[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

The Flames outright can’t do an offer sheet with a 1st round compensation.

The idea though is that if an offer sheet that has a compensation of a 2nd round pick is successful, you put yourself at risk of:

1. You improve the immediate roster which will have a negative impact on the Calgary Flames own 2025 1st round pick. That 2025 1st round draft pick is the single most important asset that the Calgary Flames own with how their roster is currently constructed. The goal is to make that a top-5 pick.
2. You acquire an Oilers player, which is disgusting
3. Even if it’s successful, it likely just bumps our drafting position a spot or two (best case scenario), which then also means you just gave the Oilers a high quality 2nd round pick, which is bad

You risk that just to potentially spite the Oilers? Hell no.

Conroy has said how important the draft is. You know what teams didn’t go out and do stupid offer sheets at this stage? Colorado, Tampa, Chicago, LA, Florida, St. Louis, Vegas. You know why? It’s because that’s Not how you build a winner.

A good reason why we need to be patient:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1809275051746947218

Conroy and company need more picks, not less. Targeting recent Oiler draft picks is not the right path, largely because their players aren’t good enough to justify it in the first place.

Sorry man not buying any of those points. I do not think Holloway is the difference between the 5th pick and the 8th pick in the draft. Stealing a Calgary kid from Edmonton is not disgusting.

End of the day you are missing my point. If you can add a 22 year old who you think is going to be a core player for the cost of a 2nd rounder who would likely be 5-8 years away from making an impact on the team if at all is not a steep price nor does it fast track where the Flames are at.

If this team is pushing to be competitive by the time the building opens moves like this can make sense. I personally don’t care if they sign Holloway or not to an offer sheet I just disagree that it is any sort of fast tracking a rebuild.