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The Calgary Flames have made their fifth round selection at the 2026 NHL Draft. At 132nd overall, the Flames have selected forward Simon Katolicky, who played this past season for Tappara in the U20 SM-Sarja, Finland’s top junior league. He’s slated to join the Ontario Hockey League’s Sarnia Sting in 2026-27 after being selected by…
The Calgary Flames have made their fourth round selection in the 2026 NHL Draft. With the 100th overall pick, the Flames have selected forward Egor Barabanov from the Ontario Hockey League’s Saginaw Spirit. Barabanov was ranked 43rd among North American skaters by the NHL’s Central Scouting Service. He was ranked 79th by Daily Faceoff and…
An Iginla will be wearing a Calgary Flames sweater again.
Iginla scored 15 goals and 31 points in 59 WHL games during the 2025-26 regular season.
The Calgary Flames have gone with familiar bloodlines in the third round of the 2026 NHL Draft. At 65th overall, using a selection they acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in the Nikita Zadorov trade in 2023, the Flames have selected forward Joe Iginla. Yes, that Joe Iginla, the youngest son of Hockey Hall of Famer, special…
The Calgary Flames have made another pick on the second day of the 2026 NHL Draft. With Ottawa’s second-round pick, 55th overall, acquired from the Utah Mammoth in the MacKenzie Weegar trade, the Flames have selected Russian forward Alan Shaikhlislamov. Shaikhlislamov was ranked 25th among International skaters by the NHL’s Central Scouting Service. He was…
The Calgary Flames have traded up in the 2026 NHL Draft and grabbed a netminder. The Flames acquired the 42nd overall pick from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for their 51st overall pick and their 68th overall pick. With the 42nd overall pick, the Flames have selected goaltender Tobias Trejbal from the United States Hockey…
Trejbal is coming off an exceptional rookie season in the USHL with the Youngstown Phantoms.
The Calgary Flames have made their first – of many – selections of the second day of the 2026 NHL Draft. With their own second-round pick, 36th overall, the Flames have selected forward Chase Harrington of the Western Hockey League’s Spokane Chiefs. Harrington was ranked 26th among North American skaters by the NHL’s Central Scouting…
The Calgary Flames have made their first – of many – selections of the second day of the 2026 NHL Draft. With their own second-round pick, 36th overall, the Flames have selected forward Chase Harrington of the Western Hockey League’s Spokane Chiefs. Harrington was ranked 26th among North American skaters by the NHL’s Central Scouting…
Harrington had 28 goals, 29 assists and 57 points in 61 games with the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL.
The Calgary Flames made two picks on the first day of the 2026 NHL Draft. They could make a whole lot more on the second day. On Friday night, the Flames selected defenceman Carson Carels at sixth overall and centre Jack Hextall at 30th overall. They could make up to eight more picks on the…
Day one of the 2026 National Hockey League draft is in the books. All but one Pacific Division team made at least one selection in the first round, while 13 trades were made on Jun. 26. Let’s take a look at what the eight Pacific Division teams did, as well as the notable trades that…
The Calgary Flames have made their second first-round selection of the 2026 NHL Draft. At 30th overall, with the draft choice they acquired in the trade that sent Noah Hanifin to the Vegas Golden Knights back in 2024, the Flames have selected forward Jack Hextall from the United States Hockey League’s Youngstown Phantoms. If the…
Hextall had 20 goals, 38 assists and 58 points in 59 games with the Youngstown Phantoms in the USHL.
The pick is in. The Calgary Flames have made their first selection of the 2026 NHL Draft. At sixth overall, the Flames have selected defenceman Carson Carels from the Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars. Carels was the third-ranked North American skater by the NHL’s Central Scouting Service. He was ranked fourth by Daily Faceoff…
Carels, a strong, physical all-around defenseman, grew up on a family farm.
The most magical two days of the year are now upon us, gang. Welcome to FlamesNation’s continuing coverage of the 2026 NHL Draft! For the second year in a row, the draft will be decentralized. The top prospects and league brass are in Buffalo, New York, with selections being announced at the KeyBank Arena, home…
The New Jersey Devils are looking to make some changes to their team after a disappointing season, and they’ve already done so, trading Simon Nemec to the Calgary Flames. Dougie Hamilton was another name who was involved in trade rumors, but the Devils may be unlikely to trade him now, according to Nick Kypreos of […] The post NHL rumors: Devils unlikely to trade Dougie Hamilton after Simon Nemec move appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The National Hockey League’s annual entry draft is almost upon us, friends, and it’s a time to get excited about the future of your favourite NHL club! And, for those of us who are getting up there in years, it’s time to start feeling a bit old, as the draft commentators tout the youth of…
Friends, it’s time for the craziness. After months and months of scouting one of the most fascinating draft classes in recent memory, and one defined by distinctly disparate opinions of prospects across the board, it’s finally time for the picks to be made at the 2026 NHL Draft. Once again, this year’s draft is set…
The Calgary Flames 10th and final draft pick in the 2026 draft is the 164th overall selection. Despite it firmly being considered a “late round pick”, the 164th overall selection has still produced some notable players. In fact, five players selected at this spot have played 100 or more games, with one of those Flames…
Most players selected in the fifth-round don’t make the National Hockey League, much less make an impact. As it stands, the 132nd overall pick is the Flames’ penultimate pick in the 2026 draft, the second time in franchise history they’ll select at the spot, barring a trade. It’s the first time they’ll select 132nd overall…
Barring a trade, the Calgary Flames will make the first selection beginning with triple digits. The Flames have picked sixth overall on six different occasions, but funnily enough, they’ve made four selections at 100th overall as well. Two of them came while the franchise was located in Atlanta, while only one player selected 100th overall…
The Calgary Flames will be in uncharted territory if they end up selecting 68th overall. As it stands, the Flames have 10 draft picks after trading away the 35th overall pick in Tuesday’s Šimon Nemec trade. The 68th overall pick is their seventh in the first 70 selections, and it’s produced some okay players over…