August is around the corner and the Flames still have a number of things to figure out. While the fates of Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk have been determined, Calgary’s cap situation remains murky, as does their opening day roster. Most of that uncertainty will be cleared up over the next month with some important items remaining on the agenda.
New contracts
This is the obvious one. The Flames have a pair of high profile unsigned restricted free agents in Andrew Mangiapane and Oliver Kylington, and their new contracts will take up the bulk of the team’s $9.