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The Season Is Upon Us, So, Is This Flames Group Better?

Well, the dawn of the Flames season is just around the corner (like less than 24 hours) and we’re wondering what to expect from this group in 2022-23? To get to that we need to look at what the Flames roster looks like now, what was added, what was jettisoned and in the end, ask ourselves are the Flames better now than 365 days ago? So, let’s get to it.

Current Roster

Forwards
Jonathan Huberdeau Elias Lindholm
Mikael Backlund Dillon Dube
Milan Lucic Adam Ruzicka
Blake Coleman Tyler Toffoli
Kevin Rooney Andrew Mangiapane
Trevor Lewis Nazem Kadri
Brett Ritchie
Defence
Connor Mackey Nicolas Meloche
Rasmus Andersson Noah Hanifin
Chris Tanev Oliver Kylington
Nikita Zadorov Michael Stone
MacKenzie Weegar

Players Gained: Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Nazem Kadri, Kevin Rooney, Nicolas Meloche

Players Lost: Johnny Gaudreau (Columbus), Matthew Tkachuk (Florida), Sean Monahan (Montreal), Erik Gudbranson (Columbus), Calle Jarnkrok (Toronto)

Columbus Blue Jackets v Carolina Hurricanes
Photo by Jared C.