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Well that is really frustrating.

Looks like he'll get an opportunity. curious to see what the fall out here is though. I don't think the Flames have the cap space currently for both Solovyov and Zary.

Perfect. Probably deserved a spot out of camp and has been excellent, by all accounts, so far in the A.

The only condition on the 2024 first is that if it's between 20-32, Montreal can elect to take it.

I'm not sure I could even tell you what the strategy is for the Flames right now. They seems to have pivoted after the first few games. Not going to suggest for a second that this (as in Flames level of play) is Huska's fault so want to be super clear there, but I think a young/inexperience coaching staff is panicking. There is just no connection at all with the team right now, no purpose, and no consistency in how they want to play the game.

This is very misleading. Conroy said opportunity for young players but also clarified no one is going to get promised a job. Did Oesterle take away an opportunity for someone? someone couldn't beat him out for the job in pre season? I think the carrot was dangled but that's all they can do is dangle it. Cant force someone to eat it. Not to mention it took them less than 10 games to call him up. Opportunity is not just about pre season, unless your Darryl Sutter.

Keep in mind too with goalie stats, in particular save %, they are down league wide. From 09-10 until 19-20 the avg Save % was never below .910. Since then it's fallen to .904 and .906 the last 2 seasons. Have to adjust your criteria if you want to use stats like that. Even though he is playing solid I'm still skeptical you can move him because the 2 years left and the NMC but if the cap goes up like they think the chances might not be zero. NMC is a big challenge though.

Despite all the talk about wanting creativity (from all level of hockey ops) and fun, the Flames have actually managed to be more boring offensively so far then they were all of last year. That's my biggest surprise so far. I was expecting loose D, was not expecting a more boring offence than last year.

Would sure be a heck of a lot better than what we are watching. I mean it’s not rocket science. You don’t need a high level of skill to execute with some creativity.

In the preseason the flames were so creative on offense and on the PP. they’ve completely ditched that. Back to just plane old cycling and shooting. It’s so so frustrating to see

Flames just do nothing well right now. Poor execution, preparation, effort, strategy. It’s just all bad. that was a pathetic effort on the PP and they deserved the goal against.

Maximizing LTIR is more of a start of season activity that is not as relevant right now. I think with Zary it's more about what's best for him. I think when you bring a player like that up it's to keep him here and they likely are not in a position to do that right now.

They also didn't need the space so there was no point in putting Rooney on LTIR. Rooney was wearing a sling during the Bonfire (kick off party) so I think he was always going to be out long term.

See if the team confirms but I would strongly suspect this means Rooney is going to be placed on LTIR. That is the obvious way to make this work within the cap.

Peeps alluded to this elsewhere but for me Kadri is trying to do too much. Kadri is a very good center when he is helping make other around him better. Rush the puck, find players in open spots, move the puck and support. What I see is him trying to take the puck end to end by himself, trying to get the game stated all by himself. I'm surprised we aren't seeing more passion but I do see him more engaged this than last. I just see a player who is really frustrated it's not working but it's not working because he's going about it the wrong way.

Welp so much for that analysis... LOL I'm surprised but pleased. I've liked Solovyov for a while and after camp he deserved a shot.

Irony is very thick on this one.....

Cap makes it tough to call up Solovyov. Could put Rooney on IR but they likely want to save that just in case. I'm not really a fan of Oesterle and I don't really see what he's done well, even in pre-season when the Flames liked his game, but it is just while Rasmus is out.

Yup. not sure why but I did....

I don't think that is the narrative. 7 games in you can understand scoring slumps, you can understand system issues, you can understand execution not being close to 100%, but it's really tough to comprehend why the effort isn't there. In particular the energy or passion. Not sure what effort we are looking for but I sure say the Rangers winning most of the puck battles, I didn't see the Flames fighting through traffic and I really didn't see much of a 2nd effort on lost puck battles. This is obviously not a high skilled team that is going to score at will based on individual talent, but I also think it's a lot better than what they are showing.

they weren’t good before this. Really haven’t been good outside of the first 3 mins and 1 PP.

Just another vanilla effort. Sure they’re skating but they are second to most pucks, not fighting through checks or traffic. Just no desire or passion to their game. concern level should be rising. I can understand early mistakes but I can’t understand efforts like this.

The desire to keep this group together continue to get weirder and weirder. Props to Z for calling it out.

Not really how it gets framed, at least it shouldn't. It comes down to the directive. When the 2 stars walked who make the call that the team had to return to 100pt form? I don't think that was Treliving and had that not directive not come down I don't think the Flames would have signed Kadri. He signed the deal so he is 100% accountable for the player but I don't think it was his decision or directive to think that this team should go all in to try and stay a 100pt team.

It's still early but i'm already asking how much longer the Flames can spin their wheels before they try something new. Not jus Zary but Wolf too. How much longer can you watch Vladar play below average and keep Wolf down there. Especially when Conroy has preached youth from day 1. It will get louder the longer the Flames spin their wheels.