CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames started the 2022-23 season making a long-term commitment to head coach Darryl Sutter, and ended it looking for a different voice behind the bench. “I interviewed 25 players, coaches, coaching staff, training staff, spoke to prominent agents who represent key players on our team, and it became clear to me that we need a …
SUNRISE, FLA. — One by one, members of the Calgary Flames left the ice during their pregame warmup and the Panthers crowd grew louder in voice. “I wanted to beat these guys really bad,” Weegar added after the Flames won 5-4 in a shootout over the Panthers on Saturday afternoon. “Guys get traded, guys sign, what’s the big deal?” Flames …
A last desperate attempt to salvage a season going rapidly off the rails? The Flames hired Sutter to replace Geoff Ward for the remainder of this season and two additional seasons, charting a new/old course for a team that’s been unable to form any sort of identity, with its current nucleus in place. The object of hiring Sutter to coach …
There is no question about it — the Calgary Flames needed a shakeup. “We do have an expectation of the team,” Treliving said at Friday’s press conference. “We’re going to get this straightened out,” Sutter said Friday. “There’s a nucleus of nine to 10 players who are really good players in the National Hockey League and so from a coaching …