Calgary Flames prospect Dustin Wolf had high expectations placed on his shoulders after being named goaltender of the year in back-to-back American Hockey League (AHL) seasons, along with the AHL’s MVP award in 2022-23. But since the Flames already have goaltenders Jacob Markstrom and Dan Vladar under contract, Wolf started the 2023-24 season in the
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In this latest edition of Calgary Flames News & Rumors, the Flames have signed Mikael Backlund to a contract extension and named him captain. Meanwhile, the Flames have provided an injury update for winger Jakob Pelletier, and it is far from good news. In other news, Dustin Wolf has been listed as one of the
At this point in time, it appears that the majority of the Calgary Flames’ roster will remain intact to begin the 2023-24 season. While several players remain hesitant in signing extensions, general manager Craig Conroy seems to be fine allowing things to play out and moving them during the season if the situation calls for
It won’t be easy for the St. Louis Blues to move salary Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis Blues may look to gain some more salary cap space this offseason by moving one or two of their higher-priced defensemen. If they don’t, they won’t have a lot of salary cap space
Hockey is back! No, it’s not the regular season or even the preseason, but Vancouver Canucks fans will get to see the greatest game on earth be played tonight as the Young Stars Classic gets underway in Penticton at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The first game will see the Winnipeg Jets face off against
Welcome back for another edition of the Calgary Flames Prospects Report. This is a reoccurring segment at The Hockey Writers, following the seasons and storylines of all the prospects in the Flames system throughout the 2021-22 season. Calgary Flames Prospect Report (The Hockey Writers) This week is the goalie edition of the prospects report as
We will start today’s trip across the prospects landscape in Sweden, where a key player in the Detroit Red Wings rebuild suffered an injury. From there, we will return to North American to check on a Montreal Canadiens prospect looking to make history in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Finally, we’ll end in the
The Los Angeles Kings’ top pick in 2020 is finding his groove in the American Hockey League (AHL) and continued his goal-scoring streak. A full slate in the Western Hockey League (WHL) gave us great performances from a defensive prospect of the Minnesota Wild and a Calgary Flames hopeful between the pipe. We even got
Last year, the World Junior Championship ended in heartbreak for Team USA. After putting together an impressive run of four medals in consecutive tournaments, including a gold in 2017 and a silver in 2019, the Americans entered the 2020 games with guns blazing. After a tough Game 1 loss to Canada, they won all of
report this ad The Calgary Flames went into the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver hoping to improve their team and potentially add some draft picks. They didn’t make any trades to add selections, but they didn’t trade any away and ended up selecting five players over the weekend. Jakob Pelletier was selected by the Calgary