Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kakar wasa ta babban tsammanin daga kakar 2014 <unk> 15 don Flames, waɗannan sakamakon ba su ci gaba ba a cikin kakar 2015 <unk> 16. Teamungiyar ta gama da maki 77 kawai kuma ta kasa cancanta don Wasannin Wasannin NHL na 2016. Da farko, an kori Bob Hartley, kuma an kawo Glen Gulutzan a matsayin sabon koci. Babbar tambayar da Flames ke fuskanta a lokacin hutun kakar wasa ita ce samun mai tsaron gida na daya. Jonas Hiller, Karri Ramo, da Joni Ortio duk sun haɗu don adana kashi na.892 da burin da aka yi wa 3.13, mafi munin NHL a cikin kakar 2015 <unk> 16. Babban manajan Brad Treliving ya magance wannan buƙatar ta hanyar sayen tsohon soja Brian Elliott a ranar 24 ga Yuni, 2016, a cikin yarjejeniya a gefen NHL Entry Draft na 2016
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar da aka fara zagaye na farko Flames sun sami babban hangen nesa Matthew Tkachuk a matsayin na 6 na gaba ɗaya na zagaye. A ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2016, Flames sun sami nasarori masu yawa ta hanyar sanya hannu kan Troy Brouwer da mai tsaron gida Chad Johnson. An kuma kawo wasu 'yan wasa da yawa kamar Alex Chiasson da Linden Vey. Babban aiki na gaba da Treliving ya fuskanta shi ne sanya hannu kan taurari masu tasowa Johnny Gaudreau da Sean Monahan zuwa kwangila. A ranar 19 ga watan Agusta, 2016, Monahan da Flames sun amince da yarjejeniyar shekaru 7 na dala miliyan 44.625. A ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 2016, kwana biyu kafin fara kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, Gaudreau da Flames sun amince da yarjejeniyar shekaru 6 na dala miliyan 40.5. Gaudreau ya yi daidai da mai tsaron baya kuma kyaftin Mark Giordano a matsayin dan wasan Flames da aka fi biya.