The Calgary Flames will once again be in tough this season, and should finish close to the bottom of the Western Conference.
Use the below Tabs to view Flames info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from last year.
2013-14 record: 35-40-7, 77 points
Where they finished: 6th in the Pacific; 13th in the Western Conference; 27th in the NHL
Player Salaries: $55,108,333
Cap Payroll: $53,936,667
Bonuses: $1,775,000
Cap Space: $15,063,333
Forwards: $25.58 million (14)
Defensemen: $21.11 million (7)
Goalies: $7.25 million (2)
Source: CapGeek.com
In: Brad Thiessen G, Brandon Bollig LW, Corey Potter D, David Wolf LW/C, Deryk Engelland D/RW, Devin Setoguchi RW, Jonas Hiller G, Mason Raymond LW/RW, Sena Acolatse D
Out: Ben Street C, Blair Jones C/W, Chris Butler D, Christopher Breen D, Joey MacDonald G, Mike Cammalleri LW/C, T.J. Galiardi W/C
2014-15 Team Outlook:
Coming off a season where they couldn’t fill the net with regularity or keep the puck out, newly appointed Flames GM Brad Treliving has taken steps towards addressing both issues.
While they did lose veteran sniper Mike Cammalleri, who the team worked hard to retain before the two sides concluded an agreement couldn’t be reached, the Flames did add some pieces to try and improve their highly mediocre offensive attack.
Calgary signed winger Mason Raymond, who scored 19 goals and tallied 45 points in 82 games with Toronto last season, as well as Devin Setoguchi, who failed to score at a 20-goal pace for the first time last year, to add some scoring punch and depth on the wing.
With possession driving two-way center Mikeal Backlund, Sean Monahan, and Matt Stajan down the middle the team owns a respectable core there.
While Monahan will struggle to match the 15.7SH% he posted as a rookie, his development as a player should help offset the regression.
The team has Johnny Gaudreau to look forward to, and a very potent top pairing in Mark Giordano and T.J. Brodie to eat and produce while playing extremely tough minutes.
With the addition of Jonas Hiller they should also have a much more stable crease in 2014-15.
Hiller hasn’t been the same goaltender since suffering from Vertigo a couple years back, but if healthy, he’s certainly an upgrade over what the Flames last season.
The team oddly overpaid Deryk Engelland to the tune of almost $3 million per over three years, and traded for Brandon Bollig to add more grit, but I don’t think either player will make much of an impact.
I don’t view Calgary as a playoff team, but they should be competitive, and will probably be better than many expect.
Written by Todd Cordell, who can be found on twitter @ToddCordell.
The depth chart listed below was taken from NHL.com’s 30-in-30.
FORWARDS
Curtis Glencross – Mikael Backlund – Jiri Hudler
Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Devin Setoguchi
Mason Raymond – Matt Stajan – David Jones
Brandon Bollig – Joe Colborne – Lance Bouma
Paul Byron – Brian McGrattan
DEFENSEMEN
T.J. Brodie – Mark Giordano
Ladislav Smid – Dennis Wideman
Kris Russell – Deryk Engelland
Mark Cundari
GOALTENDERS
Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
| Forwards | POS | HEIGHT | WEIGHT | DATE OF BIRTH | BIRTH PLACE |
| Mikael Backlund | C | 6′ 0″ | 198 | 17-Mar-89 | VASTERAS, SWE |
| Brandon Bollig | L | 6′ 2″ | 223 | 31-Jan-87 | ST. CHARLES, MO, USA |
| Lance Bouma | C | 6′ 1″ | 210 | 25-Mar-90 | PROVOST, AB, CAN |
| Paul Byron | C | 5′ 7″ | 153 | 27-Apr-89 | OTTAWA, ON, CAN |
| Joe Colborne | C | 6′ 5″ | 213 | 30-Jan-90 | CALGARY, AB, CAN |
| Curtis Glencross “A” | L | 6′ 1″ | 197 | 28-Dec-82 | KINDERSLEY, SK, CAN |
| Jiri Hudler | C | 5′ 10″ | 186 | 4-Jan-84 | OLOMOUC, CZE |
| David Jones | R | 6′ 2″ | 210 | 10-Aug-84 | GUELPH, ON, CAN |
| Brian Mcgrattan | R | 6′ 4″ | 235 | 2-Sep-81 | HAMILTON, ON, CAN |
| Sean Monahan | C | 6′ 2″ | 185 | 12-Oct-94 | BRAMPTON, ON, CAN |
| Mason Raymond | L | 6′ 0″ | 185 | 17-Sep-85 | COCHRANE, AB, CAN |
| Devin Setoguchi | R | 6′ 0″ | 205 | 1-Jan-87 | TABER, AB, CAN |
| Matt Stajan | C | 6′ 1″ | 192 | 19-Dec-83 | MISSISSAUGA, ON, CAN |
| David Wolf | L | 6′ 3″ | 215 | 15-Sep-89 | DUSSELDORF, DEU |
| Defensemen | HEIGHT | WEIGHT | AGE | DATE OF BIRTH | BIRTH PLACE |
| Tj Brodie | 6′ 1″ | 182 | 24 | 7-Jun-90 | CHATHAM, ON, CAN |
| Deryk Engelland | 6′ 2″ | 215 | 32 | 3-Apr-82 | EDMONTON, AB, CAN |
| Mark Giordano | 6′ 0″ | 200 | 30 | 3-Oct-83 | TORONTO, ON, CAN |
| Corey Potter | 6′ 3″ | 204 | 30 | 5-Jan-84 | LANSING, MI, USA |
| Kris Russell | 5′ 10″ | 173 | 27 | 2-May-87 | CAROLINE, AB, CAN |
| Ladislav Smid | 6′ 3″ | 209 | 28 | 1-Feb-86 | FRYDLANT, CZE |
| Dennis Wideman | 6′ 0″ | 200 | 31 | 20-Mar-83 | KITCHENER, ON, CAN |
| Goalies | HEIGHT | WEIGHT | AGE | DATE OF BIRTH | BIRTH PLACE |
| Jonas Hiller | 6′ 2″ | 192 | 32 | 12-Feb-82 | FELBEN WELLHAUSEN, CHE |
| Karri Ramo | 6′ 2″ | 206 | 28 | 1-Jul-86 | ASIKKALA, FIN |
A look at the Calgary Flames top prospects heading into this season. Each source may use different classifications as to if a player is deemed a prospect or has graduated on from a prospect.
| RK | NHL.com | ESPN Corey Pronman |
Dobber Prospects | Hockeys Future | The Hockey News |
| 1 | Sam Bennett | Sam Bennett | Sam Bennett | Johnny Gaudreau | Sam Bennett |
| 2 | Johnny Gaudreau | Johnny Gaudreau | Johnny Gaudreau | Sam Bennett | Johnny Gaudreau |
| 3 | Markus Granlund | Markus Granlund | Emile Poirier | Sven Baertschi | Sven Baertschi |
| 4 | Mark Jankowski | Morgan Klimchuk | Markus Granlund | Max Reinhart | Emile Poirier |
| 5 | Emile Poirier | Jon Gillies | Max Reinhart | Markus Granlund | Jon Gillies |
| 6 | Joni Ortio | Emile Poirier | Corban Knight | Corban Knight | Morgan Klimchuk |
| 7 | Morgan Klimchuk | Tyler Wotherspoon | Morgan Klimchuk | Tyler Wotherspoon | Joni Ortio |
| 8 | Michael Ferland | Pat Sieloff | Mason McDonald | Pat Sieloff | Mark Jankowski |
| 9 | Patrick Sieloff | Max Reinhart | Mark Jankowski | Emile Poirier | Markus Granlund |
| 10 | Jon Gillies | Bill Arnold | Hunter Smith | Joni Ortio | Max Reinhart |
* Dobber Prospects – Prospects based on relevance in a fantasy-hockey keeper league, not actual talent on the ice.
Calgary Flames Draft History from the past five years
| 2014 Draft | ||||||
| Rd. | Draft # | Player | Pos. | Team | Ht. | Wt. |
| 1 | 4 | Sam Bennett | C/LW | Kingston (OHL) | 6′ 0″ | 178 |
| 2 | 34 | Mason McDonald | G | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | 6′ 3″ | 175 |
| 2 | 54 | Hunter Smith | RW | Oshawa (OHL) | 6′ 6″ | 208 |
| 3 | 64 | Brandon Hickey | D | Spruce Grove (AJHL) | 6′ 2″ | 177 |
| 6 | 175 | Adam Ollas Mattsson | D | Djurgarden Jr. (SWE) | 6′ 4″ | 209 |
| 7 | 184 | Austin Carroll | RW | Victoria (WHL) | 6′ 3″ | 216 |
| 2013 Draft | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | Sean Monahan | C | Ottawa (OHL) | 6′ 2″ | 186 |
| 1 | 22 | Emile Poirier | LW | Gatineau (QMJHL) | 6′ 1″ | 183 |
| 1 | 28 | Morgan Klimchuk | C/LW | Regina (WHL) | 5’11” | 175 |
| 3 | 67 | Keegan Kanzig | D | Victoria (WHL) | 6′ 5″ | 205 |
| 5 | 135 | Eric Roy | D | Brandon (WHL) | 6′ 3″ | 190 |
| 6 | 157 | Tim Harrison | RW | Dexter Prep HS (MA) | 6′ 3″ | 175 |
| 7 | 187 | Rushan Rafikov | D | Yaroslavl 2 (RUS) | 6′ 2″ | 185 |
| 7 | 198 | John Gilmour | D | Providence H-East | 5′ 11″ | 173 |
| 2012 Draft | ||||||
| 1 | 21 | Mark Jankowski | C | Stanstead College (QC) | 6′ 2″ | 170 |
| 2 | 42 | Patrick Sieloff | D | US NTDP | 6′ 0″ | 198 |
| 3 | 75 | Jon Gillies | G | Indiana (USHL) | 6′ 4″ | 210 |
| 4 | 105 | Brett Kulak | D | Vancouver (WHL) | 6′ 1″ | 181 |
| 5 | 122 | Charles Hudon | LW | Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | 5′ 9″ | 165 |
| 6 | 165 | Coda Gordon | LW | Swift Current (WHL) | 6′ 0″ | 176 |
| 7 | 186 | Matthew Deblouw | C | Muskegon (USHL) | 6′ 0″ | 179 |
| 2011 Draft | ||||||
| 1 | 13 | Sven Bartschi | W | Portland (WHL) | 5’10” | 185 |
| 2 | 45 | Markus Granlund | F | HIFK (FIN) | 5′ 9″ | 154 |
| 2 | 57 | Tyler Wotherspoon | D | Portland (WHL) | 6′ 1″ | 200 |
| 4 | 104 | John Gaudreau | LW | Dubuque (USHL) | 5′ 6″ | 137 |
| 6 | 164 | Laurent Brossoit | G | Edmonton (WHL) | 6′ 2″ | 178 |
| 2010 Draft | ||||||
| 3 | 64 | Maxwell Reinhart | C | Kootenay | 6′ 1″ | 180 |
| 3 | 73 | Joey Leach | D | Kootenay | 6′ 3″ | 187 |
| 4 | 103 | John Ramage | D | U. of Wisconsin | 6′ 1″ | 184 |
| 4 | 108 | Bill Arnold | F | USA U-18 | 6′ 0″ | 218 |
| 5 | 133 | Michael Ferland | LW | Brandon | 6′ 0″ | 195 |
| 7 | 193 | Patrick Holland | RW | Tri-City | 6′ 0″ | 167 |
| Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| Jiri Hudler | 75 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 15.6 |
| Mark Giordano | 64 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 7.8 |
| Mike Cammalleri | 63 | 26 | 19 | 45 | -13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 191 | 13.6 |
| Mikael Backlund | 76 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 178 | 10.1 |
| Sean Monahan | 75 | 22 | 12 | 34 | -20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 15.7 |
| Matt Stajan | 63 | 14 | 19 | 33 | -13 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 20 |
| Tj Brodie | 81 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 3.8 |
| Kris Russell | 68 | 7 | 22 | 29 | -11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 6.4 |
| Joe Colborne | 80 | 10 | 18 | 28 | -17 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 12.5 |
| Curtis Glencross | 38 | 12 | 12 | 24 | -11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 15.6 |
| Lee Stempniak | 52 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -21 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 5.6 |
| Dennis Wideman | 46 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 3.9 |
| Paul Byron | 47 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 15.2 |
| David Jones | 48 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 8.7 |
| Tj Galiardi | 62 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 4 |
| Chris Butler | 82 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 2.4 |
| Lance Bouma | 78 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 6.1 |
| Sven Baertschi | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Brian Mcgrattan | 76 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 5.1 |
| Kevin Westgarth | 36 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16 |
| Ladislav Smid | 56 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Tyler Wotherspoon | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shane O’Brien | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -8 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Markus Granlund | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Chad Billins | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Blair Jones | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Ben Hanowski | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Christopher Breen | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Max Reinhart | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kenny Agostino | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Tim Jackman | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Derek Smith | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Corban Knight | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| Ben Street | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| Mark Cundari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roman Horak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Macdermid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Van Brabant | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Goalie | GPI | GS | MIN | GAA | W | L | OT | SO | SA | GA | SV% |
| Karri Ramo | 40 | 37 | 2194 | 2.65 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1091 | 97 | 0.911 |
| Reto Berra | 29 | 27 | 1648 | 2.95 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 788 | 81 | 0.897 |
| Joey Macdonald | 11 | 9 | 599 | 2.90 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 264 | 29 | 0.890 |
| Joni Ortio | 9 | 9 | 501 | 2.51 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 21 | 0.891 |
Performance and Usage Charts for the Calgary Flames from last season, from Extra Skater.
