The Calgary Flames have assigned 2024 ninth-overall pick Zayne Parekh back to the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
The 18-year-old defenceman will play the 2024-25 season with the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit – the defending Memorial Cup champions.
On Thursday, the Flames also sent their other 2024 first-round pick Matvei Gridin back to junior, to play with the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Additionally, they reassigned Andrew Basha, the team’s 2024 second-round pick, 41st overall, to the Medicine Hat Tigers.
Later on Friday, the team announced they had assigned seven players to the Calgary Wranglers of the AHL, including:
- Gallant, Alex – RW;
- Janicke, Trevor – RW;
- Kerins, Rory – C;
- Murphy, Connor – G;
- Nikolaev, Ilya – C;
- Radomsky, Matt – G; and
- Silye, David – C.
The Flames have four goalies, 16 defencemen and 26 forwards remaining on their training camp roster, as of Friday.
Calgary will take on the Vancouver Canucks in their next pre-season game on …