Flames add goaltending depth for next season
The Calgary Flames announced Monday afternoon that they have re-signed goaltender Artyom Zagidulin to a one-year, two-way contract.
Zagidulin, 24, played his first season in North America with the Stockton Heat of the AHL this winter. In 30 games, he posted a 3.07 goals against average (GAA) and a .898 save percentage (SV%). Those numbers don't look overly impressive, but it took the young Russian goaltender some time to adapt to the North American game. Prior to this season, he had spent three seasons with Metallurg Manitogorsk of the KHL. During the 2018-19 season, he posted an extremely impressive 1.96 GAA and a .924 SV% in 25 games.
This signing is interesting giving the uncertainty of current Flames backup goaltender Cam Talbot. Talbot recently mentioned that he still wants to be an NHL starting goalie and is willing to leave the Flames this offseason in an attempt to do so. If that were to happen, they would need a new goalie behind David Rittich. Though he may still need some more AHL seasoning, they may see Zagidulin filling that role sooner than later.
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MAY 12, 2026
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| Pavel Dorofeyev | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Josh Doan | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mason McTavish | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Zach Benson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Beckett Sennecke | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Olen Zellweger | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Demidov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jake Evans | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Norris | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brandon Saad | - | 1 | 1 | |
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