The Calgary Flames are only three games into the 2026-27 season, but the concern is no longer just the record. After another 6-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken, the message coming from Calgary’s room was remarkably consistent: the Flames are not playing like a connected team.

Calgary fell to 0-3-0 on Sunday night at Climate Pledge Arena and has now been outscored 16-3 through its first three games. Even more striking, Seattle has beaten the Flames by the exact same 6-1 score twice in four days.

Three voices, one message

Head coach Ryan Huska did not try to soften his assessment afterward.

“I feel like right now we’re disconnected.”

Ryan Huska

That word — disconnected — may be the most important part of Calgary’s early-season story. Coaches often talk about execution, details or compete level after a loss. Calling a team disconnected points to something broader: support breaking down, players reacting individually instead of as a five-man unit, and one mistake becoming harder to contain.

Morgan Frost, who scored Calgary’s only goal Sunday, described exactly that kind of snowball effect.

“I feel like one mistake is just leading to another.”

Morgan Frost

Joel Farabee then put the responsibility directly on the players inside the room.

“Nobody’s here to help us … It’s got to come from within the group.”

Joel Farabee

Seattle put Calgary in a hole almost immediately

The Flames were chasing the game almost from the opening faceoff. Berkly Catton scored 2:22 into the first period, Mackie Samoskevich made it 2-0 at 4:40, and Bobby McMann pushed the lead to 3-0 at 7:40.

Shane Wright and Samoskevich added second-period goals before Frost finally broke through on the power play with 5:35 remaining. Jordan Eberle answered just 39 seconds later to restore Seattle’s five-goal advantage and complete the 6-1 final.

Joey Daccord stopped 32 of Calgary’s 33 shots, while Dustin Wolf allowed six goals on 27 shots.

The score isn’t the only reason to be concerned

An 0-3-0 start by itself is not enough to define an 82-game season. There is far too much hockey left for that.

What makes Calgary’s start worth watching is how those losses are happening — and how the Flames themselves are describing them.

When a head coach and multiple players independently point toward the same issue, it suggests this is more than a single bad night. Calgary knows it has to stop mistakes from multiplying, restore its structure and find a way to respond together when momentum turns against it.

That was especially important Sunday because the Flames had already seen Seattle once. The Kraken spoiled Calgary’s season opener with another 6-1 victory on Oct. 1. The rematch was supposed to offer an opportunity to respond. Instead, it produced almost the same result.

HGDTV Take: don’t panic — but don’t dismiss this either

Three games is too early for panic. It is not too early for urgency.

The encouraging part for Calgary is that the problem has already been identified inside the room. Huska sees the disconnect. Frost sees mistakes compounding. Farabee is demanding that the solution come from within the group.

Now comes the part that matters: the response.

Do the Flames start supporting the puck better? Can they prevent one bad shift from becoming three? Can they settle games down when something goes wrong instead of letting them unravel?

Calgary has plenty of time to change the direction of its season. But after two 6-1 losses to Seattle and a 0-3-0 start, the warning signs are clear enough that the next response will be worth watching closely.

Flames fans: what concerns you most right now — the system, the execution, the effort, the roster, or is it simply too early to worry?

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Sources: Calgary Flames game recap, NHL.com game recap, and official Calgary Flames postgame interviews.