Asked if he is feeling more comfortable in this second stint as an NHLer, Sam Honzek pauses a beat.

The Calgary Flames forward callup doesn’t want to fib, but he’s not necessarily sure he wants to admit the answer — more to himself than to anyone else.

“I would say yeah,” Honzek said. “But I try to put myself in uncomfortable positions, you know? Because sometimes I can feel that when I’m uncomfortable, I play better. So I have in mind and have that thought in my head that nothing is guaranteed here and I still have to earn everything.

“It’s all on me to show them that I belong here and I deserve a spot.”

He’s doing a heck of a job of that.

In fact, it’s getting harder and harder to envision that Honzek will be returning to the AHL’s Wranglers.

The 20-year-old forward from Slovakia

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