FueltheFlames1075

To me there is no way that you trade Andersson over Hanifin. I think they’re close in skill and what they bring to the team, so you have to factor in other things. From what I can piece together, Hanifin was/is close with Tkachuk. Andersson fits in with our Swedish contingent. So why trade a guy way more likely to stay, after we’ve watched two American leave this summer? Why chance it?

Time to put to bed the notion that Calgary was the issue with Tkachuk, Gaudreau and Fox. I never want to hear that garbage again, personally. Sure we may have to pay more due to taxes and climate, but I don’t think it had this huge effect.

My question would be, how do you know it’s a 10% chance? This isn’t to be rude, but do you have a personal connection to these players? If not, you are stating something like it’s fact, even though it’s not. if you’re going to point to Gaudreau, Tkachuk and Fox, you have to recognize the fact that they’re all American. They all went back “home” in a variety of ways. Why is it impossible to believe that Canadian players would want to do the same? And I don’t buy into this idea that the Flames are as far off of being a contender as you think. That’s just my optimistic opinion though.

You should probably check your facts before you start stating your opinion, as if it is fact. NJ reportedly offered him more than Columbus, and he still chose Columbus.

And Gaudreau is from New Jersey, yet he chose Columbus over NJ.🤔

A small point here, and it only makes a bit of difference. But Huberdeau does not turn 30 this year. He just turned 29 on June 4th.

That’s my bad. I was actually asking this from a truly open minded standpoint. I thought I read the laws a while back, and read them as I had posted them. I was wondering from a genuinely concerned standpoint. Good to know, and it helps shed light on the situation for me personally.

I understand that that’s not the issue that’s being talked about, but you missed my point entirely. This is a perfect example of what may be disturbing about this whole mess. Because of the world we live in today, and the double standard, are we so focused on the wrong doing of Mailloux that we are missing the possible fact that an 18 year old woman had sex with an underage 17 year old guy? It doesn’t matter if it was consensual or that it’s only a 1 year age gap. It’s considered sex with an underage minor, which I believe is rape under the laws in Canada at least. Someone correct me if I’m wrong on anything. I am not arguing with if the kid should be punished. He absolutely should, and I am in the boat that he should not have been drafted this year. It was a bad move by Montreal. If we’re punishing one crime though (the photos), which we should, then we need to punish the other crime too. Edit: And I disagree with the fact that this is a “boys will be boys issue”. I have seen multiple situations where women share intimate photos with their friends, without the guys consent. It happens all of the time, both ways. It’s unfortunate, but true.

I completely agree with this post. Of course what the kid did was a terrible thing, and he should be punished for it. The rest of this post holds true as well though. For me though there is a far more disturbing, while fascinating, issue at play here. I don’t know the laws in Sweden, so this may be moot. At the time of the consensual sex in question, it is my understanding that this woman was 18 and Mailloux was 17. Does anyone know if this is true? If so, in Canada that’s considered sex with an underage minor, and a criminal act regardless if the sex is consensual. If this is true, it shows a complete double standard that is very very troubling.

I’ll be very interested to see if any of the Oilers players or ex-players who decided to spout off about the code, and what is “right” after the Tkachuk hits/non fight, will take the time to condemn this incident like they were so happy to do in the media before. If they do not, then it sure paints them as giant hypocrites. Guys like Kevin Bieksa, Ryan Kessler and others, who had no issues with throwing their two cents out there, better be at the forefront once again.

This logic doesn’t make sense. I think we all can agree that Neal wasn’t going to play top 6 this year, in Calgary. He didn’t fit in the bottom 6 with his style, so we had no where to play him. So instead of paying Neal $5.75M to play in a bottom 6 role that he wouldn’t fit in, we pay Lucic $5.25M to play a bottom 6 role that he will fit in to. I agree it’s too much money to pay a bottom 6 guy, but we were going to be doing it either way. At least we have a better fit this way, and for $500,000 cheaper.

Or maybe the blame lays with him for not pushing to make them give him games.

So who makes out better here? Calgary or Edmonton?

I have heard that Mike Smith is headed to the Oilers.

Wow, this is truly a shock. I am not one of the huge posters here, however I am always on and reading others opinions. FF52 was definitely a great poster and you could tell that he was a great person as well. Rest in peace Larry, and hopefully we all can carry on his legacy on here, in some way.