Or that young kid from Calgary, Landon Dupont.
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Calgary Flames Official Thread
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CalgaryTiger
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It will be Jerome's call, perhaps with him in the organization the pressure to be an Iginla is either going endorsed by him or not.
Dupont is 3 years away from the NHL. He's 15.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I think it would be a good call all around, we probably need to draft D more than forwards, but this seems like something we can't pass up.
Dupont won't even be 15 for another month. I feel like if we are still drafting that high when he's eligible, something isn't working.
Dupont won't even be 15 for another month. I feel like if we are still drafting that high when he's eligible, something isn't working.
Not for this draft, but down the road.
This kid could be a first overall, and at the rate the Flames are trending
they might be in the running for overall pick by then.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
RIP Bob Cole
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Poor Jets, the one Canadian team I would actually cheer for.
Albertasaurus
Active Member
Completely agree. I want a Canadian team to win the cup but not if its the Leafs, Canucks or Oilers...
konradiical
Active Member
The oilers are the only one with a realistic chance to win it. leafs still need to comeback (then beat 3 more elite teams) and i just dont think the nucks can beat the oil in the second round tbh.
Albertasaurus
Active Member
I think you are probably right. I'd love to see the Leafs go up 7-0 after 2 periods in the next game, and then collapse in the 3rd and lose 8-7 in triple overtime. Watching Boston humiliate them again and again never gets old.
If I have to pick between the Oilers and Canucks (as seems likely), I'll grudgingly root for the Oil.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Would love to see the Canucks - Oilers in the 2nd round, can't even think of a time where that happened!
zagox
Active Member
Apparently just after the Oilers knocked out Gretzky and the Kings in 1992
The Jets were the team I was rooting for, so it was a downer to see them out, as I can't in good conscious cheer for Edmonton or Vancouver, and never will. I never thought I'd ever cheer for the Leafs, but that's who I'm cheering for now. I mean, it's been almost 60 years since they last won a cup, and in that time frame they've only been past the second round twice. + the celebration on Yonge Street would be epic.
Toronto has a really tough road ahead even if they get past Boston...and they might if they play the way they played last night.
Edmonton has a decent shot at getting to the final or even winning it. They're battle hardened when you consider they lost in 6 games to Colorado and the same the following year to Vegas - who both went on to win the cup. I think they might surprise a few people.
Vancouver. Without Demko, I'm not sure how goaltending will hold out. + they haven't had much playoff experience. They'd find Edmonton/Dallas/Vegas/Colorado much tougher than Nashville.
Toronto has a really tough road ahead even if they get past Boston...and they might if they play the way they played last night.
Edmonton has a decent shot at getting to the final or even winning it. They're battle hardened when you consider they lost in 6 games to Colorado and the same the following year to Vegas - who both went on to win the cup. I think they might surprise a few people.
Vancouver. Without Demko, I'm not sure how goaltending will hold out. + they haven't had much playoff experience. They'd find Edmonton/Dallas/Vegas/Colorado much tougher than Nashville.
Yup, I remember the Edmonton radio stations were playing 'Bury Bure' a parody based off of Wooly Bully
Beltline_B
Senior Member
Vancouver and Edmonton should be interesting. Vancouver is 2-7 in playoffs vs Alberta teams historically. Will the trend continue?
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Goaltending will be the story for both teams, thinking Oilers in 5, maybe 6.