[GDT] Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks 8:00pm TV: SN1, NSCA - RADIO SN960

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Practice Notebook - 23.02.26

Bring On The Games

It's been billed a mini Training Camp, and almost a week in, there's a desire on the part of Flames veterans to get back to live opposition.

Thursday's game against the Sharks will mark Calgary's first game action in 22 days, and after session after session of small area games and special teams work, Flames captain Mikael Backlund figures that San Jose fixture cannot come soon enough.

"It's been a good few days here and it's been fun watching hockey, but now we're all excited to get back to normal NHL schedule and get back into games," Backlund said Monday.

5 Post-Olympic Questions Surrounding the Calgary Flames

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games have come and gone and a return to action is just around the corner for the Calgary Flames and the rest of National Hockey League.

No longer fresh in the mind of Flames fans is that the team is coming off a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers to take the Battle of Alberta season series 3-1-0. Jonathan Huberdeau opened the scoring and the team announced that the 32 year old left winger would miss the remainder of the season due to a persisting hip issue that requires surgery.

With a 23-27-6 record, 52 points has the Flames sitting in 29th place with 24 games to go. While playoffs are out of the question, the team now faces a number of inevitable changes.

Flames trade rumours: Craig Conroy playing ‘the patient game’ on potential trades

The National Hockey League’s trade freeze ended on Sunday evening after the conclusion of the Winter Olympics, and trade chatter has started picking up again – and a good deal of it is related to the Calgary Flames.
Over at TSN, they released their latest edition of their Insider Trading panel on Tuesday afternoon.
To nobody’s great surprise, the Flames were mentioned a bit.

FlamesNation Mailbag: Alright, back to work!

Friends, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy are now complete. Canada took home 21 medals from the festivities, including silver medals in both men’s and women’s ice hockey. (Yeah, we wish they were gold, too, but consider that Sweden took home zero hockey medals.)
Anyway, the NHL returns to action on Wednesday evening and the Calgary Flames play on Thursday in San Jose. As we prepare for the pros to get going again, let’s check in with the mailbag!

[flame4life]

I have missed these! Thanks Cheese for always doing an amazing job on these. Really is the bright spot on game days!

Going to be an interesting finish to the season. Excited to see the continued development of the youth. Hoping for competitive games but not too many wins to keep us in the mix for the draft. Should be an interesting week leading up to the trade deadline - I suspect we will look a lot different next week.

Go Flames!

[Table 5]

Alright, back at it, time to get a nice losing streak going. Keep your eye on the prize.

[Tsawwassen]

Pregame links
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...4-888572922301
https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/game.../flames-sharks
https://www.espn.com/nhl/preview/_/gameId/401803279
https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/calgar...boxscore-43998

https://fieldlevelmedia.com/news/sha...facing-flames/
https://www.docsports.com/free-picks...bets-odds.html
https://sportschatplace.com/nhl-pick...l-picks-today/
https://lastwordonsports.com/hockey/...n-jose-sharks/
https://www.bleachernation.com/picks...predictions-2/

https://pickdawgz.com/nhl-picks/calg...ays-nhl-picks/
https://picksandparlays.net/free-pic...bruary-26-2026
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/sha...091120650.html
https://www.tonyspicks.com/2026/02/2...l-picks-today/
https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/calgar...against-sharks
https://flamesnation.ca/news/flames-...rks-8pm-mt-sn1


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[getbak]

Celebrini is going to go on a post-Olympics tear, and it starts tonight.

It will be interesting to see if anyone is held out of the lineup for trade-related purposes.

[Toonage]

So..........Coleman sitting?

[Icon]

Expecting to see:

- Coleman sits
- Kadri plays
- Gridin scores
- but Celebrini domination with 3G 2A in a 6-1 rout of the Flames

[Britflamesfan]

Sorry this is the flames you just know that Coleman will get injured after scoring and getting us the win. It's in our DNA.

[Cheese]

If these were the line combos in practice yesterday, that's who is playing today unless a deal is made.

https://x.com/i/status/2026716318754549950

[WhiteTiger]

Go Flames go!

[ForeverFlameFan]

Been waiting for a game for a while now.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Cheese

If these were the line combos in practice yesterday, that's who is playing today unless a deal is made.

https://x.com/i/status/2026716318754549950

I could certainly see Pospisil going in and Coleman coming out if something is close.

Does anyone know the last game where both Backlund and Coleman played but they weren't on the same line? I feel like it hasn't happened very often since Coleman came to Calgary.

[FBI]

i'll take a 3-2 loss with 50 shots on goal against Wolf, and 2 goals by Parekh assisted by Gridin.

[BigThief]

Coleman isn't anywhere near as close to being traded as we think if he's i the line up, especially coming back from injury. Things might happen fast but if Conroy had a deal or two he was mulling Blake wouldn't be playing.

[camm13]

Originally Posted by Britflamesfan

Sorry this is the flames you just know that Coleman will get injured after scoring and getting us the win. It's in our DNA.

Rasmus did just fine. Is there actually examples of this in recent years?

[Buff]

It would be nice to get a win. The Flames have only won one game all month and that was 22 days ago!

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Coleman isn't anywhere near as close to being traded as we think if he's i the line up, especially coming back from injury. Things might happen fast but if Conroy had a deal or two he was mulling Blake wouldn't be playing.

I mean Ras played with a deal basically done

If the player doesn't want to sit its pretty tough to force it. Also, maybe another team wants to see that his is actually good to go

[Knut]

Coleman hattrick in a 4-3 loss to SJ to boost value.

[Freddy]

I think the Whitecloud Bahl pairing has more to give, so hopefully we get a little more offence from the back end from those guys. Otherwise steady as she goes, Go Flames!

[VilleN]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Coleman isn't anywhere near as close to being traded as we think if he's i the line up, especially coming back from injury. Things might happen fast but if Conroy had a deal or two he was mulling Blake wouldn't be playing.

There is no way you could know this, and unless the deal is hours from being signed players usually don't sit.