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dougbailey

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Forum: Armchair-GM9 sept. 2021 à 11 h 59
Sujet: Calgary fun
This roster may not make the playoffs, but the addition of Eichel will buy goodwill with the fan base. Cap space not an issue now, but potentially. Need to resign Tkachuk for $8MM to $9MM over 7 to 9 years, if Bread has a repeat season he's in the $4MM to $5MM range, Wade would be in that bridge deal territory of $2MM to $3MM, and the defense will have salary inflation either with re-signings, or FA signings.

As a Flames fan since day 1, we just desperatly need a #1 centre, at almost any cost. Feaster tried to trade for MacKinnon with our 3 1st rounders...he obviously should have tried harder. Look at the result.

I feel with MT and Eichel complemented by Lindholm and Bread, perhaps a couple of the younger crew, there's a revamped and more effective core in 22/23 and into the future. Defense needs some amount of work which will be easier if Hanifin becomes a true #1 defenseman, which I believe he can and is worth waiting for.
Forum: Armchair-GM26 sept. 2019 à 7 h 49
Forum: Armchair-GM7 févr. 2019 à 20 h 5
Forum: Armchair-GM4 févr. 2019 à 13 h 23
Sujet: Stone
csisk, you beat me to it. I am a Flames fan and was thinking the same thing...Valimaki instead of OK. I wouldn't do both young d-men. MAYBE Kylington an Dube. That would hurt but...

All that said, the Flames would still have trouble re-signing Tkachuk, Bennett, Mark Stone, and Rittich next year (plus filling out the balance of the roster). If the Flames spend this much draft capital and youth on Mark Stone there needs to be a commitment to re-sign. Guess they'd need to jettison Michael Stone's contract somewhere. Maybe move Brodie IF a) they win the cup or b) R Andersson and/or the other young d-men not included in this proposed transaction show well in the playoff run.

Bottom line - I think a transaction like this puts the Flames as the western conference favorite (not league, but close). It has the added benefit of keeping Stone away from the Jets.