Calgary Flames
Northwest Division | Western Conference
Overview
The Flames currently have 1 players including 0 forwards, 1 defensemen, and 0 goalie(s) counting against their salary cap.
The team's current total salary cap hit stands at $3,600,000. That is $46,700,000 below the $50,300,000 cap ceiling, and $30,700,000 below the $34,300,000 cap floor. The highest cap hit on the team is $7,000,000, while the lowest is $3,600,000.
With a combined payroll of $3,600,000, the average salary of the team is $3,600,000. The highest salary on the team is $3,600,000, with the lowest being $3,600,000.
The team has 1 player signed on through to 2010-2011, on July 1st, 2010.
Rumors
- Could There be a Second Hockeytown?
- An article posted on TSN this morning is beginning to stir up a lot of discussion about the NHL in Toronto. The article suggests that National Hockey League officials think the Toronto hockey market is big and strong enough to have a second team. An anonymous governor of the NHL said "Why shouldn't we put another team in the biggest and best market in the world?" Other executives around the NHL seemed to have no idea about this. Jim Rutherford of the Carolina Hurricanes said he had not heard anything like this at the meetings he had been at.
- Minnesota Wild 2008-2009 Season Preview
- Last season the Minnesota Wild won their first ever Northwest Division title but were ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche. The big question for the Minnesota Wild this season is the whether or not they picked up enough goal scorers to make up for the players they lost in free agency. Here’s a quick rundown off who came and went, along with their scoring numbers from last year.
- Exclusive: Jason Wiemer on his NHL career, the lockout, and the state of the league
- Jason Wiemer played 14 seasons in the NHL and was well known for being a gritty center who worked hard and wasn't shy about sticking up for teammates when the occasion called for it. He sat down recently with RumorMeThis.com's Frank Mazzola to discuss the current state of the NHL and to share some perspective about his career.
- Tanguay Good For Montreal
- On this past Friday--draft day--the Montreal Canadiens traded their first round draft pick--25th overall--along with their second round draft pick next season to the Calgary Flames for forward Alex Tanguay. Here are some statistics and an opinion on how Tanguay will affect the Habs.
- Tanguay Traded To Habs
- RDS is reporting that the Montreal Canadiens have traded their pick for Alex Tanguay.
Transactions
- New Jersey Devils At The Deadline
- New Jersey Devils (39-19-3) — 1st, Atlantic…3rd Conf. What got them there? Well honestly a resilient offense and timely goaltending from someone not named Martin Brodeur for most of the season is what got the Devils to this point. When Brodeur went down on November 1st…did anyone expect them to be in this position? No! Scott [...]
- Making Moves: Pens Deal Ryan Whitney
- The Pens give up on Ryan Whitney and look to make a playoff push.
- Tom Renney out, John Tortorella in
- And so the ongoing rumour came true, The Rangers changed their coach. Tortorella is a fiery coach, maybe that’s what the Rangers need, it’s true most of them are underperforming, but we can’t get too picky on a team that has lacked quality finishers all year long. On the other hand Renney, is NOT a bad coach, [...]
- Schneider Traded To Montreal
- The Montreal Canadiens have traded for Mathieu Schneider.
- Devils Trade Brookbank to Ducks
- The Devils traded defenseman Sheldon Brookbank to the Anaheim Ducks for the rights to center David McIntyre. The trade of Brookbkank opens up a spot for the Devils to add another player to their roster before the trade deadline.