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Injuries and Absences Through the First Third of the Season

Last night's game between Calgary and San Jose was the 27th game of the 2015-16 Flames calendar, which places us roughly one-third of the way through their schedule. Through 27 games, there have been many transactions, tinkers and injuries that have impacted the lineup.

For your information, here's a brief rundown of which players have been paid not to play this season, by virtue of illness or injury. Included in brackets is their cap hit for the games that they didn't play in, which is particularly important/damning for healthy scratches in a salary cap system. (Injured players don't usually count against the cap unless they're still on the 23-man roster.