Flames reduce roster, cut 10 players
By Ryan Pike
6 years agoAs we’ve seen following the last few preseason games, the Calgary Flames have decided to trim down their roster once again. Ten prospective Flames have been assigned elsewhere, reducing the team’s roster to 28 (excluding two injured players)
Who’s gone?
Sent directly to the AHL’s Stockton Heat are goaltender David Rittich and forwards Brett Pollock, Morgan Klimchuk, Ryan Lomberg and Spencer Foo.
Placed on waivers (for the purposes of assigning to the AHL) earlier today were defenseman Tyler Wotherspoon and forwards Emile Poirier and Hunter Shinkaruk.
Sent back to their junior clubs are forward Dillon Dube (to the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets) and defenseman Juuso Valimaki (to the WHL’s Tri-City Americans).
Who’s left?
Goaltenders (3)
| # | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired | Waivers? |
| 32 | Jon Gillies | 23 | Stockton (AHL) | 2012 Draft | No |
| 31 | Eddie Lack | 29 | Carolina (NHL) | Trade | Yes |
| 41 | Mike Smith | 35 | Arizona (NHL) | Trade | Yes |
Defensemen (8)
| # | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired | Shot | Waivers? |
| 54 | Rasmus Andersson | 20 | Stockton (AHL) | 2015 Draft | R | No |
| 44 | Matt Bartkowski | 29 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
| 7 | T.J. Brodie | 27 | Calgary (NHL) | 2008 Draft | L | Yes |
| 5 | Mark Giordano | 33 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
| 27 | Dougie Hamilton | 24 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
| 24 | Travis Hamonic | 27 | NY Islanders (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
| 61 | Brett Kulak | 23 | Stockton (AHL) | 2012 Draft | L | Yes |
| 26 | Michael Stone | 27 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
Forwards (19, 17 healthy)
| # | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired | Shot | Waivers? |
| 11 | Mikael Backlund | 28 | Calgary (NHL) | 2007 Draft | L | Yes |
| 93 | Sam Bennett | 21 | Calgary (NHL) | 2014 Draft | L | Yes |
| 36 | Troy Brouwer | 32 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | R | Yes |
| 64 | Joseph Cramarossa | 24 | Vancouver (NHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
| 79 | Micheal Ferland | 25 | Calgary (NHL) | 2009 Draft | L | Yes |
| 67 | Michael Frolik | 29 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
| 13 | Johnny Gaudreau | 24 | Calgary (NHL) | 2011 Draft | L | Yes |
| 17 | Luke Gazdic | 28 | Albany (AHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
| 51 | Tanner Glass | 33 | Hartford (AHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
| 25 | Freddie Hamilton | 25 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
| 21 | Garnet Hathaway | 25 | Stockton (AHL) | Free agency | R | Yes |
| 46 | Marek Hrivik | 26 | Hartford (AHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
| 77 | Mark Jankowski | 22 | Stockton (AHL) | 2012 Draft | L | No |
| 20 | Curtis Lazar | 22 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
| 23 | Sean Monahan | 22 | Calgary (NHL) | 2013 Draft | L | Yes |
| 74 | Daniel Pribyl | 24 | Stockton (AHL) | Free agency | R | No |
| 18 | Matt Stajan | 33 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | L | Yes |
| 19 | Matthew Tkachuk | 19 | Calgary (NHL) | 2016 Draft | L | No |
| 10 | Kris Versteeg | 31 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | R | Yes |
Hrivik and Pribyl are listed as injured by the club right now. Depend on what happens, it’s probable that they’ll begin the season on the non-roster injured list. Presuming that happens, the remaining cuts are one goaltender, one defenseman and three forwards.
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