# 2001–02 Calgary Flames season

The 2001–02 Calgary Flames season was the 22nd National Hockey League season in Calgary. It began with wholesale changes, as second year General Manager Craig Button continued to change the look of the team. In two separate draft-day trades, the Flames dealt goaltender Fred Brathwaite and forwards Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer away, gaining back Roman Turek and Rob Niedermayer.
The changes appeared to pay off, as the Flames stormed out to a 13–2–2–2 record, and first place in the division. The result prompted the Flames to sign Turek - a pending unrestricted free agent - to a long-term deal. The team, however, collapsed, winning only 19 of their remaining 63 games, finishing 4th in the Northwest Division, and out of the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
The season ended with head coach Greg Gilbert and top forward Marc Savard in a bitter, public feud that included the latter demanding a trade late in the season and into the summer.
Individually, Jarome Iginla broke into the spotlight, leading the NHL in goals (52) and points (96). His season would land him the Rocket Richard Trophy, the Art Ross Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award. Iginla also finished second in Hart Memorial Trophy voting, tied with winner Jose Theodore on points (434), but behind Theodore in first place votes (26–23).
Iginla was also a member of Canada's team at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. He recorded two goals in the gold medal game against the United States, which Canada won 5–2 to claim their first ice hockey gold medal in 50 years.

## Regular season

Bob Boughner and Craig Conroy were named co-captains of the team on February 4, replacing Dave Lowry.
The Flames were involved in a tragic incident during their March 16, 2002, game in Columbus against the Blue Jackets. During the second period of the contest, a slapshot by Columbus' Espen Knutsen was deflected into the crowd off the stick of Flames defenceman Derek Morris. The puck struck a fan, 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil, who was at her first NHL game. Though she was able to leave the game under her own power, the blow tore a vertebral artery and resulted in a blood clot. She died two days later; she was the first fan to die at a game in the NHL's 85-year history. Three months after the incident, the NHL instituted a policy requiring that protective netting be placed around the ends of each rink prior to the start of the 2002–03 season, a decision which both the Flames and Blue Jackets advocated.
The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference, 15 points back of the 8th place Vancouver Canucks.

### Final standings

Northwest Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 212 | 169 | 99 |
| 2 | 8 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 254 | 211 | 94 |
| 3 | 9 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 205 | 182 | 92 |
| 4 | 11 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 201 | 220 | 79 |
| 5 | 12 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 195 | 238 | 73 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 51 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 251 | 187 | 116 |
| 2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 212 | 169 | 99 |
| 3 | y – San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 248 | 199 | 99 |
| 4 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 43 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 227 | 188 | 98 |
| 5 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 216 | 207 | 96 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 228 | 210 | 95 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 214 | 190 | 95 |
| 8 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 254 | 211 | 94 |
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| 9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 205 | 182 | 92 |
| 10 | Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 215 | 213 | 90 |
| 11 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 201 | 220 | 79 |
| 12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 195 | 238 | 73 |
| 13 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 198 | 69 |
| 14 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 196 | 230 | 69 |
| 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CEN | 82 | 22 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 164 | 255 | 57 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

## Schedule and results

2001–02 regular season :
October: 8–2–0–2 (home: 5–0–0–2; road: 3–2–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
1October 3Edmonton0 – 1CalgaryTurek16,2421–0–0–02Recap
2October 6Chicago0 – 4CalgaryTurek14,0382–0–0–04Recap
3October 8Phoenix2 – 1CalgaryOTTurek13,0782–0–0–15Recap
4October 10Calgary4 – 2DetroitTurek20,0533–0–0–17Recap
5October 11Calgary0 – 1NashvilleVernon12,3333–1–0–17Recap
6October 13Calgary4 – 3DallasOTTurek18,3524–1–0–19Recap
7October 18Florida1 – 3CalgaryTurek15,0935–1–0–111Recap
8October 20Toronto1 – 4CalgaryTurek17,2796–1–0–113Recap
9October 22Calgary3 – 2St. LouisTurek19,2317–1–0–115Recap
10October 23Calgary3 – 6ChicagoVernon10,2767–2–0–115Recap
11October 25Nashville5 – 4CalgaryOTTurek12,7507–2–0–216Recap
12October 27Minnesota2 – 4CalgaryTurek14,0888–2–0–218Recap :
November: 5–4–4–0 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 1–3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
13November 1Columbus1 – 2CalgaryTurek12,5019–2–0–220Recap
14November 3Montreal2 – 6CalgaryTurek16,01510–2–0–222Recap
15November 7Calgary3 – 3AnaheimOTTurek9,63910–2–1–223Recap
16November 8Calgary3 – 2Los AngelesTurek14,45911–2–1–225Recap
17November 10Colorado0 – 2CalgaryTurek17,40912–2–1–227Recap
18November 15Chicago2 – 2CalgaryTurek16,22612–2–2–228Recap
19November 17St. Louis0 – 2CalgaryTurek16,24113–2–2–230Recap
20November 20Los Angeles5 – 5CalgaryOTTurek14,55013–2–3–231Recap
21November 22Calgary4 – 4OttawaOTTurek16,83913–2–4–232Recap
22November 23Calgary2 – 5BuffaloVernon16,70313–3–4–232Recap
23November 25Calgary3 – 4ColumbusVernon18,13613–4–4–232Recap
24November 27Calgary2 – 4DetroitTurek20,05813–5–4–232Recap
25November 29Dallas3 – 0CalgaryTurek15,61013–6–4–232Recap :
December: 4–7–4–0 (home: 2–3–2–0; road: 2–4–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
26December 1Colorado2 – 2CalgaryOTTurek15,80613–6–5–233Recap
27December 3Calgary2 – 0Los AngelesTurek15,10514–6–5–235Recap
28December 4Calgary2 – 2San JoseOTVernon17,38614–6–6–236Recap
29December 6San Jose3 – 1CalgaryTurek13,01214–7–6–236Recap
30December 8Anaheim4 – 0CalgaryVernon14,33014–8–6–236Recap
31December 10Detroit0 – 2CalgaryVernon16,00915–8–6–238Recap
32December 12Tampa Bay3 – 1CalgaryWhitmore13,91315–9–6–238Recap
33December 14Calgary4 – 3DallasTurek18,53216–9–6–240Recap
34December 15Calgary0 – 4St. LouisTurek18,81016–10–6–240Recap
35December 19Calgary3 – 6PhoenixTurek11,92116–11–6–240Recap
36December 21Calgary2 – 2ColoradoOTTurek18,00716–11–7–241Recap
37December 26Calgary2 – 3EdmontonTurek16,83916–12–7–241Recap
38December 27Calgary2 – 4VancouverTurek18,42216–13–7–241Recap
39December 29Minnesota3 – 4CalgaryTurek16,73017–13–7–243Recap
40December 31Edmonton2 – 2CalgaryOTTurek17,40917–13–8–244Recap :
January: 5–8–0–0 (home: 3–6–0–0; road: 2–2–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
41January 3Buffalo1 – 3CalgaryTurek15,31618–13–8–246Recap
42January 5Montreal4 – 2CalgaryTurek17,40918–14–8–246Recap
43January 8Calgary5 – 2NY IslandersTurek13,28519–14–8–248Recap
44January 9Calgary1 – 5New JerseyTurek16,20019–15–8–248Recap
45January 11Calgary0 – 1AtlantaTurek17,85619–16–8–248Recap
46January 15NY Islanders3 – 1CalgaryTurek15,62419–17–8–248Recap
47January 17Pittsburgh6 – 4CalgaryTurek15,43719–18–8–248Recap
48January 19Anaheim1 – 2CalgaryTurek17,40920–18–8–250Recap
49January 22Toronto6 – 1CalgaryTurek17,40920–19–8–250Recap
50January 24Colorado2 – 0CalgaryTurek15,63920–20–8–250Recap
51January 26Vancouver2 – 0CalgaryTurek17,06820–21–8–250Recap
52January 28Calgary3 – 2MinnesotaOTTurek18,56821–21–8–252Recap
53January 30Detroit3 – 4CalgaryTurek17,23922–21–8–254Recap :
February: 2–3–1–1 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–2–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
54February 6Calgary0 – 2San JoseVernon17,38322–22–8–254Recap
55February 8Vancouver4 – 1CalgaryTurek16,69522–23–8–254Recap
56February 9Calgary4 – 3VancouverTurek18,42223–23–8–256Recap
57February 12Calgary3 – 4PhoenixOTTurek11,48023–23–8–357Recap
58February 13Calgary2 – 3AnaheimTurek9,58323–24–8–357Recap
59February 26Calgary2 – 2ColoradoOTTurek18,00723–24–9–358Recap
60February 28St. Louis2 – 3CalgaryTurek16,05324–24–9–360Recap :
March: 5–7–3–0 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 2–6–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
61March 2Nashville2 – 5CalgaryTurek17,16325–24–9–362Recap
62March 4Calgary5 – 3NY RangersTurek18,20026–24–9–364Recap
63March 6Calgary2 – 3WashingtonTurek15,81726–25–9–364Recap
64March 7Calgary4 – 2PhiladelphiaTurek19,53227–25–9–366Recap
65March 9Calgary2 – 3BostonTurek17,56527–26–9–366Recap
66March 11Calgary3 – 3CarolinaOTTurek12,66527–26–10–367Recap
67March 13Calgary3 – 3FloridaOTTurek13,86827–26–11–368Recap
68March 14Calgary2 – 3Tampa BayVernon13,47327–27–11–368Recap
69March 16Calgary1 – 3ColumbusTurek18,13627–28–11–368Recap
70March 18Calgary2 – 4MinnesotaTurek18,06427–29–11–368Recap
71March 21San Jose4 – 1CalgaryTurek16,49527–30–11–368Recap
72March 23Calgary1 – 3EdmontonTurek16,83927–31–11–368Recap
73March 25Columbus1 – 6CalgaryVernon15,21128–31–11–370Recap
74March 28Dallas2 – 2CalgaryOTTurek16,47328–31–12–371Recap
75March 30Los Angeles3 – 5CalgaryTurek17,04629–31–12–373Recap :
April: 3–4–0–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 1–2–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
76April 2Atlanta2 – 4CalgaryTurek14,56230–31–12–375Recap
77April 4Minnesota3 – 4CalgaryTurek13,83131–31–12–377Recap
78April 6Calgary1 – 3NashvilleTurek15,36131–32–12–377Recap
79April 7Calgary2 – 3ChicagoVernon17,00931–33–12–377Recap
80April 9Phoenix4 – 2CalgaryTurek15,22931–34–12–377Recap
81April 12Calgary2 – 0EdmontonTurek16,83932–24–12–379Recap
82April 13Vancouver4 – 1CalgaryVernon18,82932–35–12–379Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
* Bold text denotes league leader.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 12 | Jarome Iginla | RW | 82 | 52 | 44 | 96 | 27 | 77 |
| 22 | Craig Conroy | C | 81 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 24 | 32 |
| 37 | Dean McAmmond | LW | 73 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 2 | 60 |
| 53 | Derek Morris | D | 61 | 4 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 88 |
| 27 | Marc Savard | C | 56 | 14 | 19 | 33 | −18 | 48 |
| 32 | Toni Lydman | D | 79 | 6 | 22 | 28 | −8 | 52 |
| 25 | Igor Kravchuk | D | 78 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 19 |
| 44 | Rob Niedermayer | LW | 57 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −15 | 49 |
| 23 | Clarke Wilm | C | 66 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −1 | 61 |
| 17 | Chris Clark | RW | 64 | 10 | 7 | 17 | −12 | 79 |
| 40 | Scott Nichol | C | 60 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −9 | 107 |
| 18 | Jamie Wright | LW | 44 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Dave Lowry | LW | 62 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −20 | 51 |
| 3 | Denis Gauthier | D | 66 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 91 |
| 26 | Steve Begin | C | 51 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −3 | 79 |
| 36 | Ronald Petrovicky | RW | 77 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 85 |
| 28 | Robyn Regehr | D | 77 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −24 | 93 |
| 11 | Jeff Shantz | C | 40 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 23 |
| 6 | Bob Boughner | D | 79 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 170 |
| 24 | Jukka Hentunen‡ | LW | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −9 | 4 |
| 1 | Roman Turek | G | 69 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 4 |
| 16 | Craig Berube | LW | 66 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 164 |
| 8 | Petr Buzek† | D | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 58 | Steve Montador | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 26 |
| 29 | Mike Vernon | G | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 0 |
| 33 | Jamie Allison‡ | D | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 24 |
| 24 | Blake Sloan† | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Blair Betts | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 20 | Jason Botterill | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
| 38 | Jeff Cowan‡ | RW | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 40 |
| 39 | Ryan Christie | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 42 | Micki DuPont | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Dallas Eakins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Alan Letang | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 19 | Oleg Saprykin | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 35 | Kay Whitmore | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 1 | Roman Turek | 69 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 1839 | 172 | 2.53 | .906 | 5 | 4081 |
| 29 | Mike Vernon | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 375 | 38 | 2.76 | .899 | 1 | 825 |
| 35 | Kay Whitmore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3.08 | .857 | 0 | 58 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Art Ross Trophy | Jarome Iginla |
| League (annual) | Lester B. Pearson Award | Jarome Iginla |
| League (annual) | Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Jarome Iginla |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Jarome Iginla (Right wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Jarome Iginla |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Month | Jarome Iginla (November) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Roman Turek (October 8) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Jarome Iginla (October 29) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Robyn Regehr |
| Team | Molson Cup | Jarome Iginla |
| Team | Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award | Jarome Iginla |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Jukka Hentunen | October 13, 2001 |
| First game | Steve Montador | November 23, 2001 |
| First game | Blair Betts | April 4, 2002 |
| First game | Micki DuPont | April 12, 2002 |
| 1,000th game played | Dave Lowry | December 8, 2001 |

## Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To Calgary Flames Roman Turek4th-round pick in 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Fred BrathwaiteDaniel TkaczukSergei Varlamov9th-round pick in 2001 |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To Calgary Flames Rob NiedermayerPhiladelphia's 2nd-round pick in 2001 | To Florida Panthers Valeri BureJason Wiemer |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To Calgary Flames Burke Henry | To New York Rangers Chris St. Croix |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick in 2001Calgary's 2nd-round pick in 2001 | To Phoenix Coyotes 1st-round pick in 2001 |
| June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24) | To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond | To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2002 |
| June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24) | To Calgary Flames Buffalo's 5th-round pick in 2001 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Rights to Paul Manning |
| June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24) | To Calgary Flames 5th-round pick in 20017th-round pick in 2001 | To Detroit Red Wings Buffalo's 5th-round pick in 2001 |
| June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24) | To Calgary Flames 7th-round pick in 2002 | To New York Rangers Detroit's 7th-round pick in 2001 |
| December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18) | To Calgary Flames Petr BuzekConditional draft pick in 2003 | To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff CowanRights to Kurtis Foster |
| March 17, 2002 (2002-03-17) | To Calgary Flames Conditional draft pick in 2003 | To Nashville Predators Jukka Hentunen |
| March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19) | To Calgary Flames Blake Sloan | To Columbus Blue Jackets Jamie Allison |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02) | Bob Boughner | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency |
| July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09) | Kay Whitmore | Boston Bruins | Free agency |
| August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02) | Ryan Christie | Dallas Stars | Free agency |
| August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02) | Rob Murray | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency |
| August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02) | Scott Nichol | Detroit Vipers (IHL) | Free agency |
| August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02) | Jamie Wright | Dallas Stars | Free agency |
| August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06) | David Huntzicker | University of Michigan (CCHA) | Free agency |
| August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06) | Rick Mrozik | Saint John Flames (AHL) | Free agency |
| August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22) | Alan Letang | Dallas Stars | Free agency |
| September 18, 2001 (2001-09-18) | Craig Berube | New York Islanders | Free agency |
| September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28) | Jamie Allison | Chicago Blackhawks | Waiver draft |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01) | Marc Bureau | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05) | Tommy Albelin | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (III) |
| July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09) | Martin Brochu | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (VI) |
| July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09) | Marty Murray | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (VI) |
| July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10) | Darrel Scoville | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (VI) |
| August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02) | Miika Elomo | HC TPS (Liiga) | Free agency (II) |
| August 16, 2001 (2001-08-16) | Dave Roche | New York Islanders | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 12, 2001 (2001-09-12) | Ron Sutter | | Retirement (III) |
| September 17, 2001 (2001-09-17) | Derrick Walser | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency |
| September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28) | Phil Housley | Chicago Blackhawks | Waiver draft |
| October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03) | Rico Fata | New York Rangers | Waivers |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29) | Craig Conroy | 3-year | Re-signing |
| August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06) | Ronald Petrovicky | | Re-signing |
| August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07) | Dean McAmmond | | Re-signing |
| August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07) | Rob Niedermayer | | Re-signing |
| August 17, 2001 (2001-08-17) | Mike Martin | | Re-signing |
| August 17, 2001 (2001-08-17) | Dean McAmmond | multi-year | Re-signing |
| August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20) | Steve Begin | | Re-signing |
| August 31, 2001 (2001-08-31) | Garett Bembridge | | Entry-level |
| September 1, 2001 (2001-09-01) | Dallas Eakins | | Re-signing |
| September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20) | Brent Krahn | | Entry-level |
| November 19, 2001 (2001-11-19) | Roman Turek | multi-year | Extension |
| June 7, 2002 (2002-06-07) | Jordan Leopold | | Entry-level |
| June 7, 2002 (2002-06-07) | Rick Mrozik | | Extension |

## Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft in Sunrise, Florida. The Flames had the 11th overall pick, however traded it to the Phoenix Coyotes in a swap that saw them gain the 14th pick.
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics |
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1 | 14 | Chuck Kobasew | Canada | RW | Boston College (HE) | 601 | 110 | 100 | 210 | 394 |
| 2 | 41 | Andrei Taratukhin | Russia | C | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | | | | | |
| 2 | 56 | Andrei Medvedev | Russia | G | Spartak Moscow (RSL) | | | | | |
| 4 | 108 | Tomi Maki | Finland | RW | Jokerit (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 124 | Egor Shastin | Russia | F | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | | | | | |
| 5 | 145 | James Hakewill | United States | D | Westminster (USHS) | | | | | |
| 5 | 164 | Yuri Trubachev | Russia | C | St. Petersburg (RUS) | | | | | |
| 7 | 207 | Garrett Bembridge | Canada | RW | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) | | | | | |
| 7 | 220 | David Moss | United States | RW | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) | 501 | 78 | 100 | 178 | 157 |
| 8 | 233 | Joe Campbell | United States | D | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) | | | | | |
| 8 | 251 | Ville Hamalainen | Finland | RW | SaiPa (FIN) | | | | | |

## Farm teams
### Saint John Flames

The baby Flames followed up their Calder Cup winning season with a disappointing 29–34–13–4 result in 2001–02, finishing in last place in the Canadian Division, missing the playoffs. Blair Betts led the Flames with just 49 points, while Dany Sabourin was the top goaltender in limited action.

### Johnstown Chiefs

The Chiefs finished the 2001–02 ECHL season with a 39–31–2 record, good enough for third place in the Northwest Division. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the second round by the Dayton Bombers.