He has a huge opportunity to be a Flame sooner than later. All things being even the Flames need a large body forward to be on the roster and play some minutes.
The Flames already have more important small guys than basically any other team in the league: Gaudreau, Magniapane, Ryan Even the gritty forward, Dube is undersized for his role as is Rinaldo,
On the next level of small guys the Flames have Rieder, Phillips, Pelltier and for another month or so Czarnik
With Bennett and especially Jankowski not meeting expectations there is clearly a spot for a large body with the skills and especially work ethic to maintain defense position against other teams better players.
You don't want to have a panic situation when your bottom lines get caught on an icing.
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