The Calgary Flames have one pre-season game remaining when they host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Their stated intention is to dress their opening night group, so their roster decisions will have to be made in the very near future.
Here’s a snapshot of how things look and what decisions still need to be made.
Who’s in?
Here are the 18 players who have nothing to worry about. They’re on the team.
Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik
Milan Lucic – Derek Ryan – Sam Bennett
Andrew Mangiapane – Mark Jankowski – (somebody)
Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin – Travis Hamonic
(somebody) – Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Cam Talbot
The combined cap hit (including buyouts) of these gentlemen is $77.