The Calgary Flames have recalled forwards Jakob Pelletier and Walker Duehr, two of the highest three scorers for the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers. They’ve made room for the call-ups by assigning ahead Adam Klapka to the minor leagues, and inserting Justin Kirkland
on injured reserve. This latter transfer was first reported by Ryan Pike of Flames Nation. Kirkland left Calgary’s Friday loss to Columbus early with a lower-body damage. He sat out of the workforce’s Saturday recreation and can now miss not less than three extra video games whereas on IR.
Pelletier and Duehr have been core items of the Wranglers roster during the last month. They each have 19 factors in 20 video games, with Duehr’s scoring cut up as 11 objectives and eight assists and Pelletier posting three objectives and 16 assists. Duehr has been significantly red-hot, with eight factors in his final 10 video games. He additionally boasts extra NHL expertise between the 2, entering into 68 video games throughout the final 4 seasons and scoring an evenly-split 18 factors. Pelletier has performed 37 NHL video games of his personal throughout the final three seasons, netting 4 objectives and 10 factors. Neither of the 2 have discovered their stride on the high flight simply but however stand as two of Calgary’s high prospects exterior of the NHL — particularly Pelletier, who was chosen twenty sixth general within the 2019 NHL Draft.
One of many two will doubtless slot into Calgary’s lineup immediately, set to fill Klapka’s position on the fourth-line wing. Proper-shot Duehr appears the good choice. Klapka will return to the minors after taking part in by way of six NHL video games with no scoring. He has 5 objectives and eight factors in seven AHL video games this 12 months and potted 46 factors in 65 video games final season. He’ll get an opportunity to return to that stage of manufacturing on this project, whereas hoping his Wranglers teammates don’t leapfrog him on the depth chart.
