That’s what I’d do with it for sure… we haven’t seen the Avs go down the path of trading futures to get rid of a guy yet. So a bit hard to say they’d actually do that… and if they’ll even have the futures to do so…
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Avsboy
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Slightly? Avs have the best D in history right now
Avaholic29
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You rating Kadri as a 80+ point Center in Calgary? Cause I’m certainly not. The Center position will be addressed lol. Avs are better than Calgary. A D core that doesn’t have a clear cut pp quarterback doesn’t compete with ours. Flames are no different than they were last year.
I take our forward group over there's any day of the week. x 10 for the defense, they have a good D group but still nothing compared to ours.
You’re casually ignoring 3 middle 6 forwards who are very, very good players too…
Flames have arguably the best center rotation in the league now.
No chance I'm trading our top two forward prospects for a rental we won't be able to afford after his deal is up. We will need those cheap ELCs to compete
Also I wonder when we hear any Stastny news. Rumour was that he was waiting on Kadri to sign to see what Colorado does.
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NWOBHM forever \m/
In theory the Flames plugged the holes created by the departures of Gaudreau and MT but how are Hubbie and Naz going to fit in CGY is a question. Let's wait and see if they are as good as last year.
On our end we have stability and a team that is fully gelled. We are still on top baby.
On our end we have stability and a team that is fully gelled. We are still on top baby.
Newhook and OO will have zero bearing on whether we will compete. Having no #2C will prevent us from winning the cup.
It's too bad Dim Jim wasn't still GM in Vancouver. Maybe we could've tricked him into taking Cale's brother for JT Miller.
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Colorado is better for sure.
Calgary has a great defense on paper, but the high end doesn't begin to touch Colorado's thanks to Makar; yet the Avalanche still have great depth.
Up front, even with Compher in the mix, I'm taking Colorado's top-6 over Calgary; pretty easily to be honest. The Flames third line with Backlund is obviously way better though.
There's no need to comment on the goaltending, we know who's better there... Georgiev
Assuming they make a few deep runs, I give the Flames a ton of credit. You can't always draft superstars and sometimes fate deals you a bad hand. Considering all that's gone down, Calgary seemingly has one of the best teams in the West, and it has largely been accomplished via trades and free agency.
If they're lucky, they'll be the next 2019 St. Louis Blues.
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I have more faith in how the Flames rebuilt their team than how Holland has the Oilers constructed going into next season.
And have the cupboards completely bare after this year?
We are still on paper a top 3 team in the league. Get to the trade deadline and add a 2C if we need.
Unless we get a guy like Dvorak or Bennett for cheap.
Plus Sutter is 100x the coach than what's his face in EDM.
Their defensive play and goaltending is something EDM can only dream of.
Yeah totally agree with that… Flames are more balanced and stronger down the middle. Overall talent isn’t that much better… but better at key positions. Oilers just took a chance on a starting goalie (that could be enough if McDrai stay healthy through the postseason)
Deadline or now, that is likely the cost for a 2C and you’d be doing well to get 2 seasons of a player for that cost.
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Are they worlds apart or are they almost done and finalizing things?
Good thing we have good journalists covering this team to dig into this and find out why he isn't signed yet even though Sakic said at the draft that he was a priority and was hoping to get it done quickly this summer.
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Still crossing my fingers for Horvat (with extension) for a Newhook package. Either now or at the deadline. The Vegas series showed us the Avs aren't winning shit without two true top six centers.
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And yet they were 2-1 vs Tampa without Kadri , and when he returned had one hand working. The bigger problem vs VGk was Graves and Nemeth
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I don't see Horvat leaving, he's their Landeskog.
I think Miller and even EP are more likely to leave.
I love Naz, but imo it was a bit of a gamble to give him that contract, too. I’m glad someone else took it
I don't think it's far off. I think Kadri was holding it up. We'll see something reasonably soon. At least that's what my gut tells me.
Kadri is worth more than 7m today, but that won’t last super long. Maybe 2-4 seasons (at very best is 4)… then he will be sliding down. Contract will end poorly, but I’d have given it to him and dealt with that fallout. He’s a damn good 2C today.
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