<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/calgary-flames/line-combinations">Calgary Flames</a> have agreed to terms on new contracts with restricted free agents Yan Kuznetsov, Rory Kerins, and Jeremie Poirier, the club announced Thursday morning.</p>



<p>The three 23-year-olds all spent the majority of the 2024-25 season with the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers, with only Kerins earning NHL games with the Flames during the year. The Flames drafted all three players in the 2020 NHL Draft.</p>



<p>Kuznetsov, a second-round pick in 2020, signed a two-year contract at an $812,500 cap hit that converts to a one-way deal in the 2026-27 season. The 6’4″ blueliner made his NHL debut with the Flames in the 2023-24 season and collected 21 points in 72 games with the Wranglers in 2024-25.</p>



<p>Kerins, who recorded four points (all assists) in his five games with the Flames in 2024-25, led the Wranglers with 33 goals and 61 points this past season; Poirier led all Wranglers defensemen with 42 points but has yet to make his NHL debut. Both players signed one-year, two-way deals worth $775,000 in the NHL.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="171"></div>



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<p>As a shutdown defensive defender who plays the left side, Kuznetsov addresses multiple areas of need for a Flames team with a surplus of offensive right-handers. The Murmansk, Russia product spent a large portion of the 2024-25 season on a pairing with top prospect Hunter Brzustewicz with the Wranglers.</p>



<p>Kerins, a sixth-round pick in 2020, has followed an unusual pathway to become one of the Flames’ most intriguing forward prospects. After having his first post-draft season largely wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, Kerins scored 118 points in his D+2 year with the OHL’s Soo Greyhounds before establishing himself as a top scorer at both the ECHL and AHL levels.</p>



<p>Poirier, a 2020 third-round pick, has consistently been a top producer from the blue line for the Wranglers since turning pro in the 2022-23 season, but his slight frame and defensive inconsistency has prevented him from making the jump. While he has NHL tools, he may not get the opportunity to prove himself in Calgary.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="178"></div>



<p>With these three prospects now under contract, the Flames only have one RFA left to sign this summer: Connor Zary, their 2020 first-round pick who has established himself as a full-fledged NHLer over the past two seasons.</p>
