Flames 2018 Preseason / Training Camp Thread (All Encompassing)

[Lunatik]

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TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

GOALTENDERS

#	NAME	POS.	2017-18 TEAM(S)	CONTRACT	STATUS
32	Gillies, Jon	Goaltender	Calgary Flames, Stockton Heat	Two-Way NHL	Active
33	Rittich, David	Goaltender	Calgary Flames, Stockton Heat	One-Way NHL	Active
41	Smith, Mike	Goaltender	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active

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DEFENSEMEN

#	NAME	POS.	2017-18 TEAM(S)	CONTRACT	STATUS
4	Andersson, Rasmus	Defenseman	Calgary Flames, Stockton Heat	Two-Way NHL	Active
7	Brodie, TJ	Defenseman	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
5	Giordano, Mark	Defenseman	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
24	Hamonic, Travis	Defenseman	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
55	Hanifin, Noah	Defenseman	Carolina Hurricanes	One-Way NHL	Active
46	Hogstrom, Marcus	Defenseman	Djurgårdens IF	Two-Way NHL	Inactive - Injured
61	Kulak, Brett	Defenseman	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
6	Prout, Dalton	Defenseman	New Jersey Devils, Stockton Heat	One-Way NHL	Active
26	Stone, Michael	Defenseman	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
42	Valikmaki, Juuso	Defenseman	Tri-City Americans	Two-Way NHL	Active

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FORWARDS

#	NAME	POS.	2017-18 TEAM(S)	CONTRACT	STATUS
11	Backlund, Mikael	Center	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
93	Bennett, Sam	Left Wing	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
27	Czarnik, Austin	Right Wing	Boston Bruins, Providence Bruins	One-Way NHL	Active
59	Dube, Dillon	Center	Kelowna Rockets	Two-Way NHL	Active
67	Frolik, Michael	Right Wing	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
13	Gaudreau, Johnny	Left Wing	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
21	Hathaway, Garent	Right Wing	Calgary Flames, Stockton Heat	One-Way NHL	Active
77	Jankowski, Mark	Center	Calgary Flames, Stockton Heat	One-Way NHL	Active
20	Lazar, Curtis	Right Wing	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
28	Lindholm, Elias	Right Wing	Carolina Hurricanes	One-Way NHL	Active
88	Mangiapane, Andrew	Left Wing	Calgary Flames, Stockton Heat	Two-Way NHL	Active
23	Monahan, Sean	Center	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active
18	Neal, James	Right Wing	Vegas Golden Knights	One-Way NHL	Active
16	Peluso, Anthony	Left Wing	Washington Capitals, Hershey Bears	Two-Way NHL	Active
10	Ryan, Derek	Center	Carolina Hurricanes	One-Way NHL	Active
19	Tkachuk, Matthew	Left Wing	Calgary Flames	One-Way NHL	Active

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PRESEASON SCORING
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RK​	NAME​	GOALS​	ASSISTS​	POINTS​
1​	Tkachuk, Matthew​	1​	5​	6​
2​	Dube, Dillon​	4​	1​	5​
3​	Backlund, Mikael​	1​	3​	4​
-​	Czarnik, Austin​	4​	0​	4​
-​	Gaudreau, Johnny​	2​	2​	4​
-​	Gawdin, Glenn​	0​	4​	4​
-​	Monahan, Sean​	3​	1​	4​
8​	Frolik, Michael​	0​	3​	3​
-​	Robinson, Buddy​	0​	3​	3​
-​	Valimaki, Juuso​	1​	2​	3​
11​	Giordano, Mark​	2​	0​	2​
-​	Jankowski, Mark​	1​	1​	2​
-​	Lindholm, Elias​	0​	2​	2​
-​	Phillips, Matthew​	2​	0​	2​
-​	Rychel, Kerby​	0​	2​	2​
16​	Andersson, Rasmus​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Bennett, Sam​	1​	0​	1​
-​	Brodie, T.J​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Brule, Gilbert​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Foo, Spencer​	1​	0​	1​
-​	Hanifin, Noah​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Kulak, Brett​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Kylington, Oliver​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Lazar, Curtis​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Mangiapane, Andrew​	1​	0​	1​
-​	Pollock, Brett​	1​	0​	1​
-​	Prout, Dalton​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Quine, Alan​	1​	0​	1​
-​	Siemens, Duncan​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Sproul, Ryan​	0​	1​	1​
-​	Zavgorodniy,Dmitry​	0​	1​	1​
32​	Ehliz, Yasin​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Falk, Justin​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Graovac, Tyler​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Hamonic, Travis​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Hathaway, Garnet​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Healey, Josh​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Klimchuk, Morgan​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Lomberg, Ryan​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Neal, James​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Ollas Mattson, Adam​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Peluso, Anthony​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Ruzicka, Adam​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Ryan, Derek​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Sabourin, Scott​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Samuelsson, Philip​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Shaw, Logan​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Stone, Michael​	0​	0​	0​
-​	Svedberg, Viktor​	0​	0​	0​

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[Volica]

Schedule:

Thursday September 6th.

Fitness, Medicals - 7 AM.
WinSport

Friday September 7th

On-Ice Session - 11:45 AM
Stampede Corral

Saturday September 8th

On-Ice Session - 11:45 AM
Stampede Corral

Sunday September 9th

Game vs. Edmonton - 2:00 PM
Scotiabank Saddledome
Tickets are $5, through Ticketmaster

Monday September 10th

On-Ice Session - 10:00 AM

Tuesday September 11th

On-Ice Session - 9:30 AM

 

[Volica]

Roster:

Goaltenders:

Shane Farkas
Nick Schneider
Mason McDonald
Tyler Parsons

Defence:

Juuso Valimaki
Jake Christiansen
Oliver Kylington
Adam Ollas Mattsson
Brayden PAchar
Josh Healey
Merrick Rippon
Igor Merezhko

Forwards:

Spencer Foo
Matthew Philips
Zach Fischer
Yasin Ehliz
D'Artagnan Joly
Dillon Dube
Brett Pollock
Adam Ruzicka
Milos Roman
Dmitry Zavgorodniy
Mike McMurty
Glenn Gawdin
Andrew Mangiapane
Jordan Ernst

 

[Lunatik]

Of all the guys, AOM returning after not being given a cintract surprises me most.

 

[super6646]

Guess Flames brass are planning on graduating Andersson at this point (not on the prospects list).

 

[Lunatik]

Guess Flames brass are planning on graduating Andersson at this point (not on the prospects list).

Rookie camp is based on age/experience. I have a feeling that if Mangiapane's season hadn't been ended by shoulder surgery he wouldn't be there either, unless the cutoff is more than 10 NHL games.

 

[Rubi]

I'm really looking forward to seeing which players are going to China. There are the locks to play for the Flames and then there are the "shoulds" and then there is always one or two wild cards. Looking forward to seeing which "shoulds" and "wild cards" are on the China roster.
From what I understand the Flames are taking 26 players and I assume that will include 3 goalies, 8 d-men, and 15 forwards.

For the locks:

Goal - (3)
Smith, Rittich, Gillies

D-men - (5)
Gio, Brodie,
Hanifin, Hamonic,
Stone

Forwards - (11)
JG, Mony, Lindholm,
Chucky, Backs, Neal,
Bennett, Janko, Frolik,
Czarnik, Ryan

I think if you're on the China roster and are not classified as a "lock" I would think that Flames management feels you have a decent chance at making the team unless your preseason play completely sucks and someone elsewhere plays lights out forcing the Flames hand (see Mony and Chucky and to some extent Janko).

I wonder if Valimaki will go to China?

 

[Rubi]

I assume the prospect camp is open to the public? If it is, I might drop in one or two days. Anyone else planning on going down to the rink?

 

[Rubi]

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[Volica]

Rookie camp is based on age/experience. I have a feeling that if Mangiapane's season hadn't been ended by shoulder surgery he wouldn't be there either, unless the cutoff is more than 10 NHL games.

Pretty sure it has to do with him being viewed as an NHLer by the brass more than 10 games. Because Mangi got 10 games, and Oliver's got the same amount of professional experience.

Who know though. They gave him a real defenceman number, I think he's a good candidate to make this team.

 

[Volica]

I assume the prospect camp is open to the public? If it is, I might drop in one or two days. Anyone else planning on going down to the rink?

Normally these things are open to the public.
Umm. I was hoping to pop down Friday, but now I've been pulled into a get together with a client.
Saturday should be pretty busy, I might attend. I live right near the grounds.

 

[Lunatik]

Pretty sure it has to do with him being viewed as an NHLer by the brass more than 10 games. Because Mangi got 10 games, and Oliver's got the same amount of professional experience.

Who know though. They gave him a real defenceman number, I think he's a good candidate to make this team.

Andersson has 11 career games, Gillies 12 and neither are there. Mangiapane has 10 and is. Like I said though, he could be there because of his injury last season.

And getting your low number means squat, lots of guys get a low number and never got that close to making the team (Poirier, Wotherspoon, Foo, the first Shore... Etc). As fir Andersson being a good candidate to make the team, of course he is.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Anyone know why they're not doing the Penticton thing anymore? Is it China-related somehow? Always enjoyed seeing four (or more?) teams come together and have their prospects compete.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

 

[Volica]

Anyone know why they're not doing the Penticton thing anymore? Is it China-related somehow? Always enjoyed seeing four (or more?) teams come together and have their prospects compete.

China related, the young stars classic is two teams and two uni teams.

 

[SKRusty]

Anyone know why they're not doing the Penticton thing anymore? Is it China-related somehow? Always enjoyed seeing four (or more?) teams come together and have their prospects compete.

The trip to China is definitively the reason. Read an article back in June stating that fact.

NHL Young Stars return to Penticton without Calgary or Edmonton - Penticton Western News

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Anyone know why they're not doing the Penticton thing anymore? Is it China-related somehow? Always enjoyed seeing four (or more?) teams come together and have their prospects compete.

So to piggyback off this, Calgary is only playing against Edmonton in that one Battle of Alberta game right? The only other competition will be scrimmages amongst calgary prospects?

 

[Volica]

So to piggyback off this, Calgary is only playing against Edmonton in that one Battle of Alberta game right? The only other competition will be scrimmages amongst calgary prospects?

Yup, the scrimmage will be Calgary v Calgary, and then on Sunday they'll play Edmonton. I grabbed some tickets for my dad and I to enjoy.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

Looks like I`ll be going Sunday as well.

 

[Volica]

Looks like I`ll be going Sunday as well.

I mean, the tickets are like 5 bucks. If you have no plans, should be a nice little matinee.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

I mean, the tickets are like 5 bucks. If you have no plans, should be a nice little matinee.

Pretty much. My cousin, uncle and grandfather are going and invited me so I said why not.

 

[Volica]

Pretty much. My cousin, uncle and grandfather are going and invited me so I said why not.

It'll give a nice little view of them, playing a rival. In the inter-squad games, you kind of don't want to put one of the other teams' best players through the glass or you become a Pat Sieloff pariah. We might get a look at Yamamoto, Jones, Bear and Bouchard for Edmonton; depending on who they bring.

I'm mostly excited to see how Valimaki looks among his peers at this new level (there's AHL guys, CHL guys, D+1,2,3's). At the WHL level it was clear he was likely the best player on the ice every time he stepped foot on it (+/- some other players on the other team) but he'd have easily been the WHL defenceman of the year without injuries. I'd like to see how he looks compared to guys like Kylington/Bear/Jones, guys who've played professional hockey for a year or two.

 

[FlamerForLife]

My guess would be this:

Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindhom, Tkachuk, Backlund, Neal, Bennett, Ryan, Frolik, Jankowski, Lazar, Hathaway, Czarnik, Foo, Dube/Mangiapane

Giordano, Brodie, Hanifin, Hamonic, Andersson, Stone, Kulak, Valimaki/Kylington/Prout

Smith, Rittich, Gillies

 

[Volica]

My guess would be this:

Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindhom, Tkachuk, Backlund, Neal, Bennett, Ryan, Frolik, Jankowski, Lazar, Hathaway, Czarnik, Foo, Dube/Mangiapane

Giordano, Brodie, Hanifin, Hamonic, Andersson, Stone, Kulak, Valimaki/Kylington/Prout

Smith, Rittich, Gillies

They still play games at home, that'll need warm bodies with some experience; My thinking is they'll take:

Almost certain:

Gaudreau - Monahan - Neal
Tkachuk - Backlund - Lindholm
Bennett - Ryan - Czarnik
Kids/Plugs

Giordano - Brodie
Hanifin - Hamonic
Valkimaki - Andersson
Kids/Plugs

Smith
Rittich
Parsons

At home they'll keep:

Frolik - Jankowski - Hathaway
Mangiapane - Lazar - Foo
PLUGS

Kulak - Stone
Kylington - Prout
PLUGS

Gillies
Glass

Essentially, the guys who go to China are the main core that needs to click. You need the new guys to make the trip to improve bonding. You keep a couple NHL Vets at home (Stone, Frols) because you know what those guys will do and you need someone to mentor the guys that are staying with the team. This will be an interesting camp, because the main guys don't get back until the 21st/22nd. So they'll miss 4 games in NA while they're gone to China. Have a feeling they might keep the second line here in Calgary... that being said, I don't know if they do that, because you need to find out who finds chemistry with Mony/Johnny.

 

[Rubi]

From my post in the Flames Prospect Camp 2018 thread:

I'm really looking forward to seeing which players are going to China. There are the locks to play for the Flames and then there are the "shoulds" and then there is always one or two wild cards. Looking forward to seeing which "shoulds" and "wild cards" are on the China roster.
From what I understand the Flames are taking 26 players and I assume that will include 3 goalies, 8 d-men, and 15 forwards.

For the locks:

Goal - (3)
Smith, Rittich, Gillies

D-men - (5)
Gio, Brodie,
Hanifin, Hamonic,
Stone

Forwards - (11)
JG, Mony, Lindholm,
Chucky, Backs, Neal,
Bennett, Janko, Frolik,
Czarnik, Ryan

I think if you're on the China roster and are not classified as a "lock" I would think that Flames management feels you have a decent chance at making the team unless your preseason play completely sucks and someone elsewhere plays lights out forcing the Flames hand (see Mony and Chucky and to some extent Janko).

I wonder if Valimaki will go to China?

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