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The Flames are doing another batch this week. Treliving and Bean today.

- Treliving says unlikely next season is 82 games, but not confirmed yet. Want to play as many games as they reasonably can. All-Canadian division isn't finalized but is getting a lot of traction. Still targeting January 1st start until told otherwise.
- Treliving on the all-Canadian division: It would be a very tough division as all six other teams improved. Singles out the Senators specifically. As a fan of the game, it would be "cool as hell" - imagine rivalries not just with the Oilers and Canucks but all the Canadian teams.


Treliving/Bean on the draft:
- Bean says they had Zary ranked 12th or 13th going into the draft. Happy they dropped twice and still got him.
- Treliving says this was one of the deepest drafts in recent history. Says 19th overall in this draft is not a normal draft's 19.
- At 19, the Flames had "two or three" players ranked closely so it made sense to trade down. Same thing the second time. It worked out especially in that Zary was the highest they ranked of those two or three anyway.
- On World Juniors: Kuznetsov and Wolf will make their teams, while Zary, Pelletier, Nodler, Feuk will participate in camps with a chance.
- Treliving mentions Kuznetsov goes to school at "UConn". Cyr says he didn't know there was a university in that part of Canada (Yukon). Not sure if serious.

Treliving on free agency:
- Why the focus on Canucks players? Treliving jokes COVID limited their budget so much they could only scout teams within a one-hour flight.
- Had Markstrom as a big target should he make it to free agency - they weren't sure he actually would. Once it became clear he was going to, he became the priority.
- The Flames were up front with Talbot and his agent about this plan.
- Kept in touch with Brodie, but Tanev was second on their list behind Brodie. Once Brodie finalized with the Maple Leafs they recognized a need for a right shot. But plan is to begin transitioning the blue line to Andersson, Hanifin, and Valimaki. Also have Mackey and Kylington in the mix.
- Have had interest in Leivo - only concern was injuries. Flew Leivo to Calgary to undergo testing with Flames' medical folks. All checked out so they got the deal done. Good add with a right shot.
- Treliving and Maloney have a history with Dominigue from Phoenix/Arizona. Having a third goalie with NHL experience was important for the team going into next season.

Bean on the new arena/event centre:
- Capacity will be "18,400, give or take".
- The design of the two bowls is almost done.
- Arena footprint is almost done.
- Hopeful to have design schematic by end of January.
- From there, work things into budget and detailed design by end of August.
- Targeted grand opening of September 2024 is unchanged.
- Hopeful to have a soft opening for concerts during Stampede 2024.

Other:
- Bean says they have been debating Blasty internally for two years. Ken King was strongly opposed to Blasty but "younger folks" in the organization pushed very hard for Blasty. Matt Dumba told Jake Bean that the Blasty jersey is his favourite in the entire league - early reception is the jersey is a huge success among the younger demographic.
- Treliving on 2021 draft: Very tough with some leagues playing and some not. Simply can't get to some places for live viewing. A challenge. Lots of video being watched. Also good opportunity to review 2020 undrafted players.
- About 12-15 players in Calgary right now skating together, plus a few prospects. (Unclear if it's 12-15 including or excluding the prospects)
- Chrysler sponsorship ended so the club seating area is now the Telus Club. Full renovation, carpet to lights, so things look new and modern. Telus being a technology company wanted to integrate lots of technology so a big enhancement and experience down there.
- The Flames got into a bit of trouble with the NHL in the bubble because so many of the Flames' players wanted to watch other games live together at the arena they exceeded their box's capacity a couple times. Speaks to how close the guys are with wanting to spend time together and how motivated they are watching other games.

Hopefully another poster can correct mistakes and fill in the gaps. And thanks to the Flames for putting these on.