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

crackdown44 said:
Boqvist on waivers from Florida. Basically Barrie but probably better at this stage in his career. League minimum and RFA this summer

Might be worth a claim, could slide Weegar back to the left and play them together. He is kind of similar to what we have coming on the right side though, good offensive metrics but brutal defensively

I’d consider him as a stop gap, wouldn’t mind seeing what Huska can do with him either
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I'd be down, then when Bahl return we could waive one of Barrie or Miro
 
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crackdown44 said:
Boqvist on waivers from Florida. Basically Barrie but probably better at this stage in his career. League minimum and RFA this summer

Might be worth a claim, could slide Weegar back to the left and play them together. He is kind of similar to what we have coming on the right side though, good offensive metrics but brutal defensively

I’d consider him as a stop gap, wouldn’t mind seeing what Huska can do with him either
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I’d sooner call Poirier and/or Solo up before taking on any more dead weight.
 
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crackdown44 said:
Boqvist on waivers from Florida. Basically Barrie but probably better at this stage in his career. League minimum and RFA this summer

Might be worth a claim, could slide Weegar back to the left and play them together. He is kind of similar to what we have coming on the right side though, good offensive metrics but brutal defensively

I’d consider him as a stop gap, wouldn’t mind seeing what Huska can do with him either
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I think that's kind of a guy that you take a buy low risk on. Probably a few other teams lower in the standings thinking the same thing I bet.
 
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crackdown44 said:
Two lefties, boqvist is a rightie
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They’re already flush for RHs with Weegar, Raz, and Pachal (and to a lesser extent, Miro and Barrie). If Boqvist isn’t an improvement on that, it’s just more dead weight imo.

I would much sooner see Bahl (when he comes back), Poi, and Solo on the left side than the gong show that has been Hanley and Bean. Neither of the latter two should be anywhere near the top-four.
 
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Darth Vladar said:
They’re already flush for RHs with Weegar, Raz, and Pachal (and to a lesser extent, Miro and Barrie). If Boqvist isn’t an improvement on that, it’s just more dead weight imo.

I would much sooner see Bahl (when he comes back), Poi, and Solo on the left side than the gong show that has been Hanley and Bean. Neither of the latter two should be anywhere near our top-four.
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Yeah I mean I don’t disagree, odds are boqvist doesn’t work out but he’s only 24 and has the draft pedigree. Statistically the offensive impact is there as well, just wouldn’t mind seeing if Huska could clean up his two way game

All of Barrie, Miro, Bean, and Hanley do absolutely nothing for me, Paschal is fine on the third pair
 
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crackdown44 said:
Yeah I mean I don’t disagree, odds are boqvist doesn’t work out but he’s only 24 and has the draft pedigree. Statistically the offensive impact is there as well, just wouldn’t mind seeing if Huska could clean up his two way game

All of Barrie, Miro, Bean, and Hanley do absolutely nothing for me, Paschal is fine on the third pair
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If the Flames weren’t already set on the right side, I might be convinced to take a chance on Bo for the reasons you gave, but it’s strangely an area of strength for them. They should have had Poirier on speed dial the moment Bahl went down. Conny should call up Poirier AND Solo, and waive Bean and Hanley to the Wranglers so they don’t miss a beat in their quest for a chip. Solo and Pachal would be the perfect bottom pair imho.

Bahl - Weegar
Poirier - Raz
Solo - Pachal
 
crackdown44 said:
Two lefties, boqvist is a rightie
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I forgot he was a righty, we have enough already. I'd rather call up Solo

Darth Vladar said:
I’d sooner call Poirier and/or Solo up before taking on any more dead weight.
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Poirier isn't ready, frankly I'm not sure he will ever be. We also don't need another offensive minded defenseman on the roster right now, Solo, Kuz or Grush would be much better choices.
 
Lunatik said:
I forgot he was a righty, we have enough already. I'd rather call up Solo


Poirier isn't ready, frankly I'm not sure he will ever be. We also don't need another offensive minded defenseman on the roster right now, Solo, Kuz or Grush would be much better choices.
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I don’t know what else Poirier has to do to prove he’s “ready”. He’s come all the way back from last year’s injury, and his numbers are as good or better than what Razzy’s were with Stockton at around the same age. I don’t know where you get off saying the Flames don’t need another offensive-minded player when they’ve scored the fourth-fewest goals in the entire league. And it’s not just the offense that he would bring to their top-four; it’s his skating and poise with the puck. Defense can be taught, but skill is something a player just has. I’m sure working with Huska would serve to help him round out his game. Bean handles the puck like a damn hand grenade. Barrie skates like he’s constantly stuck in first gear. Hanley is probably the best of the three, but he doesn’t do anything that Solo doesn’t do as well or better. One of the guys here recently sold me on Kuznetsov, I didn’t realize he was leading the team in +\- by a fair margin. I still say Grush needs a bit more time so we can see what we truly have in him. At any rate, I think we can agree that there are far better options than what they are rolling with right now.
 
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Future top 4D of:
Poirier-Parekh
Morin-Bru

There’s potential there if we can find a way to ice 12 Backlunds up front
 
Darth Vladar said:
I don’t know what else Poirier has to do to prove he’s “ready”. He’s come all the way back from last year’s injury, and his numbers are as good or better than what Razzy’s were with Stockton at around the same age. I don’t know where you get off saying the Flames don’t need another offensive-minded player when they’ve scored the fourth-fewest goals in the entire league. And it’s not just the offense that he would bring to their top-four; it’s his skating and poise with the puck. Defense can be taught, but skill is something a player just has. I’m sure working with Huska would serve to help him round out his game. Bean handles the puck like a damn hand grenade. Barrie skates like he’s constantly stuck in first gear. Hanley is probably the best of the three, but he doesn’t do anything that Solo doesn’t do as well or better. One of the guys here recently sold me on Kuznetsov, I didn’t realize he was leading the team in +\- by a fair margin. I still say Grush needs a bit more time so we can see what we truly have in him. At any rate, I think we can agree that there are far better options than what they are rolling with right now.
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Poirier is a f***ing trainwreck defensively. He will make Miro look good defensively
 
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crackdown44 said:
I’d imagine if it’s frost coming back we’re adding some kind of pick but barring anything outrageous I’m quite excited

It’s also possible frost just got hurt or torts benched him lol
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Yeah, I doubt it would be straight up unless Conny has naked pics of Briere on a hard drive somewhere lol
 
Volica said:
We're going to have a hard time flooring out I feel.
Really hope Conroy doesn't give out silly money just because he has the room.
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No we won't.

A 95.5m cap would have a floor of about 68m. We already have 58.36m committed to next year with Zary, Frost and Coronato as RFAs and would still need to sign (or promote) a goalie and another 4-5 skaters.

With only paying those 5 signings league min (they won't) and going with just a 22-man roster we'd only have to pay Zary, Frost and Coronato a combined 4-6m to reach the floor.

And the following year we have Wolf and Andersson up for new deals so reaching a floor of ~73m won't be an issue.
 
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So...Andersson's camp is now looking at a contract north of $10.5 M AAV based on a 10% share of a $105M cap in the year his extension starts and thats actually giving him a contract based on % of Cap his comparables have signed.
If he holds steady waiting for an overpay, due to the Flames fear of losing him he is gonna ask something close to $12M AAV.

This team can't afford the long term cap headache that will occur if they sign a 30 yo dman $10.5 to $12M over 8 yrs
 
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DomBarr said:
So...Andersson's camp is now looking at a contract north of $10.5 M AAV based on a 10% share of a $105M cap in the year his extension starts and thats actually giving him a contract based on % of Cap his comparables have signed.
If he holds steady waiting for an overpay, due to the Flames fear of losing him he is gonna ask something close to $12M AAV.

This team can't afford the long term cap headache that will occur if they sign a 30 yo dman $10.5 to $12M over 8 yrs
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I’ve long been a proponent of dealing Razzy for a package that includes a 2026 1st, since the Flames have so much D depth, especially RHS. The only reason I would wait until next season now is to give the team their best chance at a decent run this year, which could also increase Razzy’s trade value depending on how well he plays. It makes no sense to lock him in for eight years when Brzu and Parekh could be knocking on the door in the next year or two.
 
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