This article is brought to you by bet365. During the recent flurry of free agent signings, the Calgary Flames opted to bring back a familiar face when they signed Ryan Lomberg. While Lomberg was most recently a member of the Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers, he began his National Hockey League journey as part of ..read more

Folks, most of the off-season roster shuffling has been completed for National Hockey League clubs. As the dust has settled, thoughts have begun to drift towards the upcoming season – both on the ice and in terms of fantasy hockey. Over at Daily Faceoff, our pal Matt Larkin has compiled his first instalment of his ..read more

There are just 69 more days until opening day. Guess what, the Edmonton Oilers made another controversial decision, the Flyers re-signed a core player, and a second-overall pick could be on the move. Let’s dig into all of that in the latest Around the NHL! Oilers hire Stan Bowman as general manager Content note: This ..read more

This article is brought to you by bet365. Have you ever thought what the best Calgary Flames lineup in the salary cap era might look like? If you answered yes then you’re in luck because today I am putting together my ultimate Calgary Flames team. I picked players from their best individual seasons with the ..read more

Recently, we delved into the potential new contracts for Calgary Flames restricted free agents Dustin Wolf and Jakob Pelletier. But the Flames have four other RFAs who require new deals. And while those players aren’t quite the high-profile prospects that Wolf or Pelletier are, they’re still interesting players in their own rights. So what should ..read more

The Edmonton Oilers fell two goals shy of winning the 2024 Stanley Cup, which would’ve been their sixth Stanley Cup in franchise history. With one season remaining on Leon Draisaitl’s contract and two years remaining on Connor McDavid’s, it’s now or never for the Oilers to win a Stanley Cup. They can’t afford to start the season with a 2-9-1 record as they did last season. Home ice advantage was key in the Finals, and the Florida Panthers won three of the four games in Sunrise. It goes without saying that going down 3-0 in the series is less than ideal as well, despite forcing a Game 7 for onl ..read more

In the final instalment of our milestone watch, we take a look at what milestones are ahead for Calgary Flames defencemen and goaltenders. MacKenzie Weegar Weegar is only 31 games away from hitting 500 in his NHL career. He has played 306 with of those games with the Florida Panthers. And he’ll need 194 games played with the Flames to get to 500. It’s a significant milestone for Weegar to hit because he was a seventh-round pick in the 2013 draft. Only six defencemen have been drafted in the seventh round from the 2000-13 NHL drafts, that have played in at least 500 NHL games. That list includ ..read more

This article is brought to you by bet365. A National Hockey League season is long. And hectic. And involves a lot of travel. Thomas Nestico, a sports data analyst, recently collaborated with B/R Open Ice on a graphic that compiled the amount of travel each NHL club has scheduled in the upcoming 2024-25 regular season. The short answer? A lot. The clubs will collectively travel over 2.157 million kilometres – the equivalent of circumnavigating the Earth nearly 54 times. The Calgary Flames will travel the 10th-most of any club, flying an estimated 71,440 kilometres (the equivalent of 1.78 trips ..read more

This article is brought to you by bet365. It’s shockingly been two years since the Calgary Flames traded Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers. Late in the evening of Jul. 22, 2022, the Flames moved Tkachuk, who had been signed to an eight-year extension as part of the deal, (and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2025) to the Panthers in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt, and a lottery-protected first-round pick in 2025. (Editor’s Note: The reason the trade was executed so late in the day was because the NHL office had to figure out how to execute a sign-and-t ..read more

Be sure to check out the latest odds with online sportsbook Betway. Mark Pysyk was one of the more veteran players on the Calgary Wranglers’ roster last season at the age of 32. He had more years in professional hockey than most of his teammates and came to Calgary with over 500 games in the NHL under his belt. While he is no longer at his youthful peak as a defenceman, he still made an impact with the Wranglers and was a very positive interpersonal chemistry creator for the team behind the scenes. The past Mark Pysyk is a born and raised Albertan who grew up in Sherwood Park, AB and ..read more