The World Junior roster announcements are often a bit of a referendum on a team’s prospect base. If that’s true, the Calgary Flames have an unimpressive prospect base – only Matthew Coronato will be at the World Juniors.
But if you look at some of the performances they’ve gotten so far – especially out of some of their players in the American Hockey League – the World Juniors aren’t the be-all, end-all that you might think.
This and that:
- D Johannes Kinnvall and G Tyler Parsons are on the Flames’ season-opening injury reserve after suffering injuries.