A couple days ago, we poked around with the Calgary Flames’ existing roster to try to maximize and optimize the personnel they have around. The second part of playoff roster construction is back-filling with extra bodies from the farm system to optimize flexibility and depth.
Boundary conditions and hints
The NHL has stated that teams will be limited to 50 personnel, players included, within the hub cities. While they haven’t nailed down the roster limit yet, Flames general manager Brad Treliving estimated on a recent conference call that it would be “around 30 players.”
Given the short camp and the rapid play-in round, Treliving also hinted that the players they were familiar with from past call-ups would be the players that would get onto the expanded post-season roster.