The Axe Falls: Flames Cut 15 Players
By Ryan Pike
8 years agoBrad Treliving and Bob Hartley swung the axe on Sunday following a stretch of three games in three nights, assigning 15 players to various affiliates.
Heading to the AHL’s Stockton Heat are goalie Jon Gillies, defensemen Ryan Culkin, Keegan Kanzig, Oliver Kylington, Kenney Morrison and Pat Sieloff, and forwards Kenny Agostino, Bill Arnold, Morgan Klimchuk, Emile Poirier, Blair Riley, Bryce van Brabant, Derek Grant and Turner Elson (the last two pending waivers). Rasmus Andersson has also been sent back to the OHL’s Barrie Colts.
The moves leave the Flames with the following 32 players remaining in camp.
| Goaltenders (3) | ||
| Jonas Hiller | Karri Ramo | Joni Ortio |
| Defensemen (11) | ||
| Mark Giordano | T.J. Brodie (Injured) | Dougie Hamilton |
| Kris Russell | Dennis Wideman | Deryk Engelland |
| Ladislav Smid (Injured) | Jakub Nakladal | Ryan Wilson |
| Tyler Wotherspoon | Brett Kulak | |
| Forwards (18) | ||
| Johnny Gaudreau | Sean Monahan | Jiri Hudler |
| Lance Bouma | Sam Bennett | Michael Frolik |
| Micheal Ferland | Mikael Backlund | David Jones |
| Joe Colborne | Matt Stajan | Josh Jooris |
| Brandon Bollig | Markus Granlund | Paul Byron |
| Mason Raymond | Drew Shore | Garnet Hathaway |
(Format gleefully stolen from Jonathan Willis at Cult of Hockey)
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