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And, picking up where Feaster and Co. left off, new GM Brad Treliving and his group have done the same these past few weeks, entertaining a select few from the 2014 crop. Among the players receiving the White Hat-treatment were highly-touted forwards Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart, and defenceman Aaron Ekblad.

“Yeah, we’ve had a few players here,” the Flames current general manager was saying on Wednesday. “And the theory is just to get to know them more. We had a small window at the combine in terms of the interview process, so you spend a little time with some guys and really get a better feel for them.”

It’s not an uncommon practice for teams to do this. Treliving did so with the Phoenix Coyotes, his former employers.

With the nature of the NHL scouting combine, interview processes can be brief and can still leave teams wondering who the heck a kid is.

But, according to Treliving, the recent hosting of prospects isn’t the team’s only encounter with them this year.

“We’ve seen players at other times, too,” he said. “A lot of it is scheduling . . . for a lot of these kids, it’s a busy time for them. They have commitments. In some cases, school . . . we spent time with other players, too, whether it be at their homes leading up to the draft.”

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