‘It should be hard to make it’: Flames roster set for opening night

CALGARY (660 NEWS) — Meet your 2019-2020 Calgary Flames.

With the club sending forwards Alan Quine, Zac Rinaldo and Dillon Dube to the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League and releasing Andrew MacDonald from his PTO on Tuesday, the 22-player roster is now set.

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“He’s a young player who is knocking on the door and could quite easily be here today,” Flames general manager Brad Treliving said of Dube. “He’s physically stronger. His game is more mature. There’s always some things to work on, but he’s certainly knocking on the door. We’ll be seeing Dillon again before too long.

“If you think you’re a good team, it should be hard to make it. I think when I look at our roster right now, the one thing that jumps out to me is depth, especially up front.”

#Flames GM Brad Treliving says Dillon Dube was sent down as he wasn’t going to play every night. Makes more sense for him to play in Stockton to start.

Says he’ll be back in the near future.

— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) October 1, 2019

Based on what Bill Peters just told us, it sounds like #Flames will go with third pairing of Kylington-Andersson in season-opener vs. #Avalanche.

— Derek Wills (@Fan960Wills) October 1, 2019

“There are certainly some areas of growth there [for Kylington], but it seems like Oliver’s been around forever for a guy of his age,” Treliving explained. “The ability to move a puck, I think his game has matured. His ability to defend has probably been the biggest growth for him.

“We certainly are still continuing to look at ways to improve the group, but we’re happy where we are today.”

Calgary opens the season Thursday in Denver versus the Avalanche.