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Its June 27 so July 1 UFA Day is 4 days away. When the Flames traded Hamilton and Ferland they lost 38 goals from their lineup and only gained back 26. That's a -12 goal deficit.
Last year Treliving said that the thing that kept him awake at night was the Flames ability to score goals. He was right to worry as the Flames were only able to score 2.65 goals per game last year. I suspect he's still losing sleep.. even more so with Hamilton and Ferland gone.
What do you think? Will Treliving be able to sign a sniper or two on July 1 or shortly thereafter? Or will it be business as usual by trying to get a bit more scoring from the bottom 6 forwards and hoping that a number of under performing players have banner years?
Frankly I don't think we have a hope in hell of being a legitimate SC contender without the ability to score over 3 goals per game on average. That's 246 goals over the course of a season. Last year we only scored 218. That's a 30 goal shortfall and we're already -12 goals in the hole after the Hamilton/Ferland trade.
I certainly hope we're not going for the "Try to improve our bottom 6 by a few goals and hope for the best with regards to everyone else" plan.
Should we pull the money out of the piggy bank and sign someone like 29 year old UFA James Van Riemdyk (36 goals - 54 pts last year) or 30 year old UFA Michael Grabner (27 goals) or 30 year old James Neal (25 goals - 19 pts in 71 games) or 34 year old UFA Thomas Vanek (24 goals -56 points) or even 30 year old UFA David Peron (16 goals and 50 assists for 66 pts)?
What are your thoughts? I know I'll be sorely disappointed if we don't have one of the above players in our lineup come October 4.
Edit: Signing one of the above UFAs may require the Flames to break their self imposed player salary cap of $6.75 million per year and for term that may be longer than desirable.
Last year Treliving said that the thing that kept him awake at night was the Flames ability to score goals. He was right to worry as the Flames were only able to score 2.65 goals per game last year. I suspect he's still losing sleep.. even more so with Hamilton and Ferland gone.
What do you think? Will Treliving be able to sign a sniper or two on July 1 or shortly thereafter? Or will it be business as usual by trying to get a bit more scoring from the bottom 6 forwards and hoping that a number of under performing players have banner years?
Frankly I don't think we have a hope in hell of being a legitimate SC contender without the ability to score over 3 goals per game on average. That's 246 goals over the course of a season. Last year we only scored 218. That's a 30 goal shortfall and we're already -12 goals in the hole after the Hamilton/Ferland trade.
I certainly hope we're not going for the "Try to improve our bottom 6 by a few goals and hope for the best with regards to everyone else" plan.
Should we pull the money out of the piggy bank and sign someone like 29 year old UFA James Van Riemdyk (36 goals - 54 pts last year) or 30 year old UFA Michael Grabner (27 goals) or 30 year old James Neal (25 goals - 19 pts in 71 games) or 34 year old UFA Thomas Vanek (24 goals -56 points) or even 30 year old UFA David Peron (16 goals and 50 assists for 66 pts)?
What are your thoughts? I know I'll be sorely disappointed if we don't have one of the above players in our lineup come October 4.
Edit: Signing one of the above UFAs may require the Flames to break their self imposed player salary cap of $6.75 million per year and for term that may be longer than desirable.
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