Calgary Flames Official Thread

[Mountain Man]

He will get games for sure, but how many depends on how well he does against Cooley. Should be fun to watch in preseason!

 

[trtcttc]

Anywhere other than Fanfirst to get pre-season tickets? Have some visitors that aren't hockey fans, but would like to see a game for the experience. So doesn't really matter who's playing.

 

[Mountain Man]

Tickets go on sale in 2 days. I usually buy them off the team website

 

[Mountain Man]

Starting to get nervous the Flames haven't signed Zary yet, sounds like they are far apart still and training camp is a couple weeks away.

 

[Roaring Flames]

Flames have all the leeway in negotiations because he's RFA. He'll be signed eventually, and I doubt he wants to miss camp or preseason.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Rumours yesterday were that they're talking again and could be a three-year deal. At that term you cannot go over $4M per year.

 

[Mountain Man]

It sounds like term is the holding point, he wants long term and the team wants a bridge deal. My biggest concern all summer was an offer sheet from another team.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

An offer sheet would simply be matched and save them both time. No one is getting offer sheeted. Teams want their own picks for next year's draft which promises to have a few very good players.

 

[Mountain Man]

Gavin Mckenna next year, some teams will be tanking for him lol. Probably not us though, I predict about 85-90 points for the Flames and a pick just outside the top 10.

 

[Mountain Man]

Sounds like Flames have signed Zary, glad he didn't hold out!

 

[Roaring Flames]

3 years $3.775 M AAV for Zary

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Pretty good for a potential top-six winger or third line centre, after Backlund.