The Calgary Flames will face the New York Rangers Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome, and one among the Flames is excited to return from injury just in time to face his former team. Brennan Othmann was hurt late last month when the Flames took on the Edmonton Oilers. Othmann says he’s healthy again and excited to get back into game action. “Obviously, it’s not fun when you’re hurt or a healthy scratch or anything like that. (I’m) just trying to grind and get back in the lineup as fast as I can,” Othmann said. The Flames acquired the 23-year-old last March in a deal that sent Jacob Battaglia the other way. Othmann admits he has some fire in his belly to face the Rangers. “The goal at the start of the year was … win the trade, I guess in a sense, by making the team and kind of proving that I am an NHL player, and I think I’ve been doing that and just want to keep doing that,” Othmann said. Head coach Ryan Huska doesn’t mind having Othmann playing with a chip on his shoulder. “We’re hopeful he can become a guy for us that drags people into games. He’s got a good skill set that goes along with it that allows him to move up and down the lineup at times, and we’re hopeful we can bring his game along,” Huska said. “But it is something that when a player is on a new team, they always look forward to the games against their former team, for sure.” Othmann only played 42 games with the Rangers, and it sounds like he prefers to put that time in the rearview mirror. “I don’t really talk to many people over there. I stick to the guys in this locker room and stick to the people in this organization, and the guys here were just kind of giving it to me a little bit with some side jokes,” Othmann said. Puck drop for Wednesday’s game is 6:30 p.m.
