There are 15 games remaining on the Calgary Flames schedule and while the club remains mathematically alive in the playoff hunt, it seems prudent to start thinking about how to build for success next season.
The Calgary Flames have added a lot of new faces to their organization since the beginning of the 2023-24 season. Most recently, they added two American Hockey League level prospects via a pair of trades, as the club acquired Riley Damiani and Artem Grushnikov in a pair of trades with the Dallas Stars.
Back in May 2023, when Craig Conroy was named the Calgary Flames’ new general manager, he pledged to focus on asset management when it came to the club’s seven pending 2024 unrestricted free agents.
The Calgary Wranglers and the Ontario Reign were both on losing streaks going into their match-up on Saturday night. Both came off of 5-2 losses and both wanted something positive to help carry their teams into the All-Star break.
Folks, the Calgary Wranglers are a really good American Hockey League team. Playing in the second-best league in the world, the Calgary Flames’ top minor league affiliate is currently in first place in the AHL’s Pacific Division.
In a move that’s likely related to the availability of blueliner Dennis Gilbert, the Calgary Flames made a roster move on their Sunday off-day, assigning defenceman Yan Kuznetsov back to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers.
On Tuesday night, Mikael Backlund will tie Mark Giordano for second spot on the Calgary Flames’ all-time games played leaderboard. As Backlund plays career game number 949, Yan Kuznetsov will play career game number 1… and Dillon Dube will be watching from the press box.
On Monday, the Calgary Flames sent blueliner Yan Kuznetsov to the minors. On Tuesday, he’s back! The club announced on Tuesday morning that they’ve recalled Kuznetsov from the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers.
Some minor roster news on an off-day for the Calgary Flames. The club has announced that they’ve returned defenceman Yan Kuznetsov to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers.
The Calgary Flames have recalled defenceman Yan Kuznetsov from the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers, the club announced Friday morning. Kuznetsov, 21, has collected seven points (two goals, five assists) in 21 games with the Wranglers to begin the 2023–24 regular season.
Yan Kuznetsov has been in the AHL system for a few years now but really made his splash last season. It was his first year as an AHL regular playing 63 out of a possible 72 games in the regular season.
The Calgary Flames have a few interesting defensive prospects within their system, but it’s probably not unfair to say that the likes of Jeremie Poirier, Yan Kuznetsov and Ilya Solovyov are still works in progress.
After making cameo appearances in both the 2020–21 and 2021–22 regular seasons, towering defenceman Yan Kuznetsov has finally emerged as an American Hockey League regular.
Over the past several years, the Calgary Flames have tried to diversify their prospect portfolio by selecting a lot of different types of players from different leagues around the hockey world.
The Saint John Sea Dogs began their Memorial Cup tournament with a win over the Hamilton Bulldogs. And on Wednesday night, they completed their Memorial Cup tournament with a win over the Hamilton Bulldogs.
After a whirlwind season and several dramatic games along the way, the major junior careers for Calgary Flames prospects Jeremie Poirier and Yan Kuznetsov will potentially end on Wednesday night when the Saint John Sea Dogs face the Hamilton Bulldogs with the Memorial Cup on the line.
A pair of Calgary Flames prospects are off to the 2022 Memorial Cup Final. Saint John Sea Dogs defencemen Jeremie Poirier and Yan Kuznetsov will look to capture the most prestigious trophy in Canadian junior hockey on Wednesday when they face either the Hamilton Bulldogs or the Shawinigan Cataractes.
A month after being upset of the first round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s playoffs, the Saint John Sea Dogs are back in action this week as they host the 2022 Memorial Cup and seek a bit of redemption.
Welcome back for another edition of the Calgary Flames prospects report, a reoccurring segment at The Hockey Writers, following the storylines of all the prospects in the Flames’ system throughout the 2021-22 season.
Russia is notoriously stingy when it comes to allowing draft-eligible players to make the team, usually choosing instead to bring along the more polished, committed, 19-year-old national program options.
It’s not that often that you see a player go from the NCAA to the AHL to the CHL, but that’s exactly what’s about to happen for Yan Kuznetsov.
Brains, size, and skill all form a very promising defensive prospect #21 - Yan Kuznetsov Position: Defence Age: 19 Team: University of Connecticut (NCAA),
With the Calgary Flames‘ playoff hopes fading further and further away, there hasn’t been a lot of positive news to talk about lately. That isn’t the case right now, however, as they announced the signing of defenceman Yan Kuznetsov to a three-year, entry-level contract.
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