crazyflames

The biggest problem is that no players want to come to Calgary right now through free agent market. Also Calgary probably is the number 1 no trade destination for lot of players. In that regard, you don’t have much to play with it. So unless we fix this culture problem, this organisation is going no where. They just refuse to rebuild, that’s the biggest mistake for this organisation. I don’t think anybody new here is gonna making any difference, it’s still the old blood.

BT is not gonna count on Pelletier and Ruzie at this point, too much uncertainty. If he has made such gamble short-term, the win is now. He will get top 6 forward for sure, the question is what do we need to give up, most likely D. I don’t think he will touch another forward, we don’t have enough forward at this point.

Huberdeau said "I am open to it"... when he asked about long term deal with Calgary. Then he said, at the end of the day it's not my decision to make, it's GM and my agent... Now we all know it's his decision at the end. But I can also sense if the money is extremely good, he probably will consider. Given Flames has the cap space, and Flames should pay him well if they are seriously thinking retain him. Unlike Tkachuk, money is not enough for him, because he is just dying to get out here. This is the real reason why both Johnny and Tkachuk didn't win anything here as a flames, because winning the cup here is not their number 1 thing in their heart.

We can talk as much as we want about JH, but we are still not gonna win playoff round if we don’t fix the bottom 6. We can’t rely only our top line to score. So this off season is super important because I don’t think our lines are fixed yet. If Monahan somehow come back half of his best games, then we maybe enough to compete in this division. Otherwise we still need some forwards to help this group, JH is not enough to win your playoff.

yeah, but you are still not solving any problems. In fact, if our top line stop scoring, we would be in trouble last season. Now even with JH, we are about 100 points less than last season. So BT must address that, 3rd line forward is not enough to fit it.

Do you know if we scored 100 points less last season, would we able get into playoff? So how can we be any better? The math doesn't add up.

You can't replace 200+ points with JH. Calgary has cap space now, get a decent RW through trade, and making JH happy on the top line.

Seriously, this is the best news ever? Your two best players just told you that none of them want to play for this team. Do you know how difficult is has been for this organization for the players here or the ones coming? It has never happened in Calgary.

What facts do you have suggesting he will stay here. Its same 50/50% chance, that's what BT facing now. Obviously he is gonna thinking over this, it's not like he is gonna sign 10.5x8 right away.

Honestly I wish JH can sign here, just give him Gaudreau contract. But I also don't know how can you guys have so much confidence after you just lose not one but two of your best players at the same time.

Because only Columbus can afford him. NJ is out of the game.

There is really no other options on the table, FLA had best asset and BT has to take it even it's UFA. BT is not going to rebuild now, otherwise he lose his job. He must come up with a winning team. By getting JH and Weegar, Flames has a chance to get into playoff this year. This is the reason he hired Sutter for Stanley Cup not for rebuild. Just think about this, if you are BT, you know that your job is on the line. If you go rebuild now, you are gonna lose your job right away. By losing your 2 top stars is just too much for the city and this organization. If you savage this season, you might get chance to continue your job. Doesn't matter what BT does, rebuild has nothing to do with him, it won't be his job. His job is to win now, and this is the last year left as most players are UFA 2023 or 2024.

JH is from Quebec.

On top of that you also have Sutter. Players usually good under him first couple years, but gets tired after awhile.

Agree, we had good top 6 for now, not great, but good. However our bottom 2 lines are still horrible or worse than last year. Little bit too rich on defense and we can't afford it in longer term. So it make sense to trade some D to upgrade Top 6 or 3rd line. Between the 2, I rather BT upgrade Top 6 and go for it this year. Go big or go home.