Flames Send Martin Pospisil to AHL on LTIR Conditioning Loan
The brief assignment serves as a health check to gauge his return timeline before the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Overview
- Calgary announced Tuesday that Martin Pospisil was assigned to the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers on a long‑term injury conditioning loan.
- Under CBA rules, such loans are limited to six days or three games, potentially extendable by two games, and the player comes off the NHL active roster but remains on the salary cap.
- The plan calls for Pospisil to practice and play at least a couple of games during a Wranglers homestand that starts Friday against Bakersfield.
- Pospisil has not played this season after a late‑camp injury and had been placed on the long‑term injury list.
- If cleared, he is expected to represent Slovakia at the 2026 Winter Olympics, and he returns as a physical forward who led the Flames with 301 hits last season.