Rasmus Andersson Reveals the Unofficial Captain of the Calgary Flames
The 2022-23 Calgary Flames will be defined by Darryl Sutter, the locker room drama and their offensive struggles, but with Sutter gone, it appears things are ready to change.
A new captain?
One thing that new Head Coach and GM Ryan Huska and Craig Conroy promised this season was a new captain, something the Flames haven't had since the days of defenseman Mark Giordano.
There's plenty of candidates, with Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund and two new comers in MacKenzie Weegar and Jonathan Huberdeau, and in a recent interview, Andersson revealed that the team essentially had an unofficial captain already.
Longest tenured Flame
In a sit down with Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman, No. 4 revealed that Backlund, who has been in Calgary since 2007 was seen by all the players as their captain a year ago, but for some reason, the veteran coach would not give him the 'C'.
Backlund is a free agent next summer, so it's unclear whether he will be given the job now, but one thing is for certain, the Flames will have a new captain soon, and it will tell us plenty about where they see this team going forward.
As Read on The Win Column - Rasmus Andersson talks the Calgary Flames captaincy, the team's pending free agents and more in latest 32 Thoughts interview
| POLL | ||
AOÛT 25 | 186 ANSWERS Rasmus Andersson Reveals the Unofficial Captain of the Calgary Flames Who will be the next captain in Calgary? | ||
| Rasmus Andersson | 35 | 18.8 % |
| Mikael Backlund | 48 | 25.8 % |
| Mackenzie Weegar | 58 | 31.2 % |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 45 | 24.2 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||