary Wranglers, the Calgary Flames’ top farm club, advanced through the first round of the American Hockey League playoffs with a two game sweep over the Tucson Roadrunners!
The NHL has announced the three finalists for the 2023-24 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player who best exemplifies spirit and perseverance in the sport.
As the Calgary Flames missed the playoffs, some young players had the chance to play more hockey. The AHL Calgary Wranglers recently won a three-game series against the Tucson Roadrunners; Matt Coronato, Jakob Pelletier, Adam Klapka, and Dustin Wolf were all beneficial factors in the series.
In a season filled with ups and downs for the Calgary Flames, one major positive has to be the establishment of a new youth movement. Flames GM Craig Conroy made it clear in his introductory press conference, that bringing in younger players was going to be the main focus for the team moving forward.
Jonathan Huberdeau has now finished his second season with the Calgary Flames and his struggles continue. Huberdeau was one of the biggest pieces acquired by Calgary via the Matthew Tkachuk trade and his arrival came with high expectations.
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