With yesterday’s split squad games in the rear-view mirror, the Calgary Flames have made their first roster moves of the 2017-18 campaign. The club today announced they’ve cut 21 players from camp and gotten their roster down from a massive 68 players to a more manageable 47 bodies.
Who’s gone?
A lot of players.
Sent back to junior (10): G Nick Schneider (Calgary, WHL), D Tyson Helegesen (Spokane, WHL), F Sam Dove-McFalls (Saint John, QMJHL), F Zach Fischer, (Medicine Hat WHL), F Glenn Gawdin (Swift Current, WHL), F Ben Hawerchuk (Barrie, OHL), F Brad Morrison (Vancouver, WHL), F Matthew Phillips (Victoria, WHL), F Mark Rassell (Medicine Hat, WHL), F Adam Ruzicka (Sarnia, OHL)
To Stockton’s camp (6): G Mason McDonald, D Kayle Doetzel, D Oleg Yevenko, F Brett Findlay, F Rod Pelley, F Hunter Smith
Released, but invited to Stockton’s camp (5): D Daniel Maggio, D Dylan Olsen, D Sam Ruopp, D Cliff Watson, F Joel Lowry
Among the players not leaving town, at least not yet: F Dillon Dube, who’s too young to play in the AHL this year, and F Brett Pollock, who spent most of last season in the ECHL.