Body Checker
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- Aug 11, 2005
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Yeah I know everyone; armchair GM'ing and all that and speculation/conjecture. But let's say the Flames org decided to a few years back to show more patience and did things a little differently. Also this includes loudmouth Burke never arriving and Flames ownership not putting pressure on to compete right away. We would still have made some deals and free agent signings but here's some time machine moves that I think are realistic to have happened from 2014-15 season to now -
1. Elliott & Johnson are still a tandem here
2. Raymond placed on waivers; Byron still here
3. Russell re-signed; Hamilton/Hamonic trades don't happen; we draft Konecny (McKenzie had him #15 so went with that); we still have 2018 1st
4. Baertschi/Granlund trades don't happen; still draft Rasmus as had the 2nd rounders to do it
5. Stajan bought out instead of Bouma
6. We finish lower than Oilers in 15-16 (no Hamilton) and draft Puljujarvi instead of Tkachuk (not saying that's what I want but trying to be realistic).
7. Still trade for Stone and sign Frolik and Brouwer
8. Couple extra prospects in the pipeline from our 2015 2nds; maybe hit the jackpot
9. Different coach
Elliott Johnson
Giordano/Brodie
Russell/Stone
Kulak/ Andersson
Wotherspoon
Gaudreau/Monohan/Konecny
Baertschi/Bennett/Puljujarvi
Ferland/Backlund/Frolik
Byron/Jankowski/Bouma
Granlund/Brouwer
1. Elliott & Johnson are still a tandem here
2. Raymond placed on waivers; Byron still here
3. Russell re-signed; Hamilton/Hamonic trades don't happen; we draft Konecny (McKenzie had him #15 so went with that); we still have 2018 1st
4. Baertschi/Granlund trades don't happen; still draft Rasmus as had the 2nd rounders to do it
5. Stajan bought out instead of Bouma
6. We finish lower than Oilers in 15-16 (no Hamilton) and draft Puljujarvi instead of Tkachuk (not saying that's what I want but trying to be realistic).
7. Still trade for Stone and sign Frolik and Brouwer
8. Couple extra prospects in the pipeline from our 2015 2nds; maybe hit the jackpot
9. Different coach
Elliott Johnson
Giordano/Brodie
Russell/Stone
Kulak/ Andersson
Wotherspoon
Gaudreau/Monohan/Konecny
Baertschi/Bennett/Puljujarvi
Ferland/Backlund/Frolik
Byron/Jankowski/Bouma
Granlund/Brouwer