Flames sign defenseman Kevin Bahl to 6-year, $32.1 million extension
Calgary acquired Bahl last summer as part of the Jacob Markstrom trade that also netted them a 2025 first-round pick. The Flames used that pick to select Cole Reschny at No. 18 in Friday night's first round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.
Advertisement
The 25-year-old defenceman scored three goals and 20 points in 73 games with the Flames this season, his first full season with Calgary. Bahl averaged the third-highest time on ice among Flames skaters with 21:23, trailing MacKenzie Weegar and Rasmus Andersson. The New Westminster, B.C. native alternated between the top and second pair on the left side, while also being relied upon for penalty-killing duties.
Calgary now has $19.82 million in cap space, according to PuckPedia. Rumours also continue to swirl around the Flames over the future of Andersson, who will become a free agent next summer. The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun says the Flames aren't 'close' to moving Andersson, but he remains No.1 atop fellow insider Chris Johnston's latest trade board.
(Photo of Bahl: Sergei Belski / Imagn Images)
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CBS News
23 minutes ago
- CBS News
Blue Jays sweep Yankees to take AL East lead
George Springer hit two two-run home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Thursday night to complete a four-game sweep and take sole possession of the AL East lead. Addison Barger had a solo homer among his three hits for New York. Aaron Judge drew his 23rd intentional walk in the eighth, matching Mickey Mantle's 1957 team record. Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt left after three innings because of tightness in his forearm. Schmidt allowed three runs and four hits. Jasson Domínguez had four hits for New York, but the Yankees were swept for the second time. They lost all three at Boston between June 13 and 15. New York is 10-16 against AL East opponents. Chris Bassitt (8-4) struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, improving to 4-0 in five career home starts against the Yankees. Jeff Hoffman finished for his 21st save in 25 chances. Springer went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and scored three times. The homers were his 14th and 15th. Barger and Nathan Lukes each had three hits and two RBIs as Toronto won for the 11th time in 16 and jumped one game ahead of New York. New York's Trent Grisham homered in his return to the starting lineup, his 16th. Grisham left Monday's game and did not play Tuesday because of a tight left hamstring. He pinch hit Wednesday. Toronto's Bo Bichette grounded out as a pinch hitter in the seventh. He missed the previous three games because of a sore right knee. Key moment Lukes ended a 14-pitch at bat in the fourth inning with a tiebreaking two-run double off Clayton Beeter (0-1). Key stat Bassitt threw a season-high 113 pitches. Up next Yankees: RHP Marcus Stroman (1-1, 8.16 ERA) was scheduled to start Friday in the opener of the weekend Subway Series. The Mets had not announced a starter. Blue Jays: LHP Eric Lauer (4-1, 2.60 ERA) was scheduled to face Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-6, 4.66) on Friday.
Associated Press
33 minutes ago
- Associated Press
George Springer homers twice, Blue Jays sweep Yankees to take AL East lead
TORONTO (AP) — George Springer hit two two-run home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Thursday night to complete a four-game sweep and take sole possession of the AL East lead. Addison Barger had a solo homer among his three hits for New York. Aaron Judge drew his 23rd intentional walk in the eighth, matching Mickey Mantle's 1957 team record. Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt left after three innings because of tightness in his forearm. Schmidt allowed three runs and four hits. Jasson Domínguez had four hits for New York, but the Yankees were swept for the second time. They lost all three at Boston between June 13 and 15. New York is 10-16 against AL East opponents. Chris Bassitt (8-4) struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, improving to 4-0 in five career home starts against the Yankees. Jeff Hoffman finished for his 21st save in 25 chances. Springer went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and scored three times. The homers were his 14th and 15th. Barger and Nathan Lukes each had three hits and two RBIs as Toronto won for the 11th time in 16 and jumped one game ahead of New York. New York's Trent Grisham homered in his return to the starting lineup, his 16th. Grisham left Monday's game and did not play Tuesday because of a tight left hamstring. He pinch hit Wednesday. Toronto's Bo Bichette grounded out as a pinch hitter in the seventh. He missed the previous three games because of a sore right knee. Key moment Lukes ended a 14-pitch at bat in the fourth inning with a tiebreaking two-run double off Clayton Beeter (0-1). Key stat Bassitt threw a season-high 113 pitches. Up next Yankees: RHP Marcus Stroman (1-1, 8.16 ERA) was scheduled to start Friday in the opener of the weekend Subway Series. The Mets had not announced a starter. Blue Jays: LHP Eric Lauer (4-1, 2.60 ERA) was scheduled to face Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-6, 4.66) on Friday. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
42 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Blue Jays finish 4-game sweep of Yankees to take sole possession of first place in AL East
There is only one first-place team in the AL East right now, and it's the Toronto Blue Jays. With an 8-5 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday, the Blue Jays completed a sweep of their division rival and took over sole possession of first place in the process. Their record sits at 49-38. with the Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays each one game behind them at 48-39. It's been nearly a decade since Toronto was in this position. The last time it held full control of first place in July or later was 2016, when it led the division for much of August and early September before the Boston Red Sox took over. Advertisement In this case, the Jays got there with a four-game series that went from highly anticipated to downright cathartic. The first game was close, the second turned into a blowout, while the third game was nearly a disaster. Thursday's game was a back-and-forth. The Blue Jays struck first with an Addison Barger RBI double in the first inning, then Trent Grisham homered to tie the game in the third. George Springer hit a two-run homer to put Toronto ahead again in the bottom of the third, but New York responded with a two-run rally in the fourth. The big hit came in the game's longest at-bat. With two runners in scoring posision, leadoff hitter Nathan Lukes faced off against Yankees reliever Clayton Beeter, who took over after starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt left the game forearm tightness. He quickly fell behind 0-2, then fouled off eight pitches to stay alive. On the 14th pitch of the at-bat, Lukes hit the go-ahead double. Barger added a solo homer an inning later to make it a three-run lead, which the Yankees cut down to one with a two-run rally in the seventh inning. They nearly threatened again in the eighth, and then Cody Bellinger swung at a pitch flying toward his chest. Springer homered again in the bottom of the eighth to put Toronto comfortably ahead. Across the series, the Jays designated hitter was 8-for-14 with four homers, four walks and 11 RBI. Few expected the Blue Jays to be in this position as the All-Star break nears. The dominant conversation around the team in the offseason wasn't whether they would contend, it was whether they should sell if they couldn't convince star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to stay long term. Advertisement They checked off the extension box with a $500 million contract extension, but they're now in the process of trying to do something even harder. The peripherals, such as a plus-nine run differential (the Yankees are plus-100 and the Rays are plus-69), suggest they may be overperforming, but there has been some legitimate progress with this group, with breakout seasons by Barger and third baseman Ernie Clement. Staying head in the AL East will be a hard task, but just getting to this position more than three months into the season was arguably even harder. As recently as May 28, the Blue Jays were eight full games behind the Yankees. Toronto also has one of the easiest stretches going into the All-Star break, with series against the Los Angeles Angels, Chicago White Sox and Athletics.
