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Treliving and Bean back today.

- Hope to open the Saddledome to players later this week - going through final hurdles.
- Believe all Flames players have resumed skating in some capacity at their various locations, but only a few remain in Calgary.
- Finished construction company interviews the last couple weeks and have chosen the company.
- New building will be 18,000 - 18,5000. Larger lower bowl and a seating ring of some kind.
- Looked into the inverted bowl idea but difficult to be the first ones to do it.
- Likely will be a hybrid of slope now and inverted bowl, but not a full inverted bowl.
- Will reveal both companies (architect and construction) once they have formally informed the City who they are. Both are big and well known.
- There will be a hotel next door at the conference centre.
- On the potential USA training camp, they have looked at several locations but haven't chosen one yet. Interested in knowing hub first if possible for proximity.
- Training camps can't start until July 10 at earliest.
- Still don't know where their hub is, but there are ten cities left in the running. Each conference will play their games in one of the two hubs, so either an opposite-conference hub or non-play-in/playoff team's arena. Mentioned Vegas and LA as two they know are still in the running.
- For trades conditional on "making the playoffs", the play-in round is not considered to be making the playoffs. The field of 16 is the playoffs.
- No determination on conditional player trades.
- NHL asked all teams for building available to July 31, 2021, for the purpose of potential schedules for the 2020-21 regular season.
- Mentioned the 2020-21 season wouldn't be able start for 45 days after the Cup is awarded due to something in the CBA - but the NHL and NHLPA could negotiate that.
- Rosters are set at 28 for now but still subject to change. Likely not going down but possibly up.
- Treliving has mentioned it a few times previously but again states in his mind defence is the most important skater position on a team. Context was number of defencemen available for season resumption.
- "Do the Flames need to protect Lucic in the expansion draft?". Treliving, cautiously - "We're well aware of the rules and we are very comfortable that it will not be an issue for the expansion draft".
- Same fan questions on Valimaki's progress and Lucic's off-ice contributions. Lots of fans interested in those specific topics every call (along with a couple other questions as well) it seems.