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[SupremeTeam16]

Flames are clearly going to fill their blue line with big stay at home defenders with cement boots. Their rookie goalie is going to get shelled next year.

 

[McShogun99]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803462578573611161

& over 30% retention.

Couldn't even get a 2024 1st....

 

[Ritchie Valens]

“Playoff competitive team.”

Just 17 points out.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Couldn't even get a 2024 1st....

Don't think Jersey was ever giving up a top 10 pick. Gamble on healthy line-up and goaltending upgrade to make it a future 1st likely in the teens.

 

[frag2]

Only the Flames would try to steal the limelight during the cup finals. The little brother syndrome is strong in that city

CP is going on about this actually. There was a poster that was saying at least this will stop some of the Oiler chatter in the media

Bunch of weirdos

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Wrong thread, the changes the Flames are making, the Oilers should ask about Weegar or Anderson.

 

[Captain Controversy]

I read something on facebook about 40 million for Bouchard, Draisaitl and Mcdavid which is malarkey but not far off........

I imagine it will be something like..

Mcdavid 15 million per
Draisaitl 12.5 million per
Bouchard 8.5 to 9.5 million per.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Decent bit of business by the Sharks, I wonder if Dellandrea has more of an NHL game than he's shown so far.

 

[Oilers88]

I read something on facebook about 40 million for Bouchard, Draisaitl and Mcdavid which is malarkey but not far off........

I imagine it will be something like..

Mcdavid 15 million per
Draisaitl 12.5 million per
Bouchard 8.5 to 9.5 million per.

I wonder if McDavid might even come in lower than that. The most recent comparables are Mackinnon at $12.6 and Matthews at $13.25 but for 4 years (presumably the number would be cheaper if he added another 4 years in his 30s). McDavid is obviously better than either of those players, but I could also see him wanting to take less to win. If we sign him to an 8-year deal it would be for his 29-37 year old years. Would $13.5ish be that crazy, with the idea that his value dips around age 35?

Flipside, I think your Bouchard number might be a little low. We bridged him too many times (like Nurse), and now he can file for arbitration and walk himself to UFA. He is using UFA contracts as his comparables, not RFAs. Plus I expect his agent will argue that there is no universe in which his client should be paid less than Nurse. $10 million for Bouch.

 

[NeverForget06]

Markstrom must feel pretty dumb picking calgary over Edmonton... oh what could have been

How do you not pick the team with 97 on it? What a dummy

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

The Sharks doing the Rangers a favor lol.

 

[BlackDogg]

Calgary gets the short end of pipe.

 

[BarDownBobo]

With the Sharks adding Goodrow, Dellandrea, Smith and Celebrini up front already they’re getting crowded, I really wonder if we take a look at bringing Kostin back in on the cheap.

 

[belair]

The Sharks doing the Rangers a favor lol.

The kind of move that fans hate. And Grier will take a lot of heat for it.

But I like it. He's a fan favorite, locker room leader type forward that can probably step into a bigger role in SJ. A guy you give a letter to.

And down the line when his contract tolls, they can easily retain and get a decent asset back for the exact type of playoff player that teams fall over themselves to acquire at the deadline.

If they waited for the buyout, odds are Goodrow wasn't signing back in San Jose. He was going to a contender.

 

[Canovin]

The Sharks doing the Rangers a favor lol.

Grier is secretly getting paid by Vegas and NYR

 

[FlameChampion]

People gripe about the Oilers making trades and signings without consulting analytics. Aren’t the Canucks under Rutherford / Allvin praised for their use of analytics? Guess not this time. What a shame

Traded a first for Hronek. Had to double down on it.

To be fair, finding RD is brutal but will be interesting to see how this contract ages. Guy was brutal against Edmonton in the playoffs, so I don’t mind it.

The Sharks doing the Rangers a favor lol.

Grier has to be the worst GM in the league. Just makes bad decision time and time again.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

The kind of move that fans hate. And Grier will take a lot of heat for it.

But I like it. He's a fan favorite, locker room leader type forward that can probably step into a bigger role in SJ. A guy you give a letter to.

And when done if his contract tolls, they can easily retain and get a decent asset back for the exact type of playoff player that teams fall over themselves to acquire at the deadline.

If they waited for the buyout, odds are Goodrow wasn't signing back in San Jose. He was going to a contender.

Sure and he started in SJ, I get it, still doing the Rangers a favor. Probably would have been better to "trade" for him and get an asset as part of it.

 

[K1984]

CP is going on about this actually. There was a poster that was saying at least this will stop some of the Oiler chatter in the media

Bunch of weirdos

Hilarious.

"HA JOKES ON THEM! WHILE THEY'RE PLAYING FOR THE STANLEY CUP, EVERYONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE FLAMES DISMANTLING WHATS REMAINING OF OUR SHITTY ROSTER!!!!"

 

[FlameChampion]

With the Sharks adding Goodrow, Dellandrea, Smith and Celebrini up front already they’re getting crowded, I really wonder if we take a look at bringing Kostin back in on the cheap.

Campbell and a second! /dream

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Traded a first for Hronek. Had to double down on it.

To be fair, finding RD is brutal but will be interesting to see how this contract ages. Guy was brutal against Edmonton in the playoffs, so I don’t mind it.


Grier has to be the worst GM in the league. Just makes bad decision time and time again.

I don't really understand, why is everyone bagging Grier for the Goodrow claim?

 

[Canovin]

I don't really understand, why is everyone bagging Grier for the Goodrow claim?

Grier can get Goodrow after the buyout. Or get a pick/prospect for taking him

 

[FlameChampion]

I don't really understand, why is everyone bagging Grier for the Goodrow claim?

Its a bad contract.

I don’t think its a bad move necessarily as a single event. But for a team that has a poor foundation of prospects, I think there are better ways to leverage your cap space. Just seems like he sucks at his job to me.

 

[cruisecity]

Taking Goodrow like that is insanity. Lmao. Grier once again showing why he is the laughing stock of current GM's. If Celebrini's father wasn't working for Golden State, he would be rejecting to sign there.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I don't really understand, why is everyone bagging Grier for the Goodrow claim?

Because he’s overpaid for 3 years and they probably could have got him + at least a pick if they waited until he cleared.

or they could have signed him for cheaper after a he’s bought out.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Because he’s overpaid for 3 years and they probably could have got him + at least a pick if they waited until he cleared.

or they could have signed him for cheaper after a he’s bought out.

Yeah but if he's bought out, and can sign anywhere he wants for cheap, why would he go to SJ? They clearly wanted a good vet mentor. Similar to what Chicago is doing