Life is full of twists and turns, and often a young hockey player’s draft year can be full of ups and downs. When the 2023-24 season began, Finnish blueliner Aron Kiviharju was touted as one of the top players in his draft class.
It’s been said often that every prospect’s journey is different. Some players figure things out early and as soon as a year after their draft, they can look like slam-dunk picks.
Ok. You read the title. Put your pitchforks and torches down for just a minute. Let’s catch up. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman made waves throughout the hockey community on Friday when he weighed in on what he believes to be the next course of action for the recently eliminated Carolina Hurricanes.
Every off-season, even if a season goes incredibly well, there’s roster turnover within the Calgary Flames organization. On Friday, the first organizational departure was confirmed, as Calgary Wranglers blueliner Brady Lyle signed with the Kontinental Hockey League’s Dynamo Minsk.
In February of 2023, Walker Duehr jumped into the lineup and gave the stumbling Calgary Flames a much-needed jolt of youth and speed. He impressed in the back half of a frustrating season and emerged as a fan favourite with his blend of size, skill, and hard-nosed style.
On Monday, the Calgary Flames announced that John Bean will be stepping down as president and CEO of the organization – the Flames and the parent Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, which includes the Wranglers, Hitmen, Roughnecks, Stampeders, and operation of the Saddledome.
Every season, it’s interesting to see which Calgary Flames prospect stays active in the post-season for the longest. Sometimes it’s their American Hockey League farm team.
As the year went on and the Calgary Flames traded away some of their unrestricted free agents a lot more responsibility was placed on some veteran defencemen.
The Calgary Flames head into the 2024 NHL draft with nine picks total, eight of those being in the first four rounds of the draft. One option for Craig Conroy and his management team is to use some of those draft picks and current NHL players to help them get another pick or two in the top half of the first round.
The Calgary Flames played their final game of the 2023-24 season back on Apr. 18. Since then, everyone’s attention has drifted to the ongoing Stanley Cup playoffs and the Flames’ preparations for the many, many draft selections they have available in the 2024 NHL Draft at the end of June.
In a little over six weeks, the 2024 National Hockey League draft will commence. It’s official, the Calgary Flames will pick ninth overall, and although they won’t get the top prize, Macklin Celebrini, there’ll be plenty of great options available when the Flames draft.
One of the main themes of the 2023-24 season for the Calgary Flames was that of opportunity. And that was evident when it came to their blueline. The Flames used a league high 15 defencemen throughout the season.
Saturday will mark a full month since the Flames last played hockey. A 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks that saw Dustin Wolf get within 8.9 seconds of his first NHL shutout.
Martin Pospisil has led team Slovakia through their first three games of the World Championships. He is currently leading his team in points with six in three games.
A look at the pressing offseason questions for the Calgary Flames.
The Calgary Wranglers conducted their exit interviews on Monday, after being eliminated from playoff contention against the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Friday night.
Longtime Calgary Flames CEO and President John Bean has stepped down from his role, announced on Monday afternoon. Bean has been with the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) for the last 14 and a half years where he became CEO and president in 2020, officially replacing Ken King before his death.
Coming into the 2023-24 season, there were not only players looking to make a bounce back but there were a handful of names hoping to get a consistent shot at the NHL lineup with a new coaching regime coming in.
The NHL Playoffs are into Round 2 and are providing hockey fans with a plethora of dramatic moments to be etched into the history of the game forever. What is much less exciting is being a fan of a team on the outside looking in, sitting idly by until the fall comes.
Calgary Flames president and CEO John Bean will shift out of his current roles and into an advisory position as of June 3, the club announced Monday afternoon.
According to an internal memo he sent announcing his decision obtained by The Athletic, he informed CSEC ownership of his intentions to step down last year.
Flames have to laugh at the way things have progressed as the NHL progresses through round two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Every series feature at least one former star from the Calgary Flames.
Now that the first 16 picks of the 2024 NHL Draft have been finalized following Tuesday night’s draft lottery, let’s take a look at some of the top prospects in this year’s class. Here’s five players to know not named Macklin Celebrini, the presumed 2024 No. 1 pick.
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