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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Just going off what Friedman said this morning - that he’d scratch someone big tomorrow.
I’d scratch Backlund and Giordano.
The two longest serving Flames who have been players who have worn letters pretty much the entire time. Both have been terrible in more games than not this season.
I’d bring in Phillips and Ruzicka, I’d also scratch Sam Bennett and trade him before the weekend ends.
Gaudreau - Lindholm - Mangiapane
Tkachuk - Ruzicka - Phillips
Lucic - Monahan - Leivo
Nordstrom - Dube - Simon
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If you do this, its scorched earth. I don't think the team recovers from scratching the respected captain and another vet. That would be like hitting the nuke button, you are making huge trades after that, maybe quite a few of them.
The team doesn't need to be nuked. It needs to be tweaked. And it needs a real coach for once. Getting a new coach in is a way better option that what Freidman suggested.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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