How to manage the the Flames’ crowded blue line

How to manage the the Flames’ crowded blue line

So far this summer, GM Craig Conroy has added three noteworthy bodies to the Flames’ defensive depth chart in Carson Carels, Simon Nemec, and Jacob Middleton. While Olli Maatta was dealt away as part of the Coleman (which also included Middleton), the club is nevertheless facing an excessive surplus of blueliners.