I honestly cannot imagine a worse bottom six on this team by simply calling up the right kids from the farm. Unless we plan on trading half the team or filling it with a bunch of overpriced FAs the kids will need to step up next year or we're hooped. Bounces is right in a way, we need cheap talent to round out our forward group next year in addition to landing a top 6 talent of some kind via FA or a trade. I'd rather sink with our kids then get saddled with more Brouwer type contracts on this team.
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Pro-scouting needs to step it up. On top of the top six talent they desperately require, they also need to find at least one cheap stop gap bottom six'er through a minor trade or free agency that can put up somewhere around 15-15 while playing third or fourth line minutes. The farms hands are insurance and depth; they can't all be promoted at once. Keep one spot free for the lot of them to compete over; the best stays up while the rest are sent down.
Possible UFA candidates: Riley Nash, Derek Ryan, Michael Grabner, Matt Calvert, or Jannik Hansen
Possible UFA candidates: Riley Nash, Derek Ryan, Michael Grabner, Matt Calvert, or Jannik Hansen
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He had career highs in goals, assists and points, all by a decent amount too. I'm not sure how anyone could say he was shit this year.
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Word was their kid Heinen carrier that line with him and Backes. I don’t know, beacause I didn’t watch Boston much... but I stayaway from UFAs from career years.
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Out of the group, maybe 1, at most 2 may make minor contribution this year. I wouldnt count much on them.
But I agree, the Flames need to sign a real FA, not another Brouwer type.
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Regardless of whether he carried the line or not, 41 points for a guy with a previous career high of 25 points is impressive. As for whether we should be interested in Nash, it would all depend on the contract IMO. Like you I wouldn't pay him for his career year, but if he would do 2x2, I would have interest as I see him as a versatile bottom 6 forward (C & RW) good for 20-25 points, reliable defensively and moderately physical.
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For sure, a “minor contribution”. Those 4th line, bottom pairing minutes should all come from players like the ones I mentioned. We’re talking 8-10 minutes a night with maybe 1 or 2 of those guys really surprising.
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Imagine this team without Johnny... that is just scary thinking about it.
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31st in goals Tkachuk, Monahan and Backlund are the only forwards who finish above 45 points. Pretty much this season but even worse.
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Not having Johnny to drive the offense would make the flames painful to watch.
He said without Gaudreau. Backlund wouldn’t have hit 45 without Tkachuk, this year at least. Worse than the Sabres or just as bad. Brings up an interesting debate though. If you can clean up on futures with Gaudreau, plus a couple of top draft years, is the team better off or worse? The absolute last thing I want to see this team be is mediocre for the next decade, especially considering the Oil have probably the best player in the game.
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Given that a re-rebuild, even if successful, would set the team back roughly 3 years, you can say goodbye to top tier dman Giordano and you also have to either pay up on Hamilton's UFA contract or trade him in his last season, I'd guess it would be worse rather than better. Especially because the kids you get from a Gaudreau trade will likely not be as good as Gaudreau is.
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Backlund captains team Sweden to the IIHF championship. Haters in shambles!
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Absolutely not. For starters his numbers were usually propped up by his wingers - guys like Blake Wheeler - his numbers this year were more in line with his ability level. Second he's 31 years old signed to a 5.3 x 6 contract
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Time for Gio to step aside?
What a beauty of a picture, definitely profile pic worthy.
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Average third line centre.
Johnny Hoxville
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I feel like you have Backlund, then you have Sakic, Yzerman, Sundin, Messier on the tier underneath him. What a leader.
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Well, the best part about having a third line centre like Backlund, we have a third line winger in Monahan to add to him.
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Time for Gio to step aside?
Find someone who looks at you the way that Mikael Backlund looks at the IIHF World Championship Trophy.
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