Flames make large cuts: 17 players gone from camp (and then 4 more)

As expected, the Calgary Flames have made a major roster reduction as they continue to prepare for the regular season. Per a release from the club, 17 players have been eliminated from their main camp.

Update: The Flames have announced a further four players trimmed from their camp roster.

Assigned to the American Hockey League’s Stockton Heat are goaltender Tyler Parsons, defensemen Oliver Kylington and Adam Ollas Mattsson, and forwards Spencer Foo, Glenn Gawdin, Ryan Lomberg, Matthew Phillips and Brett Pollock. Pending the waiver process, Tyler Graovac, Morgan Klimchuk, Alan Quine, Buddy Robinson and Kerby Rychel will also be heading to Stockton.

Released outright are four players in camp on professional tryout agreements: Gilbert Brule, Jeff Glass, Ryan Sproul and Viktor Svedberg.

Four more players were released from PTOs but invited to Stockton’s camp: defensemen Philip Samuelsson, Justin Falk and Duncan Siemens, and forward Logan Shaw.

The biggest surprise is arguably Kylington, who played a lot in the preseason and looked strong with the puck at times. However, the remainder of the moves seem pretty straight forward. Foo, Robinson and Quine looked very good in games, but have been outshined by Dillon Dube and Andrew Mangiapane throughout training camp.

With only two preseason tune-ups remaining, there simply wasn’t enough time left in camp to give additional looks to players while getting the NHL lineup fine-tuned.

The Flames have 29 players remaining in camp, meaning there are 6 decisions to make prior to 3 p.m. MT on Tuesday, Oct. 2 – the league’s roster deadline.

Cuts: Mason McDonald (9/21, assigned to AHL), Nick Schneider (9/22, assigned to AHL), Jeff Glass (9/26, released), Tyler Parsons (9/26, assigned to AHL)

Cuts: Jake Christiansen (9/20, released from ATO), Igor Merezhko (9/20, released from ATO), Brayden Pachal (9/20, released from ATO), Merrick Rippon (9/20, released from ATO), Michael Paliotta (9/21, assigned to AHL), Andrew O’Brien (9/21, assigned to AHL), Josh Healey (9/21, assigned to AHL), Adam Ollas Mattsson (9/26, assigned to AHL), Viktor Svedberg (9/26, released), Ryan Sproul (9/26, released), Oliver Kylington (9/26, assigned to AHL), Duncan Siemens (9/26, released to AHL camp), Philip Samuelsson (9/26, released to AHL camp), Justin Falk (9/26, released to AHL camp)

Cuts: D’Artagnan Joly (9/20, returned to junior), Milos Roman (9/20, returned to junior), Adam Ruzicka (9/20, returned to junior), Dmitry Zavgorodniy (9/20, returned to junior), Jordan Ernst (9/21, released to AHL camp), Justin Auger (9/21, released to AHL camp), Mike McMurtry (9/21, assigned to AHL), Scott Sabourin (9/21, released to AHL camp), Zach Fischer (9/21, assigned to AHL), Yasin Ehliz (9/21, assigned to AHL), Spencer Foo (9/26, assigned to AHL), Kerby Rychel (9/26, assigned to AHL pending waivers), Tyler Graovac (9/26, assigned to AHL pending waivers), Morgan Klimchuk (9/26, assigned to AHL pending waivers), Buddy Robinson (9/26, assigned to AHL pending waivers), Alan Quine (9/26, assigned to AHL pending waivers), Glenn Gawdin (9/26, assigned to AHL), Brett Pollock (9/26, assigned to AHL), Ryan Lomberg (9/26, assigned to AHL), Matthew Phillips (9/26, assigned to AHL), Gilbert Brule (9/26, released), Logan Shaw (9/26, released to AHL camp)