What the heck. I will play. And steal ideas I have seen elsewhere
Roster Moves- M. Kiprusoff retires
- A. Tanguay (3 years left @ 3.5) to Phoenix/Seattle/Quebec for Z. Michalek (2 years left @ 4.0)and rights to B. Gordon (UFA)
- Z is a RH stay at home defenseman that can eat minutes
- M. Cammalleri to Anaheim for A. Welinski (NCAA) and a 2nd in 2013 (45th)
- 2nd and a smooth skating RH college defenseman with a big shot and can play nasty, he is however eligible for the "Shultz Loophole" after the 2014-15 NCAA season
- C. Butler (RFA) to Minnesota for Dany Heatley (1 year left @ 7.5), Z. Phillips (3 years left @ 0.938) and 2nd in 2013 (46th)
- I break it down as Butler for a 2nd, then they give us Phillips to take Heatley & his contract since injury will stop him from being bought out.
- C. Sarich (1 year left @ 2.0) to Los Angeles for K. Ellerby (RFA)
- Ellerby is a big physical defenseman and it doesn't sound like some King fans think he will get a qualifying offer
- re-sign Backlund, Bouma, Gordon, McGrattan, Brodie, Cundari, Ellerby, Byron, Nemisz and Breen
- sign G. Desbiens & J. Vandermeer for AHL help
- I don't think many will like these but both provide leadship and toughness to a young AHL team that is pretty soft
Draft Picks- 6th: Monahan Lindholm
- 22nd: Gauthier Lazar Rychel Erne
- 28th: McCoshen Bowey Fucale
- 45th: McCarron Bailey Heatherington Baptiste
- 46th: McCarron Bailey Heatherington Baptiste
- 67th: Bjorkstrand Fasching Pesce Comrie
- 135th: Lipon Hill Diaby McNulty
- 157th: NCAA/European forward
- 187th: NCAA/European defenseman
- 198th: NCAA/European goaltender (if no goalies have been picked) or forward
Flames Roster
Baertschi Backlund Glencross
Heatley Stajan Hudler
Horak Knight Stempniak
Bouma Gordon McGrattan
Jackman
Giordano Michalek
Brodie Wideman
Cundari Ellerby
Smith
Ramo Berra McDonald
Heat Roster
Byron Reinhart Nemisz
Street Phillips Hanowski
Howse Granlund Desbiens
Elson Bancks Ferland
Eddy
Breen Ramage
Wotherspoon Carson
Vandermeer Lamb
Culkin Martin
Ortio Brossoit
At the Deadline- Trade Heatley, Stajan and Stempniak for picks/prospects