Comedy SILVER out of Calgary

[sabresfaninthesouth]

If you look at actual salary (instead of cap salary)...surprise surprise, the Sens are at the bottom.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

If you look at actual salary (instead of cap salary)...surprise surprise, the Sens are at the bottom.

Yeah, Grabner & Okposo make more money than their actual salaries. I don't know about this year, but JT's contract is backloaded so he might as well.

 

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So which of the 2 young stud forwards would you take 1st overall if given the chance? I realize Edmonton & Buffalo will definitely have a say as to who picks 1st overall, but I'm curious as to which player you think is better. I haven't seen either of them play.

I think I gotta go with McDavid, but Eichel would be a heck of a consolation prize. This Hanifan kid looks like the next stud defenseman as well.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Yeah, Grabner & Okposo make more money than their actual salaries. I don't know about this year, but JT's contract is backloaded so he might as well.

No shock at all given Melnyk's notorious tight-fistedness.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I think I gotta go with McDavid, but Eichel would be a heck of a consolation prize. This Hanifan kid looks like the next stud defenseman as well.

Is this draft class as deep as the so called experts have said it is. I saw somewhere that somebody had Dylan Strome ranked 10th. I thought he'd be a bit higher.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I think I gotta go with McDavid, but Eichel would be a heck of a consolation prize. This Hanifan kid looks like the next stud defenseman as well.

That's exactly what Sabres fans are already telling ourselves for when we finish last overall and inevitably lose the draft lottery for the second year in a row.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

No shock at all given Melnyk's notorious tight-fistedness.

I will be surprised if Ryan resigns with the Senators. I fully expect him to test the market. Maybe Ottawa is thinking about the 2015 draft. I mean they traded Spezza. If they're out of it by December Ryan might be next.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I guess this is a better place to respond to your post in the Waiver Wire thread dash.

Good to hear Baertchi might have things figured out. Will Jankowski be a NHLer at some point or did Feaster make a mistake?

 

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I guess this is a better place to respond to your post in the Waiver Wire thread dash.

Good to hear Baertchi might have things figured out. Will Jankowski be a NHLer at some point or did Feaster make a mistake?

I think the Flames will be patient with Jankowski and not rush him (the fact of the matter is that Feaster did a pretty good job restocking the prospect pool). Really, it's too early to tell whether or not he will be a regular NHLer.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I think the Flames will be patient with Jankowski and not rush him (the fact of the matter is that Feaster did a pretty good job restocking the prospect pool). Really, it's too early to tell whether or not he will be a regular NHLer.

Jankowski was such a surprise pick that I think the TSN guys thought Calgary could have traded down again. For the first time in quite awhile I'm excited about the upcoming season. I know it's stupid of me. I don't have any faith in Snow to make a good trade, but the Isles on paper look like they might sniff the 7th or 8th seed.

Keep Giordano healthy & maybe the Flames can challenge for the 7th or 8th seed themselves. I like Monahan a lot dash. He's a keeper.

 

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Jankowski was such a surprise pick that I think the TSN guys thought Calgary could have traded down again. For the first time in quite awhile I'm excited about the upcoming season. I know it's stupid of me. I don't have any faith in Snow to make a good trade, but the Isles on paper look like they might sniff the 7th or 8th seed.

Keep Giordano healthy & maybe the Flames can challenge for the 7th or 8th seed themselves. I like Monahan a lot dash. He's a keeper.

Good luck to the Isles this season - Hopefully, Snow can get some help for Tavares and Okposo. As for the Flames, we're looking to the future with guys like Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, and maybe McDavid or Eichel. It could be a rough season, but there's some light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Jankowski was such a surprise pick that I think the TSN guys thought Calgary could have traded down again. For the first time in quite awhile I'm excited about the upcoming season. I know it's stupid of me. I don't have any faith in Snow to make a good trade, but the Isles on paper look like they might sniff the 7th or 8th seed.

Keep Giordano healthy & maybe the Flames can challenge for the 7th or 8th seed themselves. I like Monahan a lot dash. He's a keeper.

 

[dash]

Yeah, I kinda glossed over that 7th/8th seed myself, playoffs are likely still a minimum of 3 years away.

 

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Speaking of Bennett, he had a groin injury earlier and some general body soreness, but it sounds like he will be in the lineup against the Jets.

Calgary Flames' Sam Bennett ready to return from injury | Flames | Sports | Calg

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Good luck to the Isles this season - Hopefully, Snow can get some help for Tavares and Okposo. As for the Flames, we're looking to the future with guys like Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, and maybe McDavid or Eichel. It could be a rough season, but there's some light at the end of the tunnel.

It's funny I have no idea who the 1st line LW is going to be. In their last game against Boston it was Cory Conacher. He scored a goal & played his best game of the preseason. My guess is still Brock Nelson, but there has been talk that the Isles might want to keep him at Center. The Isles have ridiculous depth at Center. Tavares, Nielsen, Grabovski, Cizikas, Nelson, Strome & Bailey can play Center as well.

We know this much about the Flames, if they get one of the top 2 picks they'll be set at Center for the next 10 to 15 years.

 

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Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 24s25 seconds ago
Raphael Diaz agrees to a one-year deal with #flames after attending camp on a PTO. Defensive depth.
Renaud Lavoie ‏@renlavoietva 1m1 minute ago
Raphael Diaz s'entend avec les Flames. 1 an / 700 000$ #tvasports

Plan the parade...

 

[mattola]

Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 24s25 seconds ago
Raphael Diaz agrees to a one-year deal with #flames after attending camp on a PTO. Defensive depth.
Renaud Lavoie ‏@renlavoietva 1m1 minute ago
Raphael Diaz s'entend avec les Flames. 1 an / 700 000$ #tvasports

Plan the parade...

i liked him in vancouver

 

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i liked him in vancouver

How long was he in Vancouver, Matty? A week?

 

[mattola]

How long was he in Vancouver, Matty? A week?

only 6 games. but what I saw I liked. I dont think he got a fair shake under torts (who did)

 

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only 6 games. but what I saw I liked. I dont think he got a fair shake under torts (who did)

Well, let's see if he's in the lineup opening night and how bad the Sedin boys expose him (lol).