# 2002–03 Calgary Flames season

The 2002–03 Calgary Flames season was the 23rd National Hockey League season in Calgary. A relatively successful start to the season quickly gave way to disaster as the Flames lost 11 of 12 games in a November stretch dropping the Flames out of contention, ultimately failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
The season began as the last had ended: with forward Marc Savard and head coach Greg Gilbert in bitter, public feud. After arguing in the media for nearly a year, the Flames finally granted the disgruntled players request, trading Savard to the Atlanta Thrashers. Gilbert himself would not last much longer with the Flames, as he would be fired by the club barely two weeks after Savard was dealt.
The Flames would quickly find a replacement for Gilbert, announcing they had hired Darryl Sutter shortly before the new year. Sutter immediately began shaping the Flames to his own style, and the Flames finished 19–16–8–1 under their new bench boss.
Following the season, the Flames announced that they would not renew General Manager Craig Button's contract. Sutter took over as GM, carrying the dual roles until the end of the 2005–06 season.
Flames mascot, Harvey the Hound, gained widespread publicity in January 2003 following an incident with Edmonton Oilers head coach, Craig MacTavish. With the Flames leading 4–0, Harvey was taunting the Oilers behind their bench. The frustrated coach reached up and ripped Harvey's signature red tongue out of his mouth, tossing it into the crowd. The incident would seem to spark the Oilers, who scored three goals shortly after. The Flames would hold on to win 4–3, however. The incident made headlines throughout North America, and led to many jokes, including having many other NHL team mascots arrive at the 2003 All-Star Game with their tongues hanging out.

## Regular season

The Flames struggled offensively and were shut out a league-high 10 times, tied with the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Calgary finished 12th in the Western Conference, 17 points behind the 8th place Edmonton Oilers.

### Final standings

Northwest Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 251 | 194 | 105 |
| 2 | 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 264 | 208 | 104 |
| 3 | 6 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 198 | 178 | 95 |
| 4 | 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 231 | 230 | 92 |
| 5 | 12 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 186 | 228 | 75 |
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 | Z- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 245 | 169 | 111 |
| 2 | Y- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 269 | 203 | 110 |
| 3 | Y- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 251 | 194 | 105 |
| 4 | X- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 264 | 208 | 104 |
| 5 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 253 | 222 | 99 |
| 6 | X- Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 198 | 178 | 95 |
| 7 | X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 203 | 193 | 95 |
| 8 | X- Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 231 | 230 | 92 |
| 8.5 |||||||||||
| 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 207 | 226 | 79 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 33 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 203 | 221 | 78 |
| 11 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 204 | 230 | 78 |
| 12 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 186 | 228 | 75 |
| 13 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 183 | 206 | 74 |
| 14 | San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
| 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 213 | 263 | 69 |
Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Schedule and results

2002–03 regular season :
October: 3–3–2–2 (home: 1–2–2–1; road: 2–1–0–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
1October 10Vancouver3 – 0CalgaryTurek17,4090–1–0–00Recap
2October 12Philadelphia5 – 4CalgaryTurek16,7500–2–0–00Recap
3October 14Calgary3 – 2VancouverTurek18,0161–2–0–02Recap
4October 17Boston3 – 3CalgaryOTTurek15,3461–2–1–03Recap
5October 19Calgary5 – 2ChicagoTurek14,0342–2–1–05Recap
6October 21Calgary0 – 4DetroitMcLennan20,0582–3–1–05Recap
7October 22Calgary3 – 4MinnesotaOTTurek18,0642–3–1–16Recap
8October 24Dallas3 – 3CalgaryOTTurek14,6252–3–2–17Recap
9October 26St. Louis4 – 3CalgaryOTTurek14,5382–3–2–28Recap
10October 31Buffalo0 – 3CalgaryTurek14,8223–3–2–210Recap :
November: 3–9–1–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 2–5–0–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
11November 2Colorado4 – 4CalgaryOTMcLennan17,4483–3–3–211Recap
12November 4Calgary4 – 2NY IslandersMcLennan12,3164–3–3–213Recap
13November 5Calgary3 – 2New JerseyMcLennan12,3155–3–3–215Recap
14November 7Calgary0 – 1NY RangersOTMcLennan18,2005–3–3–316Recap
15November 9Calgary0 – 3FloridaMcLennan14,7945–4–3–316Recap
16November 11Calgary1 – 2AtlantaMcLennan10,5015–5–3–316Recap
17November 14NY Rangers2 – 1CalgaryMcLennan16,3865–6–3–316Recap
18November 16St. Louis1 – 0CalgaryMcLennan15,5055–7–3–316Recap
19November 19Detroit5 – 0CalgaryMcLennan10,0615–8–3–316Recap
20November 21Edmonton3 – 1CalgaryMcLennan17,6605–9–3–316Recap
21November 23Chicago1 – 3CalgaryTurek15,8266–9–3–318Recap
22November 26Calgary2 – 7BostonTurek13,5826–10–3–318Recap
23November 27Calgary2 – 4WashingtonTurek13,5326–11–3–318Recap
24November 29Calgary2 – 7St. LouisTurek19,3266–12–3–318Recap :
December: 5–6–3–0 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 4–3–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
25December 1Calgary2 – 4DetroitTurek20,0586–13–3–318Recap
26December 3Calgary2 – 1ColoradoTurek18,0077–13–3–320Recap
27December 5Minnesota1 – 1CalgaryOTTurek14,1187–13–4–321Recap
28December 9Calgary2 – 1VancouverTurek18,4228–13–4–323Recap
29December 12Carolina4 – 3CalgaryTurek14,5288–14–4–323Recap
30December 14Colorado3 – 1CalgaryTurek17,1928–15–4–323Recap
31December 15Calgary3 – 3VancouverOTTurek18,4228–15–5–324Recap
32December 17Calgary3 – 0NashvilleTurek10,2169–15–5–326Recap
33December 19Calgary0 – 3ColumbusTurek17,2309–16–5–326Recap
34December 21Calgary0 – 2PittsburghTurek12,5719–17–5–326Recap
35December 23Calgary3 – 2MinnesotaTurek18,56810–17–5–328Recap
36December 27Toronto4 – 3CalgaryTurek18,01410–18–5–328Recap
37December 29Anaheim2 – 4CalgaryTurek16,92211–18–5–330Recap
38December 31Montreal1 – 1CalgaryOTTurek18,15911–18–6–331Recap :
January: 6–7–1–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 1–4–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
39January 2Tampa Bay1 – 4CalgaryTurek14,88112–18–6–333Recap
40January 4Minnesota2 – 3CalgaryTurek15,97413–18–6–335Recap
41January 7Calgary4 – 2ColoradoTurek18,00714–18–6–337Recap
42January 9Ottawa1 – 0CalgaryTurek16,05814–19–6–337Recap
43January 11Columbus7 – 2CalgaryTurek14,82714–20–6–337Recap
44January 13Calgary2 – 4MontrealTurek20,63014–21–6–337Recap
45January 14Calgary2 – 3TorontoTurek19,29014–22–6–337Recap
46January 16Nashville2 – 2CalgaryOTMcLennan14,62114–22–7–338Recap
47January 18Los Angeles1 – 2CalgaryOTTurek16,67515–22–7–340Recap
48January 20Edmonton3 – 4CalgaryTurek17,83216–22–7–342Recap
49January 23Phoenix7 – 1CalgaryTurek14,86516–23–7–342Recap
50January 25Detroit1 – 4CalgaryTurek18,02817–23–7–344Recap
51January 28Calgary3 – 4PhoenixTurek14,61917–24–7–344Recap
52January 29Calgary1 – 4DallasTurek18,53217–25–7–344Recap :
February: 2–6–3–1 (home: 0–1–2–0; road: 2–5–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
53February 4Anaheim3 – 2CalgaryTurek14,11017–26–7–344Recap
54February 6Chicago2 – 2CalgaryOTMcLennan16,02717–26–8–345Recap
55February 7Calgary4 – 3EdmontonTurek16,83918–26–8–347Recap
56February 9Calgary2 – 4ColoradoTurek18,00718–27–8–347Recap
57February 12Calgary3 – 4AnaheimOTMcLennan11,61218–27–8–448Recap
58February 13Calgary2 – 4Los AngelesTurek17,53918–28–8–448Recap
59February 15Vancouver2 – 2CalgaryOTTurek18,25218–28–9–449Recap
60February 17Calgary3 – 5St. LouisTurek19,52218–29–9–449Recap
61February 19Calgary1 – 1DallasOTTurek18,53218–29–10–450Recap
62February 20Calgary1 – 4NashvilleMcLennan10,84218–30–10–450Recap
63February 23Calgary4 – 2PhoenixTurek14,24119–30–10–452Recap
64February 24Calgary2 – 5San JoseTurek17,31119–31–10–452Recap :
March: 8–5–2–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
65March 1San Jose3 – 4CalgaryTurek17,57520–31–10–454Recap
66March 5New Jersey4 – 5CalgaryOTTurek16,10621–31–10–456Recap
67March 7Calgary2 – 0ChicagoTurek14,70222–31–10–458Recap
68March 8Calgary3 – 2ColumbusOTTurek18,13623–31–10–460Recap
69March 11Edmonton5 – 2CalgaryTurek17,71423–32–10–460Recap
70March 13Toronto3 – 4CalgaryOTTurek18,06424–32–10–462Recap
71March 15Calgary2 – 3San JoseTurek17,49624–33–10–462Recap
72March 16Calgary2 – 2AnaheimOTMcLennan16,72624–33–11–463Recap
73March 18Calgary4 – 1Los AngelesTurek17,47025–33–11–465Recap
74March 20Washington4 – 1CalgaryTurek15,82725–34–11–465Recap
75March 22Nashville1 – 1CalgaryOTTurek16,62825–34–12–466Recap
76March 24Phoenix0 – 2CalgaryTurek16,68526–34–12–468Recap
77March 27Dallas1 – 2CalgaryOTTurek16,53327–34–12–470Recap
78March 29Columbus6 – 4CalgaryTurek16,00727–35–12–470Recap
79March 31Calgary0 – 3MinnesotaMcLennan18,56827–36–12–470Recap :
April: 2–0–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
80April 2San Jose2 – 2CalgaryOTTurek14,20727–36–13–471Recap
81April 4Los Angeles1 – 2CalgaryOTTurek17,00328–36–13–473Recap
82April 5Calgary4 – 1EdmontonTurek16,83929–36–13–475Recap :
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.
| 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 | 75 | 35 | 32 | 67 | −10 | 49 |
| 22 | Craig Conroy | C | 79 | 22 | 37 | 59 | −4 | 36 |
| 18 | Chris Drury | LW | 80 | 23 | 30 | 53 | −9 | 33 |
| 23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 81 | 21 | 31 | 52 | −3 | 51 |
| 32 | Toni Lydman | D | 81 | 6 | 20 | 26 | −7 | 28 |
| 11 | Stephane Yelle | C | 82 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 50 |
| 19 | Oleg Saprykin | LW | 52 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 46 |
| 17 | Chris Clark | RW | 81 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −11 | 126 |
| 10 | Dave Lowry | LW | 34 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 22 |
| 44 | Rob Niedermayer‡ | LW | 54 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −13 | 42 |
| 6 | Bob Boughner | D | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 126 |
| 4 | Jordan Leopold | D | 58 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −15 | 12 |
| 3 | Denis Gauthier | D | 72 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 99 |
| 28 | Robyn Regehr | D | 76 | 0 | 12 | 12 | −9 | 87 |
| 40 | Scott Nichol | C | 68 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −7 | 149 |
| 24 | Blake Sloan | RW | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −5 | 28 |
| 20 | Mathias Johansson‡ | C | 46 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −15 | 12 |
| 8 | Petr Buzek | D | 44 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −6 | 14 |
| 7 | Chuck Kobasew | RW | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −3 | 8 |
| 27 | Craig Berube | LW | 55 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −6 | 100 |
| 26 | Steve Begin | C | 50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −7 | 51 |
| 18 | Jamie Wright‡ | LW | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Blair Betts | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Andrew Ference† | D | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | Roman Turek | G | 65 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 14 |
| 16 | Shean Donovan† | RW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 7 |
| 42 | Micki DuPont‡ | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
| 27 | Marc Savard‡ | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 8 |
| 5 | Steve Montador | D | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | 114 |
| 2 | Mike Commodore† | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 43 | Ladislav Kohn | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Jamie McLennan | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 14 |
| 36 | Mike Mottau† | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 51 | Rick Mrozik | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Robert Dome | RW | 1 | 0 | 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 | 65 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 1679 | 164 | 2.54 | .902 | 4 | 3822 |
| 33 | Jamie McLennan | 22 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 537 | 58 | 2.99 | .892 | 0 | 1165 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Jarome Iginla |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Jordan Leopold |
| Team | Molson Cup | Jarome Iginla |
| Team | Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award | Denis Gauthier |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Chuck Kobasew | October 10, 2002 |
| First game | Mathias Johansson | October 12, 2002 |
| First game | Jordan Leopold | October 19, 2002 |
| First game | Rick Mrozik | April 4, 2003 |
| 1,000th game played | Craig Berube | October 12, 2002 |

## Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | To Calgary Flames NY Rangers’ 1st-round pick in 20024th-round pick in 2002 | To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick in 2002 |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 20025th-round pick in 2002 | To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | To Calgary Flames Jamie McLennan | To Minnesota Wild 9th-round pick in 2002 |
| June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23) | To Calgary Flames 4th-round pick in 2002Minnesota’s 5th-round pick in 2002 | To Montreal Canadiens Florida’s 4th-round pick in 2002 |
| June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30) | To Calgary Flames Rights to Curtis Joseph | To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 8th-round pick in 2003 |
| September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11) | To Calgary Flames Ladislav Kohn | To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations |
| October 1, 2002 (2002-10-01) | To Calgary Flames Chris DruryStephane Yelle | To Colorado Avalanche Dean McAmmondDerek MorrisJeff Shantz |
| November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15) | To Calgary Flames Rights to Ruslan Zainullin | To Atlanta Thrashers Marc Savard |
| January 22, 2003 (2003-01-22) | To Calgary Flames Future considerations | To Philadelphia Flyers Jamie Wright |
| January 22, 2003 (2003-01-22) | To Calgary Flames Mike Mottau | To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2003 or 2004 |
| February 10, 2003 (2003-02-10) | To Calgary Flames Andrew Ference | To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional draft pick in 2003 or 2004 |
| March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11) | To Calgary Flames Mike CommodoreJean-Francois Damphousse | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Rob Niedermayer |
| March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11) | To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond | To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2003 or 2004 |
| March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11) | To Calgary Flames Shean Donovan | To Pittsburgh Penguins Micki DuPontMathias Johansson |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02) | Martin Gelinas | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency |
| July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09) | Martin Sonnenberg | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency |
| July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09) | Darcy Verot | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency |
| July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11) | Mike Martin | Saint John Flames (AHL) | Free agency |
| July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11) | Jason Morgan | Saint John Flames (AHL) | Free agency |
| July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17) | Robert Dome | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency |
| September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09) | Jan Vodrazka | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | Free agency |
| September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27) | Darren Lynch | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02) | Curtis Joseph | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) |
| July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11) | Clarke Wilm | Nashville Predators | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18) | Alan Letang | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) |
| July 23, 2002 (2002-07-23) | Dallas Eakins | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01) | Rob Murray | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 12, 2002 (2002-08-12) | Jason Botterill | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (VI) |
| September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13) | Mike Vernon | | Retirement (III) |
| September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13) | Kay Whitmore | | Retirement (III) |
| October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04) | Ronald Petrovicky | New York Rangers | Waiver draft |
| October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09) | Burke Henry | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27) | Dwayne Hay | St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) | Free agency |
| March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11) | Igor Kravchuk | Florida Panthers | Free agency (III) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 17, 2002 (2002-06-17) | Rob Niedermayer | | Re-signing |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | Jamie McLennan | | Re-signing |
| June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28) | Chuck Kobasew | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15) | Mathias Johansson | | Entry-level |
| July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16) | Jamie Wright | | Re-signing |
| July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19) | Chris Clark | | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01) | Toni Lydman | | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01) | Robyn Regehr | | Re-signing |
| August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03) | Denis Gauthier | 2-year | Arbitration award |
| August 9, 2002 (2002-08-09) | Steve Begin | | Re-signing |
| August 21, 2002 (2002-08-21) | Matthew Lombardi | | Entry-level |
| September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06) | Jarome Iginla | 2-year | Re-signing |
| September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09) | Craig Berube | | Re-signing |
| September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12) | Ladislav Kohn | | Re-signing |
| May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28) | Chris Clark | | Extension |
| May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28) | Shean Donovan | 3-year | Extension |
| June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05) | Robyn Regehr | 5-year | Extension |

## Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft in Toronto, Ontario. The Flames had the 9th overall pick, however opted to drop down one spot to 10th via a trade with the Florida Panthers.
| 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 | 10 | Eric Nystrom | United States | LW | University of Michigan (CCHA) | 593 | 75 | 48 | 123 | 401 |
| 2 | 39 | Brian McConnell | United States | F | Boston University (HE) | | | | | |
| 3 | 90 | Matthew Lombardi | Canada | C | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) | 536 | 101 | 161 | 262 | 293 |
| 4 | 112 | Yuri Artyomenkov | Russia | RW | Krylja | | | | | |
| 5 | 141 | Jiri Cetkovsky | Czech Republic | RW | Zlin (Czech Jr.) | | | | | |
| 5 | 142 | Emanuel Peter | Switzerland | C | Kloten (Swiss Jr.) | | | | | |
| 5 | 146 | Viktor Bobrov | Russia | F | HC CSKA (RSL) | | | | | |
| 5 | 159 | Kristofer Persson | Sweden | RW | Modo Jr. | | | | | |
| 6 | 176 | Curtis McElhinney | Canada | G | Colorado College (WCHA) | 249 | 94–95–20, 2.83GAA | 94–95–20, 2.83GAA | 94–95–20, 2.83GAA | 94–95–20, 2.83GAA |
| 7 | 202 | David Van der Gulik | Canada | RW | Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) | 49 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 203 | Pierre Johnsson | Sweden | RW | Farjestad Jr. | | | | | |
| 8 | 238 | Jyri Marttinen | Finland | D | Jyvaskyla | | | | | |

## Farm teams
### Saint John Flames

The 2002–03 season would be the tenth, and last, season in New Brunswick, as the Flames bought out the local ownership's share of the team following the season and suspended operations. The "Baby Flames" finished 32–41–6–1, last in the Canadian Division, and out of the playoffs. Robert Dome led the team with 27 goals and 56 points. Dany Sabourin and Levente Szuper split goaltending duties for the Flames.

### Johnstown Chiefs

The Chiefs finished the 2002–03 season with a record of 28–33–11, finishing fifth in the Northwest Division, failing to qualify for the playoffs.
Following the season, the Flames announced they were switching affiliations to a new expansion team, the Las Vegas Wranglers.