Speculation: Armchair GM Thread III: Post Deadline, Now with more armchairing

[GAMO1992]

other one was well over 1K

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[Bjornar Moxnes]

With trade deadline over, let's continue with our proposals here.

 

[Rubi]

Not a proposal but I just looked at the AHL rookie player stats (something I hardly ever do) and I see that Dillon Dube is 2nd in the league among rookies with a pts/game of 1.04 (9 goals & 18 assists in 26 games).
Really looking forward to him getting recalled to Calgary. He's done well in Stockton. He will be a fine addition to the team come playoff time.
Can definitely see why Treliving wasn't interested in trading him for Stone.

P.S. Valimaki isn't doing too shabby either with 8 pts in 11 games which is quite remarkable considering all the time he was off due to that ankle injury. What on Earth will Treliving do with Kylington when Valimaki returns to the Flames lineup which shouldn't be too far away as I understand that he's ready to come back.

 

[crackdown44]

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Dube is going to be an absolute stud. So glad we didn’t trade any of our top prospects

 

[Body Checker]

Neal - returning to form (anticipated)
Valimaki
Dube

There's some solid "deadline" pick ups...…………...point being is we have lots of depth

 

[crackdown44]

I do not understand all this talk about peasants like Dube and Valimaki when we have known playoff superstar Alan Quine waiting in the weeds

 

[Mr Snrub]

I liked the old title.

 

[Volica]

I have to say, I wonder what Brad will be doing come draft day.
I'm curious to see how he approaches the draft this year. In the past 5 years, we've made 3 first round picks; and we've traded the other two for top 4 D that we could either cost control or who had term left on their deal.

I kind of wonder if the Zucker trade materializes during the offseason when there's more negotiation and wiggle room.

 

[Mr Snrub]

Treliving is a smart man. Imagine how much Dougie would have cost at the deadline compared to what he went for on draft day? You'll still have your assets in June, if you're not in a pinch from ownership to win right now you can get far more bang for your buck. So much more of a buyer's market during the offseason.

 

[Kranix]

Neal - returning to form (anticipated)
Valimaki
Dube

There's some solid "deadline" pick ups...…………...point being is we have lots of depth

Dube's a good prospect, but do you seriously expect him to be a factor this season?

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I have to say, I wonder what Brad will be doing come draft day.
I'm curious to see how he approaches the draft this year. In the past 5 years, we've made 3 first round picks; and we've traded the other two for top 4 D that we could either cost control or who had term left on their deal.

I kind of wonder if the Zucker trade materializes during the offseason when there's more negotiation and wiggle room.

I saw (heard?) a rumour somewhere that it was Frolik going the other way and he used his NTC to nix the deal, any truth to that or is it pure bs?

Edit: mainboards.

 

[Volica]

I saw (heard?) a rumour somewhere that it was Frolik going the other way and he used his NTC to nix the deal, any truth to that or is it pure bs?

Edit: mainboards.

I've heard it's true. But it could be a rumour.
The trade makes sense if that's what the deal was.

 

[Sparky93]

Zero desire to add a $5.5 million dollar Zucker.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

I do not understand all this talk about peasants like Dube and Valimaki when we have known playoff superstar Alan Quine waiting in the weeds

I hope we use



as the goal song for all 20 of his playoff goals

A la la la long,
a la la la lan Quine

 

[Rubi]

Dube's a good prospect, but do you seriously expect him to be a factor this season?

Not for this season but I fully expect to see him up here for the playoffs and then you never know.
It could be possible that we see the pre-season Dube in the post season playoffs. Its happened before. See Patrick Flatley

 

[Mr Snrub]

I hope we use



as the goal song for all 20 of his playoff goals

A la la la long,
a la la la lan Quine

I can’t believe the band that made the Cops theme song made other songs

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

Lots of people on the main boards now saying we are 5th or 6th contender in the West.. even though we are first. Crazy the bias of TDL deals, especially considering we did a complete overhaul of our roster in the summer.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Lots of people on the main boards now saying we are 5th or 6th contender in the West.. even though we are first. Crazy the bias of TDL deals, especially considering we did a complete overhaul of our roster in the summer.

My favourite part is how goaltending is such a question mark here, because people love their SV% numbers while ignoring that these are not independant of team play.

David Rittich allows fewer goals per game (2.61) than:
Marc-Andre Fleury (2.64)
Juuse Saros (2.70)
Martin Jones (2.92)
Jake Allen (2.95)

Mike Smith allows fewer goals per game (2.95) than:
Connor Hellebuyck (2.98)
Aaron Dell (3.01)

 

[DCDM]

Lots of people on the main boards now saying we are 5th or 6th contender in the West.. even though we are first. Crazy the bias of TDL deals, especially considering we did a complete overhaul of our roster in the summer.

It's pretty amazing. None of those teams have even played a game yet with their new additions. It's not as though making a trade at the deadline magically fixes all those teams' issues. And it's not as though the Flames are going to see those trades and proceed to lose every game. They still control their own destiny. They're still in first, with games in hand on other teams.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Lots of people on the main boards now saying we are 5th or 6th contender in the West.. even though we are first. Crazy the bias of TDL deals, especially considering we did a complete overhaul of our roster in the summer.

The Flames could sweep their way to a Stanley Cup and there would still be many there saying it was a fluke, Gaudreau overrated, and that we'll be forever stuck in mediocrity. Think it was @Volica who said it best, the Flames are the Rodney Dangerfield of the NHL.

 

[Deen]

Yeah I wouldn't of been happy if we sent Fro and a 1st for Zucker,

 

[InfinityIggy]

I say this as a huge fan of Zucker. Frolik + 1st for him (as reported) would've been a f***ing disaster.

 

[FlamerForLife]

I say this as a huge fan of Zucker. Frolik + 1st for him (as reported) would've been a ****ing disaster.

According to Boomer it was a lot more than just a 1st + Frolik

 

[DCDM]

I say this as a huge fan of Zucker. Frolik + 1st for him (as reported) would've been a ****ing disaster.

Fully agreed