Since some fans are concern about opportunities for forward prospects (myself included) I wanted to see how the roster stacks up.
Players next year that will definitely be on the Flames roster barring injury:
Glencross, Backlund, Jones, Raymond, Colborne, Bollig, Monahan, Hudler, Stajan, McGrattan (10 players)
Players most likely on the roster but could potentially be waived due to suckiness (3 players):
Bouma, Byron, Setoguchi
Flames forward prospects that have a legitimate chance of deserving a roster spot during training camp/pre-season:
Baertschi, Granlund, Gaudreau, Reinhart, Wolf, potential others.
What happens if three prospects deserve to be on the roster after training camp? They have to hope one or more of Bouma, Byron and Setoguchi have bad camps or wait for injuries.
I think there is a legitimate concern about prospects being sent down even though they have proven to be ready for the NHL. Treliving said if prospects are ready they will be in the line-up so it will be interesting to see what happens if the Flames have no injuries up front to start the season.
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