Speculation: Armchair GM 2022 Off-Season Edition: The Summer of Brad

[Fig]

I still think we need some type of additional glue guy in the top 9 or a spark plug type guy there. A swiss army knife someone who can play up and down and stabilize lines as needed defensively, scoring, faceoffs whatever. Or someone who goes balls to the wall and creates chaos for our team to capitalize on. We have high shot volume, but getting more chaos to really keep the opposition goalie honest and worried would work better IMO.

On D, I would open up the pocket book for someone like Larsson on the back end. A pricey guy on the bottom pairing, but a Tanev lite type of guy who would be excellent to swap on 2nd and third line and occasionally top line when Tanev ain't doing great and whatnot.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I feel like I'm the only person on this board or social media who doesn't hate how this team is built.
It's been a work in progress, but I really don't hate the fundamental parts of this team. Need a bit more blueline depth... once scoring normalizes (as it should) and goaltending is back to at least average... this team to me seems fine.

Maybe I'm just silver linings and glass half full... or it might be that hockey has taken priority like 20 in my life and I just don't have the will to make it a top 3 priority for me to affect my mood as much as some folks lol.

Well ya I mean it would probably be pretty easy to feel good about the team if you never watch them and don't really care

I wonder what the price for Labanc 30% retained would be. He's got one more year after this at 4.725 per. Get some of that good Barrie Colt juju going with Mangiapane and Ras.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

If we can’t get rid of Markstrom in the off-season I would look at Vladar for a top prospect, Joshua Roy comes to mind.

This is Wolf’s net, should be already

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Zito was right. Tkachuk is generational!!!!

Whoa whoa whoa....

Which Tkachuk?

 

[Mobiandi]

I still think we need some type of additional glue guy in the top 9 or a spark plug type guy there. A swiss army knife someone who can play up and down and stabilize lines as needed defensively, scoring, faceoffs whatever. Or someone who goes balls to the wall and creates chaos for our team to capitalize on. We have high shot volume, but getting more chaos to really keep the opposition goalie honest and worried would work better IMO.

I've wanted Pageau for years

 

[Kranix]

Whoa whoa whoa....

Which Tkachuk?

Daniel

 

[Fig]

I've wanted Pageau for years

I was thinking more like... a Bennett type of guy or a winger Ryan/Stajan/Frolik type of guy.

 

[Kahvi]

Whoa whoa whoa....

Which Tkachuk?

Boris from Chicago

 

[Beech]

you guys have seen this right??? How did you get yourselves into this trouble?

I just spent 10 minutes on CapFriendly. On the Calgary Flames site.

Your sides will ache from shock
Nasim K 32, contract until 28/29 at 7 M
Jonathan H 29, contract until 30/31 at 10.5 M
Blake C 31, contract until 26/27 at 4.9 M
Mackenzie W 29, contract until 30/31 at 6.25 M
Jacob M 33, contract until 25/26 at 6 M

You will have ~ 35 million tied up in players above 30 for another 4 years. Then ~ 25 million for another 3 years for guys 35 and older.

Summer of Brad..try the nightmare of Brad.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Trigger warning: Luke Schenn

Friedman: The Calgary Flames are believed to be in on Luke Schenn - The Win Column

Assessing the fit between the Calgary Flames and potential trade target Luke Schenn of the Vancouver Canucks.

thewincolumn.ca

 

[DomBarr]

Trigger warning: Luke Schenn

Friedman: The Calgary Flames are believed to be in on Luke Schenn - The Win Column

Assessing the fit between the Calgary Flames and potential trade target Luke Schenn of the Vancouver Canucks.

thewincolumn.ca

f*cking Sutter as GM he'll trade the 1st for him as well because good old western Canadian boy

we do not have enough assets to take this team from being on the outside chasing a wildcard spot to being a contender so they should just stay away from the deadline market.
does anyone actually think that if this team adds a Schenn, JVR, Tarasenko, etc that we will magically be able to keep up with the speed that the other teams have..

 

[Sparky93]

f*cking Sutter as GM he'll trade the 1st for him as well because good old western Canadian boy

we do not have enough assets to take this team from being on the outside chasing a wildcard spot to being a contender so they should just stay away from the deadline market.
does anyone actually think that if this team adds a Schenn, JVR, Tarasenko, etc that we will magically be able to keep up with the speed that the other teams have..

Even at today's level, there's a massive difference between Tarasenko and JVR/Schen. I could see a Huberdeau-Kadri-Tarasenko line being pretty dynamic. If we cut down on the brutal defensive give aways and some how fix the substandard goaltending, this team is already in a solid playoff position.

 

[MDCSL]

Anyone else read that Andersson got hit by a car while on a scooter in Detroit??

 

[Boomstick]

Anyone else read that Andersson got hit by a car while on a scooter in Detroit??

Yeah, just read that on Yahoo fantasy sports. Wtf.
Andersson was hit by a car while driving his scooter Wednesday.

Advice: Andersson was on his way to dinner when the accident occurred. He was taken to a hospital and released Wednesday night after undergoing full testing. The talented defenseman has seven goals and 34 points in 51 games. Consider him day-to-day at this time.

 

[Boomstick]

 

[DomBarr]

Even at today's level, there's a massive difference between Tarasenko and JVR/Schen. I could see a Huberdeau-Kadri-Tarasenko line being pretty dynamic. If we cut down on the brutal defensive give aways and some how fix the substandard goaltending, this team is already in a solid playoff position.

I was trying to say this team is more than 1 player away from being able to actually compete against most of the playoff teams in the West but can actually only afford to take on 1 player

plus there is no way St Louis is gonna trade Tarasenko for a return that does not include a 2023 1st which is the 1 pick the Flames absolutely should not trade based on their play this year.

 

[Fig]

"What happened?"

 

[Boomstick]

Well, if I'm GM of this team I'm listening to any and every offer. I know we only have a couple of contracts ending this season and none are highly sought after players. Lucic, Lewis, Stone, Ritchie.
But nobody on this roster is untouchable. If someone makes an offer for Mangiapane, Dube, Backlund, Lindholm, Hanifin, Kadri, Weegar, Huberdeau, Markstrom, absolutely anyone GMBT has to listen.
I'd be willing to move anyone.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Backlund, Lindholm, Toffoli, Dube, Hanifin, Tanev, and Zadorov are all free agents at the end of next season. That's a third of the team and ~34M in cap hits.

The organization could still rebuild next year if they wanted too. They obviously won't because Murray Edwards is a greedy short sighted SOB but the point is, they could.

 

[crazyfisherman]

For our cap situation next year, I don't see how u can keep markstrom. I don't see how u can afford to make cuts anywhere else.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

For our cap situation next year, I don't see how u can keep markstrom. I don't see how u can afford to make cuts anywhere else.

With his performance, salary (actual and cap hit), and NMC the only way you guarantee that you don't keep Markstrom is to buy him out.

I think you wait until the entirety of the suits are fired / not extended this off-season, then see how he does under a new coach/system. (then buy him out lol)

 

[crazyfisherman]

With his performance, salary (actual and cap hit), and NMC the only way you guarantee that you don't keep Markstrom is to buy him out.

I think you wait until the entirety of the suits are fired / not extended this off-season, then see how he does under a new coach/system. (then buy him out lol)

But we are so cap strapped we won't be able to sign anyone with his cap. Coming off 1 yr as a vezina finalist (undeserved imo) teams might be willing to take a chance that this is an off year.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

won't be able to sign anyone with his cap

Good. Hopefully GM Craig Conroy will have learned from his predecessor's mistakes.

There will be three lineup spots available for forwards next season: two on the 4th line, and one in the press box. Not filling any of those roles with someone earning more than $1 million cap hit.

No spots for defensemen either with only Stone coming off the books and hopefully Kylington back in the fold.

If you want to add anyone, has to be done via trade.

Circling back to Markstrom, he has full control of his destination if traded. I suspect any team desperate enough that they'd need to take a chance on Markstrom is a team he's not going to waive his NMC for.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Good. Hopefully GM Craig Conroy will have learned from his predecessor's mistakes.

There will be three lineup spots available for forwards next season: two on the 4th line, and one in the press box. Not filling any of those roles with someone earning more than $1 million cap hit.

No spots for defensemen either with only Stone coming off the books and hopefully Kylington back in the fold.

If you want to add anyone, has to be done via trade.

Circling back to Markstrom, he has full control of his destination if traded. I suspect any team desperate enough that they'd need to take a chance on Markstrom is a team he's not going to waive his NMC for.

I find basically no one uses their NMC to block a trade. Most professional athletes want to go somewhere they are wanted. It’s not like Calgary is Manhattan or Vegas

 

[Some Other Flame]

With how bad this season been, why would Markstrom want to stay? If the Nucks trade Demko since he apparently wants out, Markstrom would most definitely waive to go back there, if they wanted him. Would have to take one of their bad contracts in return or but it's a possibility.

E.g. Markstrom for Myers and then flip Myers elsewhere
or Markstrom+ for Garland