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Flames down to one practice group on Tuesday at training camp

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A couple weeks back, the Calgary Flames began training camp juggling three on-ice groups and 58 players.
On Tuesday, they were down to just one.
Here’s what we learned on Tuesday afternoon at the Saddledome.
Lines and pairings
Via Sportsnet’s Pat Steinberg:
Joel Farabee – Nazem Kadri – Yegor Sharangovich
Jonathan Huberdeau – Morgan Frost – Matt Coronato
Matvei Gridin – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Connor Zary – Rory Kerins – Martin Pospisil
Ryan Lomberg – Justin Kirkland – Adam Klapka
Jonathan Huberdeau – Morgan Frost – Matt Coronato
Matvei Gridin – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Connor Zary – Rory Kerins – Martin Pospisil
Ryan Lomberg – Justin Kirkland – Adam Klapka
Joel Hanley – MacKenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl – Rasmus Andersson
Zayne Parekh – Brayden Pachal
Jake Bean – Ilya Solovyov
Kevin Bahl – Rasmus Andersson
Zayne Parekh – Brayden Pachal
Jake Bean – Ilya Solovyov
(Daniil Miromanov is “day to day with an upper body injury,” per head coach Ryan Huska.)
Devin Cooley
Ivan Prosvetov
Ivan Prosvetov
(After making oodles of saves on Monday, Dustin Wolf was likely given a day off.)
The Flames have 27 active players in camp, with four other players (Clark Bishop, Dryden Hunt, Yan Kuznetsov and Sam Morton) currently on waivers. We’ll find out if they clear waivers at 12 p.m. MT on Wednesday.
So what’s next?
The Flames have to make four roster cuts to have a 23-man roster by 3 p.m. MT on Monday, the NHL’s roster deadline. In-between now and then, they have home pre-season games on Wednesday (vs. Vancouver) and Friday (vs. Winnipeg).
Per head coach Ryan Huska, Cooley and Prosvetov will split Wednesday’s game, while Wolf will start on Friday. Huska cited Backlund, Coleman, Kadri, Huberdeau, Andersson and Weegar as players that will dress for both games. But he’s also giving chances to the players who are pushing for spots to see if they can perform as well as they have so far against established NHLers – so if you’re wondering if we’ll see Rory Kerins, Matvei Gridin or Zayne Parekh in the next couple games, it sure sounds like it.
“First impressions are important. But I also think your last impression is pretty critical,” said Huska
If the Flames go with two goalies, seven defenders and 14 forwards, they need to cut a goaltender, two defenders and one forward by Monday. Anybody who is going to be re-assigned and requires waivers needs to be waived by Sunday.
It’s going to be a busy few days.
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