A pair of developments happened during the 2023-24 season that will have massive implications for the Calgary Flames franchise going forward. The franchise signed a deal with the City of Calgary – along with a bit of infrastructure money from the province for surrounding developments – to build a new arena.
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It’s been said before, and we’ll say it again: the goal of the Calgary Flames’ American Hockey League affiliate is not to win games. The stated goal of the Calgary Wranglers, and before them the Stockton Heat, is the development of future NHL players for the Flames.
After three seasons with the New Jersey Devils, Yegor Sharangovich was traded to the Calgary Flames in the Tyler Toffoli trade. At the time, many people grading the trade poorly for Calgary suggested that it was an A+ deal for New Jersey and an F for the Flames.
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.
After Darryl Sutter was fired from his position as head coach of the Calgary Flames following reports of locker room turmoil and missing the postseason by two points, new general manager Craig Conroy brought in Ryan Huska to be the man behind the bench for the foreseeable future.
We’re back for another entry in our 2023-24 Season in Review series here at FlamesNation. After Jeff Middleton kicked things off with a look at Jonathan Huberdeau’s season earlier this week, it’s high time for a bit of a palate cleanser — and who better to liven the mood than our new friend Andrei Kuzmenko?
The Calgary Wranglers continued their best-of-three series against the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday night. They won their previous match-up on Wednesday in a 2-0 decision and had the opportunity to end the Roadrunners season and move on to the next round of the playoffs depending on the results of this game.
Friends, they’re coming home. On the heels of a two game sweep of the Tucson Roadrunners in the first round of the American Hockey League post-season, the Calgary Wranglers have advanced to the Pacific Division semi-final round.
If you want to catch a Calgary Flames game on television for the next few seasons, odds are it’ll be on a Sportsnet channel. On Friday the Flames and Sportsnet jointly announced that the regional TV rights deal has been extended for another 11 seasons, through the 2034-35 season.
If you weren’t tuning in this season, you could make a case that the Calgary Flames didn’t move the needle much in terms of on-ice results. A lower finish in the standings – 16th last season vs 23rd this season. More goals against.
So you’re saying there’s a chance? The Calgary Flames have a 5% chance of drafting first overall. And a slightly better chance at drafting second overall.
In a lot of industries, it’s considered an advantage to be following in the footsteps of one of your parents. After all, if you’ve had exposure to that industry growing up, odds are you’ll be better prepared for the day-to-day grind of that industry.
The 2024 National Hockey League draft is just over two months away! With that being said, the Calgary Flames have a 5% chance of moving into the top spot, and a 10.4% chance of moving into the top three.
It would be an understatement to say that the 2023-24 Calgary Flames were a mixed bag of results. The standings were not good (unless you were rooting for the highest place the team could find in the draft lottery), but plenty of individual performances were encouraging for fans, teammates, coaches, and management.
Before the season began, I made plenty of predictions about the 2023-24 Calgary Flames team. Some of them were very bold, and others were a bit more tame.
The Tucson Roadrunners came into the playoffs on a high note, finishing second in the Pacific Division with one of their best records in franchise history.
You could be forgiven if the Calgary Wranglers were in the forefront of your mind during much of the month of April. After all, many of their best and brightest were playing in the National Hockey League.
Mikael Backlund just finished his 16th season with the Calgary Flames, and his first as the captain of the team. It was another strong campaign from Backlund who once again was a defensive force, shutting down opponents top lines and also helped with a little bit of offence as well.
The 2023-24 season has officially wrapped up for the Calgary Flames, with their 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks serving as their final game. Overall, it was a disappointing year for this group, who some believed may be able to rebound and get back into the playoffs.
The Calgary Wranglers and the Tucson Roadrunners kicked off their best-of-three playoff series on Wednesday night. Tucson ended the year as the higher seed and gets home ice advantage for this entire series.
With the 2023-24 season over and the post-season underway, there is plenty to reminisce about and plenty to look forward to for the Calgary Flames. In this article, we will be doing a little bit of both as we look back at the trade deadline and what brought the Flames for the present and future.
One of the highlights for the Calgary Flames in an otherwise low season was the play of defenseman MacKenzie Weegar. In his second season with the team, he took a huge step forward, playing like the star the Flames thought they were getting from the Florida Panthers.
Danny Austin of the Calgary Herald: Both Calgary Flames GM Craig Conroy and goaltender Jacob Markstrom were ‘non-committal’ when talking about Markstrom’s future with the team at their media availability.
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