Pick a player from each team

[dissentowner]

If you could pick on player to add to the Flames who would it be and why? Every player, prospect is fair game.

Anaheim: Getzlaf. Big #1 centre who is still young enough to be a part of the Flames when they start being competitive again.

Boston: Dougie Hamilton. So many great pieces in Boston but Hamilton would give the Flames a young D man that has huge upside.

Buffalo: Tyler Meyers. Has not been good recently but I still like his upside.

Carolina: Jordan Staal: Great two way player.

Chicago: Johnathan Toews: Franchise C, still young

Colorado: Ugg..tough call. Gotta go with MacKinnon here.

Columbus: Tim Erixon. Just kidding. Going with prospect Ryan Murray.

Dallas: Tyler Seguin. No brainer here.

Detroit: Tough because all their awesome players are old. I will go with Brendan Smith on D

Edmonton: Got to go with Eberle here. He is so clutch.

Florida: Jonathan Huberdeau is the guy here but there are some good ones.

LA: Anze Kopitar. Still young.

Minnesota: Mikael Granlund. Unite the brothers.

Montreal: Carey Price. Franchise goalie.

Nashville: Seth Jones. Big young D man for the future

NJ: Adam Larsson. Another young good D man.

NYI: Tavares. Easily.

NYR: Derek Stepan. Good young centre.

Ottawa: Erik Karlsson. Easy pick

Philly: Claude Giroux: Young and one of the best C's in the NHL.

Phoenix: OEL please.

Pittsburgh: Crosby, duh.

San Jose: I drool at the thought of Logan Couture on the Flames.

St. Louis: I am going Tarasenko. Fills a need at RW.

Tampa Bay: Drouin.

Toronto: Going with Jake Gardiner here.

Vancouver: Nobody, the stench would kill me! Seriously, there is nothing I want there. I remember watching Kassian play in junior and how many stupid penalties he took and just no. I pass.

Washington: Backstrom please!

Winnipeg: Mark Scheifele: I was hoping the Flames would get him at the draft. Big young C who should be a solid #1.

[PeteLFan]

Are we picking players to build a team or just the best player off every team ?

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

Are we picking players to build a team or just the best player off every team ?

Just one off every team to add to the Flames roster. Not a total team. The player you feel would fit best with the Flames going forward. THat is why I tried to go young.

[CGY12]

Anaheim: Corey Perry - Scores and is a pest

Boston: Dougie Hamilton - Huge upside

Buffalo: Tyler Myers - Still loads of potential

Carolina: Jordan Staal - Perfect 3rd line center who can play 2nd line too

Chicago: Patick Kane - All around skill level and entertaining to watch

Colorado: Nathon Mckinnon - Tough call but blazing speed

Columbus: Ryan Murray - Still a wild card but very good prospect

Dallas: Jamie Benn - Size, skill, grit and can play both wing/center

Detroit: Pavel Datsyuk - Kill to see his skills for 1 game in a Flames uni

Edmonton: Jordan Eberle - Clutch

Florida: Jonathan Huberdeau - Big fast skating center with finish

LA: Drew Doughty - Poise, skill, grit and slick skating Dman

Minnesota: Zach Parise - Speedy scoring winger

Montreal: Carey Price - Top 3 goalie IMO

Nashville: Seth Jones - Has all the tools to be franchise Dman

NJ: Adam Larsson - Big dman with potential can play any role

NYI: John Tavaras - Pretty obvious choice

NYR: Ryan Callahan - Very good leader who can play any situation

Ottawa: Erik Karlsson - Best offensive dman

Philly: Claude Giroux - All world skill level

Phoenix: Oliver Ekman Larson - Underrated dman with great hockey IQ

Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby - Insert any reason possible

San Jose: Logan Couture - Starting to become a star

St. Louis: TJ Oshie - Perfect mix of physicality and skill

Tampa Bay: Steven Stamkos - 50 goal scorer

Toronto: Jake Gardiner - Smooth skating dman

Vancouver: Alex Edler - Only player I can tolerate

Washington: Alex Ovechkin - Despite struggles still a game breaker

Winnipeg: Evander Kane - Young and has good hands

[moon]

I imagine there will be a lot of same choices but here I go:

Anaheim: Luca Sbisa, homer Lethbridge pick, Getzlaf probably the guy I should say

Boston: Dougie Hamilton, Bergeron a little old/Seguin gone makes this easy

Buffalo: Myers, not a lot here that I want so go with the huge kid that has shown flashes of great defensive play

Carolina: Jordan Staal, tough choice over Skinner but size and overall game

Chicago: Toews, still young enough and so great

Colorado: MacKinnon, him or Duchene but fell in love with Mackinnon hoping Flames would be bad enough to draft him this year

Colombus: Ryan Murray, not flashy but such a solid player that winners always seem to have

Dallas: Benn, close with Seguin but Benn has been impressive lately

Detroit: Datsyuk, not a fan of the young guys so his experience/defense would be a nice addition to a young group

Edmonton: Taylor Hall, I know Eberle is CP's golden boy but Hall is so much better an easy choice over the other dopes the Coilers have

Florida: Hubredeau, great offensive potential

LA: Doughty, young and a top 5 defender in the league

Minnesota: Koivu, another group with not a lot to pick from still youngish

Montreal: Galchenyuk, not a fan of any of them so he is young and wins by default

Nashville:Weber, would have thought there would be younger choices but not a fan of Wilson or Jones, Weber still a top pairing guy for next 10 years

NJ: Yech can I take their top 3 pick next year when the NHL gives it back to them?

NYI: Tavares and nobody else even close or in consideration

NYR: Marc Staal, steady d on a team with not a lot of youth to like

Ottawa: I guess Cowan, not a fan of much on this team maybe Silver but went with Canadian over the filthy yank

Philly: Schenn, seems to have more offense than Couturier but tough choice Giroux just a little older than I would like but another great option

Phoenix: Dave Tippett, not confident in Smith without Tippet and no skater is really that appealing

Pittsburgh: Crosby, of course

SJ: Logan Couture, another easy choice given talent and other options

St. Louis: Pietrangelo, great defenseman and still so young

TB: Stamkos, drouin would make in if on a lot of other teams but hard to go with any one else than Stamkos

Toronto: kadri, many may question his attitude but seems fine in what I have seen with great offensive talent

Vancouver: Horvat, still untainted by Canuck stink and nobody on the roster that I would want

Washington: Backstrom, pure offense would make up for frustrating lack of anything else to his game

Winnipeg: I guess Schiefle by default but another team with not much to like/want

Edit: How did I miss Price?? Oh well will keep Galchenyuk but Price makes sense now that I read other lists

[Ashasx]

Anaheim: Getzlaf
Boston: Bergeron
Buffalo: Ristolainen
Carolina: Lindholm
Chicago: Toews
Colorado: MacKinnon
Columbus: Murray
Dallas: Benn
Detroit: Dekeyser
Edmonton: Eberle (Hall is the better player, but I hate him)
Florida: Barkov
LA: Kopitar
Minnesota: Parise
Montreal: Galchenyuk
Nashville: Weber
NJ: Larsson
NYI: Tavares
NYR: McDonagh
Ottawa: Karlsson
Philadelphia: Giroux
Phoenix: Ekman-Larsson
Pittsburgh: Crosby
San Jose: Couture
St. Louis: Pietrangelo
Tampa Bay: Drouin
Toronto: Rielly
Vancouver: Hamhuis
Washington: Kuznetsov (assuming he comes over)
Winnipeg: Trouba

[BACKCHECK!!!]

I will justify each pick with a single word.

Anaheim: Cam Fowler. Potential.

Boston: Milan Lucic. Boom.

Buffalo: Tyler Myers. Reach.

Carolina: Eric Staal. Captain.

Columbus: Sergei Bobrovski. Gamble.

Dallas: Jamie Benn. Goals.

Detroit: Pavel Datsyuk. Datsyuk.

Edmonton: Jordan Eberle. Versatility.

Florida: Alexander Barkov. Hart.

Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick. MacDonald.

Minnesota: Jonas Brodin. Expectations.

Montreal: PK Subban. Emerging.

Nashville: Shea Webber. Norris.

New Jersey: Jaromir Jagr. Necromancy.

NYI: John Tavares. Good.

NYR: Ryan McDonagh. Steady.

Ottawa: Eric Karlsson. Because.

Philadelphia: Claude Giroux. Centreman.

Phoenix: Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Awesome.

Pittsburgh: Sydney Crosby. Best.

San Jose: Logan Couture. Adequate.

St Louis: Alex Pietrangelo. Win.

Tampa Bay: Steven Stamkos. One-timer.

Toronto: Phil Kessel. Scorer.

Vancouver: Daniel Sedin. Separation.

Washington: Alex Ovechkin. Whammy.

Winnipeg: Dustin Byfuglien. Buffalo!!

[kirant]

Anaheim: Ryan Getzlaf. Instantly creates size and depth down the centre.
Boston: Dougie Hamilton. Simply a huge and long term presence for the blue line.
Buffalo: Tyler Myers. I think he needs a change of scenery. Still has all the tools available for him to use.
Carolina: Jordan Staal. Flames need big two way centres who win faceoffs. I think Staal hits all the requirements.
Chicago: Johnathan Toews. Basically everything I said about Staal.
Colorado: Gabriel Landeskog. I haven't seen MacKinnon at an NHL level, but Landeskog seems like an all tools player who'd fit in right beside Baertschi. Great leadership qualities as well.
Columbus: Sergei Bobrovsky. I won't call Ramo a #1 yet. Bobrovsky could become a #1 for years to come if he can repeat this year. Despite the risk, that's probably my favourite on their team.
Dallas: Tyler Seguin. Not many options for this other than him or Benn.
Detroit: Petr Mrazek. Everything about him screams "rising star" to me.
Edmonton: Jordan Eberle. Clutch and skill.
Florida: Jonathan Huberdeau. Lots of great options, but I have always loved Huberdeau as a prospect.
LA: Jonathan Quick. Franchise goalie IMO.
Minnesota: Ryan Suter. Parise is great, but the Flames need centres, defence, and a franchise goalie.
Montreal: Carey Price. No brainer for a goalie.
Nashville: Shea Weber. Jones hasn't proven to be a physical threat. Weber's price tag is huge, but he has a good set of tools.
NJ: Adam Larsson. Defence is needed badly and Larsson is a high ceiling player.
NYI: John Tavares. Only reason they made it to the playoffs.
NYR: Ryan McDonagh. Speed, size, and two way presence.
Ottawa: Erik Karlsson. Obvious pick.
Philly: Claude Giroux. Small, but absolutely dynamic offensively.
Phoenix: Oliver Ekman-Larson. If only he was bigger...
Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby.
San Jose: Logan Couture. Three zone presence who can fit into any of the top three lines.
St. Louis: Alex Pietrangelo. Great player with a possible Norris calibre future.
Tampa Bay: Steven Stamkos. Same reason Crosby was picked.
Toronto: Morgan Reilly. One of the highest raw upsides on their team.
Vancouver: Hunter Shinkaruk. Get them before they hit the system.
Washington: Nicklas Backstrom. Centre with a terrific playmaking ability to feed the opportunistic players on the Flames.
Winnipeg: Jacob Trouba. Seems to be rising in stock.

[doctajones428]

Anaheim: Getzlaf
Boston: Hamilton
Buffalo: Myers
Carolina: J. Staal
Chicago: Toews
Colorado: MacKinnon
Columbus: Bobrovsky
Dallas: Seguin
Detroit: Datsyuk
Edmonton: Eberle
Florida: Huberdeau
LA: Kopitar
Minnesota: Parise
Montreal: Price
Nashville: Weber
NJ: Henrique
NYI: Tavares
NYR: McDonagh
Ottawa: Karlsson
Philadelphia: Giroux
Phoenix: Ekman-Larsson
Pittsburgh: Crosby
San Jose: Couture
St. Louis: Pietrangelo
Tampa Bay: Stamkos
Toronto: Rielly
Vancouver: Kesler
Washington: Ovechkin
Winnipeg: Trouba

[Alberta_Beef]

Since we are rebuilding I would take every teams best player/prospect under the age of 23

[GreenLantern]

Giroux-Crosby-Stamkos
D. Sedin-Toews-Datsyuk
Perry-E. Staal-Tavares
Eberle-Backstrom-Benn
Huberdeau-Couture-E.Kane
Mackinnon, Monahan

Suter-Weber
Doughty-Chara
Peitrangelo-Karlsson
Subban-OEL
Myers-Larrson

Lundqvist
Bobrovksy
Bernier

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

If you could pick on player to add to the Flames who would it be and why? Every player, prospect is fair game.

Anaheim: Getzlaf. Big #1 centre who is still young enough to be a part of the Flames when they start being competitive again.

Boston: Patrice Bergeron

Buffalo: Tyler Myers. Has not been good recently but I still like his upside.

Carolina: Eric Staal

Chicago: Johnathan Toews: Franchise C, still young

Colorado: Matt Duchene

Columbus: Marian Gaborik

Dallas: Tyler Seguin. No brainer here.

Detroit: Pavel Datsyuk

Edmonton: Taylor Hall

Florida: Jonathan Huberdeau is the guy here but there are some good ones.

LA: Anze Kopitar. Still young.

Minnesota: Ryan Suter

Montreal: Carey Price. Franchise goalie.

Nashville: Shea Weber

NJ: Adam Henrique

NYI: Tavares. Easily.

NYR: Ryan McDonagh

Ottawa: Erik Karlsson. Easy pick

Philly: Claude Giroux: Young and one of the best C's in the NHL.

Phoenix: OEL please.

Pittsburgh: Crosby, duh.

San Jose: I drool at the thought of Logan Couture on the Flames.

St. Louis: Alex Pietrangelo

Tampa Bay:Martin St. Louis

Toronto: Noted Jets fan Phil Kessel

Vancouver: Roberto Luongo

Washington: Alex Ovechkin

Winnipeg: Zach Bogosian

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[stemit14]

Pretty much everyone one is going to pick the same players. The only one I'll mention is the one that you all should pick but none of you will: Jerome iginla from Boston. Best captain in the game and there will always be a place for him with the flames.

[Macho0978]

Assuming that we could only take one player from a team and that is it and considering our situation, considering that players current contract, whether they are UFA or RFA when contract expires and our cap situation

Anaheim: Cam Fowler

Boston: Dougie Hamilton.

Buffalo: Grigorenko

Carolina: Lindholm

Chicago: Toews. Even though he is a UFA the return trading him would be a ton

Colorado: Mackinnon. Have control of him longer than other young studs

Columbus: Murray

Dallas: Seguin

Detroit: Datsyuk. Once again who wouldn't trade for him. I would take the return trading him over a player

Edmonton: Hall

Florida: Jonathan Huberdeau

LA: Anze Kopitar.

Minnesota: Parise. Wrapped up for his career

Montreal: Galchenyuk

Nashville: Weber

NJ: Adam Larsson.

NYI: Tavares.

NYR: Stephan

Ottawa: Erik Karlsson.

Philly: Claude Giroux:

Phoenix: Ekman Larsson

Pittsburgh: Crosby

San Jose: Coture

St. Louis: Tarasenko

Tampa Bay: Stamkos

Toronto: Reilly

Vancouver: Henrik. Trade him

Washington: Ovechkin

Winnipeg: Mark Scheifele:

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Pretty much everyone one is going to pick the same players. The only one I'll mention is the one that you all should pick but none of you will: Jerome iginla from Boston. Best captain in the game and there will always be a place for him with the flames.

At least spell his name correctly when saying he is the best captain in the game.

Plus he is not the best captain in the game.

[PaperBagger'14]

Anaheim: Lydman
Boston: Iginla
Buffalo: n/a
Carolina: n/a
Chicago: Montador
Colorado: Tanguay
Columbus: Comeau
Dallas: Godard
Detroit: Bertuzzi
Edmonton: Ference
Florida: n/a
LA: Regehr
Minnesota: n/a
Montreal: Bourque
Nashville: n/a
NJ: Kostopolous
NYI: n/a
NYR: Hamrlik
Ottawa: n/a
Philadelphia: n/a
Phoenix: n/a
Pittsburgh: n/a
San Jose: Hannan
St. Louis: Bouwmeester
Tampa Bay: St Louis
Toronto: Phaneuf
Vancouver: Higgins
Washington: n/a
Winnipeg: Jokinen

***before we burn me at the stake, yes there are some UFAs, buyouts and I'm probably even missing a few players.

[PlayfulGenius]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Fixed

Worst list of the bunch!

[PlayfulGenius]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Pretty much everyone one is going to pick the same players. The only one I'll mention is the one that you all should pick but none of you will: Jerome iginla from Boston. Best captain in the game and there will always be a place for him with the flames.

Oh, wait.

[4oh3]

Im gonna go with mostly prospects in respect to the rebuild by the way cool game

Anaheim: jakob silvferberg
Boston: dougie hamilton
Buffalo: grigorenko
Carolina: jeff skinner
Chicago: brandon Saad
Colorado: nathan mackinnon
Columbus: ryan murray
Dallas: jamie benn
Detroit: pavel datsuyk
Edmonton: ryan nugent - hopkins
Florida: jonathan huberdeau
La: jonathan quick
Minnesota: jonas brodin
Montreal: alex galchenyuk
Nashville: seth Jones
New jersey: cory Schneider
NYI: john tavares
Nyr: chris kreider
Ottawa : erik karlsson
Philly: claude giroux
Phoenix: oliver ekman larson
Pittsburgh: sidney crosby
San jose: couture
St louis: taresenko
Tampa: steven stamkos
Toronto: jake gardiner
Vancouver: ryan kesler
Washington: kuznetsov
Winnipeg: sheiffle

[Dx54]

Anaheim: Perry
Boston: Bergeron
Buffalo: Hodgson
Carolina: Eric Staal
Chicago: Kane
Colorado: MacKinnon
Columbus: Murray
Dallas: Benn
Detroit: Datsyuk
Edmonton: Nugent-Hopkins
Florida: Huberdeau
LA: Quick
Minnesota: Parise
Montreal: Pacioretty
Nashville: Weber
NJ: Larsson
NYI: Taveres
NYR: McDonagh
Ottawa: Karlsson
Philadelphia: Giroux
Phoenix: Ekman-Larsson
Pittsburgh: Crosby
San Jose: Couture
St. Louis: Pietrangelo
Tampa Bay: Stamkos
Toronto: Kessel
Vancouver: Horvat
Washington: Ovechkin
Winnipeg: Kane