The Flames have a few options on how to deal with the temporary departure of the winger due to an upper-body injury

Any injury is frustrating, but this one feels especially cruel for Sam Honzek. Article content

The 21-year-old Calgary Flames winger left Saturday night’s shootout loss to the Winnipeg Jets early after colliding with captain Mikael Backlund. It was immediately obvious that Honzek was in serious pain, and the Flames confirmed Sunday afternoon that he’ll be out week-to-week with an upper-body injury. Article content Article content

For a guy who had broken through at the NHL level and had been one of the few good news stories for the Flames this season, it’s a tough bit of news.

“Anybody that’s going to miss a little bit of time with an injury, you’re going to feel

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