During the first intermission of Thursday’s game in Tampa Bay, the Calgary Flames announced a trade. They’ve sent left-wing Emilio Pettersen to the Dallas Stars in exchange for centre Riley Damiani.
Folks, we’re obviously all a bit caught up in the 2024 trade deadline pandemonium. But once March 1 hit the calendar, another important period began: the opening of the window for teams to sign players to entry-level deals that begin next season.
Heading into this season, the common thought process regarding the Calgary Flames’ centres was something like this: “Hey, they have Elias Lindholm, Mikael
The Calgary Wranglers started a four-game homestand on Friday afternoon after being on the road for seven straight games. They hosted the San Diego Gulls for the first of two on back-to-back days.
The Calgary Flames made a trade this past week. Elias Lindholm is now a Vancouver Canuck. And the Flames have a couple new defencemen in their prospect pool.
Ben Jones made one of the largest jumps in the FlamesNation prospect rankings going from 20th last year all the way up to 12th this year. One of the main reasons for this jump is we’ve now seen a season of him in the Flames system and we can more accurately compare him to the other players in the prospect pool.
The list of outstanding items for Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy to complete is getting whittled down. On Thursday morning, the club announced that they have re-signed restricted free agent forwards Ben Jones and Emilio Pettersen to one-year, two-way deals.
The Calgary Flames have tendered qualifying offers to forwards Martin Pospisil, Emilio Pettersen, and Ben Jones, retaining their exclusive negotiating rights as they prepare to officially become restricted free agents on Saturday.
In the transition from the Stockton Heat to the Calgary Wranglers, there were some changes. Everything from location to logo to lineups were affected. In the lineup category, Ben Jones was a lineup change that the current squad has got to be thanking their lucky stars for.
The Calgary Wranglers and San Jose Barracuda faced off on Friday night for just the third time this season. It was both of their first games back from the AHL All-Star break and the Wranglers didn’t skip a beat.
Earlier this summer, the Calgary Flames signed 23-year-old centre Ben Jones away from the Vegas Golden Knights. The move was met with little fanfare, particularly in the wake of Johnny Gaudreau’s departure and with Matthew Tkachuk’s future decidedly uncertain.
Kicking off our 2022 list is newly signed Ben Jones #25- Ben Jones Position: Centre Age: 23 (as of August 1 2022) 2021-22 Team: Vegas Golden Knights (NHL), Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) Stats (AHL): 25 goals, 16 assists, 41 points in 66 games Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 16, 2022 2021 Ranking: NA Late-round pick?
Who? The Flames remodeling continued today as they inked 23 year old forward Ben Jones to a one year, two way contract worth $750,000. Jones last played for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2022 where he played in two games at the NHL level.
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