In case you’ve been under a rock for two weeks, let’s recap. The Calgary Flames acquired Noah Hanifin, Elias Lindholm, Derek Ryan, James Neal, Austin Czarnik, and several more depth pieces that nobody has heard of. So far they’ve only disposed of Dougie Hamilton and Michael Ferland. That’s a lot more addition than subtraction. It doesn’t take a mathematician to figure out that some of our regulars from last year will not be around this season.
The common projected lineup for 2018-2019 looks something like this:
Gaudreau-Monahan-NealTkachuk-Backlund-LindholmBennett-Ryan-FrolikMangiapane-Jankowski-Czarnik
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Kulak-Stone
Smith / Rittich
When they said to expect the Calgary Flames to be active in free agency, they weren’t kidding.