The big name from the Calgary Flames on all the trade boards around the NHL media sphere is the Swedish centre Elias Lindholm. On Frank Seravalli’s Dec.
In a season with more ups and downs than a sailboat caught in a hurricane, the Calgary Flames’ ability to overturn third-period deficits has been an illuminating bright spot.
The lifestyle of an NHL player between the ages of 26 and 28 is often the most chaotic of a player’s pro career. After all, the CBA dictates that a player becomes an Unrestricted Free Agent (UFA) if their current contract ends after either seven Accrued Seasons or they are 27 or older as of June 30 of that year.
The Calgary Flames went through yet another coaching change in the off-season when they fired Darryl Sutter and hired Ryan Huska as the Flames’ 10th head coach since 2003.
As it turns out, the 2021-22 Jack Adams Award winner may not have been the biggest issue as to why the Calgary Flames missed the playoffs last season. After being looked at as a hero around the city of Calgary after the Flames’ fantastic 2021-22 campaign, Darryl Sutter quickly became public enemy number one last season.
It didn’t take long for the hockey world to out former Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Mike Babcock for some… unusual practices. Just recently, he resigned
Folks, almost nobody is all good or all bad. For all his faults, former Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter was a pretty astute thinking, and he was quite good at bench-marking what his hockey clubs needed to do in order to make the post-season.
As we’ve discussed here quite a bit, things didn’t go all that well for the Calgary Flames in 2022-23. After getting great results under Darryl Sutter intense scrutiny in 2021-22, the group saw diminishing returns last season and the vibe around the team – particularly late in the year – was one of disappointment and frustration.
In a recent episode of the Spittin Chiclets podcast, former Los Angeles Kings Tyler Toffoli made an appearance and discussed his time with the Kings. Most of the interview centered around Toffoli’s experience with Team Canada at the World Championship.
When the Calgary Flames parted ways with head coach Darryl Sutter in May, following the club missing the playoffs, president of hockey operations Don Maloney mused about the shelf life of demanding coaches like Sutter.
Tyle Toffoli, now with the New Jersey Devils, spoke recently with the cast of The Spittin’ Chiclets podcast and was asked about his time in Calgary, specifically his relationship to former coach Darryl Sutter.
Kadri would not elaborate if the use of the word ’restrict’ was mostly attributed to former-head coach Darryl Sutter, but most would guess this is the case due to Sutter’s infamous coaching style.
The Calgary Wranglers have retained their captain for the 2023-24 season. The club announced on Tuesday morning that veteran forward Brett Sutter has signed a one-year American Hockey League contract to remain with the franchise for another season.
Even though we are a ways away from the firing of Darryl Sutter, it is still being brought up with certain players to see if there is any more insight we can gain into what really happened behind the closed doors of the Calgary Flames locker room.
For almost two decades, Darryl Sutter was highly revered throughout the city of Calgary. The now 64-year-old nearly led the Flames organization to its second-ever Stanley Cup championship, falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning in a series that went right down to the wire.
After a detailed search process, the Calgary Flames have officially named Ryan Huska as their 24th head coach in franchise history. Back in May, the Flames announced they had relieved head coach Darryl Sutter of his duties after the team had missed the playoffs, and Huska rose as the top candidate for the job.
When the Stockton Heat lost their captain last summer, they needed a new captain to fill his shoes and go down in history as the first captain of the Calgary Wranglers.
The last time the Calgary Flames replaced Darryl Sutter at the head coach helm with one of his assistants, things didn’t work out very well. Jim Playfair lasted one season, in one of the strangest coaching carousels in NHL history.
On Monday night, in the aftermath of his team’s Calder Cup playoff exit against the Coachella Valley Firebirds, Calgary Wranglers captain Brett Sutter joined Pat Steinberg on Sportsnet 960 The Fan’s Flames Talk.
The Florida Panthers' playoff run is the kind of story that feels so surreal that you’ve definitely never seen it before. Except, wait a minute, you actually already have.
The Big Z has weighed in on what led to his head coach’s dismissal. Calgary Flames defenceman Nikita Zadorov said in a story published in Russian and translated
Every story has at least two sides. And when it comes to former Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter, we’ve only really heard from players who thought change was necessary.
The Calgary Flames enter the 2023 offseason without a head coach, relieving Darryl Sutter of his duties on May 1. Interestingly, Sutter is one of two people in team history to be named bench boss twice, leading the team from 2003 to 2006 and most recently from 2021 to 2023.
Although not much more than a bottom four defenceman, Troy Stecher was a bit of a fan favourite during his time in Vancouver. His hustle, hometown status, and never-say-die attitude combined with a strong two-way game and signing with the Canucks out of college during a dark time for the franchise made him an easy player to root for.
The Flames announced on Monday that they had relieved the veteran head coach of his duties, despite the fact that the two-year contract extension to which they signed him last fall isn’t set to kick in until July.
Darryl Sutter was fired as head coach of the Calgary Flames on Monday after three seasons with the team.
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