Two Calgary Flames forwards left Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Red Wings with injuries. If the Flames need to find short-term roster reinforcements, their current cap situation has restricted their ability to manuever in the short-term. They have some options available, but none of them are particularly great.
So here’s what we know
As of today, the Flames have $154,958 in cap space and 22 players on their active roster (13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders). As of this morning, defenseman Juuso Valimaki is “only” on the injury reserve list and so the team gets no cap relief to compensate for his absence.