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6 hours ago, conundrumed said:
Tuesday, the 7th.
Nothing good ever happened on a Tuesday.
I was born on a Tuesday
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1 hour ago, The_People1 said:
Marner needs to go. Too much cap eaten by someone who doesn't play playoff hockey. Flames should be interested this summer since the Flames aren't going to the playoffs next year. Try to flip him at the next TDL.
Also looks like Leafs may be done with Samsonov. Woll is probably their goalie moving forward... BUT maybe BT will target Markstrom to replace Samsonov.
BT needs to rebuild that entire Blueline and if probably starts with unloading Mariner's cap hit.
If he's looking to rebuild the blue-line yeah. we got some pieces. and they got draft picks (a few left anyway).
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Signs Matthews to $53m, to ensure Toronto will be an old team for next 6 years
Says it's about long term security
Lets him play injured.
We seen all this before.
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1 minute ago, conundrumed said:
What? Most of that hot mess is Dubas' doing. Blaming BT for trying to negotiate a hot mess with little cap is nothing more than grinding an axe.
Well we agree it's a hot mess. Call it bad attitude, call it grinding an axe, let's just never tolerate it here ever again.
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8 minutes ago, redfire11 said:
So are we hoping for VGK's to win tonight so the 2024 3rd round pick transfers to a 2025 2nd or a Dallas win so they go the the SC and we receive their 2024 3rd rounder?
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4 hours ago, rocketdoctor said:
Leafs nation will no doubt turn on the team but the series was very close and could have gone either way. As fans we tend to lose sight that the other team want to win as well and blame our own team for the loss.
It was a very defensive series and all the goalies were very good. Really enjoyed eatching that series was intense hockey ervery game.
That was an incredibly positive outlook, and god bless you for it,
I wish I were a gentleman sometimes. But, I also know you're going to enjoy the 2nd, 3rd round, and Stanley Cup finals, and I am just Soooo, sooo glad that we are now closer to being in them because we don't have a GM hell-bent on making incredibly idiotic short-term team-destroying decisions time and time again.
Treliving did to the leafs what he did to us in Record time thanks to even more faith and spending from ownership. People are already talking rebuild, but I suspect he will try to keep it afloat for one or two more seasons with even More short-term decisions before finally hitting a brick wall and...Yes...applying for jobs with other teams.
So here's my positivity:
Conroy has not yet done anything to harm the organisation, every move he's made has been in the long-term interest of the franchise, and because of that I can easily say we are years ahead of the leafs in terms of the next legit chance of winning a cup. I fully expect to see it here, before there.
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7 hours ago, The_People1 said:
I want Buium and Dickinson the most and I would be mad if we pass on them to take Yakemchuk or Tij. But at 9, it's probable both Buium and Dickinson are gone. In that case, Yakemchuk and Tij have as good a chance as Silayev/Parekh/Catton/etc.
Let's not forget, RHS RD with size/grit and can score. There's value there if it translates to the NHL. Yakemchuk has homerun potential.
I just hope we swing, yeah. I admit there will be others with homerun potential. But, the homerun potentials are All going to have warts in our spot. Most likely. Take the "best one", and get actively involved in their development. Get them a skating coach they wouldn't be able to afford, etc.
I won't be upset, as long as they don't reach into the 2nd round and pick someone never discussed here. I want to believe that's impossible LOL.
If we upgraded our other 1st rounder and got both Tij/Yakemchuk, I don't think we would regret it. Depending...on how Tij felt about it as others pointed out. -
21 minutes ago, Thebrewcrew said:
I can't believe it happened to the Leafs.... AGAIN.
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On 5/1/2024 at 10:03 PM, Thebrewcrew said:
What is Edmonton gonna do if they play a team that can kill a penalty?
I don’t think you can bank on winning the special teams battle by 15 going forward.
Yeah I am amazed they made it past the 1st round but couldn't jump on that bandwagon if i wanted to with the defensive lapses.
Hard to find teams to cheer for. Would have been cool to see Winnipeg pull off a miracle. One day.
Might just cheer for Colorado and Makar.
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https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-calgary-flames-cant-blame-darryl-sutter
https://thehockeywriters.com/flames-players-quickly-proving-sutter-wasnt-problem/
Prolly nothing
https://theleafsnation.com/news/with-without-miracle-brad-treliving-has-interesting-offseason-ahead
Prolly nothing
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15 hours ago, travel_dude said:
As a Mod, I normally created threads barely in advance of a game, if I noticed nobody had created a thread.
RocketDoc was usually early, so I would know those days it was covered.
The sign-up thread was used for some time, but once the Flames started dropping out, it stagnated a bit.
The idea of incentives is great. Maybe have more than one willing to do a GDT.
I have some trouble doing justice to the thread quality, but that's what I have to work with on my PC.
For the last 10 years or so it's mostly been you and peeps holding the fort up so to speak. and I mean...with duct tape.
If there is an actual effort to get these forums going again, it could be pretty great and a lot of fun, but also very good timing.
In terms of the rebuild we're not having, this is usually a time when you get a dropoff of the prestige and fairweather fans. Good riddance.
But some may have noticed that Calgary is growing REALLY fast. Cause our city is awesome.
There will be an influx of new, interested hockey fans in these coming years (there already is). They won't have these high ridiculous bars, they're just interested and think it's a fun sport, maybe one they play maybe one they don't. I feel like this forum was actually built from the young guns era players, and its height of popularity was the result of those rebuilding years.
Crazy times.
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8 hours ago, The_People1 said:
I agree Yakemchuk is not elite at skating but i just feel his style of play doesn't require level 10 elite skating. Something like 7 is good enough. Right now he's a 5 and still needs work. I think the gap to get from 5 to 7 is not as difficult than going from 7 to 9... I think Yakemchuk can get to NHL-levels.
In terms of agility, again, his style of player isn't ever going to be agile. 6'-3" 220 lbs... grit, intimidation, clear front of net, etc. That's like asking Johnny Gaudreau to be physical. It's not what he needs to play his game.
Totally with you man. We know this style of player well and have had great success with them. Maybe not off ice lol. But character wise Yakemchuk seems solid.
I am not set on him, but I am set on getting elite Something. And that means warts at our pick. I would be disappointed with a player that is just good at all things without any elite skills.
On top of the elite offense, Yakemchuk has the size, position, compete that would be ideal for us, plus I would actually be Really PO'd of if we passed over 2 Calgarians and then saw them both out-perform our pick. Very real chance of that.
If he's really as bad a skater as some feel on here, then I would say pick Tij with our first pick (sorry), and then upgrade our our 1st pick to get Yakemchuk.
But...I think it would have to be one hella big upgrade, because I really don't think that assessment of him is ubiquitus. I think there is a lot of interest and a lot of teams that actually have good player development who are more than happy to work on his skating with him.
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50 minutes ago, robrob74 said:
I'm kind of tired of getting guys who have to work on skating, or they tend to be small, just want guys who don't need to concentrate on having to build as a skater. I think it keeps our team full of pluggers. While gaining NHLers, we aren't getting super top end talent, enough required to compete for cups.The reality is that we needed to trade Markstrom or one more player ahead of the tdl if we were gonna get top end talent this draft without warts.
The way I see it, we are currently just under that cutoff and will need to either upgrade our pick, take someone who drops unexpectedly ( a lot ), or...
Choose
Between top end talent with warts
And safe players without top end talent
If we want top end, elite talent with our 1st pick, we will have to compromise on one or several of:
Size
Position
Defensive play
Skating
If we are unwilling to compromise on any of those then we will have to pick a "balanced" player who is good at everything and great at nothing.
There will be no quick fixes.... I don't think we can avoid the projects. But they can be exciting projects all the same
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Wow @Kulstad. that's awesome.
Is there legit interest in reviving these boards to their former glory? Don't tease me lol
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17 minutes ago, Sarasti said:
Weber was not the best skater but overcame that with tenacity, a big body and that legendary slapshot.
If I remember correctly he also wasn't more than average defensively until his mid 20s. Which helps perpetuate the idea that defensive instincts can be taught later on, but being gifted in other areas cannot.
Man I miss Weber. Fun guy to watch.
Nothing to learn from that I am sure lol
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31 minutes ago, robrob74 said:
I dunno if that's the case all the time, if it was that easy guys would learn it. phaneuf's downfall was that he felt the team should be happy with him as is and he wasn't willing to grow beyond that.
if they're willing to learn, or are able to pick it up is one thing, but you waste a pick if they don't catch on. Similar with E. Poirier, he had all kinds of speed, but wasn't able to put it to use. He was a goal scorer, but when shutting it down he had nothing else.
It's never clear cut, you take a risk either way for sure.
Phaneuf is interesting because we're at the 10 year mark, and a little past.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/2010/20-years-of-hindisight-the-great-2003-nhl-re-draft/
on the other hand Phaneuf is not interesting in the sense that he had a whole lot of unrelated off-ice issues.
Basically in a redraft, he's unchanged. Would we have drafted him again knowing what we do now? Hell no. But assuming all the other teams also had hindsight, we wouldn't have gotten much better in that spot.
It was a very low scoring era for D. No 30-goal scoring defencemen to compare to. So sadly, the "wait 10 years and look at the redraft) is also frought with difficulties. but adjusting, generally the D who could put the puck in the net did better. Just, 15 goals was a lot back then instead of 30.
Not a lot of strike-outs that year. but, the ones that did strike out are interesting.
Brayden Coburn: 6'5 giant, with great defensive intelligence and skating.
-Couldn't score a goal to save his life
-NHL career was same. Loads learned these skills later and surpassed him.Beware the giant mature players in the top 10 who can't score. We have a few of them this year, and most will probably go onto have long NHL careers. The question is, will they be remarkable.
The real story of that draft, the big learning, is how Weber got drafted so low imho
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12 hours ago, cberg said:
Heard a radio interview of Wranglers’ Jeremie Poirier, talking about his draft-eligible brother, Justin R shot RW in the Q. 51 goals… 2/3 rounder?
181 lbs at 5'8? That's no Gaudreau. That's a low center of gravity.
16 goals in 12 playoff games?
RHS?
I think you take him for sure if he's available in the 2nd round. Really don't know if he will be. just based on stats, of course. bit of a qmjhl deduction.
The guys who show that level of skill, and then Raise it come playoff time, that's special.
I say you take him. For every 5 of these guys you draft, 4 will never amount to anything, but the 1 that does will change everything.
So draft 5 of them.
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3 hours ago, conundrumed said:
We'll get a solid prospect. Then complain about who we should have taken instead. lol
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6 hours ago, The_People1 said:
Parekh... based on highlights and limited viewing, his wrist shot is unreal. Will give Cole Eiserman a run for best wrist shot in this draft. He's a great skater with the puck and loves to jump up on the play.
Defensively, he plays average X's and O's. No elite vision and makes average reads. Average awareness. He's very soft too. Only stick checks. He plays no-contact hockey. Below average intensity in the defensive zone. Gets tricked easily by criss crossing opponents. Loses assignments and coverage. Just stands around and watching the puck sometimes.
Parekh is the most high risk high reward in the top 10 because he could put up Erik Karlsson type offense but also Erik Karlsson type defense... And if the offense doesn't translate to the NHL level, then you are left with an Erik Karlsson without the offense.
I question the defensive vision, many aspects of defense, like position can be taught and instructed. Very hard to convince me that this guy isn't talented enough to learn it.
Is he high risk high reward? yeah.
When you've got the picks that we do, and you know only the top 5 will be near guaranteed stars, you have to take that high risk high reward. have to.
6 hours ago, The_People1 said:Yakemchuk... I sort of agree with conundrum that he's nearly a year older than his draft class. He SHOULD dominate and in many ways, he does. But since he's a year older than most prospects, then perhaps his growth trajectory is lower. Yet, his game needs more growing.
I think he's a Jacob Trouba comparable. They both bring the rough stuff, hits, fights, RHS RD, and aren't super slick skaters or anything. Both aren't high end shut down D but instead, some type of hybrid enforcer but does a bit of everything else at an above average level. Yakemchuk has a greater/smarter shot from the point and could be a PP mainstay at the NHL level.
I think we're looking at a 2/3/4 D on the depth chart. Like Trouba, he's not Elite but he's going to be an excellent complement to a D core because of his rare combination of size and skill. I'm not sad if we pick him but it also depends who else is available.
Well, I see it as a half-truth. He's 6 months older than Parekh, as an example. He's got that extra season in junior, yes, but with very limited minutes. I see this mattering maybe slightly more with forwards. But with D, their development is so much further out I think it really loses its relevance. You're looking for trajectory and you're looking for no plateauing. Here's the thing. Of these 7 or so D that we think are special in this draft, about half of them will show zero improvement next year. basically. Just how it goes. And whoever drafted that half will get a little nervous. Dude's showing an insane improvement curve.
If we can all agree on one thing here, it's that the current draft eligibility ages are ridiculous. We wouldn't be having 90% of these debates if they just pushed the ages out a year like a normal sports league.
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51 minutes ago, robrob74 said:
It doesn't really say much about their scouting, other than the fact they picked those picks at those draft positions. What were the players rankings? Ok, they draft well. It isn't actually saying what they say, that there is something telling about their picks?
they like their centers
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55 minutes ago, conundrumed said:
Well, you named one. lol Parekh is the last guy that I want us to take. Unless you're moving him to wing. Because there is no way on this green earth that he's going up against the opposition's top 3, more likely, top 6.
He is getting overrated. He literally sucks at playing D.
There. I said it.
He plays D to start rushes, he doesn't play D to, you know, play D.
If you'd replaced those 2 with Buium, Dickinson or Silayev I'd have left it alone.
You're way off track.
Yakemchuk. How many times do we need to hear, "great skater for his size"? If you have to add the, "for his size", you've got yourself a not-great skater. That catchphrase is debilitating. lol
You're a great skater or you're not.
it was strange seeing hockey players in person. that ice is very cold. the seats lack cushions.
1/5 stars.
Your assessment is solid, it comes down to what we want in a 1st rounder.
We're totally on the same page here, because I would be fine with moving Parekh to wing. Lord knows we'll need a decent RW. I have zero interest in solving our defensive woes solely in the draft. Especially 1st round. That's trades, coaching, development. He is a +39 lol. Whatever he is doing it is working, on both ends of the ice. The reality of the situation is that he may Not be playing D, or the kind you want to see, but that is a choice either him or his coach is making.
Here's the thing. I'm not looking at this in terms of team building next year. I'm looking at it with cold hard asset value. Kid is talented, more talented than the others. By a lot. Can he play D? At 17 I do not care.
At 19, I start to care. And if I'm not seeing any improvement I am trading him and I am getting a massive, massive return. Or I'm moving him to wing. lol. When does he need to be good at D? Literally in 10 years. I want him to be good at D when he is 27. Although I would want to see yearly improvement to keep him in the org.Yakemchuk
Was Giordano a great skater at 17?
You remember our fun with MacInnis's skating? sending him back to school lol?
You know who was a great skater? Kylington. the man, the legend. great skater.
Kid's got an insane trajectory. His rate of improvement is way beyond these other guys. I don't care what his skating is like right now, I care how it is compared to last year.
You take the kid with vision, skill, and a demonstrable ability to rapidly improve. That's Yakemchuk by miles. Tij too actually.
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8 hours ago, The_People1 said:
I'm not worried about Iginla. I hope he gets taken before our pick so we don't have to deal with the controversy.
I'm worried about,
MTL - Silayev
Utah - Buium
OTT - Parekh
SEA - Dickinson
This means all the "top D" are gone. Catton, Iginla, and Eiserman are on the board for the Flames at 9. Do the Flames "reach" for Yakemchuk/Jiricek if we want D?
I am starting to think that there may actually only be three elite D in the draft.
Levshunov, Parekh. Yakemchuk.
Not willing to put a list together yet, but if I were to narrow it down today, it's these 3. One of these 3 (Yakemchuk), and possibly 2 of them, will drop to us.
I read on here that Yakemchuk may not have the same elite-skill ceiling as the others. But his stats say otherwise. Due only to proximity, I did something I would never normally do. I very briefly put my keyboard and phone down long enough to watch him play.
He's elite. Straight up.
I ask myself how could we miss elite right under our nose. I am reminded of Makar.
I really believe that of the D available in that ranking right now, there are only 3 currently demonstrating 1st line potential on great teams, and it's those 3. Of the 3, Yakemchuk has the most warts (call it defensive intelligence if you must). All his warts are teachable and removable. But his ceiling is as high or possibly even higher than the other 2. I would have no problems taking him with our pick and I don't think it's a reach.
I think we're looking at Tij and Yakemchuck in our spot, both essentially Calgarians, which is very cool. And I don't think we can go wrong with either one. I think both are Still under-rated with standout trajectories. But rarely does the draft go as planned. Someone will drop, or we will win lotto... much remains unknown.
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1 hour ago, conundrumed said:
Lousy team, he's still the shortest in his fam by a few inches. Freij and Mews are both borderline 1st rders, Fischer will be in the late 2nd - early 3rd, so not the same range. Dallas pick to our 3rd. Someone will be getting great potential with Fischer. Too funny if it's Detroit. "Sorry son, you were next on our list, honestly".
If he's still available in the 3rd I would do it. I just don't expect him to be because there's always a GM who will be like "big mature player, he'll pay off before I get fired" and draft him early.
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45 minutes ago, conundrumed said:
Way more interested in Wings kids. lol
Especially when they're the youngest in the draft, not the oldest:
you are super optimistic on 6th round availability yo 😅
I take him in the 6th round for sure. But, for where they're ranked,
This guy, and Dickinson come across as guys who have matured early (even if they're young). 6'3 - 6'4, built, basically men, looking good against children, but still can't...score.
Defensive instincts are super important, but can be taught. I'm on the same page with you regarding the importance of D, but seen a lot of 1st and 2nd round mis-fires drafting guys who can't quite put it together offensively against kids despite massive physical and maturity advantages. Seider upside yes. But not guaranteed and nothing higher. High likelihood of making the NHL but low likelihood of becoming impact players.
In that range, these kids look way more skilled with higher ceilings even if maturity-wise they're further behind. And they're not even in the amjhl lol.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/618996/alfons-freij
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/577193/henry-mewsI'll straight up ask....is it possible to watch certain leagues/teams too much? And start to rate some kids higher there as you do? I think/hope Conroy would say yes, if he looked back on some picks from 2023.
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I never heard him say this...but...that's big.
I hear that as "go do a rebuild" because there's no way the new arena will meet its targets.
2026/2027 is...actuallly, when we want hit rock bottom in a proper rebuild.
Everything up until then should be about building up our D, or goaltending prospects, all the long term stuff.
Then in 26/27 you've got Gavin MacKenna and our own Calgarian Landon Dupont...and Boom.
Uphill from there.