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The Flames announce 2016-17 main camp roster and schedule
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Ryan Pike
Sep 21, 2016, 20:51 EDTUpdated: Invalid DateTime
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The 2015-16 season was not very good for the Calgary Flames. They had bad goaltending, bad defensive zone play, bad special teams and, ultimately, a pretty disappointing result in the standings.
The first step to a better result kicks off this week, as main training camp for the 2016-17 season gets underway with medical testing on Thursday and on-ice action beginning on Friday.
Full roster after the jump: [inj. = injured; WC = World Cup]

Goaltenders (7)

No.
Player
Age
Primary 2015-16 Club
Acquired
Catches
Ht
Wt
Cap Hit
1
Brian Elliott
31
St. Louis Blues (NHL)
Signed as free agent
Left
6’2″
209
$2.5m
31
Chad Johnson
30
Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
Signed as free agent
Left
6’3″
196
$1.7m
32
Jon Gillies
22
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2012 Draft
Left
6’6″
223
$925k
40
David Rittich
24
Mlada Boleslav BK (Czech.)
Signed as free agent
Left
6’3″
202
$925k
70
Nick Schneider
19
Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
Signed as free agent
Right
6’2″
170
$642k
72
Mason McDonald
20
Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
2014 Draft
Right
6’4″
200
$823k
80
Tyler Parsons
18
London Knights (OHL)
2016 Draft
Left
6’1″
185
n/a

Defensemen (21)

No.
Player
Age
Primary 2015-16 Club
Acquired
Shoots
Ht
Wt
Cap Hit
3
Jyrki Jokipakka [WC]
25
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Trade with Dallas
Left
6’3″
215
$700k
5
Mark Giordano
32
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Signed as free agent
Left
6’0″
198
$6.75m
6
Dennis Wideman
33
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Trade with Washington
Right
6’0″
202
$5.25m
7
T.J. Brodie
26
Calgary Flames (NHL)
2008 Draft
Left
6’1″
182
$4.65m
8
Nicklas Grossman
31
Arizona Coyotes (NHL)
Invite (PTO)
Left
6’4″
230
n/a
15
Ladislav Smid [inj.]
30
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Trade with Edmonton
Left
6’4″
210
$3.5m
26
Tyler Wotherspoon
23
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2011 Draft
Left
6’2″
207
$625k
27
Dougie Hamilton
23
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Trade with Boston
Right
6’6″
210
$5.75m
29
Deryk Engelland
34
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Signed as free agent
Right
6’2″
214
$2.917m
48
Colby Robak
26
Rochester Americans (AHL)
Invite (PTO)
Left
6’3″
194
n/a
53
Kenney Morrison
24
Stockton Heat (AHL)
Signed as free agent
Right
6’2″
208
$925k
54
Rasmus Andersson
19
Barrie Colts (OHL)
2015 Draft
Right
6’1″
214
*$787k
55
Mikhail Grigoriev
25
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
Invite (PTO)
Right
5’9″
179
n/a
58
Oliver Kylington
19
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2015 Draft
Left
6’0″
183
*$762k
61
Brett Kulak
22
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2012 Draft
Left
6’2″
187
*$657k
67
Ryan Culkin
22
Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
2012 Draft
Left
6’2″
200
*$657k
73
Keegan Kanzig
21
Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2013 Draft
Left
6’7″
247
*$631k
76
Roman Dyukov
20
Yunost Minsk (Belarus)
Invite (AHL contract)
Left
6’1″
190
n/a
80
Stepan Falkovsky
19
Ottawa 67’s (OHL)
2016 Draft
Left
6’7″
224
n/a
92
Aaron Hyman
18
Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
Invite
Right
6’5″
224
n/a
98
Riley Bruce
19
North Bay Battalion (OHL)
2015 Draft
Right
6’7″
212
n/a

Forwards (38)

No.
Player
Age
Primary 2015-16 Club
Acquired
Shoots
Ht
Wt
Cap Hit
10
Linden Vey
25
Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
Signed as free agent
Right
6’0″
189
$700k
11
Mikael Backlund [WC]
27
Calgary Flames (NHL)
2007 Draft
Left
6’1″
199
$3.575m
13
Johnny Gaudreau [WC]
23
Calgary Flames (NHL)
2011 Draft
Left
5’9″
157
n/a
17
Lance Bouma
26
Calgary Flames (NHL)
2008 Draft
Left
6’2″
208
$2.2m
18
Matt Stajan
32
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Trade with Toronto
Left
6’1″
195
$3.125m
19
Matthew Tkachuk
18
London Knights (OHL)
2016 Draft
Left
6’2″
202
*$925k
20
Chris Higgins
33
Vancouver Canucks (NHL)
Invite (PTO)
Left
6’0″
205
n/a
21
Lauri Korpikoski
30
Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
Invite (PTO)
Left
6’1″
205
n/a
23
Sean Monahan [inj.]
21
Calgary Flames (NHL)
2013 Draft
Left
6’3″
195
$6.375m
25
Freddie Hamilton
24
Stockton Heat (AHL)
Trade with Colorado
Right
6’0″
189
n/a
28
Emile Poirier
21
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2013 Draft
Left
6’2″
196
*$863k
36
Troy Brouwer
31
St. Louis Blues (NHL)
Signed as free agent
Right
6’3″
215
$4.5m
38
Matt Frattin
28
Toronto Marlies (AHL)
Invite (AHL contract)
Right
6’0″
200
n/a
39
Alex Chiasson
25
Ottawa Senators (NHL)
Trade with Ottawa
Right
6’4″
208
$800k
42
Luke Adam
26
Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Invite (PTO)
Left
6’2″
207
n/a
45
Morgan Klimchuk
21
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2013 Draft
Left
6’0″
185
$863k
46
Matt Bailey
25
San Diego Gulls (AHL)
Invite (AHL contract)
Left
6’1″
197
n/a
47
Matthew Phillips
18
Victoria Royals (WHL)
2016 Draft
Right
5’7″
140
n/a
49
Hunter Shinkaruk
21
Stockton Heat (AHL)
Trade with Vancouver
Left
5’10”
181
*$863k
52
Brandon Bollig
29
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Trade with Chicago
Left
6’2″
220
$1.25m
56
Ryan Lomberg
21
Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Invite (AHL contract)
Left
5’9″
190
n/a
57
Mike Angelidis
31
Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Invite (AHL contract)
Left
6’1″
214
n/a
59
Dillon Dube
18
Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
2016 Draft
Left
5’11”
183
n/a
60
Brett Pollock
20
Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
Trade with Dallas
Left
6’3″
195
*$712k
62
Austin Carroll
22
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2014 Draft
Right
6’3″
212
*$670k
64
Garnet Hathaway
24
Stockton Heat (AHL)
Signed as free agent
Right
6’2″
208
*$690k
65
Jamie Devane
25
Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
Invite (AHL contract)
Left
6’5″
220
n/a
67
Michael Frolik [WC]
28
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Signed as free agent
Left
6’1″
194
$4.3m
71
Hunter Smith
21
Stockton Heat (AHL)
2014 Draft
Right
6’7″
231
*$693k
74
Daniel Pribyl [inj.]
23
Sparta Praha (Czech.)
Signed as free agent
Right
6’3″
207
$925k
75
Eetu Tuulola
18
HPK (Jr. SM-Liiga)
2016 Draft
Right
6’2″
224
n/a
77
Mark Jankowski
21
Providence College Friars (NCAA)
2012 Draft
Left
6’4″
202
*$925k
79
Micheal Ferland
24
Calgary Flames (NHL)
2010 Draft
Left
6’2″
208
$825k
89
Andrew Mangiapane
20
Barrie Colts (OHL)
2015 Draft
Left
5’10”
184
*$705k
93
Sam Bennett
20
Calgary Flames (NHL)
2014 Draft
Left
6’1″
186
*$925k
94
Brayden Burke
19
Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
Invite
Left
5’10”
165
n/a
95
Mikkel Aagaard
20
Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
Invite
Left
5’11”
180
n/a
96
Dennis Kravchenko
22
U-Mass Amhearst (NCAA)
Invite
Left
5’9″
176
n/a

The Veterans

“Veterans” are defined by the CBA in regards to the pre-season as anybody 100+ career NHL games, a skater that played 30+ games last season, a goalie that played 30+ games last season (or dressed in 50+), and the first round selection(s) from the most recent NHL Draft.
The Flames have 27 veterans in camp.
  • Goalies Brian Elliott and Chad Johnson
  • Defensemen Mark Giordano, Jyrki Jokipakka, Dougie Hamilton, T.J. Brodie, Dennis Wideman, Ladislav Smid, Deryk Engelland and Nicklas Grossman
  • Forwards Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau, Brandon Bollig, Lance Bouma, Micheal Ferland, Matt Stajan, Sam Bennett, Mikael Backlund, Michael Frolik, Troy Brouwer, Alex Chiasson, Chris Higgins, Matt Frattin, Linden Vey, Luke Adam, Lauri Korpikoski and Matthew Tkachuk
Teams have to dress at least eight veterans per game and the addition of the handful of PTO bodies will give the club a bit of flexibility until everybody returns from the World Cup of Hockey.

The Invites

Trying for a contract of some kind are the following try-out players:
  • D Nicklas Grossmann
  • D Aaron Hyman
  • D Colby Robak
  • D Mikhail Grigoriev
  • F Brayden Burke
  • F Mikkel Aagaard
  • F Dennis Kravchenko
  • F Chris Higgins
  • F Lauri Korpikoski
  • F Luke Adam

    The Schedule

    The Flames play seven pre-season games, while the maximum anybody can play is six (given the split-squad openers). Given the clustering in the pre-season schedule, we have three periods where cuts will likely happen.
    • On Monday, Sept. 26, there are simultaneous games between the Flames and Oilers in Calgary and Edmonton.
    • On Tuesday, Sept. 27, the Flames head off to Winnipeg to play the Jets.
    Then expect some cuts.
    • On Friday, Sept. 30, the Flames host the Canucks.
    • On Sunday, Oct. 2, the Flames host the Jets.
    Then expect more cuts.
    • On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the Flames host Arizona.
    • On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Flames head to Vancouver for their last pre-season game.
    Then more cuts, as the rosters have to be set by October 11.

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