It has been apparent for most of the season, and especially in the last three weeks or so that the Flames needed a significant improvement in their bottom three defencemen.
Dennis Wideman hasn’t been getting the job done as the fourth defenceman, and Brett Kulak, Jyrki Jokipakka, and Deryk Engelland have shown promise, but still aren’t guys you want rolling out for the big minutes every night outside of a bottom pairing role.
So when the Flames signed Matt Bartkowski to a PTO on Wednesday, it opened up some interesting possibilities of where things could go should the Flames choose to sign him.