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Making assumptions again or did I miss something? Has he signed with the Flames or the Heat?
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A fringe NHLer with 15-20 goals? Right. This whole Colborne discussion is so biased with prejudice it's not even worth joining in. He's a good middle 6 NHLer. If the Flames don't want that or can't afford it, so be it.... A trade.
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The troops are really getting stir crazy for some solid Flames news.....
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Non-guaranteed (performance-based) contracts would go a long ways to fixing these many contract issues, as well as keeping guys motivated every year. Personally I don't like the Franchise tags, why needed?
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I believe 8 years is the best, but the Cap controls all, and if it remains flat for several years (even 1) it is going to wreak havoc on a lot of teams. The one thing that short contracts do is give you a much better view on the Cap and its implications for a team. Look at Montreal with PK, going LT has hampered them once the Cap flattened out versus what they were presuming when the deal was signed.
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Well if so that MAY be the case, but even this year is still fine. On the other hand, since we have a massive number of contracts, including Johnny & Mony to be signed in the next few months, do you think some guys COULD get a full NMC for at least a year or two? This could easily be Monahan, Gaudreau, Colborne and let's say Nakladal on D? It would also make it IMPERATIVE to trade/waive Wideman and his NMC by next TDL at the latest. If expansion is deferred, you could also add Bennett, Ferland, Jokipakka.... to the NMC lists. I don't think its going to be an issue either way. If you did that you could still bring in a great 4D (although I believe we already have one) and go the Protect 8 player scenario in an expansion draft.
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Fleury's contract going forward has a Full NMC, the "Limited" portion only refers to 2010. Fleury will be the Only goalie protected or traded. Go back and check your source. The only news on the announcement is the dropping of the 25% Salary inclusion, and that we still have 2-3 weeks before we actually know whether it is going forward or not.
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I would agree that the new coach may be impacting things. But on the other hand, NOTHING is coming out of the Flames. No UFA re-signings (Nakladal, Ortio), No RFA re-signings nor qualifications. No news about the coaching search. No trades. No buy-out information. I realize it is still premature for some of this, but man, its going to be(should be) VERY busy in the next month.
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Agree with you that Vasilevsky showed some growing pains this playoffs, while still playing very well overall. I would say the same for Matt Murray with Pittsburg. In fact, there hasn't been ANY goalie this playoffs who has been lights out through and through. I would probably say Jones w/SJS has been the best, but even he has had a couple of off games. What has separated the top tier from the rest is their ability to rebound, their resilience to adversity. We need to find that guy.
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That may well be the case. I'm sure if it happens there will be many interesting strategies revolving around the draft and putting together a team.
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Guess we'll disagree. Unless the league goes ahead with expansion its all moot anyways. I'd expected to have heard something by now, so the longer this delays the more likely it is not happening.
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The 25% rule is going to be very significant. Sure, anyone can sign a UFA after July 1, but if you wait till the end you provide other teams with the opportunity to show love/$s that was only speculation before. Not many guys re-sign with their old teams, even though they were able to. I would expect that dragging the player along all through their last UFA season doesn't really engender a lot of happiness between the team and the player and by the time July 1st hits, players are looking elsewhere, especially if there is interest from other teams.
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Fleury has a NMC so unless he agrees to a trade he must be protected and Murray will be traded. Bishop is UFA but the expansion draft purportedly would be before July 1 so he will be available. An expansion team would be a fool not to pick him up and try to sign him or flip him to another team. It is doubtful TBL would let him walk for nothing or give him up to the expansion draft.... But then again, that's what they are doing with Stamkos, so who knows?
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You forgot: Andersson or Gibson Halak or Greiss
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Moderators, who is this new irock19? I note his posts is frozen at 79........
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One thing clear with BT's (recent) signings, is they are all pretty good deals, better than people have anticipated. There is a lot on the plate. Hopefully news will start coming out soon.
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Lots of tin foil thinking there.... Time for a break.
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BT not an issue, but frustrating waiting after season's end and no Flames news for weeks.
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So while we await BT's return from Russia, how would you rate his team at this year's WC?
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Couple of things, your last statement kind of reminds me of the Oilers from last summer. New promise but look where it got them. Still lots of work to do to make-over the team into a strong, cohesive possession-dominant force. Coach and goalie will go a long ways but they are not the full answer. A different style of play means everyone is going to be learning and its hard to sit here and project success all across the board. I'm betting next year an improvement but transitional year. Secondly, glad the WC are over this weekend. That should mean that BT returns shortly thereafter and hopefully we start seeing some real progress on a new coach and player signings. That would be huge and hopefully some meaningful trades follow quickly thereafter. The next 6 weeks are going to be pretty crucial for the Flames' next several years.
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That's so true, however with the tendency of bloggers/fans to oversell other team's players and undersell our own (grass is greener syndrome) its hard to work out what really is fair value. Classic case in point, the recent Russell trade. Most people here seem to believe we robbed Dallas blind in that trade, even with the 2nd, but probably its much closer to a reasonable trade for both sides and the cost of doing business. That along with we tend to get tunnel vision and focus in on how a player performed for us recently in a very particular situation rather than a broader, more realistic evaluation of the guy's overall talents. As I've said elsewhere on Vasilevsky, he hasn't won anything yet. Like last night he played great early, but still lost. Whereas Murray played average, at best early but in the end won. One game doesn't mean anything, but you get the point. The Flames have multiple options, including going with Ramo/Ortio and a new, more D-focused coaching scheme so I'm not overly concerned at this point with focusing in too much on one guy. The expansion issue is another huge reason. Because of that I'm not willing to part with what appears at this point to be very valuable prospect chips whose full potential we really don't know.
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I agree we should try and not trade a D at this point, unless Kulak... Not sure logistics has much to do with their success, though I guess if there is no spot even a great player may not make it, and Yes, I think that is a general Flames issue that needs addressing. As for goalies, nothing is going to happen till we get clarification on the expansion draft because that changes everything. Till then its all idle speculation.
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I think that's in the ball park. Not because I think Vasilevsky has proven anything yet, but Hickey may be expendable as we have a glut of D prospects and can't play them all. If expansion goes ahead and they must protect Bishop due to a NMC, its way overpayment.
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Could be an ideal solution for both teams.... yes I would do that, depending on the "+" of course.
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The tax situation varies greatly depending on which State or Province he actually works in. In any case since he is paid in US$ and considering exchange rates, he'd have a massive raise coming to Canada due to that alone.