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McDonald's return steals spotlight as Flames cap off special night with win
Eric Francis
It’s no coincidence the Flames responded to his presence by beating Montreal 5-2 on a night McDonald and the 1989 Cup team was being honoured.
Wolf, Flames earn their redemption with 'confident' performance
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Flames' ugly losing streak shows impact of roster deconstruction
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It’s far too simplistic to suggest this is life in Calgary without Noah Hanifin and Chris Tanev. But surely, allowing 18 goals as part of three straight blowouts is a sign that the significant reconfiguring of the defensive backbone of this team could be a problem. For a while.
Hanifin denies putting Flames in tough spot with trade deadline decision
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Noah Hanifin wants to set the record straight on the parameters surrounding his departure from the Calgary Flames as he is unable to ignore the narrative he felt tainted his final weeks.
Flames running out of time after back-to-back shellackings
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As Flames' Kadri shoulders heavy load, questions of his future begin to arise
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Nazem Kadri didn’t sign up for this. He wasn’t added to Calgary’s veteran-laden core two summers ago only to see many of the pillars of the franchise traded away by this year’s deadline. The question is, what does he do about it? Eric Francis takes a look.
As GM Conroy tackles Flames’ refurbishment, questions remain for Markstrom
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As the dust settles on his first trade deadline and much of the heavy lifting completed on the roster refurbishment, Craig Conroy still has a big question mark going into the off-season: What's next for Jacob Markstrom?
Flames continue unlikely surge despite subtractions
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How Flames' Daniil Miromanov had life, path to NHL changed by Igor Larionov
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It wasn’t until Daniil Miromanov met one of the game’s greatest minds that his path to the NHL was altered by a positional change he credits for changing everything.