Flames Cut 19

 

 

Brent Sutter and Jay Feaster reduced the training camp clutter today, cutting some 19 players. Most aren’t terribly surprising, with a huge bulk of the guys being assigned to Abbotsford.

Here is the list of guys who were assigned to the Heat:

Try-outs Turner Elson and James Martin weren’t released outright, meaning they will continue to try to stick with the organization in Abby. Mitch Wahl is likely disappointed by his early departure given the fact he stuck through a couple of games last year, but the sophomore missed most of the season due to injury and probably still needs to get his legs under him. Ditto John Negrin, who at 22-years old is starting to run out of track as a prospect.

Ryan Howse managed to appear in the first pre-season game but it was clear he’s not quite ready to compete at this level. Interestingly, his linemate from Chiliwack, Roman Horak seems to have survived the first wave.

Ferland, Holland and Leach were returned to their respective junior teams as well. Both of the forwards showed relatively well during their time in training camp, but Leach was apparently well behind the pace a lot of the time. He’ll need to improve his skating to make a dent in the future.

Finally, try-out Blake Gal was released.

Sven Baertschi was unsurprisingly retained and it looks like tough guys Desbiens and P3L are still in the mix. Calgary also has a lot of defenders in camp as well, including Carson, Mikkelson, Wilson, Piskula, Smith, Henry and Brodie. The next round of cuts will be heavy on the rearguards as a result.