[News] Flames cut 17 players. 33 players left UPD: 4 more PTOS released. 29 players left

[sureLoss]

https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flam...?tid=282300716

The Calgary Flames announced today that they have assigned eight players to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Stockton Heat: Spencer Foo (RW), Glenn Gawdin (C), Oliver Kylington (D), Ryan Lomberg (LW), Adam Ollas Mattsson (D), Tyler Parsons (G), Matthew Phillips (RW) and Brett Pollock (LW).

The following five players have been placed on waivers for the purpose of being assigned to Stockton: Tyler Graovac (C), Morgan Klimchuk (LW), Alan Quine (C), Buddy Robinson (RW) and Kerby Rychel (LW).

The Flames have also released the following four players who were attending camp on PTO's: Gilbert Brule (RW), Jeff Glass (G), Ryan Sproul (D) and Viktor Svedberg (D).

Calgary has 33 players remaining at training camp (3x goalies, 13x defencemen, 17x forwards).

News Update

https://twitter.com/user/status/1045071203709251584

[EastCoastFlamesFan]

Did I miss it, or was Duncan Siemens cut already?

[KootenayFlamesFan]

No surprises. The Heat will be a lot of fun to follow this year.

[Toonage]

Surprised (nervous) that Shaw is still around.

[Ozy_Flame]

Dube, Shaw and Siemens still around . . . Interesting . . .

[sureLoss]

what is left. Falk, Siemens, Samuelsson, and Shaw are the remaining PTOs

* indicates waivers exempt

Goalies 3
32 Gillies *
33 Rittich
41 Smith


Defence 13
4 Andersson *
5 Giordano
6 Prout
7 Brodie
24 Hamonic
26 Stone
37 Siemens PTO
38 Samuelsson PTO
42 Valimaki *
43 Falk PTO
46 Hogstrom *
55 Hanifin
61 Kulak


Forwards 17
10 Ryan
11 Backlund
13 Gaudreau
16 Peluso
18 Neal
19 Tkachuk
20 Lazar
21 Hathaway
23 Monahan
27 Czarnik
28 Lindholm
49 Shaw PTO
59 Dube *
67 Frolik
77 Jankowski
88 Mangiapane *
93 Bennett


2018-09-13 Cuts
40 Frakas ATO returned to junior

2018-09-20 Cuts
57 Christansen ATO returned to junior
52 Joly unsigned draft pick * returned to junior
98 Merezhko ATO returned to junior
83 Pachal ATO returned to junior
87 Rippon ATO returned to junior
65 Roman unsigned draft pick * returned to junior
63 Ruzicka unsigned draft pick * returned to junior
78 Zavgorodniy unsigned draft pick * returned to junior

2018-09-21 Cuts
50 Ehliz * assigned to Stockton
48 Fischer AHL unsigned draft pick assigned to Stockton
85 Healey * assigned to Stockton
72 McDonald * assigned to Stockton
79 McMurty AHL assigned to Stockton
84 O'Brien AHL assigned to Stockton
36 Paliotta AHL assigned to Stockton
90 Auger PTO released from try-out and invited to Stockton's camp
97 Ernst ATO released from try-out and invited to Stockton's camp
51 Sabourin PTO released from try-out and invited to Stockton's camp

2018-09-22 Cuts
70 Schneider * assigned to Stockton

2018-09-26 Cuts
15 Foo * assigned to Stockton
80 Gawdin * assigned to Stockton
58 Kylington * assigned to Stockton
56 Lomberg * assigned to Stockton
68 Ollas Mattsson AHL * assigned to Stockton
82 Parsons * assigned to Stockton
47 Phillips * assigned to Stockton
60 Pollock * assigned to Stockton
44 Graovac put on waivers
45 Klimchuk put on waivers
89 Quine put on waivers
53 Robinson put on waivers
39 Rychel put on waivers
31 Glass PTO released from tryout
54 Brule PTO released from tryout
96 Sproul PTO released from tryout
71 Svedberg PTO released from tryout

[scotty2hotty]

Hogstrom

I have never heard that name before in my life.

Guess I've missed a few pre-season games.

[sureLoss]

Hogstrom has been injured since the beginning of camp. He hasn't been skating with any of the practice groups.

[sureLoss]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1045014858096246784

[Strange Brew]

Foo was not really close to earning a spot. Given his age, he will really need to impress in Stockton.

That is still a ton of defensemen left in camp.

[Imported_Aussie]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Hogstrom has been injured since the beginning of camp. He hasn't been skating with any of the practice groups.

So effectively the team is down to 32 = 17F, 12 D, 3G considering Hogstrom is down/starts on season opening IR

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Foo was not really close to earning a spot. Given his age, he will really need to impress in Stockton.

That is still a ton of defensemen left in camp.

With the 4 PTOs left, they have not played in the last 2 games - could be guys added to lineup in next game to rest some guys before the preseason finale? Auditioning for AHL deal/sign to a 2 way and waive to demote right away for AHL depth? If the top 4 is set, then the PTO guys on D could fill out a 3rd pair, to allow the coaches to both rest guys who are locked in and give fringe guys more ice to evaluate

Discounting the PTOs gets the team to 28 = 16F (2 go down), 9D (2 go down) 3G (1 goes down) - so we are getting close to the team to open the season!

[SeanCharles]

Hopefully Kylington goes down and relishes the opportunity to be Stocktons #1 dman and runs with it.

He seems close but still needs to refine a couple things to make it as an impactful NHLer.

[getbak]

I assume Samuelsson, Siemens, and Falk are just being kept around so they have an even number of d-men for line rushes in practice. None of them have played in the last three games, which have featured the guys who are fighting for the 5-7 D spots.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Not surprised by Shaw. He's a big body who can skate and is defensively responsible. He can play center or winger (mostly winger). He's a bigger Curtis Lazar. He might be one of the last cuts or even make the team as an extra forward.

[FlamesFanFromBC]

Goalies
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1. Smith
2. Rittich

Gillies (two-way, waivers exempt)

Defence
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1. Giordano
2. Brodie
3. Hanifin
4. Hamonic
5. Stone
6. Kulak
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7.

Andersson (two-way, waiver excempt)
Prout (one-way, 800k)
Valimaki (two-way, waiver exempt)
Siemens (PTO)
Samuelsson (PTO)
Falk (PTO)
Hogstrom (two-way, waiver excempt)

Forwards
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1. Ryan
2. Backlund
3. Gaudreau
4. Neal
5. Tkachuk
6. Monahan
7. Czarnik
8. Lindholm
9. Frolik
10. Jankowski
11. Bennett
12.
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13.

Lazar (one-way, 1.05M)
Hathaway (one-way, 850k)
Dube (waiver exempt, two-way)
Mangiapane (waiver exempt, two-way)
Peluso (two-way)
Shaw (PTO)

[Split98]

Dube, Mangiapane, Andersson and Valimaki are going to make things very difficult

[djsFlames]

Kylington was solid. He'll be ready in a year.

[getbak]

I assume the 14th forward/facepuncher role is between Peluso and Shaw. Peluso probably has the edge because he's already under contract, but it is a two-way so he could easily be buried in the minors.

[VilleN]

Didn't Foo have the option to sign with the Greasers, but chose the Flames instead? Obviously, I understand why he chose Calgary, but you've got to think as a career move, signing in Edmonton would have been much smarter. He'd likely be on the top line looking at a 6x6 contract.

[Makarov]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Kylington was solid. He'll be ready in a year.

I'm a bit disappointed to see Kylington reassigned but he definitely had an impressive preseason. Hopefully we see him back in Calgary at some point during the season.