Could include Martin St Louis also!Should we count Brett Hull? he played like 20 games for the Flames at the start of his career haha.
Could include Martin St Louis also!Should we count Brett Hull? he played like 20 games for the Flames at the start of his career haha.
Murray is the worst. Short term mediocrity for long term mediocrity.There are rumblings that the Flames are in on Konecny and Duclair, which is terrible news for us if we go for it. It's potentially to appease Murray Edwards and his desire to never rebuild. We need to rip off the bandaid, and if we focus on getting as much futures as possible right now we could potentially be very good again in just a couple years - as opposed to doing a Vancouver-style "retool" where some good prospects gradually trickle in over a decade but the timing never works out to form a team capable of actually competing for a cup.
Agreed. At this point it's obvious a rebuild is coming no matter what. With the cards the Flames have been dealt, it's time to go for it.There are rumblings that the Flames are in on Konecny and Duclair, which is terrible news for us if we go for it. It's potentially to appease Murray Edwards and his desire to never rebuild. We need to rip off the bandaid, and if we focus on getting as much futures as possible right now we could potentially be very good again in just a couple years - as opposed to doing a Vancouver-style "retool" where some good prospects gradually trickle in over a decade but the timing never works out to form a team capable of actually competing for a cup.
I like that "go for it" in this sense actually means try to be bad but is the best thing to do.it's time to go for it
They're stuck in a weird spot. The picked up those guys, which at the time seemed like a good idea. They were still a competitive team, and might still have been next season, but with those players all leaving it's clearly over, and best they can do is hope to somehow offload the players at this point. Even if it means swallowing some salary.Not sure how the Flames can fully rebuild with the contracts they signed Huberdeau, Weegar and Kadri to last year. Those guys have a lot of salary tied up, and on a rebuild team they won't be playing to their value. A major chance is coming either way, fascinated to see what Conny can do at the draft. I think a big trade is coming, will it be for players or draft picks.
That is only 3 players. Weegar is arguably not overpaid so you could in all likely hood move him if you really wanted. You also need players to fill out your roster in a rebuild and since you're likely not spending to the cap, it's pretty easy to stomach the salary, especially as a fan. No rebuilding team ever gives it all away.they signed Huberdeau, Weegar and Kadri
Take away last year, and they have extremely similar stats. Toffoli's market was probably not huge, a 31 year old on a year left (who wants long term extention). Yegor had 24 goals at 23 years old. The question is would you rather have a 25 year old player and a 3rd or an early 2nd round pick. That is roughly what that value is. I also thought Toffoli was worth more, but it seems if Taylor Hall is worth nothing at his age, Toffoli wont be worth much either.Not a fan of Conny's first trade. Toffoli to NJ for Yegor Sharangovich and a 3rd round pick. So we traded a point per game player for a guy who had 30 points in 75 games last year.