conundrumed

I've always respected your opinions But why are you giving him a pass? This is his monster. Do you want him to try again?

When you think of Barkov, think of Panarin at C. I could possibly score 10 just from them banking it off of me. lol Barkov and Huberdeau each at $5.8. Tell me again where the Flames are heading? Trade JG, Monahan? Maybe it's not the players, is worth asking. BT is a good Asst GM, imho. It's an absolute mess he's made. We have the guys. He can't fit the pieces. That's on him. Repeat. Lomberg is 3rd line LW for FLA. Why let him go and sign 2 more? I know you can't be everyone's buddy managing. But damn, stick to your guys, they are your responsibility. How it's not okay for me to call out the GM for this lethal environment of a team is a bit beyond me. I'll be cheering for FLA in the playoffs.

Oh, not to hijack Sam's thread. Bennett and Lomberg are on a playoff team. So you'll be able to stop scoffing at them when you see them then.😃

So you enjoy this direction? There are a ton of good managers. Putting it in perspective, how many teams have had their star dman, star playmaker and star young guy have to holdout? Until he relents? We're not married to Treliving. He gets an extension and then DS is back. lol This should be fun. BT will be gone is my guess. I'm sure Sutter's here for ownership advice. Thank Christ. How many years of BT are you willing to accept? This is one scattered team. Detroit's my other team and I feel better about them than the Flames. He's taken us from rebuild to rebuild imho.

That doesn't explain away Gio, Gaudreau, Tkachuk holdouts. Then overpaying FAs relentlessly.

Really excited for Bennett. Essentially 2 2nds to me means teams wanted him. Glad it was Florida, their 1st LW is Duclair. Barkov makes everyone better. Mason Marchment is their roving LW. Bennett will fit like a glove. Fla quietly had a nice deadline. Montour due to Ekblad LTIR and Bennett. He could play either of these: Bennet-Barkov-Verhaghe 1st Vatrano-Bennett-Acciari/Lomberg 3rd Yes, Ryan Lomberg. And he no doubt will do 2nd PP. 2 2nds for a player they needed is cheap. Add Quenneville, I'm excited for Bennett Look at their roster. It was missing a Bennett. Treliving needs to go. I knew his constant hardball contract negotiations would torment the environment eventually. Here we are, dark days. The work environment starts at the top. Who are the Flames? A reflection of their manager. Give Neal's, Marksstrom's etc fat FA contracts, beat your core guys down in negotiations. You reap what you've sewn. He's gotta go. And yes, Lomberg is an NHLer when you tell him to play hockey, not just always be a fireball. So happy for Bennett, he'll be fine now out of a toxic environment.

It's fun seeing Lomberg on Florida's 4th line for 20 games. Is Quenneville Cajun?

I've been lurking around but not responding, knowing all that I have is venom. I can only use an analogy to stay away from being downright nasty. The Flames are a batch of chili with no spices. Bland and evokes nothing when you taste it. No garlic, no jalapeno, no cayenne, no smoked paprika, no brown sugar, not even a hint of worcestershire, no chili powder, no oregano, no basil, no salt, no pepper. Fix goaltending, done, you've added more beans. Tkachuk tries to be chili powder, gets told to tone it down. We need to be blander than vanilla. So you sit down to a nice, hearty, comforting bowl of chili. The first mouthful you say, "wtf is this? Did you rinse the fat flavour off of the beef too"? That is the flames in a nutshell. Tomato, ground beef and beans, call it chili. So if you don't understand my analogy, at least I told you how to make chili, you decide how much of what. But use stewing beef, not ground.lol And don't forget the onions and sweet and hot peppers and beef stock. You're welcome.

All I can say is that I'm also a Wings fan... The Flames need to take a hard look at what they are. On paper, they simply aren't a very good team, and constantly trying to fill big holes with cheap little plugs.

Lol, even they were laughing. They said Sam Bennett... "STING forward Wil Bitten"....WOW!!

Bizarre. Just announced on Sarnia radio. Nowhere else???lol

Bennett signs in Sweden. Gone.

JJ, look at contenders and tell me all of their 1st line dmen are 1-2 dmen. They aren't.

4. Leivo's really run-o-the mill. Dube is a difference maker and we need him to stay healthy. Both he and Mangiapane need to be critical components of our top 6.

Revisiting the Canes trade: Would I: Lindholm for Hamilton? 100% Ferland and a 3rd (which Fox would have become) for Hanifin? 100%. Would you rather have what we sent still? That trade was a win. We got the best player in Lindholm, hands down.

Is it just me that has a wildly variant view of a 1D in the NHL when Hamilton is mentioned as one of them?

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So....all the music piped in will be Hendrix and grunge?

Why? You have to be willing to give it time. I see nothing wrong with any of the pairings and the season is young. Nobody's being gifted a spot due to lacking a better option, that's why Kylington is expendable now. He will never crack our top 6 so you should view that as a positive. The RW needs a scorer though, is really what we've always lacked. I'm glad it's not Lindstrom this year, he's got way more value as a 1C. Need a selfish RW that loves to shoot and drive the net though. Iggy, we finally have the right team build for you now. 😂😂😂

Full of enthusiasm like the rest of us, I see. lol Should win, so what will go wrong? My guess is they make Miller look like he's in his prime. Happy to be wrong, of course. We're at 61 here. Is this team any good?

He shouldn't be, but then you listed all of the reasons that he probably will be.lol I'd sure like Gallant. Liked him as a player too. Seems like the kind of guy that would laugh at Gaudreau for being pouty. "Don't get mad, get even". JG needs to take on some leadership. He doesn't, and we don't need a star player being selfish and whiny.

Imagine our top 3 D being: Mike Green Danny DeKeyser Jonathan Ericcson. $12.5mil per. Hard to even talk about coaching when the roster needs a purge. The commonality though, is Gallant coaching an expansion team, and Detroit looking like an expansion team.

He's despised. lol I see Yzerman being patient here. They're bad, and it's not Blashill. lol. This is mainly Holland's team...it'll take a while to fix.

I'd be surprised if Detroit hired Gallant. Blashill was extended in the spring for 2 years. The team is young and he's had a lot of success in Grand Rapids working with the young farm. His 1st yr as head coach of the Wings was good, then you lose Datsyuk and Zetterberg and it's a full on rebuild. They're in a marathon at this point, not a sprint. So hiring Gallant wouldn't make sense and goes against Stevie's patience. He hasn't constructed the team yet, so worrying about a coach isn't the issue. Cleaning Holland's mess and finding the right types of players is the issue. A new coach won't fix that defence.

It's a tough one with goalies. I think they get success from a specific coach coming up, then have a different coach that wants to see some changes. Then some of the fundamentals they've relied on start slipping enough to have an impact.