We’re seven days (and a few hours) away from the annual National Hockey League trade deadline! The Calgary Flames are in first place in the Pacific Division! Things are happening!
Let’s dive into the mailbag, friends.
Oliver Kylington’s injury over the weekend was (a) minor and (b) seemingly discovered early on Saturday, as indicated by Michael Stone’s comments. For road trips, the Flames always prefer to have an extra healthy defender and forward in case somebody gets hurt during warm-up – with Kylington out, they were carrying two forwards. Ruzicka was likely to be rotating out of the lineup in the back-to-back anyway, so floating him down to Stockton to open a short-term roster spot was the best (and only) option given they didn’t have enough time to put anybody on waivers.