By the time the Calgary Flames were able to seriously apply pressure it was already too late as the Los Angeles Kings took them down on Thursday night.
The Calgary Flames continued their swing through California on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Kings. And unfortunately for the Flames, they faced a really focused, motivated Kings team that controlled a big portion of the hockey game.
The Calgary Flames don’t currently have a core. Yes, they have some strong veteran players. They also have some promising young prospects. But they don’t have the foundational pieces that every contending team in the National Hockey League has built around.
There was plenty of discussion surrounding Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom heading into the trade deadline. In the midst of a retooling effort, general manager Craig Conroy had talks with the New Jersey Devils involving Markstrom, and according to several reports, a deal came very close to fruition.
NHL insider Frank Seravalli is reporting that Calgary Flames GM Craig Conroy said he’ll be talking to goaltender Jacob Markstrom after the season about his future.
The Calgary Flames headed to Vancouver on Saturday night for a clash with the Canucks. The Flames weren’t out-and-out bad, but they were really leaky defensively in the opening period and got behind in the game.
It might be a blessing for the Calgary Flames to have an elite goalie like Jacob Markstrom on their team, but it is one they might not have for much longer.
The Calgary Flames announced Thursday that goaltender Dan Vladar will have season-ending hip surgery next week. With Vladar getting the surgery done early, the Flames are hopeful that this will give enough time for the recovery process to ensure he is 100% ready for the 2024-25 campaign.
Friends, the Calgary Flames made a big goaltending announcement on Thursday morning. The club announced that Dan Vladar will have season-ending hip surgery, Jacob Markstrom has been cleared to return to practice and play, and Dustin Wolf will remain with the club on an emergency recall basis.
The Calgary Flames are expecting Jacob Markstrom to return in the near future. The 34-year-old has been out of the lineup for over a week with a lower-body injury, sustained prior to a game on March 12 versus the Colorado Avalanche.
It is no secret the Los Angeles Kings were in the hunt for goaltending at this season’s trade deadline. On deadline day, it was reported they struck a deal with the Boston Bruins to acquire goaltender Linus Ullmark before he shut it down by his no-trade clause.
For the past two games, the Calgary Flames’ goaltending tandem has been backup Dan Vladar and rookie Dustin Wolf. On Friday’s edition of the 32 Thoughts podcast with Jeff Marek, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman pondered how much the Flames will be utilizing starting netminder Jacob Markstrom for the remainder of the season.
Throughout five emergency call-ups before this, the netminder has suited up in six games for the Flames, producing a 1-3-1 record with a .878 save percentage and a 3.91 goals-against average.
It’s now been more than a decade since an established star goaltender with term remaining on his contract was traded midway through an NHL season. Yes, it was Roberto Luongo.
Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom was clearly upset over the handling of trade rumors by Flames’ management on Friday. Adding a layer of uncertainty to his future with the team, Markstrom blasted those “at the top” who could have handled his deadline situation differently.
It’s March 1, meaning that the National Hockey League trade deadline is just one week away. As you can imagine, there’s a ton of news surrounding the Edmonton Oilers and other teams in the league.
Jacob Markstrom’s name has been in the rumour mill for weeks leading up to the March 8 trade deadline. The 34-year-old goaltender has done everything he can to keep the Calgary Flames in the playoff hunt this season, posting a 20-15-2 record and a .914 save percentage through 37 games.
With just one week until the NHL Trade Deadline, a potential trade target is sounding off on talks involving his name. For the last couple of months, many have wondered if the Calgary Flames will trade goaltender Jacob Markstrom.
Jacob Markstrom has been the subject of rumors suggesting a trade from the Calgary Flames as the Trade Deadline arrives. It’s been reported however by David Pagnotta and Anthony Di Marco from TheFourthPeriod that the 34-year-old Swedish goaltender will be staying in Calgary and won’t be moved at the deadline.
One of the hot topics of discussion around the NHL these days is the future of Jacob Markstrom. Markstrom has been the backbone of a Calgary Flames team that has not performed up to their standard in the 2023-24 season and ranks in the bottom half of the NHL in nearly every statistical category.
It is crazy to think when think at the beginning of the 2023-24 season that the Calgary Flames would ever think about moving Jacob Markstrom. However, with just a couple of weeks left before the NHL Trade Deadline, conversations around the 34-year-old puckstopper have been heating up.
In a recent update on the NHL Network, Elliotte Friedman shared insights on several Calgary Flames players.
At least two teams have called the Flames about the potential availability of veteran netminder Jacob Markstrom.
The Calgary Flames have activated netminder Jacob Markström off of injured reserve.
Calgary Flames starting netminder Jacob Markström is out week-to-week with a fractured finger.
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