2024 Main Training Camp Thread (Update 09/28: 2 waived, 6 cut) 40 players left in camp: 4G, 14D, 22F

[Lunatik]

GOALTENDERS

#	NAME	AGE	CONTRACT /CAP HIT	WAIVERS	CAMP STATUS
1	Cooley, Devin	27	$775,000		In Camp
32	Wolf, Dustin	23	$850,000	Exempt	In Camp
40	Ignatjew, Waltteri	24	$870,000	Exempt	In Camp
80	Vladar, Dan	27	$2,200,000		In Camp

DEFENSEMEN

#	NAME	AGE	CONTRACT /CAP HIT	WAIVERS	CAMP STATUS
3	Grushnikov, Artem	21	$814,167	Exempt	In Camp
4	Andersson, Rasmus	27	$4,550,000		In Camp
7	Bahl, Kevin	24	$1,050,000		In Camp - Injured
8	Barrie, Tyson	33	PTO		In Camp
24	Bean, Jake	26	$1,750,000		In Camp
26	Tinordi, Jarred	32	$800,000		In Camp
37	Kuznetsov, Yan	22	$775,000	Exempt	In Camp
44	Hanley, Joel	33	$787,500		In Camp
46	Aspirot, Jonathan	25	$775,000		In Camp - Waivers 09/28
48	Brzustewicz, Hunter	19	$950,000	Exempt	In Camp
52	Weegar, MacKenzie	30	$6,250,000		In Camp
62	Miromanov, Daniil	27	$1,250,000		In Camp
94	Pachal, Brayden	25	$775,000		In Camp
98	Solovyov, Ilya	24	$775,000		In Camp

FORWARDS

#	NAME	AGE	CONTRACT /CAP HIT	WAIVERS	CAMP STATUS
10	Huberdeau, Jonathan	31	$10,500,000		In Camp
11	Backlund, Mikael	35	$4,500,000		In Camp
15	Hunt, Dryden	28	$775,000		In Camp
17	Sharangovich, Yegor	26	$3,100,000		In Camp
20	Coleman, Blake	32	$4,900,000		In Camp
21	Rooney, Kevin	31	$1,300,000		In Camp
22	Pelletier, Jakob	23	$800,000		In Camp
27	Coronato, Matt	21	$925,000	Exempt	In Camp
39	Mantha, Anthony	30	$3,500,000		In Camp
42	Honzek, Samuel	19	$918,333		In Camp
43	Klapka, Adam	24	$775,000	Exempt	In Camp
45	Morton, Sam	25	$870,000	Exempt	In Camp
47	Zary, Connor	22	$863,333		In Camp
58	Kirkland, Justin	28	$775,000		In Camp
61	Bishop, Clark	28	$775,000		In Camp - Waivers 09/28
70	Lomberg, Ryan	29	$2,000,000		In Camp
71	Duehr, Walker	26	$825,000		In Camp
76	Pospisil, Martin	24	$1,000,000		In Camp
79	Schwindt, Cole	23	$800,000		In Camp
91	Kadri, Nazem	33	$7,000,000		In Camp
93	Frk, Martin	30	$775,000		In Camp
96	Kuzmenko, Andrei	28	$5,500,000		In Camp

Spoiler: CUT PLAYERS

CUT PLAYERS

#	NAME	POSITION	AGE	CONTRACT /CAP HIT	CUT
49​	Basha, Andrew	Forward	18​	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/26 - Assigned to Medicine Hat Tigers
50​	Radomsky, Matt	Goaltender	25​	AHL Contract	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
51​	Gridin, Matvei	Forward	18​	$975,000​	Cut 09/26 - Assigned to Shawinigan Cataractes
53​	Laing, Hunter	Forwadr	18​	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/24 - Assigned to Prince George Cougars
55​	Jamieson, Eric	Defenseman	19​	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/24 - Assigned to Everett Silvertips
56​	Mews, Henry	Defenseman	18​	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/24 - Assigned to Ottawa 67s
57	Jurmo, Joni	Defenseman	22	$850,000	Cut 09/28 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
59​	Morin, Etienne	Defenseman	19​	$903,400​	Cut 09/24 - Assigned to Moncton Wildcats
60​	Battaglia, Jacob	Forward	18​	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/24 - Assigned to Kingston Frontenacs
63​	Janicke, Trevor	Forward	23​	AHL Contract	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
65	Stromgren, William	Forward	21	$900,833	Cut 09/28 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
67​	Hurtig, Axel	Defenseman	19​	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/24 - Assigned to Calgary Hitmen
72	Poirier, Jeremie	Defenseman	22	$823,333	Cut 09/28 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
73	Lipinski, Jaden	Forward	19	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/28 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
74	Ciona, Lucas	Forward	21	$830,000	Cut 09/28 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
77​	Nikolaev, Ilya	Forward	23​	$836,667​	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
78​	Misa, Luke	Forward	18​	Unsigned Prospect	Cut 09/24 - Assigned to Brampton Steelheads
81​	Murphy, Connor	Goaltender	26​	AHL Contract	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
83​	Silye, David	Forwad	25​	AHL Contract	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
86​	Kerins, Rory	Forward	22​	$846,667​	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
87	Bell, Parker	Forward	23	$857,500	Cut 09/28 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
89​	Parekh, Zayne	Defenseman	18​	$975,000​	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Saginaw Spirit
90​	Gallant, Alex	Forward	31​	AHL Contract	Cut 09/27 - Assigned to Calgary Wranglers
95​	McNamara, Luke	Forward	19​	PTO	Cut 09/24 - Released from ATO

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[Some Other Flame]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836806154808418491

 

[Body Checker]

I mean I’m going to show up and cheer for Flames wins. I’m not starting off hoping for a non-playoff year. If this team surprises and makes the playoffs well great. But if we are well out come trade deadline different story. But not cheering for a poor season right from the start.

 

[Rubi]

Well I'm cheering for a tank and a bottom 5 finish. Does that make me a bad Flames fan? Or just a realistic one who really prefers a AA+ draft pick over an A or B+ one for the sake of the team rebuild. And there is no denying it... we are in a rebuild.

 

[JPeeper]

Well I'm cheering for a tank and a bottom 5 finish. Does that make me a bad Flames fan? Or just a realistic one who really prefers a AA+ draft pick over an A or B+ one for the sake of the team rebuild. And there is no denying it... we are in a rebuild.

Losing our first to Montreal and drafting in the mid to late 20's with Florida's 1st rounder would be a complete failure of a season. As an organization the Flames goal for the season should be to draft one of Hagens, Ryabkin, Frondell, Misa or McQueen and that means a bottom 5-10 finish, if that means shipping off Rasmus and more vets to make that happen then so be it.

As long as Wolf shows promise for the season, that's all I'm really looking forward to other than Zary continuing to improve. Also Coronato to take a leap would be awesome.

 

[Lunatik]

Well I'm cheering for a tank and a bottom 5 finish. Does that make me a bad Flames fan? Or just a realistic one who really prefers a AA+ draft pick over an A or B+ one for the sake of the team rebuild. And there is no denying it... we are in a rebuild.

There is a massive difference between cheering for losses and expecting losses. You can cheer for the team and still expect them to lose.

 

[Rubi]

If we are in the latter half of the season and the Flames are outside of the bottom 10 in league standings you bet I'll be cheering for every game to be a loss. Finishing outside of the bottom 10 will be a disaster for the Flames and wasted year in the team rebuild. Our 1st rnd pick becomes Montreal's pick and we are left with a late rnd Florida pick and NJ's pick which could also potentially be a late rnd pick.
I'll cheer for individual players to play well but I'm honest with myself and I'll be hoping and cheering for a bottom 5 and anything less than bottom 10 and I'll be terribly disappointed.
For me, cheering for the team to win and do well is just lying to myself.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

If we are in the latter half of the season and the Flames are outside of the bottom 10 in league standings you bet I'll be cheering for every game to be a loss. Finishing outside of the bottom 10 will be a disaster for the Flames and wasted year in the team rebuild. Our 1st rnd pick becomes Montreal's pick and we are left with a late rnd Florida pick and NJ's pick which could also potentially be a late rnd pick.
I'll cheer for individual players to play well but I'm honest with myself and I'll be hoping and cheering for a bottom 5 and anything less than bottom 10 and I'll be terribly disappointed.
For me, cheering for the team to win and do well is just lying to myself.

Good for you.

 

[Mobiandi]

Funding the arena piece by piece. Gross

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837177069723099190

 

[Nanuuk]

I will never cheer to lose.

I want the team to make the play-offs this year.

Proof that we're going in the right direction.

 

[Lunatik]

Training Camp Notebook - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

Flames camp underway ... veterans lead by example ... crease battle coming

www.nhl.com

'Opportunity Ahead Of Me' | Calgary Flames

NHL veteran Barrie vying for role on Flames blueline

www.nhl.com

Andersson - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"It's the close-knit teams that go the furthest"

www.nhl.com

Backlund - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"It's great to be together and get back to work"

www.nhl.com

Coleman - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"There's a lot of internal competition on our team"

www.nhl.com

Huberdeau - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"We want to build that identity"

www.nhl.com

Wolf - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"I'm here to play as many games as I can"

www.nhl.com

Kadri - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"Our leadership group has to set the standard"

www.nhl.com

Huska - 19.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"There's a lot of competition up front"

www.nhl.com

Camp Kicks Off | Calgary Flames

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

www.nhl.com

if you start with the last video, it will play through

 

[Lunatik]

This hadn't struck me before but Huska coached Barrie in Kelowna for 4 years, so while it was a long time ago, there is familiarity there... also Backlund was on the 2008-09 team w/ Barrie & Huska

 

[Figgy44]

Well I'm cheering for a tank and a bottom 5 finish. Does that make me a bad Flames fan? Or just a realistic one who really prefers a AA+ draft pick over an A or B+ one for the sake of the team rebuild. And there is no denying it... we are in a rebuild.

Depends how you cheer. Hoping for a top pick as a silver lining is fine.

Cheering for losses for me feels like a, "With friends or supporters like this, who needs enemies?".

I want to see team growth and excitement to improve, then the silver lining is a higher calibre talent to add to that growth and accelerate the development of the team as a whole. I don't want to see a group playing like they're just going through the motions waiting to be replaced by someone better.

 

[Rubi]

Depends how you cheer. Hoping for a top pick as a silver lining is fine.

Cheering for losses for me feels like a, "With friends or supporters like this, who needs enemies?".

I want to see team growth and excitement to improve, then the silver lining is a higher calibre talent to add to that growth and accelerate the development of the team as a whole. I don't want to see a group playing like they're just going through the motions waiting to be replaced by someone better.

No doubt I will be conflicted in my cheering. My heart will be cheering for the win but my brain will be cheering for the loss. Hopefully I'll get to watch many games where the Flames played well but just not well enough most nights.

 

[JPeeper]

Funding the arena piece by piece. Gross

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837177069723099190

The jersey looks so lame. Just a big ad for gambling right next to the flaming C, the captain jerseys will look even dumber having 2 patches above the C.

I pray that the merch ones we buy don't have this stupid patch on them. Probably will to make Albertan's look like bigger degenerates (not hating on those who gamble in general, but sports gambling has gotten ridiculous).

 

[Lunatik]

Training Camp Notebook - 20.09.24 | Calgary Flames

Kuzmenko ready for big year ... Weegar seeking sustained production ... Mantha's shoot-first mentality

www.nhl.com

Barrie - 20.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"I want to continue to play in the NHL"

www.nhl.com

Weegar - 20.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"I thought we had great pace"

www.nhl.com

Mantha - 20.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"Hopefully I jump in that role and embrace it"

www.nhl.com

Kuzmenko - 20.09.24 | Calgary Flames

"Really good team, really good players"

www.nhl.com

 

[herashak]

I liked the forward line combinations from today. If a couple Dmen suprise this team might not be picking top 10

 

[Khrox]

sports gambling has gotten ridiculous

We literally advertise sports gambling on our jerseys and in arena ads while actively punishing players for sports gambling

 

[Nanuuk]

Watched a clip yesterday of a Rasmus interview where he said to the assembled reporters something to the effect of "no offence, but we don't give a shite about what you write".

The context is that the writers are amping up we're going to be a losing team and will continue to trade vets narrative.

So Toronto of them in my view. And good for Ras in calling them out.

 

[BerthMania]

What do you guys think of Kuzmenko? Can he have a 70 + point seaon based on how he did in Calgary last year? Can he outscore Kadri? Can anyone in the team outscore Kadri?

 

[Mobiandi]

What do you guys think of Kuzmenko? Can he have a 70 + point seaon based on how he did in Calgary last year? Can he outscore Kadri? Can anyone in the team outscore Kadri?

30 goals 20 assists seems reasonable

 

[FLAMESFAN]

30 goals 20 assists seems reasonable

I'd be a little disappointed in that total. Hoping he hits 60, but in order to hit 70 he might have to be traded by XMas.

 

[Lunatik]

We literally advertise sports gambling on our jerseys and in arena ads while actively punishing players for sports gambling

They can sports gamble, it just can't be on hockey, or placed by someone else.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

What do you guys think of Kuzmenko? Can he have a 70 + point seaon based on how he did in Calgary last year? Can he outscore Kadri? Can anyone in the team outscore Kadri?

It depends completely on how our team does at 5v5 if we get caved in then no, but if we can actually compete at 5v5 then sure. I have no doubt Kumenko will produce on the powerplay. I would say a 35 goal, 25 assist pace is probably within reason all things considered. Very good chance he gets traded before he reaches those totals though

Huberdeau can outscore Kadri, whether it happens or not is a different question.

 

[Nanuuk]

Huska with his state of the union thoughts.



Lombo is pretty refreshing. I like his comment on Duehr.