Pageau for future considerations and a couple prospects.Montréal should get on the phone with L.A. and NYI
We have a bunch of picks, and are looking to get out of the rebuild
no thxPageau for future considerations and a couple prospects.
I think that currently, Calgary should try to compete.
They are tied by way too many bad contracts to be able to really blow it up IMO
Might as well try to win and sell high one of those bad contracts
Can't climb out of the hole we've dug for ourselves, so let's dig it deeper!
No one is going to take Huberdeau, he is the only really terrible contract, and no one is going to touch that regardless of a having a good season.
Calgary will sell off Mangiapane and Kuzmenko for sure. They will likely try to move Markstrom this summer too. Sharangovich is a bit up in the air, I am personally of the mindset we should move him while his value is this high due to cap hit but I could absolutely see the Flames extending him.Should be Calgary, but i think they might try to be competitive.
Ask Dallas how they did it with Benn and Seguin? Or LA with Doughty and Kopitar. Calgary is in the same boat. They have good prospects, good vets, and good depth. Their issue is their only "star" player is a guy with a career high of 30 goals.What's the alternative?
Missing the playoffs for years, but only borderline so you don't get good picks?
capitals or pens
At some point ownership and management need to sit down with Sid to figure out how many more years he wishes to play. IMO, if he's for sure playing past the final year of his contract, it's really best for the team and Sid to part ways via a trade. Playing well enough that it's a shame he's not in the PO. If Sid is going to retire after this upcoming season, then you keep him and let him be a career Penguin. Letang, given his trade protection and SB loaded contract, can't see him getting acquired.capitals or pens
This is not a sell everything off sale but sending out 2-4 vets for futuresWhich team is most likely, not necessarily the most in need of a rebuild, but the most likely to start trading away their current core/veterans in exchange for picks and prospects?
Dallas did it by having the draft class to end all draft classes, so it's not really practical to emulate them.Ask Dallas how they did it with Benn and Seguin? Or LA with Doughty and Kopitar. Calgary is in the same boat. They have good prospects, good vets, and good depth. Their issue is their only "star" player is a guy with a career high of 30 goals.
If they were to trade Markstrom, Anderson, and Kuzmenko for futures, there's no way this Flames team finishes above 10th. Will their owners let this happen, unlikely, but it would offer them a the rest of the capital they would need to rebuild properly.What's the alternative?
Missing the playoffs for years, but only borderline so you don't get good picks?
I never said an exact replica of Dallas, I was referring to the quick turn around. Calgary already has their Oettinger and some quality prospects. Maybe none of those prospects turn out to be 1st line caliber players but I would say 2nd line is still within reason. What they need most is a 1C.Dallas did it by having the draft class to end all draft classes, so it's not really practical to emulate them.
LA got lucky with how well Doughty and Kopitar have aged. If they all aged like Dustin Brown it would have been way uglier.
The problem is that Calgary has no elite talent (skaters, not including Wolf) in prospects or active players. It's going to take a few painful years for the Flames to assemble a real competitive core. Whether that process starts now or later is for manage t to decide
But that's the issue, is it not? They're missing a 1D, a proper 1C, and at least one genuine scoring winger. Wolf has potential to be the next starter, but thats a lot of eggs in one basket (I do love him though).I never said an exact replica of Dallas, I was referring to the quick turn around. Calgary already has their Oettinger and some quality prospects. Maybe none of those prospects turn out to be 1st line caliber players but I would say 2nd line is still within reason. What they need most is a 1C.
Lapierre is better than McMichael and younger. So up the middle we are younger already, problem is, unless Lapierre really pops, none of them are a #1 center.Agreed with Flames (already started), Leafs (ought to move Marner/ Tavares for pieces to build up depth), and Capitals (probably more likely just phase out the old guard and give them a chance to win elsewhere as pending UFA if they want; the D has some older but serviceable guys so it's not really the worst, and any early pick they get could really jumpstart the retool; Strome/ McMichael as 1-2 isn't the worst up the middle presuming Connor keeps developing, but after Ovie, Wilson, Oshie and Patches the wings could really use some help).
I'm not saying this is a 1 year process but it's probably 2-3. The problem is it's either a fast rebuild or a 10 year rebuild.But that's the issue, is it not? They're missing a 1D, a proper 1C, and at least one genuine scoring winger. Wolf has potential to be the next starter, but thats a lot of eggs in one basket (I do love him though).
Dallas rebuilt quickly because they lucked out in 2017. LA could retool because Doughty and Kopitar are evergreen (and LA is an easy sell to FAs).
I don't see either of those being routes as practical for Calgary. So what's the plan other than to commit to drafting to find that elite talent?
I've been wanting Kempe on the Avs for a couple years now.You keep Fiala and Kempe as vets not guys who deserve to play on contenders instead of pouting on a rebuilding team.