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Burke's signed to Nashville. So it doesn't matter. Hamilton was stacked last year. Duarte went to SSM who are also rebuilding.

We totally agree. We aren't drafting for right now but you want an idea of 2-3 years down the road what is there. I'm likely on the outside thinking that Ronni and Stromgren are really strong character picks. Kerins in the ECHL is perfectly normal if he can't get quality minutes in the A. Cossa was just named ECHL Player of the Month btw. I know you cheer against him because for some reason you feel it matters to prove a point. GR is a cesspool of erroneous horrendousness he didn't need to develop in. They don't really have any fwds and subjecting him to 40+ shots a night for his first taste probably isn't a great idea. He can wait a year while getting lots of reps. I don't really see a reason to trade down. But it all depends on how the draft unfolds. I'm not really a fan of having a hard target which was the Zary situation. But that trade effectively allowed Calgary to also pick Poirier so it's hard to argue. If both become effective NHLers it's a big win. Alternatively, doing it for Janxy and Sieloff highlights how the wheels completely come off when you decide that you're a better scout than your scouts. Things are way better now. So doing a trade down is only because your scouts are good with it. Flames scouting has been solid. No reason not to let them dictate the draft. Just give them bullets in the chamber and don't trade away picks ffs. *edit Stromgren, typing faster than thinking.lol

Burke signed an ELC with Nashville early this season. He spends his life tapping in Ty Voit passes. I warned you about stat watching.lol The league needs more Lomberg's and this is pretty much how you go about finding them.

I'm most interested to see what we can pull out of rounds 2 and 3. From what I've watched, I like Swede Dman Willander more than Pellika, but doubt he gets to mid 2nd. Bertucci could be there who I really like as a puck moving D. Other D I like in further rounds are Sova, Middelstadt and Legault whom I believe are entering the 2nd drafts. Could make Sting C Dillingham a camp invite. He plays with a lot of consistent fire but he's also an overager so he should look better in the O. Just trying to isolate dmen with potential that we can get into the system. They're hard to read but there always seems to be dmen that outperform their draft ranking at the end of the day. With Mack Celebrini potentially being the runaway 1st oa next year, I really wonder about his brother Aiden with the Brooks Bandits. Sight unseen. Could it be another family affair? I don't believe we've ever drafted a player from them, but their consistent success points to it being a great program. Just off of the top of my head Dmen that could have potential. I know that I'm forgetting some. Hopefully we spend a lot of time scouting in Minnesota. With 54 active NHLers, it continues to be the hotbed of hockey for the US followed by Michigan(37) and Massachusetts(32).

If Reinbacher (RD) is still there, I think it has to be him. Outside of that, there's still a lot of good fwds. I'm not sold on Pellika (LD ranked a 1st rder) and there will be decent D prospects in the following rounds. Danielson, Musty, Ritchie, Leonard, Wood, Hronzek, Ziemmer, Brindley...I just don't see much separation to say bpa. Could be any of them and more with players that may fall.

It's been flat out frustration for every fan. I doubt there is anything that anyone can criticize about this top-to-bottom mess that is offensive. It's just that bad. I could write a novel on Mang-Backlund-Coleman. Those 3 are epitomizing the Flames inconsistencies this year imo. Dumb penalties, weak/bad shots, mind-numbing turnovers, floating aimlessly...unfortunately it's not just them, by a lot. But they were supposed to be some form of stability.

I definitely am not defending Kadri regardless of Ritchie. Kadri just isn't a very good player. He can shoot. Everything else is at or below average. I've been thinking that all season. Not great at winning pucks, controlling pucks, passing, accepting passes, defence, neutral zone. He's not good at most things that would really help. When he's scoring, it hides a lot. There was a game where he scored 2 goals and I was whining about his play. He's just not nearly as good as he seems to think he is, likely not even half. He plays some pretty low IQ hockey, imo.

There's going to be a whole lot of players that could be argued as bpa around our 15th-16th pick. I think we can prioritize what it is that we actually want/need in the system.

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Somehow I just don't think Lewis, Richardson, Gudbranson, Zadorov, one Ritchie turning into the other were Treliving moves. A 4th line that consistently showed being terrible until you add a Pelletier or Duehr to give it any sign of life. Sutter constructed a good quarter of this. He won't have to worry about BT next year, so I guess we'll see what his next 90's-era move will be. I've defended Sutter a lot, but now I can't. Simply because I can't for the life of me figure out what he's doing with the roster he has, outside of wanting it to be something it's not. Not defending Kadri, but putting Ritchie with him has gotta be frustration overload. Ritchie can screen a goalie. Period. Nothing else.

Sutter talks about fatigue....just wow. You had fresh bodies, you used the fatigue excuse after the last game, a narrow victory against a bottom feeder.

Kinda fitting that this crap ends with a loss to the worst team in the league when it mattered most.

I love how they'll keep telling us tomorrow's game matters now. Let's lose out.

Season done. At least I won't have to stay up late for tomorrow's game. Potentially the last win of Mrazek's NHL career.

5 mins...season on the line...shorten the bench?

They can stop talking about tomorrow's game now.

How do you start this period like this? Just wow. What a Satoshi Nakamoto team.

No kidding. After watching an 8-4 Sting win with plenty of emotion, I'm treated to whatever the hell this is. 2 bottom feeders I guess.

Low energy vs the Ducks, coulda switched it up, still low energy. Shocking.

Now this is what a low skill game looks like...both teams.

Damn that Hawks roster is woof. Really can't lose to that.

There isn't a formula. If Coronato is ready for the NHL, there's no reason to put him in the A. If he isn't, the A it is. Every player is his own separate case.

Underrated comment. I'd go so far as to say that it is the #1 most important aspect for prospects that has killed many. Getting in peak shape mentally and physically is one thing, staying there is a whole other thing. Mental fatigue and burnout are always ready to take over any high stress job. We can jab at Lucic all we want, but that's a loooong career of overcoming a world of stress and why he is so well respected. Many, many many make up excuses. He should move into player development for us.

The Hawks come in sporting an 8 game losing streak. What could possibly go wrong? IF he's kept up in practice, I wouldn't be against Coronato drawing in. Sutter himself said guys were having trouble getting moving last game, so... Zero chance, same old meat grinder lineup.

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