After playing last season with a rotating cast of centres, including Nazem Kadri, Elias Lindholm and Connor Zary, Jonathan Huberdeau will have yet another new pivot to start the 2024-25 campaign.
Martin Pospisil will skate between Huberdeau and free-agent signing Anthony Mantha. Pospisil established himself a season ago, starting in the American Hockey League before a mid-season call-up. He signed a two-year contract extension part way through the campaign.
Pospisil played his rookie season on the wing alongside Kadri and developed a reputation as an agitator who had offensive skill. He ended with 24 points and 109 penalty minutes in 63 games.
The Flames organization feels the 24-year-old Pospisil can excel at centre, which he played for Slovakia during their Olympic qualifying games over the summer. The team is hoping his north-south, power-forward style, can complement Huberdeau, who is still trying to find his offensive game after two disappointing…
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