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I get that Burke has input, but he isn't the GM.
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I sit corrected. The only other forum I saw was HB. I didn't see anyone backing it up, just commenting on it, much like the blogger was.
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What makes this suspect is that nobody else is reporting it. One person.
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Maybe it's Irock19. Random thoughts. Thrill seeker. Troll?
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^^^^^^ Carty - I kind of agree with you. Way too much info to be coming from a Flames POHO. Why go into the Hartley stuff or tipping their hand on what they will use for a trade for a goalie. Bollig? Really? I would think he is an example of why Hartley was let go, not a strategy for next year, next coach. Seems like a busy guy; how many games would he be able to attend?
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I'm not sure what you are implying, but being a pending UFA has no bearing on whether they have to be protected or exposed. The proposed rules (not 100% agreed to yet) say you have to expose 25% of your salary cap. You have to protect a player on a NMC, regardless of whether they have term remaining.
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The source of the tweets are troubling. I'm not sure why this wasn't picked up by anyone in the (real) media. The only other reference to these comments were HB, but all they did was repeat the same source. None of it makes much sense. It only supports BB's opinion of a "black and blue" team. It doesn't support any of BT's desires of being a possession or better special teams team.
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Here are some things Burke has supposedly said..... Calgary Flames President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke says that forward Brandon Bollig will play more next season no matter who the new coach is. Other #Flames news: Burke said Bruce Boudreau was NEVER considered for the head coaching vacancy. At the #Flames STH info session "I'm not paying joe colborne 3.6M - based on his arbitration case" Also, Burke digs Kylington. Said he's got ice in his veins and ran the PP in Stockton - as an 18yr old. He's a keeper and will play #Flames I don't know how much of this is fact. Sometimes Twitter is annoying in that people tweet things that are not fact. The Bollig statement irks me if true. I don't care if you are POHO, you aren't the coach and you aren't the GM.
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I wonder if they screwed up Nurse by bringing him up and overplaying him. I thought he was better than he showed. He doesn't seem to have the offensive instinct needed to work in the NHL. His defensive side is a mess. He could get there, but need to get back to basics on the farm. Just my opinion of him from watching Oiler games (oooh, just threw up in my mouth). I agree that Nuge or Eberle isn't enough to trade to get you that big piece. Nuge didn't land Jones. Eberle is a one-dimensional player that saved his season playing with McDavid. Add the 4th and you might get something a lot better. But, then you lose a "core" player plus a top prospect that they don't have any of. Talbot has been great in stretches. It's entirely possible to see a Dubie-Oiler season this year from him though. He was mediocre early in the season. He won't be playing behind Team Canada. A full season from McDavid is probably the best they can hope for this year.
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Well I wouldn't hold your breath. Picking up one impact forward isn't going to do much. They have an AHL defense right now, with one or two decent 2nd pairing guys. They don't score from the blueline. They have a mess after the top players. If they don't trade any of the big 3, they have the following: McDavid Hall Draisaitl Nuge Eberle Pouliot A few depth guys like Hendricks, Maroon and Kassian. That gives them two scoring lines and a 4th line. Oh yes, they have "The Drake". Not much depth and not really scary. If they solve the defense by trading Hall and/or Nuge & Eberle, they have more problems. Cue Rebuild 7.0
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I think the Oiler problem run deeper than just a good d-man. They don't have many forwards beyond 1st overalls that you build a team with. Even with crappy goaltending, they were no match for us. They have almost no goal scoring on defense.
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Ramo isn't even going to be ready for October. I would be fine with signing Reimer on the cheap, for 2-3 years. His even strength SA% is well above Ramo's. Attempt to sign Enroth to the backup spot at about $1.5m. If not, bring back Ortio to the backup spot. This is my plan b. I think there may be better options, but they may be out of reach due to trade demands.
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Are you going to be upset when he signs Johnny to 8 years @ $7m+ ?? Or when he drafts the player you didn't want? Or makes a trade you don't like? When you assume, you make an a** of you and me.
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Ward was such a good coach that he was fired by a WHL team mid season afterwards. The farm team transitioned away from career AHL players to younger prospects. You want immediate results? We don't have many prospects playing on the farm that would be considered top prospects. Bennett, Shinkaruk and Poirier would be the top ones right now. Gillies missed the entire season and Ortio didn't play lights out while there. What are you bellyaching about? Not signing two players identified as core player before they even become RFA's? We all get that you don't like BT. But, you can't even acknowledge anything positive done by him. Haters gotta hate. Big difference. Hamilton was subject to an OS, so needed to be locked up. Why trade for a player then let his contract sit for weeks? Some of the best or most successful coaches in the NHL came from being an assistant elsewhere or had built a winning organization. What do you want? A coach that failed somewhere else so he's available? An old-school coach that can't coach young players?
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Here's a few of the top of my head: - sign Frolik - trade for and lock up Hamilton to a reasonable contract - not re-sign Hiller
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Add a "Torts" player to the deal from our side. A roster player like Jooris or Bouma. Or a defense prospect like Kulak. Might even suggest Klimchuk, since we are flush with LW's.
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Unless I am missing what you are pitching, wouldn't it be $4.3m net cap hit for two years and $7.425m for year 3? With that, we get rid of Stajan (replace internally at $1m), get a goalie for $4.3m, and have the position sowed up for 3 years while our next guy is getting ready. The 3rd year is problematic, but you can always buy him out at last resort. I think we may need to get CBJ to sweeten the pot to take that big a cap. Yes, they are taking Stajan for $3.125m, but he isn't strictly a cap dump. Throw in Rychel and we got a deal. Oops, missed that one.
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Mikko Koskinen was the goalie.
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That seems to be where some mock drafts put him. Toronto needs less draft picks and more NHL players unless they want to follow the Oilers or BJ's method of competing in the NHL.
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I think that it really depends on what we can offer to them. It's not like there will be many trading partners this summer. If (a big if) the expansion is set for 2017, there will be a few teams in peril of losing a goalie for nothing. Anaheim has cap issues to deal with as well. They have 4 RFAs that they really want to keep. plus Andersen. Sure, they can let a few pending UFA's walk, but they still need to ice a team. They would be better off taking Ortio as part of the payment (haha) as he would be a cheap re-sign.
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We drafted goalies, but they never developed to plan. All were smaller guys until Gillies and MacDonald. Ok, so now we have two in the pipeline that can be developed right, since they have the things needed to be a NHL goalie these days. Fine, but that's years away. I am ok with finding a goalie in FA, assuming they have been scouted well enough to know what they really are. Reimer seems about the same as Bernier on a Leafs team. He may be the best option available this summer. My preference would be to get Andersen, assuming the cost is realistic. He has shown to be a starter and is still young enough to last many years. After that, I would look at Vasilevskiy. Tampa still has another guy waiting in the wings. They have cap issues and need to sign some players. Perhaps we can help them out there too. So we send em Ortio and some pieces for Vasilevskiy and Killorn. Yes, it needs to be a good offer, but it helps their cap. Ortio is insurance in case Gudlevskis isn't ready for the NHL.
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Sharks traded a 1st and a prospect for Jones. We might have beat the Oilers for Talbot, but not likely the Sharks for Jones.
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There were reports that he was in on both Jones and Talbot. Talbot was a relatively cheap deal, though 3 picks seems like a lot, especially after trading for Hammy. It would have decimated our draft.
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Ramo and Hiller are examples of ok goalies. Hiller never returned to his previous level of goaltending after the vertigo. By age, Ramo should have some of his best years left. Hiller declined so quickly, it may be 100% mental. Without stellar goaltending, Tampa and STL are middle pack teams. Probably good enough to make the playoffs with average goaltending. Ottawa? When did I mention them? Since you speak of them, they finished at 85 points with average goaltending. They had 9 players that scored 10 or more goals. They had 5 players that scored more than 50 points.
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If you can't see a goalie 28-34 being in their prime, then I don't know what to say. Very few are at that stage when they are 22-24. Bishop, Andersen, Elliott, etc. are the types of goalies that turn an average team into a contender. Think for a minute what the 2nd round of the playoffs might have been with something other than a washed up goalie and a average goalie. I digress. Is lack of development on the Flames or was it bad choices? Irving Ortio Brossoit Of those, Ortio is the only one with more than 10 games. That is the number of goalies we have drafted in 10 years. No, I haven't included Gillies and MacDonald, since they are in the early stages. What has Ortio been doing in the last three years to prove he is a NHL goalie? Playing just ok in the AHL. Check. Playing good or bad in NHL games. Check. I don't see how he earned a backup job on middling results at the NHL level and similar results in the AHL.
