Recalled/Assigned: Oliver Kylington Recalled on emergency basis

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[Jagr4President]

FLAMES RECALL OLIVER KYLINGTON FROM STOCKTON

I forgot how to add tweets to here but here is the link for it.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Interested to see how he looks.

 

[Baxterman]

Hopefully he isn't playing tonight as him on the ice with McDavid is a recipe for disaster for us.

 

[Calculon]

 

[Mr Snrub]

I posted this in the GDT but why are we allowed to make an emergency recall when we have six healthy defensemen on the roster?

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Hopefully he isn't playing tonight as him on the ice with McDavid is a recipe for disaster for us.

Because he’s probably the only guy we have that can keep up to him? I see your point..

Injecting speed into the lineup will only help us, look around the NHL.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

I posted this in the GDT but why are we allowed to make an emergency recall when we have six healthy defensemen on the roster?

Because we don't is the obvious answer. Someone else has gotten hurt/sick.

 

[Baxterman]

Because he’s probably the only guy we have that can keep up to him? I see your point..

Injecting speed into the lineup will only help us, look around the NHL.

He may be able to keep up to him but it will likely be in a race after he gives up the puck to him easily. He is also terrible at pinching and McDavid thrives at going past defensemen on terrible pinches.

Injecting speed combined with terrible play does not help us at all.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I posted this in the GDT but why are we allowed to make an emergency recall when we have six healthy defensemen on the roster?

I'm not sure why you're so confused.

Brodie is injured. Anderson called up to replace Brodie.

Hamonic is injured. Kylington called up to replace Hamonic.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

I'm not sure why you're so confused.

Brodie is injured. Anderson called up to replace Brodie.

Hamonic is injured. Kylington called up to replace Hamonic.

Because we still have 6 is his confusion.

Mark Giordano - Dougie Hamilton
Brett Kulak - Michael Stone
Matt Bartkowski - Rasmus Andersson

Can only do an emergency callup if you have less than 6 to my understanding.

 

[DFF]

Because we still have 6 is his confusion.

Mark Giordano - Dougie Hamilton
Brett Kulak - Michael Stone
Matt Bartkowski - Rasmus Andersson

Can only do an emergency callup if you have less than 6 to my understanding.

By the way he plays the flames can claim Bart's has been injured for 2 years

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

He may be able to keep up to him but it will likely be in a race after he gives up the puck to him easily. He is also terrible at pinching and McDavid thrives at going past defensemen on terrible pinches.

Injecting speed combined with terrible play does not help us at all.

Pinching has not been an issue for Kylington that I’ve heard this year, anyways. If anything it’s been a strength. Interesting.

 

[Baxterman]

Pinching has not been an issue for Kylington that I’ve heard this year, anyways. If anything it’s been a strength. Interesting.

I think he may have the speed to recover in the NHL versus playing against NHLers or in the WJHC where he was brutal for it.

Unfortunately it looks like we may get to find out the hard way.

 

[Mr Snrub]

I'm not sure why you're so confused.

Brodie is injured. Anderson called up to replace Brodie.

Hamonic is injured. Kylington called up to replace Hamonic.

See FF's post. Calling up Kylington gives us seven healthy defensemen on the NHL roster.

 

[Anglesmith]

Because we still have 6 is his confusion.

Mark Giordano - Dougie Hamilton
Brett Kulak - Michael Stone
Matt Bartkowski - Rasmus Andersson

Can only do an emergency callup if you have less than 6 to my understanding.

It would appear you can still do the call-up, you just don't have the freedom to play him unless one of the 6 goes down.

 

[Deen]

Someone needs to Tonya Harding Stone's knee so he plays.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Yeah I really don’t see how we could even consider trading Dougie unless we get a stud in return.

I like the idea of something like Brodie+ for O’Reilly

 

[Calculon]

Wouldn't trade Brodie straight up for Ryan O'Reilly and his 7.5M cap hit for the next five years. He's barely a marginal upgrade over Backlund offensively.

 

[InfinityIggy]

If we didn’t have Backlund id be all over ROR, but I see him as only slightly better than Backlund.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

If we didn’t have Backlund id be all over ROR, but I see him as only slightly better than Backlund.

I think it would give us three strong lines 5-on-5. And he wins face-offs and kills penalties.

 

[Neilstrong218]

The point being, Bartkowski could have a touch if the flu, he sits and Kylington plays.

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[InfinityIggy]

I think it would give us three strong lines 5-on-5. And he wins face-offs and kills penalties.

It would, but the cost would likely set us back enough another area. I don’t think Brodie alone would be enough to snag him.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

Wouldn't trade Brodie straight up for Ryan O'Reilly and his 7.5M cap hit for the next five years. He's barely a marginal upgrade over Backlund offensively.

Agree to disagree. O'Reilly continues to carry his own lines in Buffalo, a team that can't score even as much as the Flames.

 

[Calculon]

Ryan O'Reilly's 27 and his career high in a season is 64 points and that was when he played wing on the Avalanche. He's usually good for around 50-60 points over a season which is solid production if you ignore his cap hit. But you can't because for 7.5M per, that's just not good enough.

Moreover, trading one of the top four defenceman for him would create a giant hole on the back end for what essentially culminates as a half measure. It's one thing to move Hamilton or Brodie for someone like Marner or Seguin because at least then you're getting a bonafide game breaker who can take over games offensively. But Ryan O'Reilly? Oh joy, another defensive specialist who can chip offensively at a slightly better pace than Backlund. That will fix everything.

Adding another layer, there's simply no way Treliving and co. bring in a player who makes more than Giordano and Gaudreau and is worse than both of them. There goes their entire cap management strategy not to mention potential lockerroom trouble (and no one say it's too unprofessional to happen; see Regehr). So the Sabres would have to retain and that would only increase the price making the deal even worse.

And to top off this terrible cake, it's highly likely the rebuilding Sabres would want a much younger asset under team control for far longer than 27 (soon to be 28) year old Brodie and the two years left on his contract as the principal piece.

It's not that O'Reilly wouldn't make the team better, it's just that it really makes no sense given the variables. The Flames can get similar half measures in free agency for nothing more than cap space. No need to decimate the defence for that.