Speculation: Armchair GM 2024-25 Season, Craig Conroy's Can Do Calgary Flames

[herashak]

If we can’t get a 2nd for Vladar just keep him for our inevitable 17th place finish

 

[Volica]

Kakko went off recently in Seattle.
3 points in 5 games since his trade to the Kraken.

Still absolutely insane Calgary sat on their hands. Rooney and Kuzmenko are still playing nightly for this club, it’s not like we didn’t have space.

 

[Lunatik]

Kakko went off recently in Seattle.
3 points in 5 games since his trade to the Kraken.

Still absolutely insane Calgary sat on their hands. Rooney and Kuzmenko are still playing nightly for this club, it’s not like we didn’t have space.

in what world is a goal and 2 assists in 5 games "going off"? Hell earlier this year he had a 3 point game

Kuzmenko literally just returned after sitting for 5 games...

Your narratives on this are truly something else.

 

[Kahvi]

Like I said before, it looked like a panic move to get Kakko out of NY as soon as possible. Who knows if Calgary even had heard he was available before he was already in Seattle.

 

[Volica]

Like I said before, it looked like a panic move to get Kakko out of NY as soon as possible. Who knows if Calgary even had heard he was available before he was already in Seattle.

Considering there was buzz around him for a couple weeks, have to think everyone knew he was at least available.
Just a bad trade on New York's part, with the team we have, we have to always be in a spot to take advantage of those.

 

[DomBarr]

Kakko went off recently in Seattle.
3 points in 5 games since his trade to the Kraken.

Still absolutely insane Calgary sat on their hands. Rooney and Kuzmenko are still playing nightly for this club, it’s not like we didn’t have space.

The equivalent Calgary offer would be Pachal, a 3rd and a 6th for a RW who has struggled. Winger is not a position that the Flames should spend trade assets for.

 

[Volica]

The equivalent Calgary offer would be Pachal, a 3rd and a 6th for a RW who has struggled. Winger is not a position that the Flames should spend trade assets for.

Or just offer the extra 2nd we have and call it a day.
Likelihood is that Kakko will play more games and have a longer career than the guy we'd be picking in the 50's in 2025.

Flames should be spending assets on solid young players with good upsides, especially non-first related assets. I've mentioned it prior, we are in a middling position where there's not a lot of help coming, there's no high end draft pick coming this year, so you need as many darts you can get. That's a cost-efficient dart that could pan out well for us, especially considering someone like Kakko was coming in at 2.2M going into RFA; it means you could have really kept him for a nice stay here in town at a pretty cost effective amount.

Just don't get the direction and letting a trade like that pass by.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Looking at the schedule for Jan, I think we'll be in pretty much the exact same spot a month from now, just outside the playoffs. We'll maybe be in if we go on a bit of a heater,
2 vs Stl, Ana, LA, WPG
We need to find a way to get Kuz & Shar going.

 

[viper0220]

Looking at the schedule for Jan, I think we'll be in pretty much the exact same spot a month from now, just outside the playoffs. We'll maybe be in if we go on a bit of a heater,
2 vs Stl, Ana, LA, WPG
We need to find a way to get Kuz & Shar going.

Totally agree with this, in January the schedule is pretty much even, we have about as many good teams as bad teams. But in February it is mostly good teams and plus the break is in February. In March it is mostly against very good teams to decent teams.

January is about even.

February is all mostly good teams.

March is mostly good teams and decent teams and couple of bad teams, this is hard month looking at the schedule.

I hope Conroy sees how the teams does during January and in February make a decision there is also the break in February.

If this team is in the same spot do you sell the vets off? The team is 5 points out of the bottom 10 right now.

I really don't want to give a good pick to Montreal, if the Flames are in the same position, say 3 weeks into January, I hope the sell off route is taken.