Mollie Walker of the New York Post<\/a> about his frustrations with the Rangers organization. In particular, he felt he wasn\u2019t given the same opportunities as some of his teammates.<\/p>\n\u201cI thought that some got more of a leash than I did, and I was still a very good player,\u201d Othmann said.<\/p>\n
The forward also took issue with how little time he spent in the NHL during his final season in New York. He appeared in just 17 games with the Rangers in 2025-26, while spending another 26 with their AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack.<\/p>\n
Othmann didn\u2019t mince words when reflecting on that experience, describing the situation as \u201cpretty egregious.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also acknowledged that his playing style may not have been what the Rangers\u2019 coaching staff was looking for, but maintained that he had plenty to offer at the NHL level.<\/p>\n
For now, Othmann gets an opportunity to prove that in Calgary, where he\u2019ll look to establish himself as a regular contributor moving forward.<\/p>\n
Wednesday\u2019s game against New York wasn\u2019t particularly memorable for the young forward, as he was relatively quiet in the Flames\u2019 2-1 loss. Still, his comments ahead of the game made it clear that he\u2019s happy to have a fresh start with a new organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brennan Othmann seems quite happy to be with the Calgary Flames. Or, perhaps more accurately, he\u2019s happy to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[895,26,5294,896,5,4],"class_list":["post-709727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary-flames","tag-calgary","tag-calgary-flames","tag-calgaryflames","tag-flames","tag-hockey","tag-nhl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117603576245038751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}