[News] Flames recall Gillies. Rittich assigned to Stockton.

[sureLoss]

Calgary Flames @NHLFlames
.@CortexBusiness Transaction Alert: The #Flames have recalled Jon Gillies from the @AHLHeat.

The Calgary Flames announced today that they have recalled goaltender Jon Gillies from the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League. The Flames have also assigned goaltender David Rittich to Stockton.

[dissentowner]

Makes sense, you know what you have with Rittich at the NHL level, might as well get a good look at Gillies.

[Otto-matic]

Wonder if this will be a showcase for Gillies for a deal to be made during the summer. Odd that Rittich would be sent down.

[sureLoss]

Also should mean the Flames are down to 1 regular recall for the rest of the season.

[dammage79]

Gonna run Gillies for the rest of the year then. See what they have.

[TheScorpion]

Strange. But neat?

[Toonage]

If we look at the backups honestly, neither looked ready to take the reigns. I suspect one of them is on the move this summer.

[madmike]

They seem so similar to me. Good potential, some really good stretches, but in the end still too inconsistent for the NHL. I'm hoping one of them will prove me wrong, but I'm not sold on either Gillies or Rittich as a long-term solution.

[Erick Estrada]

Barring any offseason trades it should be an interesting competition next fall between Rittich and Gillies for the backup job.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Wonder if this will be a showcase for Gillies for a deal to be made during the summer. Odd that Rittich would be sent down.

Stockton is still trying to make the AHL playoffs. Better for Rittich to be playing there than sitting in the press box here.

[lazypucker]

Who would the Flames use the last call-up on?

Kylington? Poirier? Klimchuk? Others?

Also with Gaudreau taking a leave of absence, can we make an "emergency call-up" in place of him?

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

Who would the Flames use the last call-up on?

Kylington? Poirier? Klimchuk? Others?

Foo maybe. Just hit the 20 goal mark the other night. He has been very good the 2nd half of the season.

Originally Posted by lazypucker

Also with Gaudreau taking a leave of absence, can we make an "emergency call-up" in place of him?

No the Flames can't emergency recall a forward unless they can't dress 12 forwards for a game. Unless there are unannounced injuries I believe they have 12 available tonight.

[HUSKER4FLAMES]

With all the injuries couldn't they also do several more emergency recalls?

[Robbob]

Interesting. Is this a move where the team feels Rittich gives the farm team the best chance to win?

[tvp2003]

Makes sense. Let Rittich try to make a playoff run in Stockton and give Gillies a better look at the NHL level.

I'd also like to see Foo called up -- give him an opportunity given his recent play and to validate his decision to sign with Calgary last summer.

[Puppet Guy]

until I read the part about Rittich going to Stockton, I thought he'd be replacing Gaudreau on the top line. At this stage it couldn't hurt.

[MacDaddy77]

Bring up Foo, see if we have a top 6 RW. play Gillies every game thats left.

someone trip bartkowski so we can use an emergency call up on Kylington

[alan21]

Originally Posted by MacDaddy77

Bring up Foo, see if we have a top 6 RW. play Gillies every game thats left.

someone trip bartkowski so we can use an emergency call up on Kylington

With Monny and Johnny out he'd look awfully lonely out there.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by MacDaddy77

Bring up Foo, see if we have a top 6 RW. play Gillies every game thats left.

someone trip bartkowski so we can use an emergency call up on Kylington

We would actually need to trip two defencemen to get an emergency recall on D.

[jlh2640]

We need to figure out which guy deserves a 1 way deal next fall and who is our future. Rittich has shown flashes. Gillies out played him though overall when Smith was hurt even with his 2 big blunders. Which guy could we trade away realistically as well