How goaltending became Calgary’s organizational strength

Mason McDonald. Brian Elliott. Joni Ortio. Reto Berra. Danny Taylor. Leland Irving. Chad Johnson. Kari Rammo. Jonas Hiller. It wasn’t that long ago goaltending was a major sore spot up for Calgary, up and down the organization. The search for Miikka Kiprusoff’s replacement has had all kinds of bumps along the way. In recent years, though, the Flames have flipped the narrative. In fact, you can make the argument goaltending is now the organization’s biggest area of strength.

Calgary has one of the NHL’s more unique setups when it comes to the position, starting with Director of Goaltending Jordan Sigalet. A new title created in December 2020, Sigalet oversees everything related to goaltending…