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Roster Update – April 22 2015
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.