In the coming days, the Calgary Flames prospects will scatter in different directions armed with the knowledge and skill sets to, eventually, transition their games into the professional world.

That’s the hope, anyway.

“The goal coming in is a lot of education,” said Flames general manager Brad Treliving following Friday’s final session of the team’s summer development camp at the Winsport facilities. “The guys that are attending for the first time, you’re getting a read on them. You’re educating them mainly on the fitness component and nutrition and those types of things.

“You get a check-in on the guys that have been there before and where they’re at and tweaking what they need to do for the rest of the summer.”

Treliving, now into his second season as the team’s general manager, tweaked the format of the five-day camp from last year’s.

Fewer on-ice sessions. One four-on-four scrimmage. And more conversations about fitness, nutrition, fitness, preparation, fitness, being a professional, and fitness.

“We communicate to these guys that we feel we are the fittest organization and team in the league and we want to maintain that,” Treliving said. “To be a pro is the lifestyle you lead, the way you train and the way you take care of yourself. And it’s 365 days a year. It’s about making sure they understand that.”

And, of course, rookie camp is always about measuring talent.

Treliving and his staff spent the last week observing from their perch in an office space just above the Joan Snyder arena. They evaluated their crop of 2015 draft picks. Sam Bennett and his fellow class of 2014. Jakub Nakladal, the recently signed Czech defender (the elder statesman at 27-years old). A handful of players who spent time in their American Hockey League system during the 2014-15 season, college recruits, and tryout players.

Of that tryout group, receiving glowing reviews were players like Ryan Lomberg, who had been invited after the brass had seen him playing for Youngtson of the USHL, Tyson Baillie from the Kelowna Rockets (Treliving declared he’ll be joining them in Penticton for the Young Stars tournament), and Chris Dienes out of Western Michigan.

“You’re not turning this into a bootcamp,” he said. “But everything has a purpose. They might not realize it but there’s a goal in mind with everything … we are dealing with players that are turning pro or just turned pro and all the challenges that go along with that. We’ve seen in our game and some of the other sports, the bad headlines have taken place in recent days and we want to educate them about not only the things you need to do to be pro.

“But the things you need to do and live and act when you are pro and the challenges that come with it.”