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  5. Rory Kerins - 2020 6th rounder

    in Calgary Wranglers and Flames Prospects

    Posted

    I think that he'll look real good in Stockton next season.

    I see him as a future Mats Zucarello at centre instead of the wings.

    Or perhaps, the Flames move him to one of the wings, he appears to play all over the ice anyways.

    If he progresses anything like Pelletier, we may have a NHL calibre 3rd line centre by 2024-2025.

    I don't know that he has the size to be a "2nd line" shutdown centre like Backlund, but stranger things have happened.

    Or maybe, the 2nd line becomes another scoring line and our "shutdown line" is the 3rd.

    Haven't seen that in about 10 years with this team.

  6. Jakob Pelletier - 2019 1st round pick

    in Calgary Wranglers and Flames Prospects

    Posted

    Do the Flames let Pelletier tear up the AHL next season and bring him up for the last year of his ELC in 2023/2024

    OR

    Sell high on Mangiapane and replace him with Pelletier on the 2nd line with Backlund next season?

    I haven't seen enough of him to determine his defensive capabilities, but he certainly has the motor for it.

    Backlund had made several players look great in their first seasons, it might be worth the risk.

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  7. It's Game Day Biotches

    in Flames Talk

    Posted

    On 2/24/2022 at 7:04 PM, conundrumed said:

    I did not know that. I think I love that. As harrowing as it may be. That's awesome boss. I read a lot and think I know stuff.

    This is awesome. I had no idea.

    What's your source? I wouldn't ask if I didn't find this truly remarkable. And shocked that I'd never read this. Especially that it's this type of stuff I was looking to find. lol

    God keep your glass full buddy. I did not know this. People should know something like that.

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/winston-churchills-v-victory-sign-18337048

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  8. It's Game Day Biotches

    in Flames Talk

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    4 hours ago, conundrumed said:

    Interestingly, maybe rd can back me up if it still holds true. When I was in England, these 2 fingers done this way means the polar opposite of peace. People need to know that. lol

    During WWII, palm facing outwards meant "victory", palm facing inwards meant "up yours".

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  9. Goaltending

    in Flames Talk

    Posted

    Vladar appears to be well worth the 2021 3rd round draft pick that the Flames sent to Boston.

    Calgary has paid far more for other/older goalies with worse stats.

    No idea at all what's going on with Parsons, but he never seemed to fully recover from his injuries. He looks worse now than he did in his final two seasons with the OHL London Knights. I know that level of competition may be a big part of it, but still.....

    I think that Werner and Chechelev are AHL/ECHL backups/place holders for Wolf and Sergeev who I feel will both become NHL goalies someday.

  10. The Unconditional Positivity Thread

    in Flames Talk

    Posted

    8 hours ago, robrob74 said:

     

    Further to your point about downplaying. I think it's managing in-team expectations, keeping our Flames players honest. 

    The team is looking good. I just think there are about 2 or 3 holes, and two of the holes are non-roster players. So we have (I think) one spot that needs to be filled. Is that C or a playmaking Winger? Another one might be 6D or part of the two non-roster players, a depth forward or D that can come in when needed. 

     

    It is really close and it wasn't how I viewed the team before. I hope Ruzicka can continue to improve. The team is looking good!

    I think that we need a play making winger for the third line (preferably RW).

    Someone to feed Monahan.

  21. Our community and forums

    in Flames Talk

    Posted

    I'm still having an issue logging in.

    When I try to access the message board from the nhl.com/flames navigation bar (fans), I get the following message:

    Sorry

    The page you requested does not exist

    Contact us

    I am then forced to sign out, then re-sign back in for access to this board.

    It's only a few extra clicks, but seems totally unnecessary.

  22. The Sutter Impact

    in Flames Talk

    Posted

    Barring any trades or UFA signings, it would not surprise me if Sutter went with the following 23 man roster to begin the season:

     

    Gaudreau (LW) – Lindholm (C/RW) – Tkachuk (LW/RW)

    Mangiapane (LW/RW) – Monahan (C) – Coleman (LW/RW)

    Dube (LW/RW) – Backlund (C) – Pitlick (RW)

    Lucic (LW) – Lewis (C/RW) – Ritchie (RW)

    Ruzicka (C/RW) - Gawdin (C/RW) = both could fill in at C or RW on the 4th line.

     

    Hanifin (LD) – Andersson (RD)

    Valimaki (LD) – Tanev (RD)

    Kylington (LD) – Zadorov (LD/RD)

    Welinski (RD)

    I feel that Welinski will be the 7th D as Mackey is exempt from waivers.

     

    Markstrom

    Vladar

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