[Roof-Daddy]

Like I said, I don't think that rumor is that crazy and here is why:

1. Couturier is an awesome two way player yes, but let's not get carried away here. A lot of his offense comes from being the meat in a Giroux/Voracek sandwich for the last few years. Good on him for capitalizing on it, but he's not an elite offensive talent. Plus they have Giroux who could slide back to 1st line C with Johnny and Voracek on his wings.

2. As down as we all are on JG right now, he's still Johnny Gaudreau. Point per game average over the last 5 seasons and 99 points last year. Plus the one team in the league not worried about re-signing him is the Flyers.

3. They would have dumped the Ghost contract. They are paying him top 4 money and he's slipped to 5th or 6th on their depth chart with three years left still, but on the flip side he brings something the Flames sorely lack, and that's a Dman who can produce offense and QB a PP, and with all the Flames UFAs on D this off season they have room for him. Plus, maybe they use him for a season and then expose him in the ED after they've had a look at Valimaki & Mackey.

Anyways, maybe it's BS, but I don't know why Husky would do that, he's been here a long time and I don't remember any other times he's tried to feed us a line.