PRACTICE NOTEBOOK - 09.01.23

ST. LOUIS - Darryl Sutter and the Flames left Chicago wanting more from their "young players."
Walker Duehr - who was recalled along with Jakob Pelletier prior to the road trip - could help provide that spark.

As the team returned to practice on Monday at the Enterprise Center, Duehr was stationed on the fourth line, with Adam Ruzicka at centre and Trevor Lewis on the opposite flank.
"It's always fun getting that call," Duehr said on Sunday, prior to the game against the Blackhawks "It's a lot of excitement for you and your family. ... I would say my pro game as a whole (has improved). Just learning how to be a pro, maximizing your potential and coming to work every day and trying to get better, and help the team any way you can."

There were otherwise no changes to the forward lines and D pairs, but Pelletier did take turns rotating on the first line with Dillon Dube, Elias Lindholm and Tyler Toffoli. See below:

FORWARDS

Dillon Dube - Elias Lindholm - Tyler Toffoli
Milan Lucic - Nazem Kadri - Jonathan Huberdeau
Andrew Mangiapane - Mikael Backlund - Blake Coleman
Trevor Lewis - Adam Ruzicka - Walker Duehr
Jakob Pelletier, Radim Zohorna

DEFENCE

Noah Hanifin - Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar - Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov - Michael Stone
Connor Mackey

GOALTENDERS

Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar