5 Most Underrated NHL General Managers for 2025-26
Last week, there was a ranking of the top five overrated general managers (GMs) in the NHL. With the help of multiple writers here at The Hockey Writers, an opinion-based…
Category Archives: Craig Conroy
Flames Fans Have Mixed Opinions on Front Office Based on NHL Survey
If you were to ask Calgary Flames fans how general manager (GM) Craig Conroy has done since taking over the role after the 2022-23 season, you’d have a wide range…
Flames Feel Like a Lost Team With No Plan or Direction
The Calgary Flames began to head in a different direction after the 2021-22 season. They were very much a Stanley Cup contender that season, but wound up being dismantled in…
Flames Rebuild Isn’t Going as Planned, and That’s a Good Thing
Despite how close the Calgary Flames are to a playoff spot, the odds of making the postseason aren’t in their favour. Per MoneyPuck, they have just an 18 percent chance…
Devils & Flames Trading Jacob Markstrom Helped Both GMs
The best way to describe the Calgary Flames and New Jersey Devils is hanging by a thread. The Devils have the third-best record in the Metropolitan Division but are stumbling…
Flames Need More From Trade Acquisitions Frost & Farabee
Most of the hockey world deemed the Calgary Flames the winner of a late January trade that saw them acquire Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee from the Philadelphia Flyers in…
Players Don’t Want to Join Calgary Flames Based on Recent Survey
The Calgary Flames are doing a good job of turning things around under the guidance of general manager (GM) Craig Conroy, but more is needed before players around the NHL…
Players Don’t Want to Join Calgary Flames Based on Recent Survey
The Calgary Flames are doing a good job of turning things around under the guidance of general manager (GM) Craig Conroy, but more is needed before players around the NHL…
Oilers & Flames Unlikely Trade Partners This Season
The Edmonton Oilers have come out of the gates with a rather underwhelming record, posting a 4-5-1 record through their first ten games. With their recent loss to the Columbus…
NHL Rumors: Stars, Bruins, Flames, Penguins
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, how quickly did the Dallas Stars and Jake Oettinger work out their extension? There is more talk about the Calgary Flames potentially being buyers this…