Breaking: Connor Zary Agrees On Extension With Flames

Cross one of the remaining restricted free agents off the board, as Connor Zary and the Calgary Flames have reached an agreement.

Hearing Connor Zary and the Calgary Flames are closing in on a three-year extension at just under $3.8M
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) September 5, 2025

Insider Elliotte Friedman is reporting it will be a three-year bridge deal at an AAV of just under $3.8 million. To be exact, it's a $3.775M cap hit.

After a summer of not much movement, talks picked up this week, and we learned that things were finally "getting closer" on a new deal for the soon-to-be 24-year-old.

Zary is looking like he'll be a dynamic player for the team moving forward, after scoring at a 20-goal and 40-point pace last season (13 goals, 27 assists in 54 games). The year before, his rookie season, he scored 14 goals in 63 games.

Two leg injuries, including one on a brutal knee-on-knee hit in January, cut his season short last year, but the flashes were there, especially right off the top of the campaign, when he recorded seven points in the first eight games.

Connor Zary, signed 3x$3.8M by CGY, is a second line scoring winger who likes to shoot from distance, crash the net, and forecheck. Has great hands and was a lot more active with the puck last season. #CofRed pic.twitter.com/czVzjjjYZ0
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) September 5, 2025