{"id":950917,"date":"2026-10-29T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950917\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:06:13","slug":"flames-morgan-frost-the-latest-to-say-he-wants-to-stay-in-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950917\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames’ Morgan Frost the latest to say he wants to stay in Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"

CALGARY \u2014 Morgan Frost<\/a> wants to remain a Calgary Flame long-term.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a refreshing declaration in a city where a steady stream of\u00a0Flames veterans have spent the last three years lining up for the exits, looking for warmer\/greener pastures, bigger opportunities, more money or simply fleeing a rebuild.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what makes Morgan Frost\u2019s stance so refreshing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to stay, first and foremost,\u201d the Flames centreman told Sportsnet.ca in a one-on-one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy here. I think there\u2019s opportunity here for me with a young team, and I\u2019m still kind of in that middle age. I\u2019m not an old guy yet, and I think there\u2019s opportunity for me to play and grow with these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frost\u2019s declaration comes on the heels of Zach Whitecloud telling Sportsnet<\/a> how keen he is to stay in Calgary and be part of what the organization is building.<\/p>\n

Two players in the same fortnight making it clear they want to be here, want to be part of the process and see a future in a city that hasn\u2019t exactly been a magnet for veteran commitments in recent years.<\/p>\n

For general manager Craig Conroy, it is music to his ears.<\/p>\n

Conroy said Wednesday he\u2019s open to starting contract discussions with Frost\u2019s agent, Darren Ferris, and is curious to see what kind of numbers the 27-year-old centre has in mind.<\/p>\n

With salaries continuing to skyrocket across the NHL, there\u2019s no telling where those negotiations might begin. Centres \u2014 particularly when they are about to become unrestricted free agents \u2014 don\u2019t come cheap.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Flames have plenty of salary-cap room to work with, but they know how important it will be to spending wisely as they plot their path.<\/p>\n

The question now is whether Frost can continue making a compelling enough case on the ice to warrant a significant raise, and whether the Flames believe keeping him is more valuable than cashing in on him on the trade market.<\/p>\n

Both are legitimate considerations.<\/p>\n

But neither should overshadow the fact that Calgary has a player who genuinely wants to stay.<\/p>\n

Asked if he would sign a new deal tomorrow if the right number came up, he didn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about as straightforward as it gets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it here, so that\u2019s what I\u2019ve said to him,\u201d said Frost of his conversations with his agent dating back to the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what goes on after that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frost says he prefers to focus on hockey and let his agent handle the business side until there\u2019s something to discuss.<\/p>\n

He arrived in Calgary from Philadelphia with something to prove and plenty of ice time to do it.<\/p>\n

Now, Frost has a chance to establish himself as a legitimate top-line centre and a key power-play presence \u2014 responsibilities that weren\u2019t necessarily waiting for him with the Flyers, and might not be available elsewhere, even if he reaches the open market.<\/p>\n

That opportunity has value.<\/p>\n

So does the chance to grow alongside a young group that includes a handful of his off-ice besties, Matt Coronato, Joel Farabee, Zayne Parekh, Jonathan Huberdeau and Connor Zary. Chemistry and camaraderie matter when going through what the Flames are embarking on with their full makeover.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on the rise here, and it\u2019s a younger group,\u201d said Frost, who had a career-high 22 goals last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I haven\u2019t been here that long, but it feels like over the past two years now, I\u2019m just comfortable with the guys here. I like them a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI like playing in Canada too \u2014 I think it\u2019s cool to play in Canada,\u201d said the Toronto native.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city\u2019s great.\u00a0I especially love it at the start of the year when it’s not cold.\u201d<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the new arena on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to see the new building for sure,\u201d said Frost, flashing his megawatt smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom what I’ve seen and heard, it’s going to be pretty unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

If his progress continues along the trajectory established last season, the Flames could have a valuable centre worth keeping for the long haul. \u00a0<\/p>\n

That position remains one of Calgary\u2019s most pressing organizational needs. Flames fans know better than anyone that skilled, productive centres are difficult to find and expensive to acquire. Moving one before the deadline for a substantial return could make sense, particularly if another team is willing to pay a premium for his services.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a decision Conroy will have to make by the trade deadline, as the only options are to extend him or cash out by then. Frost makes $4.3 million and has an eight-team no-trade list.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Conroy has made it clear that Calgary intends to invest in players who want to be part of what comes next. That philosophy becomes a lot easier to execute when players start volunteering their commitment rather than waiting to be convinced.<\/p>\n

Wherever this goes, it\u2019s refreshing for the Flames to have a pair of players asking how they can be part of the solution, instead of wondering when they can get out.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a turnaround worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 Morgan Frost wants to remain a Calgary Flame long-term. It\u2019s a refreshing declaration in a city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-950917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}