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2022 Calgary Flames trade deadline CBA primer

The 2022 National Hockey League trade deadline is 1 p.m. MT on Monday afternoon. The Calgary Flames are primed to potentially make more moves, but they’re operating under some constraints – the primary constraints being defined by the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement.

Here are the CBA tidbits to keep in mind between now and the trade deadline.

Roster size and the salary cap

The 23-man roster limit expires as of midnight ET (10 p.m. MT) on Sunday night (the night before the deadline), at which point the only limitation for teams is the $81.