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

Zirakzigil

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I wonder what Bahl's next deal will look like. He's in a similar situation to where Ras was during the 2019-20 season as a younger emerging top 4 defenseman (obviously different styles of game, with Ras's being a more offensive style that pays higher). Ras's deal 6 x 4.55 was for 5.58% of the cap in year 1... would 6 or 7 x 4.5 make sense for Bahl? It'd be for 5.11% of the projected 88m cap next season and would be comparable to the 5-8 year extensions signed by Rasmus Sandin (Signed in 23-24 season), Matthias Samuelsson (signed in 22-23 season) and Mikey Anderson (signed in 22-23 season)
Bahl has been a stud next to Ras this season. Very smart move on Conroys part. Reminds me of a young Regehr. Steady, stay at home, physical and a huge reach. I think if the salary is in the 4mil range the length is 4-5 years. I dont see him willing to sign long term with the cap guaranteed to go up.
 

Volica

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With Calgary sniffing around young centres, anyone feeling like Coronato might be the piece that we go change-for-change with?
 

Zirakzigil

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With Calgary sniffing around young centres, anyone feeling like Coronato might be the piece that we go change-for-change with?
Not if its middle 6. Top 6 maybe. I wonder if its Conroy keying on a team that needs the cap now or in the future to be honest. A middle 6 that is already making decent money or is an upcoming RFA who will need more money on a cap strapped team. Coronato is definitely a top 6 winger with top line potential.
 

Yepthatsme

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With Calgary sniffing around young centres, anyone feeling like Coronato might be the piece that we go change-for-change with?
Not even slightly to be honest. I don’t think in this deal our main piece going would be a kid, then it’s just a lateral move, and one we’d likely lose considered the extra value needed to swap a W for a C. Coronato is also on the precipice, he’s not quite there but he’s extremely close to being a full timer. Calgary probably values those a lot more given the re-tool.

If anything it’ll be the same as all of our other trades, although we probably would have to add some of our excess of picks depending on the player traded/added. Andersson, Backlund, Coleman, and less likely Kadri are our only remaining trade chips left after the purge (Kuzmenko and Mantha too, but I doubt they have that value), one of them would be going for this hypothetical young centre.
 

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