What does he bring that we don't have already?Flames should be in on Bobby Ryan
Very cheap right shot that has shown the ability to scoreWhat does he bring that we don't have already?
...aside from a right shot
You mean DeAngelo straight up for Lindholm isn't fair? Or that Domi for Gaudreau isn't fair?I am also really tired of Rangers fans thinking that an expendable DeAngelo + Buch package is doing us a favour just because they want to fill their crater-sized hole in the top 6.
I see a lot of Flames fans on CP and Twitter and stuff saying Monahan made big strides defensively this season and I sure didn't see it lol the stats didnt either.
I feel like it’s almost a forgone conclusion that either Johnny or Mony will be dealt this off-season. I think Tkachuk, Lindholm and Backlund are not moving and neither is Rasmus or Valimaki.
We could use an upgrade at C, RW, RHD and in net. Massive change coming this off-season.
Also I love Bennett.
I rather move Backlund over Monahan. Also Johnny if the return is good to great...
I would to, especially looking at their money. But I feel like management views Backlund a lot like Lindholm.
What does he bring that we don't have already?
...aside from a right shot
in a perfect world we don’t move any Cs I it unless it’s for a great upgrade a la Eichel.
I like Backlund a lot but he’s going to be 32. The 5.5yr difference between him and Mony is a huge factor imo. We can’t move Monahan unless the upgrade part happens.
I think that had to do a lot more with goaltending than it did defence.He did though. No one scored on them in the playoffs either (for most of the games).
I laughed pretty hard at Craig Button on TSN today proclaiming that we need a better goalie if we want any hope of progressing past the first round
Now, yes, we do need some stability in net. That's not wrong. But Talbot was really good most of these playoffs, and Smith was great in the Colorado series last season. And Button was making it out to sound like goaltending was why we didn't win those two series in particular
That's why you're the former GM Craig
I was actually thinking it wouldn't be terrible to sign him to a league minimum or something. See what he does.Flames should be in on Bobby Ryan
I didn't watch it but...he isn't wrong...if we do not change the players then we need a way better goalie. We lost the series because the players didn't show up if that continues we need more than a goalie that plays really good and doesn't lose the series we need the goalies to be unreal and win the series because the players aren't getting it done.I laughed pretty hard at Craig Button on TSN today proclaiming that we need a better goalie if we want any hope of progressing past the first round
Now, yes, we do need some stability in net. That's not wrong. But Talbot was really good most of these playoffs, and Smith was great in the Colorado series last season. And Button was making it out to sound like goaltending was why we didn't win those two series in particular
That's why you're the former GM Craig
I didn't watch it but...he isn't wrong...if we do not change the players then we need a way better goalie. We lost the series because the players didn't show up if that continues we need more than a goalie that plays really good and doesn't lose the series we need the goalies to be unreal and win the series because the players aren't getting it done.
If he's right, he's making an asinine point anyway. The Flames obviously don't plan on building around getting their teeth kicked in on possession in the playoffs.
You just need to look at Montreal to see that there's diminishing returns when it comes to improving goaltending.
That said, maybe Button is like me and he's still salty about our goalies throwing away our best game of the playoffs in Game 6.