FlamesNation prospect update: post-deadline fun
By Ryan Pike
3 years agoThe NHL’s trade deadline is over with and the Calgary Flames have a few new faces in the organization.
Let’s check in on all the Flames’ prospects!
In case you missed it:
- Last week’s update
- Done for the season are Jake Boltmann (NCAA), Daniil Chechelev (MHL), Lucas Feuk (HockeyEttan), Demetrios Koumontzis (NCAA), Mitchell Mattson (NCAA), Josh Nodler (NCAA) and Filip Sveningsson (HockeyAllsvenskan)
- Tyler Parsons has joined Stockton
- Yan Kuznetsov is quarantining so he can join Stockton
- Walker Duehr and Ilya Solovyov have signed their entry level deals and are waiting on visas so they can join Stockton (after quarantine)
- Adam Ruzicka and Artyom Zagidulin have joined the Flames taxi squad
Walker Duehr- RW, Minnesota State University Mavericks, NCAA
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 28 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 20.91 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +1.78 |
One of two new faces on this list, Duehr had two points in Minnesota State’s national semi-final loss to St. Cloud State on Thursday. He signed with the Flames on Sunday and is preparing to join Stockton.
Based on box scores, every single point he earned this season was at even strength.
Ryan Francis- C, Cape Breton Eagles/Saint John Sea Dogs, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 36.06 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | +2.42 |
Francis has simply had a great Draft+1 season, albeit playing against the same handful of teams. He’s sixth in the QMJHL in points, fifth in points-per-game and fourth in even strength points-per-game.
He had six points on Tuesday night in a 9-2 win.
Glenn Gawdin- C, Stockton Heat, AHL / EHC Visp, Swiss League
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| AHL up to date | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22.14 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| Swiss League up to date | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Emil Heineman- LW, Leksands IF, SHL/J20 Nationell / Team Sweden, WJC
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| SHL up to date | 43 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 14.78 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| J20 up to date | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
Heineman was acquired from Florida in the Sam Bennett trade. He’s playing on Leksands’ first line in the SHL playoffs against Orebro HK. He has zero points and his team is down 2-0 in their best-of-seven series.
Rory Kerins- C, Stockton Heat, AHL / Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Johannes Kinnvall- D, HV71, SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 32 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 33.60 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
Kinnvall returned to action in Game 3 of the play-out series with Brynas after missing HV71’s last three games. And HV71 won, so that’s a good sign. They trail in their best-of-seven relegation series 2-1.
Justin Kirkland- LW, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17.44 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Carl-Johan Lerby- D, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14.68 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Connor Mackey- D, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 22 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 25.36 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Ilya Nikolayev- C, Buran Voronezh, VHL / Loko Yaroslavl, MHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| VHL up to date | 37 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 11.27 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| MHL up to date | 21 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 18.27 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
Loko’s headed to the MHL finals where they’ll face MHC Dynamo Moscow. Since last week, they played twice. Nikolayev’s playing as the fourth line centre, playing about 12 minutes a night these days.
Jakob Pelletier- LW, Val-d’Or Foreurs, QMJHL / Team Canada, WJC
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 28 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 35.75 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
Val-d’Or was off this week. The QMJHL playoffs begin on April 23. Val-d’Or plays Baie-Comeau in the first round. With his regular season complete, Pelletier is seventh in QMJHL points per game and eighth in even strength points per game.
Emilio Pettersen- LW, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 21 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20.87 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Matthew Phillips- C/RW, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 22 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 28.98 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Luke Philp- C/RW, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 22 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 28.98 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Jeremie Poirier- D, Saint John Sea Dogs, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 25.54 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2.06 |
Poirier had a relatively quiet week, but he’s having a good offensive season.
Colton Poolman- D, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12.16 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Martin Pospisil- LW, Stockton Heat, AHL / HC Kosice, Tipsport Liga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| AHL up to date | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 31.31 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| Liga up to date | 22 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 8 | n/a |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
Pospisil is done for the season due to shoulder surgery. (And a knee injury.)
Adam Ruzicka- C, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 22 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 34.42 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
Ruzicka was called up to Calgary’s taxi squad.
Eetu Tuulola- RW, Stockton Heat, AHL / Vasterviks IK, HockeyAllsvenskan / SaiPa, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| AHL up to date | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9.06 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| Allsvenskan up to date | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8.88 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| Liiga up to date | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Alexander Yelesin- D, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9.49 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Connor Zary- LW, Stockton Heat, AHL / Kamloops Blazers, WHL / Team Canada, WJC
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| AHL up to date | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31.00 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| WHL up to date | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 49.53 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +14.86 |
Zary had a good week. He had two multi-point games. He has points in six of seven games this season and four multi-point efforts.
Dmitry Zavgorodniy- RW, Stockton Heat, AHL / SKA St. Petersburg, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| AHL up to date | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
| KHL up to date | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32.88 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | n/a |
The Heat were off this week.
Dustin Wolf- G, Stockton Heat, AHL / Everett Silvertips, WHL / Team USA, WJC
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| AHL up to date | 3 | 148 | 0.895 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
| WHL up to date | 11 | 635 | 0.941 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 151 | -0.020 |
After being white-hot in his first seven games, Wolf has looked downright human lately. He allowed between zero and two goals per game through his first seven games (five goals total); he’s allowed 13 over his last four games. His numbers had nowhere to go but down – .941 is an amazing save percentage – but hopefully Wolf can find his old dominance. Everett has 12 games left in their schedule.
Artyom Zagidulin- G, Stockton Heat, AHL / Metallurg Magnitigorsk, KHL
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| AHL up to date | 6 | 357 | 0.911 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
| KHL up to date | 5 | 226 | 0.869 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Zagidulin was recalled to Calgary’s taxi squad.
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