As the NCAA national championship tournament unfolds, college teams are reaching the ends of their season and key college players are considering their future options. Among the players that is receiving a lot of attention from National Hockey League clubs is University of Connecticut goaltender Callum Tung.

UConn was eliminated by Penn State in overtime on Sunday night, ending their season. According to Elliotte Friedman, on Monday’s edition of the 32 Thoughts podcast, Tung has received a lot of interest from around the NHL. Among the teams looking at Tung, per Friedman, are the Flames, who had Tung at their development camp over the summer.

A challenge for the Flames landing Tung’s services may lie in their netminding depth. At the NHL level, the Flames have Dustin Wolf (signed through 2025-26, then an RFA) and Dan Vladar (a pending UFA). At the AHL level they have Devin Cooley (signed through 2025-26, then a UFA), Waltteri Ignatjew (a pending RFA) and Connor Murphy (a pending RFA). And the Flames have also recently signed college free agent Owen Say, and are expected to court prospect Arsenii Sergeev, who’s had a monster season at Penn State.

Suffice it to say: it’s not immediately clear where all the Flames’ goaltenders will fit in for next season, let alone if they add anyone else to the fold.

“Calgary’s a bit loaded with young goaltenders,” said Friedman, after specifically citing Wolf and Sergeev. “So I think it would be a bigger challenge for them to get him, but I don’t think the Flames were the only team looking at this kid and trying to convince him to come out.”

The Flames organization has already been somewhat active in the college free agency market. In addition to signing Say to an ELC, the Wranglers have recently added a pair of right shot forwards to amateur try-out contracts in North Dakota’s Carter Wilkie and Minnesota State’s Kaden Bolhsen. We’ll see if they end up recruiting anyone else to NHL or AHL deals before the dust settles.