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They have a lot of good young D, could be a good forward and goalie they need. They are IF Calgary retains to make it work for a team that really needs him.

I don't think they're being punished. I actually think teams are punished by having to drop selections when other teams win the lotto. The bottom ones are ones that need the help. Detroit, to me, is on the up and they've had their chance at those top5 picks...

Met mine on Bumble! 🤣 I got lucky... I do wonder about the draft lotto if it's fixed? I mean, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Edmonton... I think the Rangers even won it... Jersey. I dunno. Tough call. i still think they should just throw 16 loser balls in for the sharks, then 15 for the Hawks, then 14 to the next... They can keep pulling balls, then if repeat balls come out, it goes to the order of the next round? It would be a true lottery... you get two sharks in a row, they get the spot in round one and two. And keep going... once a team is out of balls it diverts to their standing in subsequent rounds... no weighted balls. No weird math equations... the Lotto would then span nearly all seven rounds if the balls come out in differing orders. Just for the teams that don't make the playoffs.

im all about being as down as possible because opposites happen for me. I lost the lottery tonight!!! I lost the lottery!!! only $70M

my bet is, we win last game, we stay in 9th, but tied with NJD and they win the lotto! 🤣

I didn't catch who wins the tie breaker. Are the Flames guaranteed the 9th place odds in the lotto? Or can they leap NJD still?

tough call, it looks like he's done a lot to try and do better, which I find admirable. how many of us grew up saying,"that's so ---?" Or used the "N" word. We do learn from those if we are able to understand that sometimes these things hurt. So, I'd do a whole bunch of research on whether he's done what it takes to make up for it. So far from that article it feels like he's moving in the right direction...

I saw an IG reel where a gardener wore a piece on their leg that looks like a brace, but when bending over in the garden, you can use it to sit on it.

Is it RW or ROW that determines position? If we tie NJ and do they have the tie breaker?

My only guess is that our Goalie scouts seem to like him? We've done decently with scouting international goalies lately. I wouldn't say Big Save Dave is a grand slam, but it was a pretty good hit. And the LA insider says he's quite impressed with his play this year. So, maybe it's not about numbers so much as it is about mechanics? The LA guy talked about how good Rittich's mechanics can be, and that when he plays within them he can play well. He also mentioned that when shooters wind up he used to kind of start further away and start to kind of back into his net to give a split second longer to react, and that he has gotten back to that... I heard this guy speak about 2-3 weeks ago on Flames Talk with Pat...... I do think they've done a bit better, so we will see.

Which player do you mean? Honzek?

Just playing along with suggestions, I don't think Flames want him out, and maybe happy with him and Weegar to mentor and be the beacon of attitude growth in CalgaryZ so gotta weigh that into it. only a year ago we heard players want to leave but then here we are shipping everyone out and then pissing on them because they don't want to be in Calgary... I get it's fanaticism, but then we gotta expect a loyalty spectrum, if we can't be loyal, how can we expect them to? I get this is a problem I have. I want a really good team and while the flames have had good seasons, I wanted more... so it's a catch for me

I was thinking more that Andersson is the value, and Flames would have to add and probably retain on some salary? Maybe not, but thinking maybe it's Mangiapane added with retained, and hope they think the adds push them up.

I wonder, I know you've said on a few occasions, the Flames tend toward the WHL? Maybe... or maybe it's more the W over the Knights, as you seem to mention them a lot and the Flames might not draft them often enough.

So in reality, should we be questioning the equipment and not the goaltending? Has goaltending in the nhl gone downhill because of the rule changes in equipment, or have they already started to prior to. There was a time almost no one was scoring goals, exaggeration, but I think what I am trying to say is, the fact there are only a small handful of goalies in higher status towards elite, has the rule changes exposed the goalies that would otherwise have advantage due to large goalie equipment? in turn, numbers might have favoured goalies in the past and in reality maybe they were only as good as average goalies today? I wouldn't know which ones would fall in the category... imagine, in the 80's there were Allen Besters, or Darren Pangs? i guess what I'm saying is, maybe average goaltending was always a thing that could win chips? Elite does help a lot. Although, even Roy had horrible years in Montreal and could have looked average when he let in like 9 goals? Not that they were his fault... but just saying on bad teams even good goalies don't have good numbers...

but do they listen to him, or all his picks already taken by the time the flames get up to bat? Guess we all just want them to draft better but it's not a great science with kids are drafted and not developed.

you'd think the Flames would scout the "O"... not saying they don't, nor have I done any research on the matter. Just seems they draft the "W" most of the time.

they go Cozens and first for Kadri and Andersson.

Conroy did suggest the cap flexibility to sign some players. I hope they don't sign anyone just because they have the money to, but do it with the future in mind.

I think we win two of the next three. It's just how the Flames roll. I think we draft 9,10, or 11 depending what the other teams do. we win tomorrow and we solidify the 8 spot but possibly hit 9th in the process.

I agree. even the PWHL leagues draft rules might make it too hard for the worst team to draft #1 or up in the top 5 even, if they're not winning, it isn't like after they're Mathematically eliminated going to just magically start winning.

yup, we are getting there with an extra guy. Maybe Kuzmenko goes there too. I might be Jaded... I know Saks mentioned Tkachuk as an elite. I think we got one year of that out of him. His usage was probably holding him back? Still, I don't think he's a guy who drags the whole team in, which might be elite.

haha, not you; but you lost me at perimeter shooter. I get we need those, but also need guys who actually go to the net when those shots are taken. Good to have, but if the players don't go to screen or dig then the player is useless, and what if they can't do anything else! Not on the player to worry about the other part of the team game, hope Conroy understands this, that the team has held the puck a lot in the last 10+ years, but not a lot of play in the slot.

I'm making an obvious joke. We also only got a player with elite skills in the 4th round, so no stars in the first for how many years?

Flames will have a brooding 6'5" LW they've reached by 5 spots, who needs work on his foot speed and foot work... Id like to see them start drafting dynamic players now. BPA is safe, but I dunno. There are no sure-fire stars outside of the top of drafts, but the Flames only operate in the 5-10 range with building or tooling in the re- periods. Bennett and drafting 4th was unusual for the team... How do you get elite outside of those top picks?