Building a Team: Calgary Flames

MatthewFlames

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Jul 21, 2003
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While this roster pales in comparison to the Kings, and certainly hasn't had the success, I liked Mike's thread and will take up his encouragement to post my own.

FORWARDS

Ryan Getzlaf - Acquired in trade for Ville Pokka, a 1st (Rasmus Asplund), and a 2nd in 2015
Artem Anisimov - Drafted 41st Overall in 2006
Michael Backlund - Drafted 10th Overall in 2007, traded for Dion Phaneuf in 2013, acquired in trade for Adam Clendening in 2014
Jeff Skinner - Drafted 11th Overall in 2010
Alex Steen - Acquired in trade for Berglund/Colborne in 2017
Alex Killorn - Drafted 79th Overall in 2007
Anders Lee - Drafted 199th Overall in 2008
Dylan Larkin - Drafted 18th Overall in 2014
Radek Faksa - Acquired in trade with Calvin deHaan for Troy Brouwer & RJ Umberger in 2013
Jimmy Vesey - Drafted 194th Overall in 2011
Austin Watson - Drafted 12 Overall in 2010
Nic Dowd - UDFA signing in 2015

DEFENSEMAN

Andrej Sekera - Drafted 63rd Overall in 2004
John Klingberg - Acquired in trade for Zybanek Michalek in 2013
David Savard - Acquired in trade for Ryan Murphy, 1st (Charlie McAvoy) in 2015
Mattias Ekholm - Acquired in trade for Dan Hamhuis in 2012
Calvin deHaan - Acquired in trade with Faksa for Brouwer and Umberger in 2013
Markus Nutivaara - Drafted 131st Overall in 2016

GOALIES

Ben Bishop -Acquired in trade for Roberto Luongo, 2nd in 2017
James Reimer - Drafted 192nd overall in 2006

There have been three basic periods of Flames building.

The first is through the draft, an ever ongoing project, and the one the Flames love the most - 11 of the 20 players listed here were drafted by the Flames.

The second is players from the great 'GREAT TANK' of 2012 to 2013. 4 players were just prospects when the Flames moved expensive vets for them, in order to get to the floor to rebuild their bank balance. This period was difficult, but has proven to be successful, especially on the back end with the additions of Klingberg and Ekholm at this time, and the acquisition of the assets used to reacquire Backlund.

Some of those trades haven't worked out (see Dansk Dansk Part and the lack of any direct asset from the Datsyuk trade) but overall - pretty happy.

The third is players from the present era, which is trying to upgrade with significant players to return to being a competitor (in reality, the Flames have only been a true competitor for two seasons, in 09/10 (when they made it to the Western Conference Final) and 10/11) before financial pressures forced the dismantling of key roster depth.

Those additions, Getzlaf, Luongo (turned into Bishop), Steen and Savard are key players that got the Flames back into playoff contention. But as quickly as the Flames were a floor team, they've became a cap team, and like the Kings, players have already fallen victim (see Phaneuf).
 
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Brent Burns Beard

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solid team Matt ... you have always had a strong D and G pipeline and your bold drafting has been a consistent piece of the puzzle for your squad.
 

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