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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Disagree. Quine is a guy who can't even win a regular spot in the regular season. With our forward lineup healthy he just really isn't a realistic option at all.

Dube I see some merit in. But I think it was always Dube or Czarnik coming in, not both at the same time. I probably would've rather had Dube-Janko-Frolik than what Peters went with but Czarnik was starting to look a lot better at the end of the season.

As far as Janko goes he hasn't been great but hasn't been terrible IMO. Gaudreau and Neal were and are much bigger problems. Janko is not being expected to carry the offence. He was one of our best penalty killers this season. Dube's NHL experience is mostly at wing. It really doesn't make sense to take one of our regular centres out unless they are terrible because we don't really have a great replacement who is experienced playing centre in the NHL. It's really not a realistic move to make IMO.

I like the changeup by Peters a lot. I probably would've done it sooner but I know why they stick with vets sometimes (see Smith as a great example.) Neal has really run himself out of chances with his play though, he just looks done as an NHLer, no longer has NHL skating and pace. You'd have to think we trade him if there's a sucker GM out there this summer or buy him out, I really don't see him back next year.

Bennett needed to get elevated. Neal needed to come out. I think exchanging Frolik for Lindholm gives that 2nd line so much more of a dangerous look. Very positive changes IMO. And of course the 3rd line is automatically better when you trade Neal out for anyone else. I like the look of that line better, more speed. Great moves.

Go Flames Go! Don't go meekly into the night Johnny, we need you this game. If we're gonna go anywhere in the playoffs we need our stars to shine. Or heroic performances from solid players (see Gelinas circa 03-04). Or both. Need to see more urgency tonight, more grit, more speed, more desperation. That's been lacking too much this series, we seemed too complacent so far. Time to amp it up a notch please.

Go Flames Go!

I know it may not mean much, but Quine at least has some NHL playoff experience and was apparently really really good in that showing for the Islanders. That's one other reason why I'd like to see him in. Some players just have a knack of showing up in the playoffs, it might be just luck, but it just seems to happen.

Quine was actually really good when he came up the first time. I think he felt he really had a good chance to stick and played with confidence. Then when he got sent down, his confidence probably took a hit and his current stint with the Flames just looked a lot like his Islanders stint and he realized that he is an NHL/AHL tweener.

The thing with Janko that really bothers me is his lack of competitiveness. With his size and shot, I just don't understand how he isn't getting scoring chances. It just doesn't make any sense why he isn't an impact player. He just doesn't seem to want it or he's just complacent being a 3rd line centre.