The Calgary Flames have been big spenders in the unrestricted free agent market this year.
They made a big splash by spending $36 million over six years to bring in former Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom on Friday. They shelled out four years of term and another $18 million in salary later that day to sign defenseman Chris Tanev, also from Vancouver.
Along with the usual depth signings — Louis Domingue, Zac Rinaldo, Alex Petrovic, and a couple of others, with more likely to come — these two big deals have squeezed out some of the Flames’ personnel from last year.