The Calgary Flames have padded their minor league ranks with the signings of two Saskatchewan boys Garth Murray and Riley Armstrong. Murray was with Phoneix last season, and Armstrong with San Jose. More details to come.
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Playing it quiet on free agency day, the Flames did dip into the pool singing former Hitmen forward Fredrik Sjostrom. Selected by Phoenix Coyotes round 1 #11 overall 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Sjostrom played the last two season in New York.
His highest point production was in his rookie season with 23 points. Last season he 13 points in 79 games with NY. The deal is reported to be worth 700K for two years. (Perhaps a Lundmark type replacement?)
With free agency day well underway and big names coming to Western Division teams, the Flames have largely set their roster, at least on D. The Flames have settled with what will likely be their opening day defensive six with : D Jay Bouwmeester, $6.6M; D Dion Phaneuf, $6.5; D Robyn Regehr, $4.02; D Cory Sarich, $3.6; D Mark Giordano, $.892; D Adam Pardy, $700k.
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Calgary Flames GM Darryl Sutter did what most thought he couldn't, he signed defensemen Jay Bouwmeester. Rather than test unrestricted free agency, he agreed to a five-year deal worth $6.6 million per year against the salary cap.
The native of Edmonton, Alberta played his entire six-year career with the Panthers after being selected third overall by the club in 2002. He had 15 goals and 27 assists in 82 games this season.
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The Calgary Flames have confirmed that Dustin Boyd and Kris Chucko have been offered qualifying offers as RFA's.
In 71 game last season, Boyd had 11 goals and 21 points. A third-round pick of the Flames in 2004, Flames fans hope he can bulk up in the summer and play a bigger this coming season with the pending departure of sniper Michael Cammalleri.
The Flames selected Chucko in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, but the Burnaby, B.C. native has yet to make an impact in the big league. In 74 games last season with the Quad City Flames, Chucko scored 28 goals and 51 points.
The Flames did not offer contracts to Adam Cracknell (a ninth rounder in 2004) and centre Aki Seitsonen (fourth rounder in 2004) by not tendering qualifying offers. Both are eligible for free agency on July 1.
In other news today, Sutter has one more day to try his darndest to sign Jay Bow before the July 1st deadline.
In a move that dumped salary, and probably suggests Calgary has confidence in their farm system D men, the Flames sent Jim Vandermeer and his 2.3 million dollar salary to Phoenix for Prust who returns (@ half million).
This was the second move of the draft for the Flames which were one of the busier teams yet again.
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The Calgary Flames first pick in the 2009 draft wasn't an American, in fact, it was a bit of surprise. Swedish defenceman Tim Erixon was picked 23rd overall pick in the NHL draft. The Flames moved their 20th pick to NJ to compensate for their eventual loss of a third-round pick to Flordia for exclusive rights to Bouwmeester.
It is the second time in three years the Flames have used their first-round pick on a Swedish player after going six straight drafts without selecting a European with their top pick. The last pick was Backlund.
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In a surprise move that prove the rumour mills sometimes have an ounce of truth, the Calgary Flames traded soon to be unrestricted free agent Jay Bouwmeester. GM Sutter has less than a week to convince Bouwmeester to join the Flames.
The Flames moved pending UFA defenseman Jordan Leopold and the Flames' third-round pick, which is less than what the Panthers were asking for and less than what they would have gotten had Jacques Martin traded Bouwmeester at the deadline.
Jay is from Edmonton and I remember playing against him.....in novice. Question is how will Calgary afford both Bouwmeester at around 5-6 million, and Phaneuf? People have noted that Calgary now has the chance for two stars....we have three since I'd throw in Regehr in the mix.
Take a second look, is that the 2004 lineup as the new coaching staff?! Darryl Sutter, GM for the Calgary Flames, announced along with President Ken King, that Brent Sutter is the new head coach of the Calgary Flames.
Congrats to Jarome for winning the Leadership Award at the NHL Awards show last night.