The Calgary Flames are heading to China to kick off their preseason, and now we know which players will be wearing the Flaming C on the other side of the Pacific. The club has officially announced the 26 players that will be headed to Shenzhen and Beijing for a pair of exhibition contests with the Boston Bruins on Sept. 15 and 19.
The Flames’ China roster
The locals are sending a predictably veteran-laden group to China for 10 days.
- Goalies (3): Jon Gillies, Nick Schneider and Mike Smith
- Defensemen (8): Rasmus Andersson, TJ Brodie, Mark Giordano, Travis Hamonic, Noah Hanifin, Brett Kulak, Dalton Prout and Michael Stone
- Forwards (15): Mikael Backlund, Sam Bennett, Austin Czarnik, Michael Frolik, Johnny Gaudreau, Garnet Hathaway, Mark Jankowski, Morgan Klimchuk, Curtis Lazar, Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, James Neal, Anthony Peluso, Derek Ryan and Matthew Tkachuk
Arguably the lone “hey, why is he going?