- The question isn't can he play top pairing minutes, but should he? Gio-Hamilton was the best pair in the league last year and I think they didn't play enough at even strength. At the very least, you can't make a better pair with the pieces we have. I hope GG's usage will reflects that, but I'm skeptical.
- Little has been said about our lack of offense. According to naturalstattrick.com, the flames were 21st at generating shots 5v5 (23rd scoring chances, 24th high scoring chances) and 20th at scoring. That's not contender numbers, not even playoff caliber. Our PP was like, slightly above average and they were carried by the "2nd" unit.
- Our 5v5 forward scoring was very middle of the road; right in the middle between the Canucks, Coyotes, Sabres and the Kings, Devils and Avs.
The fact the Flames were able to get TWO top, young, proven defensemen for a handful of picks is truly amazing. GMs always say that top defensemen are so hard to acquire, let alone young ones who can fit right into your core. Teams just don't give those guys up. Trewinning.
When your team isn't godawful at drafting it's easy to justify 2nd round picks being worthless.
But every year, at least 1 Hamonic caliber player will probably go in that 45-75 range and sometimes more, you just need to find them
Gostisbehere in 2012
Kucherov, Saad in 2011
Toffoli, Gudas in 2010
Tatar, Barrie in 2009
Stepan, Hamonic in 2008
You'll never get a chance to hit on a 2nd if you keep trading them away
Still can't believe we got Hamonic. You just don't get actually good defencemen in their prime with good contracts and term through trade. It just doesn't happen. The cost of it should be prohibitive. But we didn't lose anything that would factor until 2019/20. Can't believe it.
The fact Calgary in a span of two years have used no player off their roster and no prospects from their cupboard to acquire two legitimate top 4 Dmen who've been used in top pairing roles is pretty damn impressive.
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When your team isn't godawful at drafting it's easy to justify 2nd round picks being worthless.
But every year, at least 1 Hamonic caliber player will probably go in that 45-75 range and sometimes more, you just need to find them
Gostisbehere in 2012
Kucherov, Saad in 2011
Toffoli, Gudas in 2010
Tatar, Barrie in 2009
Stepan, Hamonic in 2008
You'll never get a chance to hit on a 2nd if you keep trading them away
This. I like the trades but for a team that is all about the future and doing this rebuild as a "long process". It's a bit puzzling. The picks are lottery tickets.I like the deals but we cant pretend it didnt cost us.
Those picks should have turned into some very good prospects.
This. I like the trades but for a team that is all about the future and doing this rebuild as a "long process". It's a bit puzzling. The picks are lottery tickets.
I just hope now with the top 4 cemented that Trelivings days of giving up first and second round picks are done.
However as others pointed out. We need more offense. Curious on if/how the flames get that sorted out.
When your team isn't godawful at drafting it's easy to justify 2nd round picks being worthless.
But every year, at least 1 Hamonic caliber player will probably go in that 45-75 range and sometimes more, you just need to find them
Gostisbehere in 2012
Kucherov, Saad in 2011
Toffoli, Gudas in 2010
Tatar, Barrie in 2009
Stepan, Hamonic in 2008
You'll never get a chance to hit on a 2nd if you keep trading them away
This. I like the trades but for a team that is all about the future and doing this rebuild as a "long process". It's a bit puzzling. The picks are lottery tickets.
I like the deals but we cant pretend it didnt cost us.
Those picks should have turned into some very good prospects.
Is McDaigle seriously complaining about trading seconds based what amounts to a 3.333% chance we "might" be able to get a similar player to Hamonic?
A few thought:
- I had to skip a few parts of that video. My mom is one of the few people in my live who still cares about me, so this gave me too many thoughts I didn't want in my mind. I hope when he's not feeling well up there he has many people he feels like he can talk to.
- 1st + 2 2nd for a 3-years UFA is an enormous price, independently speaking. It is a relatively fine price for a low end #2 defenseman. His usage suggests he's a #2 but his fancy stats most certainly doesn't. To be more specific, they indicate he can play at that level but that's because he's an up-and-down player.
Hopefully he has more ups than downs for us. He just came from a down year and has an [odd number] years left to his deal, so maybe?
- His contract (3.8M x 3) is very nice, assuming best case scenario regarding his play.
- The question isn't can he play top pairing minutes, but should he? Gio-Hamilton was the best pair in the league last year and I think they didn't play enough at even strength. At the very least, you can't make a better pair with the pieces we have. I hope GG's usage will reflects that, but I'm skeptical.
- Little has been said about our lack of offense. According to naturalstattrick.com, the flames were 21st at generating shots 5v5 (23rd scoring chances, 24th high scoring chances) and 20th at scoring. That's not contender numbers, not even playoff caliber. Our PP was like, slightly above average and they were carried by the "2nd" unit.
- Our 5v5 forward scoring was very middle of the road; right in the middle between the Canucks, Coyotes, Sabres and the Kings, Devils and Avs.
- On the other hand, we were 5th in the league at suppressing shots (6rd scoring chances, 9th high SC). 13th GA is a little lower, but that's even more random and we already traded for a goalie... Our PK was top 10 too.
- I wanted a better defense as well, I don't care about "addressing needs", but I think they do and that's why I'm bothered by the implications of the things they're doing. I'd like if for once they stopped ignoring their secondary scoring issues. Hell, not just secondary really.
- Also, with Engelland gone, hopefully they bring a good defensive partner to play with Kulak. We'll see.