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Roster Update – April 22 2015

By Ryan Pike

Apr 22, 2015, 20:33 EDTUpdated:

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It’s an off-day for the Calgary Flames and the team’s roster has grown with the addition of several “black aces” to the roster.

Since I was asked how many players are on the roster right now, here’s a quick update:

Four goaltenders:

Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
Jon Gillies – brought up from Providence College (NCAA) after signing an entry-level deal.
Joni Ortio – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.

17 defensemen, 12 of which that are able to play:

David Schlemko
Kris Russell
Mark Giordano – Injured Reserve (bicep tear); skating
Dennis Wideman
T.J. Brodie
Ladislav Smid – Injured Reserve (neck)
Tyler Wotherspoon
Corey Potter
Deryk Engelland
Raphael Diaz – Injured (lower body)
Mark Cundari – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended; only played 50 AHL games this season due to scratches and injuries.
Dustin Stevenson brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended, but on AHL contract and ineligible to play.
Patrick Sieloff – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended; played a bit of forward this season, only played 48 AHL games due to injuries and scratches.
John Ramage – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Brett Kulak – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Ryan Culkin – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended; just recently began skating again after a pretty nasty wrist injury.
Kenney Morrison – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended; has NHL deal for next year but playing with baby Flames on a try-out, so ineligible to play in NHL post-season.

24 forwards, 20 of which are able to play:

Joe Colborne
Mikael Backlund
Johnny Gaudreau
Lance Bouma – Injured (upper body); skating again
Matt Stajan
David Jones
Mason Raymond
Drew Shore
Sean Monahan
Jiri Hudler
Brandon Bollig
Paul Byron – Injured (lower body)
David Wolf – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Bill Arnold – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Kenny Agostino – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Emile Poirier – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Max Reinhart – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Markus Granlund
Austin Carroll – brought up from Victoria (WHL) after their season ended, but not on an official recall, so not eligible to play.
Sam Bennett – brought up from Kingston (OHL) after their season ended; quite good.
Garnet Hathaway – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended; has NHL deal for next season, but not eligible to play this year.
Turner Elson – brought up from Adirondack (AHL) after their season ended.
Michael Ferland
Josh Jooris

The team didn’t bring up Brian McGrattan because his wife just had a baby, and the majority of the other guys that weren’t brought in are players who have been nursing injuries. Virtually everybody available for the Baby Flames was sent up to Calgary.