Tag: Calgary Flames

Notable NHL Trade Candidates and Their Potential Destinations

The NHL's Feb. 25 trade deadline is just three weeks away. As expected, several players are frequently popping up in the rumor mill as possible trade candidates. Here's a look at the notable names and their potential suitors, based on…

Lyle Richardson

NHL Rumors: Florida Panthers, and the New York Rangers

Panthers gain added flexibility for free agency Pierre LeBrun: The Florida Panthers hope they are able to take a run at Columbus Blue Jackets pending UFAs Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky. Yesterday's trade givens them some added flexibility to do so.…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Scouting the DAL-MIN and WSH-CGY, Flames, Jets and the Capitals

Scouting the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild Mark Stepneski: Scouts listed to attend last night's Stars-Wild game: Boston Bruins, Vegas Golden Knights, New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers…

Chris Wassel

NHL Rumors: St. Louis Blues, and It’s Looking Like A Buyers’ Market

Blues' Doug Armstrong on the hot seat and more? Jim Thomas of St. Louis Post Dispatch:  A long underachieving season has the Blues facing many questions as the trade deadline approaches. One thing becoming clear is that Armstrong appears to…

Chris Wassel

NHL Power Rankings: 2018-19 Consensus – Week 17

With the All-Star break and teams having their bye weeks, there wasn't much change in our consensus NHL power rankings Broken record ... The Tampa Bay Lightning and Calgary Flames are the top two teams again. The Winnipeg Jets took five…

Mark Easson

Potential Trade Targets For The Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames stand six points ahead of San Jose in the race for the top seed in the Western Conference. Fortunately, Calgary avoiding the injury bug has proven to be significant. Michael Stone is the only current player out…

Chris Wassel

NHL Rumors: Oilers, Blackhawks, Capitals, Leafs, Kings, Senators, Canucks, Rangers, Avs, Stars, and Islanders

31 Thoughts rumor roundup Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Steve Yzerman to the Edmonton Oilers seems like an unlikely fit, but they have to try. Potential GM candidates could include Bill Guerin, Mark Hunter, Kelly McCrimmon, Craig Heisinger, Ron Hextall, Doug…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and San Jose Sharks

Could Sutter be on the Oilers radar? Darren Dreger: Not sure if Darryl Sutter would be interested in returning to the NHL, but would have to expect the Edmonton Oilers would have him on their list of people they may…

Mark Easson

Quick Hits: Ducks Roster Moves, CGY-EDM Trade That Didn’t Happen, CHI-LA Trade That Did Happen

Ducks roster moves Cap Friendly: Roster moves made by the Ducks yesterday. RECALLED - Korbinian Holzer and Jake Dotchin REASSIGNED - Troy Terry, Max Jones, Sam Carrick, Andy Welinski, Jacob Larsson and Andrej Sustr ACTIVATED OFF IR - Jakob Silfverberg…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames, Dallas, and Trade Roundtable

A little on the Calgary Flames... Pat Steinberg of FlamesNation:  Jusso Valimaki's return shaping the Calgary trade deadline approach is quite plausible. If Valimaki returns to pre-injury form, the Calgary Flames will not have to acquire a top-six defenseman. They…

Chris Wassel

NHL Rumors: Carolina Hurricanes – Ferland And The Blueline

Canadian teams and the Penguins showing interest in Ferland TSN: Darren Dreger on TSN 1040 radio said that three Canadian teams and the Pittsburgh Penguins among the teams that have shown interest in Carolina Hurricanes pending free agent forward Micheal…

Mark Easson

NHL Power Rankings: 2018-19 Consensus – Week 15

Not a surprise that the Tampa Bay Lightning remain atop our consensus NHL power rankings for this week. The Calgary Flames received second place rankings from all six media outlets. The San Jose Sharks jump six slots and move to…

Mark Easson