Free Agency Flames Wrap: Day 1

Whew. It was a busy day for the Calgary Flames as a bunch of new faces arrived (and a few familiar), while a very important face left and went somewhere no one could have predicted. Clearly there's still a ton of work that needs to be done in Calgary, but Brad Treliving brought back a few players and added a bunch of pieces on the first day of the free agency period. He said he wasn't making any knee jerk decisions and he wasn't kidding. While the rest of the league made splash signings and gave big names money, the Flames added bottom six bodies, stocked the Heat roster and added a few, extra, inexperienced defenceman. Who's excited now!!??

Comings & Returning

Nikita Zadorov, D (Calgary Flames)

Trevor Lewis, F (Calgary Flames)

Kevin Rooney, C (NY Rangers)

Dennis Gilbert, D (Colorado Avalanche)

Nicolas Meloche, D (San Jose Sharks)

Clark Bishop, C (Ottawa Senators)

Colton Poolman, D (Calgary Flames)

Nick DeSimone, D (Calgary Flames)

Oscar Dansk, G (Vegas Golden Knights)

Goings

Johnny Gaudreau, F (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Erik Gudbranson, D (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Luke Philip, C (Chicago Blackhawks)

by Mark Parkinson