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.
Many factors play into the success of a team, one of those being good goaltending. Despite the flaws and setbacks the Calgary Flames experienced during the 2023-24 regular season, goaltending wasn’t one of them.
When Craig Conroy was announced as general manager in May 2023, he pledged to give young players a chance to play for the Calgary Flames. He and head coach Ryan Huska followed through on that pledge, with 11 different rookies playing games for the club in 2023-24 – a big increase from the six that made appearances in the prior season.
The Calgary Flames begin every season with a pretty simple goal: to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. If you want your team to be able to do anything impressive, making it into the post-season tournament is a requirement.
There are two things we think we know, folks. First, Jacob Markstrom is one heck of a goalie who had a superb campaign in less-than-ideal circumstances for the Flames last season.
When asked about his future with the Calgary Flames, goaltender Jacob Markstrom says “I don’t know.” It shouldn’t come as a big surprise that Markstrom wasn’t keen to commit to anything given the way trade talk surrounded the veteran at this past deadline.
New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald made one thing clear at his end-of-season conference. He won’t leave any stones unturned. One of those stones will be to shop for a goaltender that will work in tandem with Jake Allen who has one year remaining on his contract.
The Calgary Flames’ season has concluded. But the Calgary Wranglers, their top minor league affiliate, have two more games on the docket. As the Saddledome
The Calgary Flames hosted the San Jose Sharks in the 82nd and final game of the season for both teams. And the Flames utterly dominated their opposition for the duration of this hockey game.
By the time the Calgary Flames were able to seriously apply pressure it was already too late as the Los Angeles Kings took them down on Thursday night.
The Calgary Flames continued their swing through California on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Kings. And unfortunately for the Flames, they faced a really focused, motivated Kings team that controlled a big portion of the hockey game.
The Calgary Flames headed to Vancouver on Saturday night for a clash with the Canucks. The Flames weren’t out-and-out bad, but they were really leaky defensively in the opening period and got behind in the game.
It might be a blessing for the Calgary Flames to have an elite goalie like Jacob Markstrom on their team, but it is one they might not have for much longer.
It is no secret the Los Angeles Kings were in the hunt for goaltending at this season’s trade deadline. On deadline day, it was reported they struck a deal with the Boston Bruins to acquire goaltender Linus Ullmark before he shut it down by his no-trade clause.
Throughout five emergency call-ups before this, the netminder has suited up in six games for the Flames, producing a 1-3-1 record with a .878 save percentage and a 3.91 goals-against average.
It’s now been more than a decade since an established star goaltender with term remaining on his contract was traded midway through an NHL season. Yes, it was Roberto Luongo.
It’s March 1, meaning that the National Hockey League trade deadline is just one week away. As you can imagine, there’s a ton of news surrounding the Edmonton Oilers and other teams in the league.
Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom is not pleased with how the trade deadline rumors have been handled by Flames’ management. Recent reports are that the Flames have decided to hang onto him.
With just one week until the NHL Trade Deadline, a potential trade target is sounding off on talks involving his name. For the last couple of months, many have wondered if the Calgary Flames will trade goaltender Jacob Markstrom.
It is crazy to think when think at the beginning of the 2023-24 season that the Calgary Flames would ever think about moving Jacob Markstrom. However, with just a couple of weeks left before the NHL Trade Deadline, conversations around the 34-year-old puckstopper have been heating up.
The hockey world was abuzz for the past week about the emergence of trade rumours linking the Calgary Flames and New Jersey Devils with a possible Jacob Markstrom move, and then filled with confusion when it didn’t come to fruition.
In a recent update on the NHL Network, Elliotte Friedman shared insights on several Calgary Flames players.
At least two teams have called the Flames about the potential availability of veteran netminder Jacob Markstrom.
The Calgary Flames have activated netminder Jacob Markström off of injured reserve.
Calgary Flames starting netminder Jacob Markström is out week-to-week with a fractured finger.
Ahead of Friday night’s matchup between the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs, Flames head coach Ryan Huska addressed the media regarding the absence of Jacob Markstrom from morning skate, Huska said Makrstrom is considered “day-to-day.”
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