[Signing] Flames sign college free agent C Sam Morton

[Wastedyouth]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Calgary is by far the softest sports market in Canada. Flames have been one of the least successful NHL organizations over the past 30 years and you would never know that by the media vibe and to be fair I like the Calgary media but since Dowbiggin and occasionally Francis the local media is rarely critical of the Flames. There's a fine line between overly critical such as the Vancouver and Toronto markets and the Ned Flanders style Calgary market coverage and don't get me wrong I much prefer Calgary media to Vancouver or Toronto it would be nice for some of the local guys to start asking hard questions every once in a while.

Or maybe because there are more things to life than being insane about sports teams.

Calgarians should wear it as a badge of pride, not shame.

Being supportive and pragmatic about your local sporps team is awesome. Imagine having the ####heads they have in Edmonton.

[sureLoss]

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[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

That's what makes the performance even worse. Since the 2004/05 lockout, we've won the same amount of playoff series (2) as the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes. At least they don't try to pretend to be a serious organization.

You know who's won even fewer playoff series?

The Toronto Maple Leafs.

The biggest, richest, most powerful and profitable franchise in the NHL has only won one best-of-7 series in the salary cap era. Are they not a serious organization?

[MegaErtz]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

You know who's won even fewer playoff series?

The Toronto Maple Leafs.

The biggest, richest, most powerful and profitable franchise in the NHL has only won one best-of-7 series in the salary cap era. Are they not a serious organization?

The Canadian teams are little more than developmental squads for the American franchises. Jonathan Huberdeau was five days old the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. It won't be long before there are no active players in the NHL who have been alive to see a Canadian team win.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

1-1 in the 3rd tonight, Morton has the Wranglers' goal.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

1-1 in the 3rd tonight, Morton has the Wranglers' goal.

Nice to see him contributing right away.

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[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Calgary is by far the softest sports market in Canada. Flames have been one of the least successful NHL organizations over the past 30 years and you would never know that by the media vibe and to be fair I like the Calgary media but since Dowbiggin and occasionally Francis the local media is rarely critical of the Flames. There's a fine line between overly critical such as the Vancouver and Toronto markets and the Ned Flanders style Calgary market coverage and don't get me wrong I much prefer Calgary media to Vancouver or Toronto it would be nice for some of the local guys to start asking hard questions every once in a while.

I’m not sure what ‘asking hard questions’ gets you other than acrimony between players, management, the press, and fans.

The people involved with the Flames need Francis to ask them before they realize they’ve not been deep in the playoffs for 20 years?

As fans, you have to hope the right people land the job in steering the organization. Ultimately we don’t have a say in who is hired or fired, and that won’t change even if we had media regularly reminding the owner or president or gm about the lack of cups.

[Geeoff]

Seems like at least this guy will be a good player for the wranglers

[Reggie Dunlop]

I see 700 g and 1300 pts by the time all is said and done.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

The Canadian teams are little more than developmental squads for the American franchises.

This is not true.

Jonathan Huberdeau was five days old the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. It won't be long before there are no active players in the NHL who have been alive to see a Canadian team win.

And this is irrelevant.

However, even if these things were true and relevant, they would completely destroy your point about the Flames not being a ‘serious organization’. What are they supposed to do, move the team to the U.S.?

[MegaErtz]

I see no path for the Flames to win the Stanley Cup under the current rules. Most players we draft who make it to the NHL take off as soon as they can, usually for a US team.

Raising the draft age by a two or three years would be the only way the Flames can ice a team capable of competing for a Stanley Cup. We'd be drafting NHL ready players instead of hoping prospects will blossom and be convinced to stick around once they reach free agency.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

I see no path for the Flames to win the Stanley Cup under the current rules. Most players we draft who make it to the NHL take off as soon as they can, usually for a US team.

By ‘most’, you mean three?

Raising the draft age by a two or three years would be the only way the Flames can ice a team capable of competing for a Stanley Cup. We'd be drafting NHL ready players instead of hoping prospects will blossom and be convinced to stick around once they reach free agency.

The league tried that at one time. The courts ruled that it was illegal age discrimination.

Anyway, this STILL does not support you in blaming the Flames for being, and I quote again, not ‘a serious organization’. According to your criteria, there seems to be no possible way it COULD be ‘serious’, so I really don't get why you keep bitching about the team's management.

[dino7c]

Poor Mort...guy signs and comes out gangbusters and his signing thread is all doom and gloom

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

That's awesome! First goal already!

Nice pickup on the fly by Conroy and co

[droopydrew19]

Not sure about putting him in as the last shooter in the shootout with the game on his stick… I know the coach is likely trying to find some magic because many of the wranglers forward were invisible tonight, but that’s quite a lot of pressure to put on a kid that’s only been here for 24 hours

[FlamesAddiction]

He only a few months older than what Hathaway was when the Flames signed him as a UFA, and that turned out to be a pretty good signing.

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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

He only a few months older than what Hathaway was when the Flames signed him as a UFA, and that turned out to be a pretty good signing.

He's over a year older than Hathaway was when signed his ELC and over 2 years older than Hathaway was when he played his first pro game in the Flames' organization.

It's 4 months before Morton's 25th birthday. Hathaway signed his ELC 7 months before his 24th birthday, and he had already played a full season under an AHL contract with Adirondack.

[FlamesAddiction]

Oh crap, I was eyeballing the math. Lazy on my part.

[dustygoon]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Oh crap, I was eyeballing the math. Lazy on my part.

I wish you were a bouncer at a club when i was in high school.