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Savvy27 · 05-02-2023, 03:28 PM

GM: Craig Conroy
Coach: Jukka Jalonen (Finnish national team coach - Olympic Gold and Bronze, World Championship Gold x3, World Junior Gold)

This would be my plan assuming that Elias Lindholm refuses to negotiate an extension prior to the season:

YEAR ONE

Trade Lindholm to Columbus for 2024 1st Round Pick and Liam Foudy
Trade Hanifin to Detroit for 2023 2nd Round Pick and 2024 1st Round Pick (Boston)
Re-Sign Matthew Phillips ($800,000) and Troy Stecher ($1,250,000)
Trade Dan Vladar for a 4th Round Pick

Draft 2023: 1x1st, 2x2nd, 1x3, 2x4, 1x6, 1x7

Huberdeau Kadri Toffoli
Mangiapane Backlund Coleman
Pelletier Dube Duehr
Foudy Ruzicka Coronato/Phillips

Very low end first line unfortunately, but every other line is fast. Jalonen is an expert at getting teams with less skill to work together and play hard.

Weegar Andersson
Kylington Tanev
Zadorov Stecher
Gilbert

I like this defensive group a lot and I would consider them top 15 pretty easily.

Markstrom (who knows what we'll get from this guy)
Wolf (20 games maybe?)

Salary Cap Space: $7.9M

TDL: Assuming that the team is out of the playoff picture, trade Backlund, Toffoli, Tanev for futures and take on bad contracts (ending that season) if necessary. Then utilize the massive amount of cap space from the season and the trades to make space for other contenders to add players.

Draft 2024: 3x1st, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6 PLUS Trade deadline haul, which should include another 1st and some second round picks at least.

YEAR TWO

LW
Huberdeau 30
Mangiapane 28
Pelletier 23
Foudy 24

C
Kadri 33
Dube 25
Ruzicka 24
Zary 22

RW
Coronato 21
Coleman 32
Duehr 26
Phillips 26

D
Weegar 30
Andersson 27
Kylington 26 (extended)
Zadorov 28 (extended)
Poirier 21
Stecher 30

G
Markstrom 34
Wolf 23

At this point the team would have added seven 1st and 2nd round picks to the prospect pool. They would have NHL calibre players 4 deep at LW, 3 deep at C, 3 deep at RW, 5 deep on D, and a solid tandem in net.

Then they have $35M+ cap space to add through free agency or they could have used some of those draft picks to acquire some talent at center and right wing.

It would be one relatively painful season, but man would it ever clear out a lot of older players and give the Flames a much brighter future. Given how solid the D core is (assuming Kylington and Zadorov stay), I think the Flames would be back to a competitive level in 2024-25 and hopeful that some of the higher picks are ready to step in.

05-02-2023, 03:28 PM	#71
Savvy27 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Sep 2002 Exp:	GM: Craig Conroy Coach: Jukka Jalonen (Finnish national team coach - Olympic Gold and Bronze, World Championship Gold x3, World Junior Gold) This would be my plan assuming that Elias Lindholm refuses to negotiate an extension prior to the season: YEAR ONE Trade Lindholm to Columbus for 2024 1st Round Pick and Liam Foudy Trade Hanifin to Detroit for 2023 2nd Round Pick and 2024 1st Round Pick (Boston) Re-Sign Matthew Phillips ($800,000) and Troy Stecher ($1,250,000) Trade Dan Vladar for a 4th Round Pick Draft 2023: 1x1st, 2x2nd, 1x3, 2x4, 1x6, 1x7 Huberdeau Kadri Toffoli Mangiapane Backlund Coleman Pelletier Dube Duehr Foudy Ruzicka Coronato/Phillips Very low end first line unfortunately, but every other line is fast. Jalonen is an expert at getting teams with less skill to work together and play hard. Weegar Andersson Kylington Tanev Zadorov Stecher Gilbert I like this defensive group a lot and I would consider them top 15 pretty easily. Markstrom (who knows what we'll get from this guy) Wolf (20 games maybe?) Salary Cap Space: $7.9M TDL: Assuming that the team is out of the playoff picture, trade Backlund, Toffoli, Tanev for futures and take on bad contracts (ending that season) if necessary. Then utilize the massive amount of cap space from the season and the trades to make space for other contenders to add players. Draft 2024: 3x1st, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6 PLUS Trade deadline haul, which should include another 1st and some second round picks at least. YEAR TWO LW Huberdeau 30 Mangiapane 28 Pelletier 23 Foudy 24 C Kadri 33 Dube 25 Ruzicka 24 Zary 22 RW Coronato 21 Coleman 32 Duehr 26 Phillips 26 D Weegar 30 Andersson 27 Kylington 26 (extended) Zadorov 28 (extended) Poirier 21 Stecher 30 G Markstrom 34 Wolf 23 At this point the team would have added seven 1st and 2nd round picks to the prospect pool. They would have NHL calibre players 4 deep at LW, 3 deep at C, 3 deep at RW, 5 deep on D, and a solid tandem in net. Then they have $35M+ cap space to add through free agency or they could have used some of those draft picks to acquire some talent at center and right wing. It would be one relatively painful season, but man would it ever clear out a lot of older players and give the Flames a much brighter future. Given how solid the D core is (assuming Kylington and Zadorov stay), I think the Flames would be back to a competitive level in 2024-25 and hopeful that some of the higher picks are ready to step in.