On Thursday morning, Sam Bennett rejoined the main group for practice. Later that day, the Calgary Flames summoned Austin Czarnik from the American Hockey League as he completed his conditioning stint.
Both players are currently on the long-term injury reserve. Both are mere days from returning, if not less. When they’re activated from the LTIR, the Flames have a lot of roster and cap shuffling to do.
As of this morning, the Flames are carrying a 23-man roster with a cap hit of roughly $83.556 million. That’s obviously over the $81.5 million salary cap, but because the Flames have Juuso Valimaki, Czarnik and Bennett on LTIR they’re allowed to spend up to $4.