GDT: Around the League 2023-2024 "Off Season??!! What off season??!!"

[Ritchie Valens]

Thread title in honor of the boys from 1260.

Mods if you could please close the stickied ATL thread and replace it with this...

Vegas, Gary, and Mark Stone can still go f*** themselves.

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[Mr Kot]

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[Coffey]

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I concur

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[Jumptheshark]

Leaf fans should be happy in theory--but they are never happy

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

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Looks like the title of your next GDT!

Yet Bell, one of the owners, cried poor and got a massive bail out from the government and closed TSN 1260 because it’s not making them a bazillion dollars per second.

 

[yukoner88]

Looks like the title of your next GDT!




Yet Bell, one of the owners, cried poor and got a massive bail out from the government and closed TSN 1260 because it’s not making them a bazillion dollars per second.

Id put money down for bell being the most crooked company in Canada.

 

[Oilhawks]

Id put money down for bell being the most crooked company in Canada.

Shit, worse than Rogers? That’s gotta be something

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Calgary better not draft or trade for anymore Americans. Strange as Calgary was listed as the #7 city on the planet as far as best livable cities in the world yesterday. Seems the people who did the ranking aren't hockey fans.





Seems Sutter really poisoned the well in Calgary.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Thread title in honor of the boys from 1260.

Mods if you could please close the stickied ATL thread and replace it with this...

Vegas, Gary, and Mark Stone can still go f*** themselves.

attn @Bryanbryoil

 

[Morpheus]

Calgary better not draft or trade for anymore Americans. Strange as Calgary was listed as the #7 city on the planet as far as best livable cities in the world yesterday. Seems the people who did the ranking aren't hockey fans.





Seems Sutter really poisoned the well in Calgary.

All fun and games in Cowtown. Love to see it.

 

[K1984]

Calgary better not draft or trade for anymore Americans. Strange as Calgary was listed as the #7 city on the planet as far as best livable cities in the world yesterday. Seems the people who did the ranking aren't hockey fans.





Seems Sutter really poisoned the well in Calgary.

I don't think it has anything to do with Sutter to be honest. Seravalli reported that Lindholm wants out too.

These players aren't dumb, even they can look at the team and see aging, unsuccessful core locked up forever, few if any impact prospects, the worst facility in the NHL, a cheapskate owner, a high tax market, a cold market, and about as uninspiring a GM and coach hire you can get. If I'm 30+ and looking at what I want to do with the rest of my career singing long term there to flounder in mediocrity isn't it.

I'll be interested to see who will be the new players in the revolving door of the "best" centers and defense group in the league.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Id put money down for bell being the most crooked company in Canada.

#2 behind the Federal Government. The country is also a business so not political. I'm circumventing the posting rule like Vegas circumvents the cap.

Calgary better not draft or trade for anymore Americans. Strange as Calgary was listed as the #7 city on the planet as far as best livable cities in the world yesterday. Seems the people who did the ranking aren't hockey fans.





Seems Sutter really poisoned the well in Calgary.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Calgary better not draft or trade for anymore Americans. Strange as Calgary was listed as the #7 city on the planet as far as best livable cities in the world yesterday. Seems the people who did the ranking aren't hockey fans.





Seems Sutter really poisoned the well in Calgary.

Nothing to do with Sutter imo. They all know they aren’t winning there.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I don't think it has anything to do with Sutter to be honest. Seravalli reported that Lindholm wants out too.

These players aren't dumb, even they can look at the team and see aging, unsuccessful core locked up forever, few if any impact prospects, the worst facility in the NHL, a cheapskate owner, a high tax market, a cold market, and about as uninspiring a GM and coach hire you can get. If I'm 30+ and looking at what I want to do with the rest of my career singing long term there to flounder in mediocrity isn't it.

I'll be interested to see who will be the new players in the revolving door of the "best" centers and defense group in the league.

Sutter was the poison cherry on top. Players after a year in his kind of hell just want to move on.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Nothing to do with Sutter imo. They all know they aren’t winning there.

Lots of talk from media pre-Sutter that he was a massive problem. His poison is still in the players given the team backed Sutter over Treliving causing Treliving to go to Toronto. Then do an about face and fire Sutter.

Players want to move on. I don’t think they trust the Flames ownership on top of everything else you and @K1984 mentioned.

I wonder if any of these players wind up in Toronto as Conroy is being asked to have a Summer of Treliving on 1 month experience. I can see Treliving fleecing the shit out of his understudy here.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Lots of talk from media pre-Sutter that he was a massive problem. His poison is still in the players given the team backed Sutter over Treliving causing Treliving to go to Toronto. Then do an about face and fire Sutter.

Players want to move on. I don’t think they trust the Flames ownership on top of everything else you and @K1984 mentioned.

I wonder if any of these players wind up in Toronto as Conroy is being asked to have a Summer of Treliving on 1 month experience. I can see Treliving fleecing the shit out of his understudy here.

I think it has more to do with not being a future contender than Sutter but who knows.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I think it has more to do with not being a future contender than Sutter but who knows.

No doubt he played a large part in poisoning the Calgary well water, but it’s far from the only reason as you say.

All I know is I’m going to watch the Summer of Craig with a lot of interest.

 

[K1984]

In theory, if the Flames disposed of these players in the right way (50% contract retention, seek only picks and quality prospects/young players) they could get a haul that could spring board them to actually building a team back up again.

However, I really, really hope that they stick to the "no rebuild!" mantra and try and work hockey deals out of these trades to try and stay competitive. Fingers crossed.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I don't think it has anything to do with Sutter to be honest. Seravalli reported that Lindholm wants out too.

These players aren't dumb, even they can look at the team and see aging, unsuccessful core locked up forever, few if any impact prospects, the worst facility in the NHL, a cheapskate owner, a high tax market, a cold market, and about as uninspiring a GM and coach hire you can get. If I'm 30+ and looking at what I want to do with the rest of my career singing long term there to flounder in mediocrity isn't it.

I'll be interested to see who will be the new players in the revolving door of the "best" centers and defense group in the league.

you mean that massive Huberdeau addition and bloated contract wasn't enough to entice him to stay?

 

[Oilhawks]

In theory, if the Flames disposed of these players in the right way (50% contract retention, seek only picks and quality prospects/young players) they could get a haul that could spring board them to actually building a team back up again.

However, I really, really hope that they stick to the "no rebuild!" mantra and try and work hockey deals out of these trades to try and stay competitive. Fingers crossed.

Yup, let’s see what sort of reverse paper clip trades they can do like Tkachuk for two aging secondary talents

 

[MoontoScott]

#2 behind the Federal Government. The country is also a business so not political. I'm circumventing the posting rule like Vegas circumvents the cap.

It looks to me like Vancouver, Winnipeg and Calgary are all on the verge of a major rebuilding program. Their veterans and proven talent seem to want the exit door. Ottawa and Montreal aren't much different.

Let's hope that Mc-D and Drai sign extensions because the near term future for the other Canadian clubs doesn't look sweet. The Oilers may be the only real Canadian threat to win it all.

I think its all part of a longer term trend where players gravitate to the South. The sad legacy of Mr. Bettman.

 

[Sanchez]

Calgary better not draft or trade for anymore Americans. Strange as Calgary was listed as the #7 city on the planet as far as best livable cities in the world yesterday. Seems the people who did the ranking aren't hockey fans.





Seems Sutter really poisoned the well in Calgary.

 

[McAsuno]

Let the flames continue to implode.
SMD CP lurkers.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Flames just unveiled their new logo.