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

[Figgy44]

We already have Misa as our future #1C

We want Misa!
We already have a Misa at home .meme

Would be wild if we could end up with both Misa brothers as our 1-2 punch in the middle. Narrative overload

Would never happen. Although, a pair of brothers as a 1-3 or 1-4 might be possible. What brothers are even capable of being 1-2 punches at the NHL level?

 

[Volica]

We want Misa!
We already have a Misa at home .meme




Would never happen. Although, a pair of brothers as a 1-3 or 1-4 might be possible. What brothers are even capable of being 1-2 punches at the NHL level?

Today? Dylan and Ryan Strome would be a 1-2 punch on a fairly solid team. Those two are a good reminder that drafting high, and giving up on players is bad business.
About 15 years ago? Eric and Jordan Staal would have one of the best 1-2's in the NHL.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Top four looks like Misa (C), Hagens (C), Martone(W) , Schaefer (LD)

Then Frondell (E Lindholm), McQueen (Jeff Carter) and Desnoyers (Sean Couturier) will be in the top 10 picks and all play C. I like them all a lot but more likely 2C guys.

Rounding out the top 10 is likely a combo of Eklund(W), Hensler (D), J Smith(D), Bear (W/C) and Spence (W)

Hensler's dropping maybe out of top 10 now. Smith, Aitchenson & Mrtka might have passsed him now.
Hagens, Schaeffer, Martone, Misa, McQueen, Frondell, Desnoyers, Spence should still be the top 8 on most lists, after that there'll be a lot of variation.

 

[Lunatik]

What brothers are even capable of being 1-2 punches at the NHL level?

Tij and Joe Iginla, obviously

 

[MakeCgyGreatAgain]

What about a top 10 pick to draft a C this draft? Who are the guys around 8-10 who might be available that might excite you?

I really want Misa this year. I think he’s a future top line centre.

Starts and ends with Yager for me.

I forgot Yager was traded to WPG.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Would be wild if we could end up with both Misa brothers as our 1-2 punch in the middle. Narrative overload

Could be our Sedins. That'd be neat.

 

[MakeCgyGreatAgain]

Could be our Sedins. That'd be neat.

I think Luke is more of a winger so that would be a great comp. Luke was a very sneaky good pick and he very well could be the next late round gem the Flames are known for landing.

 

[Lunatik]

Isles put Oliver Wahlstrom waivers today, he's 24 and was drafted 11th overall, I feel like he's the kind of guy we should take a flier on, play him over Kuzmenko.

 

[Yepthatsme]

Isles put Oliver Wahlstrom waivers today, he's 24 and was drafted 11th overall, I feel like he's the kind of guy we should take a flier on, play him over Kuzmenko.

Wahlstrom’s skating is quite literally on par with Kuzmenko’s, while thinking the game 3 times slower. He doesn’t have the speed or brain to utilize that absolute cannon of a shot he posseses, and the sunk cost of him being an 11th overall pick is legitimately the only reason he is still in the NHL. We have better internal options honestly.

 

[JPeeper]

If McTavish was actually available (I could malarkey), I think that's the trade Conroy should be looking into if he is looking at young centers. Andersson + would be a good starting point.

 

[crackdown44]

If McTavish was actually available (I could malarkey), I think that's the trade Conroy should be looking into if he is looking at young centers. Andersson + would be a good starting point.

I get that a top pairing RD is a proven commodity but they already have Gudas and Trouba on the right who have the exact same amount of term as Ras

While he’s miles better than both of them they have some interesting prospects on that side that they’re going to have to get playing time

He’s got a ton of value but don’t really see him being the guy that the Ducks would be targeting in a return for McT

 

[Lunatik]

If McTavish was actually available (I could malarkey), I think that's the trade Conroy should be looking into if he is looking at young centers. Andersson + would be a good starting point.

I don't know if the Ducks are in a position to add someone like Ras, if they're seriously looking at moving McTavish, Zegras and Gibson, they've got to be looking at restarting their rebuild.

 

[Anglesmith]

If McTavish was actually available (I could malarkey), I think that's the trade Conroy should be looking into if he is looking at young centers. Andersson + would be a good starting point.

I can't imagine a universe where they would move McT. Zegras makes sense even just from a contract standpoint, but McTavish and Carlsson should be their top two centres long term.

 

[Siignal]

Well we certainly won't get Michael Misa if we don't stop winning

 

[Lunatik]

Well we certainly won't get Michael Misa if we don't stop winning

We've won 3 of our last 10... and we're now closer to a top 10 pick than we are to 1st in our division.

 

[crackdown44]

I don’t really see any of the 8 teams in the playoffs currently in the west falling out tbh

 

[FLAMESFAN]

How TF does Buff have 1 win in their past 10? Man, how do the fans there put up with that mess?
We could fall to back inside the top 10, but we ain't getting the real good stuff in the top 4.
Possibly Frondell, McQueen, Desnoyers, Ryabkin for centers.

I'd still much rather have that then whatever is left late in rnd 1

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Is Kaako fixable?

 

[crackdown44]

Is Kaako fixable?

I can fix her

 

[Mobiandi]

Ilya Solovyov and a 2nd

 

[Volica]

Feels like there's a lot of these high potential, change of scenery guys suddenly available.
I don't think you want to miss the bus here if you're Conroy.

 

[Figgy44]

Feels like there's a lot of these high potential, change of scenery guys suddenly available.
I don't think you want to miss the bus here if you're Conroy.

Depends on the issue. Attitude might not be fixable and could derail the locker room and what we've built before by creating new rifts, so avoiding those guys is possibly fair and valid even if on paper they look good.

Like, risking to have nothing at all for guys who are top 15 talents for a late round first... we need quality over quantity right now after all. If Conroy does that, I'd support it. I'm OK with those guys turning into nothing if the opportunity costs and risk of that draftee turning into nothing are relatively similar.

 

[JPeeper]

How TF does Buff have 1 win in their past 10? Man, how do the fans there put up with that mess?
We could fall to back inside the top 10, but we ain't getting the real good stuff in the top 4.
Possibly Frondell, McQueen, Desnoyers, Ryabkin for centers.

I'd still much rather have that then whatever is left late in rnd 1

I can't imagine being a Buffalo fan this past (1.5) decades. They spent years getting high picks and then traded them all away, Eichel, Reinhart and Montour and what did they get for 'em? They have Alex Tuch, lmao Continually suck, get two #1 picks which they use on defenders, a former 4th overall defender and they can't defend for shit. Up front they have Tage and...Tuch.

Honestly, I think we should really make a push for Cozens. Get that Buffalo stench off him and I think he'll pop back to a 60+ point guy. He's signed for a long time, but if he gets back to his near PPG pace, $7.1 mil for a ppg center is a bargain especially at 23 years old. Of course if he doesn't get back to that pace and keeps this current pace going the contract is a HUGE anchor.

I don't know what the Flames have to offer though, our biggest trade piece is Andersson and they have no use for him.

 

[Yepthatsme]

I can't imagine being a Buffalo fan this past (1.5) decades. They spent years getting high picks and then traded them all away, Eichel, Reinhart and Montour and what did they get for 'em? They have Alex Tuch, lmao Continually suck, get two #1 picks which they use on defenders, a former 4th overall defender and they can't defend for shit. Up front they have Tage and...Tuch.

Honestly, I think we should really make a push for Cozens. Get that Buffalo stench off him and I think he'll pop back to a 60+ point guy. He's signed for a long time, but if he gets back to his near PPG pace, $7.1 mil for a ppg center is a bargain especially at 23 years old. Of course if he doesn't get back to that pace and keeps this current pace going the contract is a HUGE anchor.

I don't know what the Flames have to offer though, our biggest trade piece is Andersson and they have no use for him.

We are honestly the perfect trading partners with Buffalo, we both have exactly what eachother needs. We are chalked full of the kind of veterans that do everything right and mentor youth that prevent you from truly being terrible, and they have a litany of young offensive players that just need to be put in the right situation to breakout. Buffalo is endlessly bad because they never add the Kadri, Coleman, Backlund, Huberdeau, Weegar etc.

It’s the opposite of the HFBoards way, but if I’m Buffalo I’m trading every 21-24 year old on that roster save for the biggest names for very good veteran talent. You retain the core of Thompson, Tuch, Dahlin, Power, and the young draft picks to keep adding to the roster in the future, and surround those talents with the insane haul of players you get by selling Byram, Petterka, Cozens, Quinn etc.

 

[JPeeper]

We are honestly the perfect trading partners with Buffalo, we both have exactly what eachother needs. We are chalked full of the kind of veterans that do everything right and mentor youth that prevent you from truly being terrible, and they have a litany of young offensive players that just need to be put in the right situation to breakout. Buffalo is endlessly bad because they never add the Kadri, Coleman, Backlund, Huberdeau, Weegar etc.

It’s the opposite of the HFBoards way, but if I’m Buffalo I’m trading every 21-24 year old on that roster save for the biggest names for very good veteran talent. You retain the core of Thompson, Tuch, Dahlin, Power, and the young draft picks to keep adding to the roster in the future, and surround those talents with the insane haul of players you get by selling Byram, Petterka, Cozens, Quinn etc.

Look I am 100% for it, but even Buffalo isn't dumb enough to trade a 23 year old center for a bunch of old guys even if the old guys were beneficial for the team. Or are they that dumb...