#FlamesGoaltending

2024-11-09

3 Reasons Flames Are Having Success After First Month of Season

The Calgary Flames have by no means been an elite team through the first month of the 2024-25 season, but they’ve been pretty darn good compared to what was expected. After parting ways with some of their best ...

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2024-09-18

Flames Should Target 3 Veteran Goaltenders in Trades

We're midway through September; NHL rookie camps and tournaments are well underway and the preseason is under a week away. Rosters will need to be finalized before the regular season begins...

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2024-06-20

Grading Flames Return on the Markstrom Trade

The Calgary Flames have finally put an end to the ongoing Jacob Markstrom saga, trading him to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for defenceman Kevin Bahl and a 2025 first-round pick on We...

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2024-06-18

Flames Must Weigh Pros & Cons of Trading Jacob Markstrom

There are many questions lingering over the Calgary Flames. Who will they select ninth overall in the 2024 draft? Will players entering the final year of their respective contracts such as Andrew Mangiapane, Andrei Kuzmenko, and Yegor Sharangovich be trade...

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2024-06-11

Projecting Dustin Wolf’s Next Contract with the Calgary Flames

It's almost mid-June, and most hockey fans are tuning into the Stanley Cup Final matchup between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers. If not, they are most likely looking towards the upcoming 2024 NHL Entry Draft or the annual free agency...

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2024-06-10

Senators Linked to 3 High-End Goalies via Trades

The Ottawa Senators need a solution in the net, and that is one of the worst-kept secrets in the NHL. After signing Joonas ...

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2024-06-02

Revisiting the Bruins’ Jim Craig Trade with the Flames

Jim Craig is an American sports hero from Easton, Massachusetts, who played three seasons at Boston University and won an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. ...

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2024-03-22

Markstrom Non-Committal About Future with Flames

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. The 34-year-old was subject to all sorts of trade rumours before the deadline, and while he remained in Calgary,...

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2024-03-20

Flames Better off to Shut Markstrom Down for Season

The Calgary Flames are expecting Jacob Markstrom to return in the near future. The 34-year-old has been out of the lineup for over a week with a lower-body injury, sustained prior to a game on March 12 versus the Colorado Avalanche.

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2024-03-15

Flames’ Wolf Slams the Door on Critics and Golden Knights

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 goa...

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2024-02-17

Flames Should Reconsider Markstrom Trade Given Wolf’s Play

Perhaps the Calgary Flames shouldn’t be so quick to trade Jacob Markstrom. The 34-year-old’s name was involved heavily in discussions with the New Jersey Devils late last week, and continues to have speculation swirl around him.

Related: Flames’ Coleman Tak...

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2024-01-22

Flames Not Playing Dustin Wolf is a Risky Move

After it was announced that Jacob Markstrom was able to dress in Saturday night’s (Jan. 20) game versus the Edmonton Oilers, I felt like it was only a matter of time before Dustin Wolf was re-assigned to the American Hockey League (AHL). That turned out to be the case, as the Calg...

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2023-12-18

Markstrom’s Return Could Be Key to Flames’ Playoff Push

On Dec. 5, 2023, the Calgary Flames watched their number goalie, Jacob Markstrom, break his finger in practice. As a wild card contender in the Western Conference, it was a significant blow to the playoff push since he's been one ...

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2023-10-08

Flames: Markstrom’s Preseason Struggles a Cause for Concern

The success of the Calgary Flames this coming season largely lies in the hands of Jacob Markstrom. Through three seasons in Cowtown since signing a six-year, $36 million deal, he has had long stretches of brilliance, and some equally long stretches of poor play. As f...

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2023-09-22

Flames Have Plenty of Options in Net

Do the Calgary Flames have too much of a good thing in their goaltending situation? A goaltending platoon is currently viewed as the way to go in the NHL, and the Flames have three goalies who can successfully fill the two spots. The problem is that their best option may be the guy wh...

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2023-07-21

Flames’ Miikka Kiprusoff: 7 Fascinating Statistics

Recently, the Calgary Flames announced that on March 2, 2024, the organization would hold a ceremony and retire franchise win leader Miikka Kiprusoff's number. Ultimately, the Finnish-born netminder will become just the fourth member with a retired jersey, joining...

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2023-07-10

Flames’ Jacob Markstrom Living up to Salary Expectations

In October 2020, former Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving signed Jacob Markström to a six-year contract, paying the Swedish netminder $6 million annually. Immediately after the ink dried on the new deal, he became one of the top ten highest-paid goalies in the ...

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2023-06-08

The Implications of Flames’ Vladar Being Maple Leafs’ Next Starter

A couple of bold statements were made a while back regarding the next general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and who the starting goalie will be following that move, both connected to the Calgary Flames. Eric Francis made the sta...

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2023-04-15

Flames: 3 Offseason Trade Destinations for Dan Vladar

The Calgary Flames did not look like the same team this season as they did in 2021-22 when they won the division, especially in net. Last season's Vezina Trophy finalist Jacob Markstom majorly regressed and even though backup Dan Vladar had flashes of being a solid goalie, he ultimate...

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2023-01-29

Flames’ Vladar Proving to Be a Tremendous Asset

At the outset of the 2022-23 NHL season, goaltending did not seem like something that the Calgary Flames might struggle with. After all, starter Jacob Markstrom was a runner-up for the Vezina Trophy in 2021-22, the first in franchise history since the legendary Miikka Kiprusoff in 2007. He w...

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