Calgary Flames forward Sharangovich has completely changed his offseason training

Yegor Sharangovich is well aware that the Calgary Flames need him to be much better this coming season.

The 28-year-old forward, acquired by the Flames from the New Jersey Devils ahead of the 2023-24 season, managed only 15 goals and 29 points in 2025-26. Those totals came after a disappointing 2024-25 campaign in which he had only 17 goals and 32 points.

Making matters worse is that when he’s not filling the back of the net, Sharangovich hasn’t been able to find ways to make an impact. He’s been criticized for his lack of engagement in puck battles, along with some questionable defensive play. The good news is that he’s well aware that he has to improve in those areas and has focused his offseason training regimen on just that.

“There are also areas of my game that I need to improve,” Sharangovich said in an interview with the Russian Hockey Heritage Network (translated by Calgary Puck website user “gvitaly”). “As my head coach and the Flames management have pointed out, one of those areas is winning battles.

“If you look at my last two seasons, that part of my game really dropped off. I want to improve on it. I want to add more muscle and become stronger. That is a very important part of the game because if you don’t win puck battles, then you have to play without the puck and chase a lot more. When you win those battles, recover pucks, and hold onto them, then you create more chances for yourself and your teammates.”

While he didn’t divulge exactly what types of training both on and off ice he’s doing to improve on those areas of his game, he did give an outline as to what his day-to-day has looked like this offseason in terms of training.

Sharangovich outlined that on Mondays and Tuesdays he’s in the gym prior to an on-ice session. Wednesdays tend to be more of a light day before more gym time, followed by skates on Thursdays and Fridays. He also revealed that he ramped things up in August with even more skates in order to ensure he’s ready to go.

“This year I changed almost everything,” Sharangovich explained. “I changed my fitness coach. I started working with a completely different training program and changed some things about my on-ice workouts.”

After finishing dead last in scoring last season, the Flames need all the offensive help they can get in 2026-27. Getting Sharangovich back to the 31-goal scorer he was in 2023-24 would be of huge help, and it sounds as though he’s doing everything in his power to ensure that happens.

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