Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Buffalo’s Jack Eichel are widely expected to transition seamlessly into the NHL for their rookie seasons. The amount of hype around McDavid, the first pick in this summer’s draft, hasn’t been seen since Sidney Crosby was selected first overall in 2005. McDavid is the early favourite to win the Calder Trophy […]

The 2014-15 season saw the Calgary Flames surprise many people by finishing third in the Pacific Division and making it to the second round of the playoffs. Some numbers suggest they were playing a little over their heads and that they were the benefactors of some good puck luck. But then they went and had a huge […]

The summer of 2016 could be a pricey one for the Calgary Flames, who have 13 players, according to General Fanager, currently set to become restricted free agents after this upcoming season. Forwards Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau lead the pack, while some other important young pieces include centres Joe Colborne, Markus Granlund, and Drew […]

Calgary doesn’t have to wait long into the 2015-16 campaign before reigniting anything combustible leftover from last year’s playoffs. They kick things off with two meetings, at home and on the road, against Vancouver, and will then test their revamped roster against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. If the success of Calgary’s squad last year isn’t reason […]

The dawn of analytics in baseball far preceded its introduction to hockey. The NHL is catching up now, but other hockey leagues are still far behind. Although it wasn’t the start of analytics in baseball, you can say the 2003 release of Michael Lewis’ Moneyball brought to light the behind-the-scenes use of sabermetrics by the […]

Selected at #60 overall, Oliver Kylington might prove to be one of the steals of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. The native of Stockholm, Sweden brings serious offensive potential from […]

The 2015-16 exhibition schedule for the Calgary Flames has been released on their website, and looks like this: September 21 vs. Edmonton – 7:00 PM September 21 @ Edmonton – 7:00 […]

Now that the season is over for the Calgary Flames, it’s time to honour some of the top performers from the 2014-15 campaign. Remarkable Rookie There’s not much debate that Calgary’s […]

During the 2014-15 campaign Calgary Flames defenseman Kris Russell set an NHL single-season record with 283 blocked shots. But as Kent Wilson of Flames Nation tweeted back in March, you should […]